PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday to begin a state visit to France in honour of an invitation from President Emmanuel Macron. Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, made this known in…
FREEDOM House ranks Finland as the world’s freest country. It is one reason why Finland has become the destination of choice not only for Ukrainians but also for dissidents from farther abroad seeking asylum from the world’s worst dictators in Turkey, Iran, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Traditionally…
INTERPOL, in collaboration with Afripol, the African Union police agency, has arrested 1,006 suspects across 19 African countries in a two-month crackdown on cybercrime. Dubbed Operation Serengeti, the initiative ran from September 2 to October 31, tackling a wide range of…
THE latest AVOI (African Visa Openness Index) for 2024 reveals both progress and setbacks across the continent, as several countries take steps toward improving cross-border mobility, while others introduce new barriers. Out of 54 African nations, 17 have seen their AVOI scores…
[Press Release] The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged a thoughtful reconsideration of the recently proposed bill that seeks a six-year single term for Nigeria’s President, Governors, and Local Government Council Chairmen. While the bill…
THE Senate leadership also never contacted the burial committee nor the family to make input in the preparation of their late colleague’s burial and did not attend his burial impressively. The family of late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah has again challenged…
A political pressure group operating under the aegis of Bauchi Political Activists (BAPA) has described the appointment of Musa Umar Yashi as Executive Director Humanitarian Services of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), as unconstitutional against the Federal Republic of…
THE Nigerian Bar Association, NBA on Monday threatened to take legal action against the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, over his allegations that lawyers facilitate corruption and aid illicit financial flows to offshore…
THE National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says it has received about 1,238 written complaints on human rights abuses in Abia from January to date. The State Coordinator, NHRC, Mrs Uche Nwokocha, said this on Monday in Umuahia during the…
THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede on Saturday, November 23, 2024 bagged the “National Cooperative Personality of the Year” Award. The Award was presented by the Federal Department of Cooperatives in conjunction…
