Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and 36 state governors to “publicly instruct the Nigeria police and state security outfits to respect, protect, and facilitate the rights of everyone to freedom of expression, assembly, association,…
…Illegal bunkering would soon become a thing of the past — Tompolo Our correspondent No less than additional 42 tapping points by crude oil bunkers on Nigeria’s oil pipelines in two states – Delta and Bayelsa, have been further uncovered…
By Seun Ibiyemi The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has notified Healthcare providers and the public of the death of 66 children in Gambia following the use of four substandard cough syrups as reported by…
Lagos government says it has sought collaboration with World Bank for rapid delivery of technology-driven and affordable mass housing schemes in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by Spokesperson of the state Ministry of Housing, Mrs Adeola…
…As notorious drug kingpin bags seven years imprisonment Desperate attempts by the tramadol drug cartel to smuggle into Nigeria over Two Million Four Hundred and Sixty-Five Thousand (2, 465, 000) tablets of the pharmaceutical opioid in 225mg and 250mg, weighing…
By Matthew Denis, Abuja Divergent views have continued to trail the 2023 budget presentation by President Muhammadu Buhari at the National Assembly. Speaking to Nigerian NewsDirect, the Chief Executive Officer, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), Dr. Kayode Olushola, …
Group of Shareholders Associations in Nigeria have urged the Federal Government to urgently intervene and prevail on the government of Kogi State to stop further harassment of investors in Kogi State. They described as barbaric the use of thugs to…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on the occasion of her 60 years birthday. Governor Sanwo-Olu said the former Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) celebrated broadcaster and three-term federal…
Barth Ndubuwah, Port Harcourt The Director General (DG) of National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment aimed at curbing the unemployment problem in the country, describing it as plausible. The DG stated…
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says that the mismanagement of extractive revenues and other infractions in the country’s extractive sector is a violation of human rights. Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, the Executive Secretary, NEITI, stated this in Abuja…
