Civil Society

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have signed a $16.61 million grant agreement to launch the third phase of the Technologies for …

The Kano State Commissioner of Women Affairs, Children, and Persons with Special Needs, Hajiya Amina Abdullahi Sani, has reunited a child, Musa, who had been missing for ten (10) years, …

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has told the Federal High Court that NAF­DAC is legally empowered to enforce the prohibition on the production and sale of alcoholic …

Operations at the Lagos office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) were disrupted on Wednesday after protesting union members barricaded the agency’s premises in …

The International Human Rights Commission (IHRC–RFT) Nigeria Office has commended the Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, for what it described as his prompt and responsible action in receiving Walida …

The League of Civil Society Organizations in Kano State has strongly condemned what it described as a growing pattern of intimidation, harassment, and suppression of dissenting voices in the state. …

Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State last night took custody of Walida Abdulhadi Ibrahim, the missing girl from Jigawa State, who had been in the custody of the Department of …

Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuchiako, Kuje, Abuja, on Wednesday, admitted in evidence more documents tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), …

Kano State Government has dismissed allegations by Amnesty International that it is orchestrating a clampdown on freedom of expression in the state. Amnesty International, in a publication titled “Kano: Escalating …

Three senior officials of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC)were on Wednesday arraigned in the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, over alleged fraud and money laundering offences. They are: Felix Njoku, …