Month: June 2021

Civil-Society Some civil society organizations (CSOs) have kicked against an amendment bill seeking to grant the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) power to fix tariffs for digital satellite television services. The…

Access to Justice (“A2Justice”) is a justice advocacy group working to defend rights of equal and non-discriminatory access to courts of law, expand access of vulnerable people to equal and…

The Police High Command on Wednesday said that the operatives of the Force have arrested a criminal syndicate responsible for the recent vandalization of rail tracks in the North-West and…

Olisa Agbakoba, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says regional autonomy should be considered in the review of Nigeria’s constitution. Following calls for restructuring, among other issues, the national assembly…

Three soldiers and seven members of factional Boko Haram sect were feared killed on Tuesday evening in Kwamdi village of Gumsuri ward, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, local…

A gale of retirements of senior officers has hit the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, formerly known as Nigerian Prison Service. PRNigeria gathered that seven serving Assistant Controller Generals, ACGs, who…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) will soon be self-funding and stop drawing salaries and allocations from the Federal Government. The…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure on Wednesday gave dissenting judgment in the appeal brought before it by the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede in…

Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Imo State chapter, resumed work on Wednesday after Friday’s suspension of the more than two-month-old nationwide strike. The News Agency of…

The court of appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo state, has dismissed an appeal filed by Eyitayo Jegede, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the victory of Rotimi Akeredolu…