Falana criticises RMAFC's proposed pay rise for political office holders

Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, on Tuesday, criticised the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC)'s proposal to increase the salaries of political office h... Read More

UNILAG's KB KLUB raises 500 pints of blood, awareness in six Lagos LGAs

Nigeria, Aug. 23 -- The KB Klub at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos (UNILAG) has said it has collected over 500 pints of blood and reached more than one million people across six local gov... Read More

African journalists group condemns Israel's targeting of journalists, demands sanctions

Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- A coalition of African journalists, African Journalist Against Genocide (AJAG), on Wednesday condemned Israel's targeting of Palestinian journalists in Gaza and called for internat... Read More

July deadliest for vigilante groups - NHRC

Nigeria, Aug. 19 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) reported Tuesday that vigilante groups suffered the highest number of killings in July, according to the commission's latest observatory... Read More

Panel calls for use of non-custodial measures for prison decongestion

Nigeria, Aug. 15 -- The panel investigating abuses within the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) on Thursday called for intentional adoption of non-custodial measures to reduce overcrowding in correc... Read More

NCoS, panel members decry manpower shortage, poor facilities for training, rehabilitating inmates

Nigeria, Aug. 14 -- The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) and members of the panel investigating abuses within the service on Wednesday lamented the shortage of skilled manpower and proper facilitie... Read More

Bill seeking to shorten election litigation timelines on course - Lawmaker

Nigeria, Aug. 13 -- The chairperson of the House of Representatives Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Adebayo Balogun, said Tuesday that a bill seeking the reduction i... Read More

NCoS blames poor treatment of inmates on lack of funding

Nigeria, Aug. 13 -- The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) on Tuesday lamented how lack of funds is impairing its treatment of inmates. The NCoS said specifically that paucity of funds has undercut ... Read More

Panel begins third prison reform public hearing, child detention dominates discussion

Nigeria, Aug. 12 -- The independent investigative panel on the alleged corruption and abuse of power, torture, cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment in the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on Mo... Read More

Group asks Nigerian govt. to ensure loan, debt transparency

Nigeria, Aug. 11 -- A civil tech platform, Citizen Monitors on Sunday, called on the federal government to ensure transparency, enhanced debt-risk controls and citizen-level tracking of project result... Read More

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