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The AVOCATS SAND FRONTIERES has announced plan to collaborate with the Nigeria Union of Journalists in enhancing digital Rights in Nigeria. This was made known when a delegation led by the member of the board Ivan PANEFF paid the National Secretariat a courtesy visit on Monday. According to Ivan the...

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Monday held a peaceful march in Abuja with a call on the authorities to wade into the alleged politicization of the judiciary in the country. The protesters who brandished several banners and placards with inscriptions as “Enough of crooked court orders”, “We want...

*urges NNPCL to quickly open Kaduna refinery A group of northern energy experts, Arewa Youths Initiative For Energy Reforms (AYIFER), has commended Dangote refinery for the downward review of petroleum products prices across the country. This was, even as, the Energy Group has called on the Group Chief Executive Officer...

The Nigerian Women Crusade for Good Governance (NWCGG), representing 100 women groups, has tendered an unreserved apology to the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the Nigerian Senate over the unfounded allegations made by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The apology was made during a press conference held in Abuja on March...

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjain Kalu, CON, will lead dignitaries and alumni to the University of Calabar’s 50th anniversary celebration scheduled to be held on March 20, 2025. The Deputy Speaker will deliver the 50th Anniversary/Convocation Lecture on the topic “Our Gown in Town...

Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a reduction in the ex-depot (gantry) price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly referred to as petrol, by N65.00, from N890 to N825 per litre, effective from 27th February 2025. Under the new arrangement, buyers in Lagos would purchase fuel at N860 per litre at...

In a recognition of his parliamentary skills and contributions, Nigeria’s Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has been elected as the Chairman of the Monetary and Financial Affairs Committee of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) with Hon. Senator Christine Mwando Katempa (Democratic Republic of Congo) named Deputy...

A Civil Society, Non- Governmental Organisation(NGO), foremost anti-corruption, pro- democracy and pressure group, the Guild of Civil Societies and Media Executives for Equity, Justice and Transparency in Nigeria (GOCMEJ), has applauded the transformation and performance indices engineered by the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr....

…as experts question health of Port Harcourt, Warri Refineries Contrary to the impression created by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) that it was succeeding with domestic refining of petrol and diesel following its reported restreaming of the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries, facts have emerged on how the...

A social accountability group, Association of Ebonyi Indigenes Socio-Cultural in the Diaspora (AEISCID) has warned Ebonyi state government of Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru to back-track from it’s proposal to spend a whooping N551M of tax-payers money on Islamic pilgrimage for just 46 Muslims in the state despite severe economic hardships faced...