Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) yesterday said that the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) should be held culpable for the train accident that happened in the Ikeja area of Lagos State last week Thursday and that the corporation must pay compensation to the victims of the tragic incident.Falana, who is
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Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, fixed May 22 for hearing in a suit filed by a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Ugochukwu Uchenwa, seeking to stop the conduct of elections and examination on Saturdays.At the proceedings yesterday, the court granted an application by
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo has stressed that it is in support of the decision of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to challenge the results of the February 25, 2023 presidential election in court.The Ohanaeze elders in a statement signed by the chairman and elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, and made
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Nigerian Armed Forces has returned to the United Nations peacekeeping mission after years of absence, this is just as the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) marks one year of reconfiguration into a multinational peacekeeping force.The Nigerian Base Defence Company deployed into UNISFA to join the rest of
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National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has assured candidates seeking to participate in its ongoing recruitment exercise that concerted efforts are being made to resolve challenges they are facing on the application portal with a view to making the process seamless.The NDLEA attributed the challenges to heavy online traffic of
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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed a Tweet suggesting that the Commission has removed all Igbo and South-South staff in Lagos State from sensitive election duties ahead of the March 18, election. The commission described the report as false and misleading.The chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, Rotimi
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Deputy chief whip of the House of Representatives, Hon Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has congratulated the minister of women affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, over her conferment with the “Woman of Distinction Award” by the United Nations Global Women Foundation.She said the recognition did not come to her and those who have followed
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Federal government and the World Bank have collaborated to improve the knowledge of teachers in the federal technical colleges in the country with 21st Century skills that will equip the student with digital skills.The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, Andrew David Adeno who was represented by the director
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Gombe State All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council has raised the alarm that some elements in the opposition in the state have concluded plans to come up with concerted smear campaigns against Governor Inuwa Yahaya, who is also the candidate of the party in the forthcoming governorship election in the
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Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have declared the member representing Bauchi federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi (APC) wanted for alleged incitement, disturbance of public peace and culpable homicide.In a special Police Gazette Bulletin issued yesterday, which cited CRO Form 5 from the Office of the
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