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April 18, 2023

Airbus, Air France acquitted of manslaughter in death of 228 passengers

In its ruling on Monday, the court stated that even if mistakes had been made, “no certain causal link” could be established between them and the 2009 disaster.

Airbus and Airfrance
April 18, 2023

No female CJN, president, vice-president; Nigerian women down pecking order: NBS

The NBS report stresses that no woman has been the Chief Justice of Nigeria, president of the National Industrial Court, and the chief registrar of the Supreme Court from 2016 to 2018.

President Muhammadu Buhari, Zainab Ahmed, Pauline Tallen, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and Diezani Allison
April 17, 2023

Forty Chinese police officers charged with transnational repression in U.S.

“China’s Ministry of Public Security used operatives to target people of Chinese descent who had the courage to speak out against the Chinese Communist Party.”

China’s Ministry of Public Security
April 17, 2023

FBI arrests two for operating illegal Chinese overseas police station

“It is simply outrageous that China’s Ministry of Public Security thinks it can get away with establishing a secret, illegal police station on U.S. soil.”

CHINA'S OVERSEAS POLICE STATION
April 17, 2023

Police officers caught assaulting civilians will lose their job: Gombe CP

The CP emphasised that he would ensure that any officer caught in the state brutalising any member of the public faced the full wrath of the law.

Gombe Commissioner of Police, Oqua Etim
April 17, 2023

Residents of Enugu say they are unaware of 2023 census

Many Enugu residents say they are unaware of the forthcoming National Population Commission’s national census slated for May 3 to 8, 2023, across the country.

National Population Commission
April 17, 2023

Sexually abused boy kills self after radio station reveals his identity

Master Filiks committed suicide in March at the family’s Szczecin home after being publicly identified as the victim of a jailed paedophile.

Radio Szczecin
April 17, 2023

Guinean Passport: Nigerian Constitution allows Tinubu to hold dual citizenship, Fashola says

The minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the Nigerian constitution permits President-elect Bola Tinubu to have dual citizenship.

Babatunde Fashola and Bola Ahmed Tinubu
April 17, 2023

Nigerian judges, police not doing enough to uphold justice, says cleric

“Our courts and judges are actually not doing enough, and our security operatives are actually not doing enough. So we need to actually stand against any persecution.”

CJN Olukayode Ariwoola and IGP Usman Alkali Baba
April 16, 2023

N3.4 Billion Debt: We want our money paid now, illegally sacked LG chairs tell Makinde

The N3.4 billion judgement debt was the balance of N4.9 billion the state government owed some former local government chairmen and councillors it sacked in 2019.

Governor Seyi Makinde