Thursday, November 12, 2026

Rights

August 11, 2021

Talks still ongoing with Buhari regime, no deal reached yet: Twitter

Twitter told The Gazette on Wednesday that it had not reached any agreement with the Buhari regime yet.

President Muhammadu Buhari and Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey
August 11, 2021

NLC president asks Tunisian president to respect country’s constitution

Mr Wabba said he was speaking in solidarity with Tunisian workers.

Ayuba Wabba
August 11, 2021

Father faces life imprisonment for raping three underage daughters

Ikeja magistrates’ court on Wednesday remanded a 43-year-old businessman, Emeka Orisakwe, for raping his three daughters.

Court symbol used to tell the story
August 11, 2021

Buhari regime begins measuring poverty level among Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime has launched Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Survey to measure the level of penury among Nigerians.

A poor neighbourhood used to illustrate the story
August 10, 2021

Police raid Lagos newspaper over story exposing corruption, debts at Dangote refinery

The police invaded the media company after the Dangote refinery spokesman failed to get the newspaper to pull down the story.

Police and handcuff
August 10, 2021

Seven-month pregnant woman divorces husband over lack of respect

The husband did not deny the allegation made by his wife but prayed the court to grant her request.

Court room
August 10, 2021

Indonesia apologises after officers beat top Nigerian diplomat ‘black and blue’

A video of the incident that spread on social media showed Indonesian officials assaulting the Nigerian consular officer, whose name was not immediately released.

August 10, 2021

Unconstitutional for states to claim ownership of mineral resources: FG

The federal government has warned governors across the country to desist from laying claims to mineral resources in their states.

Adegbite and Masari
August 9, 2021

Chidinma, prime suspect in murder of Usifo Ataga, makes first appearance in court

Ms Ojukwu and her relatives are all waiting in the courtroom, while the defendant’s case is yet to be assigned a judge.

August 9, 2021

Lagos trains 62 civil servants, varsity staff on sexual, domestic violence

The training is supported by the European Union-funded Spotlight Initiative.

Sexual violence