The United States Trade Administration has painted a grim picture of Nigeria’s healthcare system, describing it as underdeveloped and lacking modern medical facilities. In a report published on its Trade Administration website, it stated that Nigeria’s health indicators, under President Bola Tinubu, remain one of the worst in Africa. “Healthcare infrastructure in Nigeria is still […]

A human rights lawyer, Chinedu Agu, has decried the dire state of the judiciary in Imo State, urging the governor to take decisive action to address them. Agu, a former secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Owerri branch, expressed his concerns an open letter to Governor Hope Uzodimma, highlighting the issues plaguing the system.

The Association of Igbo Town Unions (ASITU) has petitioned the United Nations Human Rights Council, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and ECOWAS Court of Justice over the demolition of Igbo-owned properties in Lagos State, describing the actions as “systematic demolition” and “economic cleansing”.  ASITU National President, Chief Emeka Diwe, stated that the demolitions

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has condemned the declaration of 93-year-old Paul Biya as the winner of Cameroon’s recent presidential election, describing the result as a “mockery of democracy” and “a brazen subversion of the people’s will.”  In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, Frank

The scheduled hearing in the high-profile bribery and misappropriation case involving former Kano State Governor and ex-All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat Umar, and six others, was on Monday stalled at the Kano State High Court due to the defendants’ inability to file pending applications. The Kano State

A report by a civic tech accountability organisation, Monitoring Initiative for Transparency in Governance (MonITNG), has exposed the dire learning conditions at Model Palace Primary School in Yauri, Kebbi State, where pupils are forced to learn sitting in flooded classrooms after a windstorm destroyed the school buildings. In the report released on Tuesday, October 28,

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) says it has investigated more than 500 asset declaration forms under its newly established Financial Investigation and Fraud Analysis Unit (FIFAU) as part of efforts to tighten compliance and transparency among public officers. The Chairman of the Bureau, Dr. Abdullahi Bello, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja