The Cross River State chapter of the Magistrates Association of Nigeria (MAN) has directed its members to commence indefinite strike effective from Monday, December 9, 2024 over the failure of the state government to heed its demands. The declaration was ...
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IPPIS: FG Probes Deductions, Unpaid Promotion Arrears For Paramilitary Personnel
In response to the planned protest by the aggrieved officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), and Federal Fire Service (FFS), under the Ministry of Interior, the federal government ...
Read More »NHRC Wants Enhanced Collaboration To Combat Gender-Based Violence
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for enhanced collaboration of all stakeholders to combat the rising cases of gender-based violence (GBV) in the country. The Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Tony Ojukwu (SAN) said this at a press conference ...
Read More »50 Killed, 170 Kidnapped, N700m Ransom Paid In 7 Months, Kaduna Group Claims
A youth group in Dokan Daji in Southern part of Kaduna, Kaduna State, has appealed to the military authorities to urgently intervene in their communities following incessant devastating attacks that have led to the sacking of about 14 communities by ...
Read More »Nigeria’s Borders Management Requires Deploymentof Technology, Lawmaker Tells Customs
The chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise, Hon. Leke Abejide, has asked the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to embrace advanced monitoring technology to curb smuggling and other illegal activities along the nation’s borders. Abejide, who ...
Read More »Court Stops CBN, RMAFC, Others From Withholding Kano LG Funds
A High Court of Kano State presided over by Hon. Justice Ibrahim Musa Muhammad has issued an order to prevent federal authorities from interfering with the monthly statutory allocations meant for the 44 local government councils of the State. LEADERSHIP ...
Read More »ICPC Arraigns College Of Education Provost, Lecturer For Alleged Forgery
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Hauwau Gimbiya Mukhtar Abdulkarim, the serving Provost of the Federal College of Education (Technical) (FCET), Gusau, Zamfara State, alongside Abdullahi Boyi, a lecturer with the Sokoto State College ...
Read More »FG Inaugurates Committee To Review Archaic Nigerian Laws
The federal government has inaugurated a high-powered committee comprising law experts from various fields to review, update and consolidate archaic Nigerian laws in the country within six months. The move is said to be part of the ongoing efforts of ...
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