President Bola Tinubu on Friday called on the family of late former Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, to uphold the values that defined him as an exceptional Nigerian statesman. Tinubu, who was represented by Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, spoke during Ogbeh’s burial in Otukpa, Ogbadibo Local Government […]

Assata Shakur, a prominent figure in the Black liberation movement who spent decades in exile in Cuba, has passed away, according to an announcement from her daughter. Born Joanne Deborah Chesimard, Shakur died on Thursday in Havana, with Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs attributing her death to complications related to age and declining health. In

An Abakaliki Division of the Federal High Court has awarded a total of ₦22million in favour of a legal practitioner, Sampson Imeze Ekigbo, against the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) for human rights violations. The Court in a judgment, delivered by Honourable Justice Hillary Oshomah, on Thursday in suit number FHC/AI/FHR/11/2025, arose from a fundamental rights

The Nigerian Army personnel attached to Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have rescued two Nigerian Immigration Service officers abducted by kidnappers in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State. The officers, identified as David Iorwuese James and Orasuur Oliver, were freed on Friday after a military operation in the Azendeshi axis. According to a

The Officer-in-Charge (O/C) at the Imo State Police Command, Francis Itua, who is leading the prosecution of Barrister Chinedu Agu, former secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Owerri branch, who is facing trial for alleged criminal defamation of Governor Hope Uzodinma, has been described as a fugitive. This was revealed by human rights lawyer