NHRC begins public hearing in allegations against SARS

Posted by - 29th December 2017
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has commenced a public hearing in the allegations of human right violations against the Nigerian Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the Federal Capital Territory. The Acting Executive Secretary…

Oil hits approximately $67

Posted by - 27th December 2017
Oil prices have touched two-and-a-half year highs in light volume boosted by an explosion on a crude pipeline in Libya and voluntary OPEC-led supply cuts. Libya has lost around 90,000 bpd of crude oil from…

Bauchi gets 3,090 slots for 2018 Hajj

Posted by - 27th December 2017
Bauchi State Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board has informed that the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) allocated 3,090 slots to Bauchi State for the 2018 Hajj exercise. Executive Secretary of the board, Abdullahi Hardawa, disclosed…

Democracy taking root in Liberia — Jonathan

Posted by - 27th December 2017
Former President Dr Goodluck Jonathan says Liberia is becoming a model of democracy in Africa and beyond, having attained “political stability’’. Jonathan told newsmen in the capital, Monrovia, during presidential run-off election, that democracy had…

Group decries online violence against women in Kano

Posted by - 27th December 2017
A Kano based non-governmental advocacy group, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has decried the spate of violence against women on the internet, describing it as an infringement to their human rights. The…