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Despite its wealth, Nigeria fails millions on education, healthcare, jobs - Report

Nigeria, June 26 -- Nigeria continues to lag behind in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens, recording poor scores across key indicators measuring access to food, healthcare, housing, edu... Read More


CISLAC, HEDA condemn assault of Sowore, Kaduna mob killing

Nigeria, June 25 -- Civil society groups - the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource) - have condemned the reported assau... Read More


Supreme Court to launch electronic filing system, case management platform

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Supreme Court of Nigeria is planning to unveil an electronic filing system and a digital case management platform, a major step towards modernising the administration of justic... Read More


Supreme Court disowns NBA publication on notaries' tamper-proof seals

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Supreme Court of Nigeria has asked members of the legal profession and the public to disregard a publication by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) concerning the issuance of se... Read More


Court convicts top NSCDC officer of job racketeering

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has secured the conviction of a Deputy Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence C... Read More


ICPC arraigns El-Rufai, ex-aide, five firms over alleged N8.68 billion Kaduna CCTV contract fraud

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Thursday, arraigned former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, his former Senior Special Advise... Read More


Court dismisses 83-year-old's suit against police intervention in musician Jigida Queen's family property dispute

Nigeria, June 25 -- The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by an 83-year-old woman, Laura Okoh, seeking to stop the police from investigating all... Read More


Nigeria names six persons, three entities sanctioned for terrorism financing

Nigeria, June 24 -- The Nigerian government has released a list of six persons and three entities sanctioned for terrorism financing. In a statement on Tuesday, Secretary of the Nigerian Sanctions Co... Read More


NAE backs power reforms, warns on infrastructure gaps

Nigeria, June 24 -- The Nigerian Academy of Engineering (NAE) has thrown its weight behind ongoing reforms in the power sector, urging the federal government to adopt stronger engineering-driven solut... Read More


Supreme Court fines lawyer N50m, bars him from courts over 'abusive' filing

Nigeria, June 24 -- The Supreme Court of Nigeria has ordered a lawyer, S.M. Danyaro, to personally pay N50 million in costs and barred him from appearing before any court in the country until he compl... Read More