The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, reserved judgment in the suit filed by 19 states challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court is to communicate a date for judgment to all parties. The plaintiffs, in the suit marked: SC/CV/178/2023, anchored their claims on the Supreme Court’s precedent … Read more
Police officers engaged kidnappers in a shootout on Thursday to rescue the 20 medical students kidnapped a week earlier, an official has said. The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, said the police secured the release with the support of the office of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. He said a kidnap kingpin was killed … Read more
The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the release of 20 students of the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos kidnapped by gunmen in the north-central state on 15 August. Its Public Relations Officer, Sewuese Anene, confirmed their rescue to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at 11.15 p.m. on Friday in Makurdi. NAN … Read more
A civic technology organisation, Orodata Science, is set to unveil a tool designed to enhance transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s primary healthcare system. The organisation made this known in a statement issued Friday, stating that the platform will encourage sub-national participation in governance while strengthening health institutions. According to the statement, for over a decade, … Read more
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has decried the consistent rise in the number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue, Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.Its representative in Benue, Adewole Oke, disclosed this on Thursday in Makurdi while delivering a goodwill message during the presentation of the Benue Framework toward addressing humanitarian challenges in the state. … Read more
Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Uju Kenneth-Ohanenye, assumed office in August 2023. In an interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ Ameh Ejekwonyilo at her office in Abuja, Ms Kennedy-Ohanenye talks about how President Bola Tinubu is responding to the aftermath of the abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls from their school in Borno State, northeastern … Read more
The police command in Benue has killed two notorious bandits in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area (LGA) of the state and recovered arms. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday in Makurdi, by the State’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Sewuese Anene. Mr Anene said in the statement that the police command had acted on … Read more
Nigeria has confirmed 109 new Lassa fever infections and 20 deaths across 16 states in one week, spanning 26 to 3 March. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) noted in its latest situation report published on its website for week nine of 2024 that there was an increase in the confirmed cases from 96 … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to conduct nine bye-elections and 35 rerun elections across 26 states on Saturday. In the bye-elections, a total of 74 candidates are contesting for a limited nine seats in the state and national assemblies. While 13 candidates are contesting for the two seats in the Senate, 39 … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the list of committees to manage primary elections to fill vacancies in the national and state assemblies. The party, on Wednesday, released the primary election committees, primary election appeal committees and secretariat committees to manage the primaries across nine states ahead of the 3 February bye-elections. The states … Read more
