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The Legal Aid Council says it has so far provided legal services to 2,500 suspected terrorists across the country. Its Director General (D-G) Mr Bagudu Aliyu, said that the gesture, which was in collaboration with the Office of the National Security Adviser and the Attorney General of the Federation. Aliyu said...

The Global Amnesty Watch (GAW) has exonerated Nigerian Army from allegations of human rights abuses as it dismisses reports from the allegations of human Amnesty International. While addressing journalists on Monday in Abuja, the Global Amnesty Watch praised the Nigerian military for their sacrifices and commitment to protecting the country’s...

The National Anti-Corruption Crusader (NACC) has called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to provide transparency regarding its claim of exporting the first cargo of Port Harcourt low-sulphur straight-run fuel oil (LSSR) to Gulf Transport & Trading Limited (GTT), a Dubai-based company. In a statement issued in Abuja...

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Thursday, gave the Federal and Ekiti State Government 48 hours to release a human rights lawyer, Dr. Dele Farotimi from remand or face mass protests. Frank who made this call in a statement in reaction...

The Department of State Services has written one August #Endbadgovernance protester, Khalid Aminu, demanding a retraction of his recent allegation that he was tortured and brutalized while in the custody of the security agency. According to the secret police, if within seven day of receiving their letter, Aminu refuses to...

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), the Nigeria Police, the Department of State Services (DSS), and the Correctional Service have all come together to hail Nigerians for 25 years of uninterrupted democracy. The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Igbetokun, represented by the Commissioner of Police for the...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted an interlocutory injunction seeking to commence the process of winding down the operations of Prime Exploration and Production Limited. The order is sequel to a petition brought by Well Fluids Limited over issues believed to be related to a long outstanding...

The Northern Redemption Coalition (NRC) has slammed the lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume, for attempting to force his views on the nation regarding the tax reform bills currently before the National Assembly. President Bola Tinubu sent four bills to the National Assembly,...

In a stunning turn of events, a group of protesters, including minors, who were arrested and rough-handled by police during the recent End Bad Governance protests, returned to Kano in triumph. The protesters, who were transported from Kano to Abuja in a police truck, were surprisingly flown back to Kano...

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has debunked reports concerning the airworthiness of the helicopter that crashed in Port Harcourt last Friday. The NCAA said the reports, as published by an online outlet, were wrong and the helicopter that suffered a crash had never been scrapped. Acting Director-General of the...