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Rights

May 23, 2025

Nigerians should not provoke us; respect officers as civilians do abroad: Police

“It is very sad to observe the lack of appreciation and recognition often shown to members of the Nigeria Police Force, despite the immense risks we take,” said the police.

Officers brutalising civilians
May 23, 2025

Lagos music teacher bags life sentence for defiling nine-year-old pupil

Mr Okeh was handed the sentence on Wednesday. Before his arrest, arraignment, conviction and sentencing, he was a music teacher and counsellor at Lachez O International School in Agege.

Kirikiri prison
May 21, 2025

U.S. speaker programme fosters collaboration, innovation among Nigerian media leaders

The weeklong program equipped media leaders with the skills to refine their business models, explore innovative revenue strategies, and enhance their approaches to audience engagement.

U.S. Ambassador Richard M. Mills, Jr. delivering remarks at the opening of the speaker program in Abuja
May 21, 2025

Tanzania blocks X after hackers used police account to declare president dead

Tanzanian authorities have blocked citizens’ access to the microblogging platform X after the hackers compromised the country’s police X account.

Tanzanian President, Samia Suluhu Hassan
May 20, 2025

TUC-led protesters shut down finance ministry over workers’ entitlements

The protesters carried placards with inscriptions, ‘Wale Edun release the payment file’ and ‘Please pay our entitlements’ as they sang solidarity songs.

Protesters at ministry of finance Abuja (Credit: Ahmed Oluwasanjo/Peoples Gazette)
May 19, 2025

Court dismisses Philip Shaibu’s N50 billion suit against ex-Gov. Obaseki

Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling, dismissed the suit following an application to withdraw the suit by Anita Oteh, who appeared for Mr Shaibu.

Philip Shaibu and Godwin Obaseki
May 19, 2025

Women protest alleged pollution of farmlands by Kaduna refinery

The women called on both KRPC and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd to take urgent action to address their health concerns.

May 16, 2025

Four Ebonyi men sentenced to death by hanging for murder

The Ebonyi High Court on Friday sentenced four men to death by hanging for the murder of a 26-year-old businessman, Chinonso Elon.

Hangman's noose
May 16, 2025

CSOs seek urgent action to check renewed pollution in Ogoni 

Celestine Akpobari, an environmental activist, said the situation was becoming more volatile with spills of this nature.

Oil Spillage
May 15, 2025

Justice Ogwuegbu’s judgments elevated Nigeria’s jurisprudence: CJN

“He was a jurist who wrote with precision, reasoned with rigour and adjudicated with fairness,” said the CJN.

Kudirat Kekere-Ekun