Women in Rivers State on Friday staged a protest against the declaration of a state of emergency in the state. The irate women described the emergency rule as a politically motivated move aimed at undermining democracy. The women, led by Nancy Chidi Nwankwo, opposed the emergency rule, arguing that the situation in the state did […]

At least one person has died in a lone accident that occurred on Thursday night on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, via its official X handle, reported that the incident took place near the UNILAG Waterfront area, heading inward Adekunle. According to the agency, the crash involved […]

No fewer than 12 shops were, on Thursday night, razed by fire in Ibadan, Oyo State. Witnesses told The PUNCH, on Friday, that the fire began around 10:55pm at Block A, No 64, Mayegun Cement Store Market, Araromi, Agodi-Gate in Ibadan and raged for more than three hours before it was extinguished. It was further […]

The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States has ruled that Kano State’s blasphemy laws violate international human rights obligations. In the case filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Expression Now Human Rights Initiative against the Federal Republic of Nigeria marked: ECW/CCJ/APP/41/23, the regional court held that key provisions of […]

Italy’s government has created a new bureaucratic code for sex workers and others in the sex trade, causing a stir after it included criminal acts such as pimping. Italy uses a system known as ATECO to classify different professions with their code, which is used for administrative functions such as filing taxes or registering a […]

No fewer than 100 people have died since Wednesday after heavy rain lashed parts of India and Nepal. The Indian Meteorological Department, IMD, warned of multiple weather hazards on Wednesday, with heatwave conditions in the west and thunderstorms in the eastern and central regions, although the torrential rain associated with the monsoon typically begins in […]

The Federal University Oye Ekiti has dismissed reports insinuating a student – Fejiro Sharon Oteri, who died on April 8 -was not attended to at the Health Centre because it was not operating at night as erroneous. This as the institution sympathised with the parents and relations of the student. The Chief Medical Director of […]

Human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has condemned the recent decision by the National Broadcasting Commission to ban Nigerian rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem’s new protest song, Tell Your Papa, labelling the move a “clear violation” of the right to freedom of expression and access to information. In a press statement issued on Thursday, Amnesty International described the […]

The leadership tussle within the Labour Party, LP, took a new twist on Wednesday, with Lamidi Apapa asserting himself as the party’s National Chairman. Apapa, who made the declaration at a press conference in Abuja, cited the April 4 Supreme Court judgment that nullified Julius Abure’s leadership as the reason for his emergence as LP’s […]

The naira recorded its highest appreciation against the dollar at the official foreign exchange market on Thursday after United States of America President, Donald Trump paused tariff increase. Data from the Nigerian Exchange Marker, NFEM, showed that the naira strengthened to N1,605 per dollar on Thursday at the official market from N1,629.93 traded on Wednesday. […]