…urges Speaker Abbas to caution aide Arewa Awareness on Good Governance, a prominent advocacy group, has reiterated their call on Speaker House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, to sack Cecilia Ogbeche-Odok, his Senior Legislative Aide (SLA), citing her ineffectiveness, lack of policy-making skills, and unacceptable behaviour…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed concerns that technology alone will not solve Nigeria’s electoral challenges. Speaking in Abuja at an event organized by the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) to mark the International Day of Peace, Jonathan reflected on the outcome of the Edo State governorship election held on Saturday…
Adara Elders in Southern Kaduna have sued Nasiru El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of the state to court over an alleged breach of their fundamental human rights, unlawful imprisonment and harassment. The Adara elders told a Federal High Court Kaduna that they were detained, unjustly imprisoned and later released by the El-Rufa’i-led administration in 2019…
A coalition of women’s rights, legal practitioners and concerned Nigerians gathered in Ikeja on Tuesday to demand justice for Bimbo Ogbonna, wife of popular auto dealer, Okeckuwu Ogbonna popularly known as IVD two years after her death in circumstances shrouded in mystery. Though the case was to be heard yesterday…
New research further supports the benefits of swapping out artificial additives for human urine. The post Your recycled pee may be better for crops than synthetic fertilizer appeared first on Popular Science…
African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, expresses grave concern at the de- teriorating security and humanitarian situation in all provinces in Sudan, in par- ticular El Fasher, Darfur…
French champagne producers are looking to restore their damaged reputations after four workers died last year amid hot weather, as authorities closed squalid housing and launched probes into suspected human trafficking. This harvest, the vineyards are taking steps to better protect workers from abuse, in a bid to uphold the reputation of the renowned sparkling…
Enrique Cerezo is best known in Spain as the longtime president of Atletico Madrid football club, the less glamorous cross-town rivals of Real Madrid. But he is also a powerful film producer who owns the rights to some 7,000 movies, including around 70 percent of all flicks ever made in Spain…
Two years after the tragic death of Abimbola Martins-Ogbonna in a Lekki house fire, human rights groups have intensified their calls for justice. The post Two years on, human rights groups seek justice for woman set ablaze in Lagos appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News…