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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has authorized the Action Plan 2022-2026 for human rights promotion and protection in Nigeria. Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice said this while briefing State House media on Wednesday during the weekly meeting of the council chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. The strategy was developed by stakeholders from government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies. He stated that the permission followed the Buhari administration’s compliance with the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) verdict and payment of N135 million in compensation to victims and family members of the Apo Six…

A former All Progressives Grand Alliance candidate for governor of Enugu State in the just completed 2023 general elections has been discovered dead. Dons Ude, the deceased, was reported missing last Saturday. According to reports, Mr. Ude’s body was discovered near Ninth Mile Corner in the Enugu State (southeast Nigeria) local government area of Udi. It was also claimed that his car had been found. Sudden disappearance Mr Ude apparently wasn’t returning calls to his phone line before he was reported missing, which sparked worries that he could have been kidnapped. He served as the state’s Peoples Democratic Party’s secretary…

The Ondo State Police Command has charged five people in the killing of a man, Temitope Olorunfemi, before the state Chief Magistrates’ Court in Akure, the state capital. On Easter Monday, Olorunfemi was lynched in Akure’s Ijoka Area after his Toyota Camry automobile killed one person and injured many others. The car was also set ablaze by persons who claimed to have discovered fetish goods inside the vehicle, fueling speculation that he was an Internet fraudster known as ‘Yahoo boy.’ Five people were later arrested in connection with the incident by men from the state police command. The defendants in…

On Wednesday, the Lagos State Government began demolishing unlawful structures in the state’s Banana Island region. The project was a component of the state government’s efforts to address the state’s recurrent building collapses. Officials from the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit, the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority, and the Lagos State Building Control Agency participated in the activity. The General Manager of LASBCA, Gbolahan Oki, and the Chairman of the Task Force, CSP Shola Jejeloye, served as the team’s other commanders. According to a statement by the state Ministry of Information, the affected buildings were in contravention…

Six new permanent secretaries for the Federal Civil Service were sworn in by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja. Prior to the start of this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting, the swearing-in took place. Mahmud Kambari (Borno State), Esuabana Nko-Asanye (Cross River), Lamuwa Ibrahim (Gombe), Yakubu Kofar-Mata (Kano), Oloruntola Michael (Ogun), and Richard Pheelangwah (Taraba State) are the appointments, along with their places of origin. The occasion marked the conclusion of a weeks-long pre-qualification procedure for directors by the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, according to…

In a fresh assault on villages in Edikwu 2 Council Ward of Apa Local Government Area of Benue State, suspected armed Fulani herdsmen murdered an officer, a soldier, and 15 other people. According to information obtained, among the localities under siege by the marauders are Odogbo and Opaha, the residences of Mr. Abu Umoro, a state assembly man who represents Apa State Constituency, and Mr. David Olofu, the state’s commissioner of finance. The incident comes just after the weekend’s assault on the Ankpali village in the same Edikwu Ward 2, where Mr. Nathaniel Ochoche, the Labour Party’s Ward Chairman, and…

Despite pleadings from his family and campaigners for mercy, Singapore killed a man convicted of drug trafficking on Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for his family. Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was found guilty of aiding in the trafficking of more than 1 kg (2.2 pounds) of cannabis in 2013, which is double the amount that would have resulted in the death sentence in the city-state, which is renowned for its strict drug policies. The family’s rights advocate, Kokila Annamalai, who is located in Singapore, verified that Suppiah had been hanged after the president turned down requests for mercy the night before…

Alhaji Musa Gwadabe, an elder statesman and former minister of Employment, Labour, and Productivity, passed away at the age of 86. On Tuesday night in Kano, Gwadabe passed away after a protracted sickness. The late stateman’s funeral prayer would be held at his residence along Maiduguri Road in Kano by 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, according to a relative of the elder statesman, Nasiru Gwadabe. When Olusegun Obasanjo was president in 1999, Alhaji Musa Gwadabe was named minister for the development of solid minerals before being transferred to the Ministry of Employment, Labor, and Productivity. He was also Secretary to Kano…

50 stores were destroyed, and one person was hurt in a fire that broke out at the Bodija plank market in the Oyo State local government of Ibadan North. Ahmed Abdulwasiu, the injured victim, is being treated at Calvary Baptist Hospital in Bodija, Ibadan. Abdulwasiu described how he was trying to put out the flames in his shop before becoming trapped, stating he would have perished if rescuers hadn’t acted quickly. Another victim, Mutiu Olaoluwa, a furniture trader, said,  I was outside my shop when I suddenly heard the fire upsurge. Before I knew it, the flames covered everywhere. I…

Every rational person, according to Nollywood actor Frederick Leonard, should use deodorants on a daily basis. He made this comment in response to a recent Instagram post made by his colleague Victor Okpalan. Okpalan had bemoaned the conduct of some performers and staff members who showed up at the filming location with offensive odors. He wrote, “You can’t come onset and be smelling like a rat poison seller under Ajah bridge! Like how can’t we breathe where you are? Abeg save our nostrils!!!” Reacting via the comment section, Leonard said deodorants should be compulsory for both cast and crew. He…