Data from the International Press Centre (IPC), reveals that 66 Nigerian journalists and three media houses suffered from various forms of attack in 2022.
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Organisers of the annual Okpekpe International 10km Road Race on Thursday announced May 27 as date for the ninth edition of the Gold Label international competition.
When I first saw the headline yesterday, I thought it was a joke. All papers reported that President Buhari has just launched a long-tern national development plan three weeks before leaving the office he had spent eight years in. I read the story and he is indeed proposing an economic governance plan for the country until the year 2050. For the first two of his eight years in power, he refused to even appoint economic advisers. When he eventually appointed a team and they proposed a plan – the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), he refused to implement it on the grounds that the Central Bank Governor, a nice man, has been giving him trillions of Naira through “ways and means” so he does not need to take any tough economic decisions.
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai, have in the last two weeks rescued 131 abducted victims, including two additional Chibok School Girls during operations in the Northeast.
The Kano state Command of the Nigeria Police Force, has confirmed that a teenage boy, Iro Kwarangwal of Rimin Kebe, Nasarawa local government area, has stabbed his own mother, Jummai to death.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to dismiss a suit by Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, seeking the probe and prosecution of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar.
The newly appointed Commissioner of Police (CP), Kaduna State Command, Mr Musa Garba on Tuesday, assumed duty.
The newly posted Commissioner of Police, Mr Ali Kaigama, on Tuesday assumed duty as the 47th police chief in Sokoto State.
ASHENEWS reports that the new Commissioner of Police in Kano state, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel has assured citizens in the state that the adage, “Police is your friend” will come to be fully established as a statement of fact, not ridicule.
The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED), an NGO, has trained a section of media and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on fostering accountability in constituency project service delivery.