A coalition of civil society groups says at least 60,000 people have been killed in the middle belt region since 2001.Addressing reporters in Abuja on Monday, the coalition said while over 600 people had been killed, more than 160,000 people have been displaced in Benue state alone between January and February this year.“The African centre for strategic studies estimates that [...]
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The Lagos high court has adjourned the case involving Innocent Chukwuma, CEO of Innoson Motors, following his absence and pending outcome of the petition against the presiding judge, Mojisola Dada, before the National Judicial Council (NJC).On February 12, Innoson petitioned NJC to investigate the circumstance leading to Dada's issuance of a bench warrant against him and ordering his arrest.This followed [...]

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) says those who do not have national identity card number will no longer be eligible for international passport.Mohammed Babandede, comptroller general of NIS, said this in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the 4th annual meeting of the ID4Africa movement hosted by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).Babandede said this is part of the efforts to streamline the databases of all government [...]

An attempt by the BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) movement to engage in a sit-out at the Unity Fountain in Abuja was thwarted by the Nigerian police on Monday.Edith Yassin, a member of the movement, told TheCable that "the police shot tear gas at us point blank"."We did not cross their line. We simply crossed the road to sit on the ground as [...]

Nigeria’s Chinedu Moghalu has been appointed the head, communications and advocacy, for the Africa Risk Capacity (ARC)/United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).A statement released by the African Risk Capacity (ARC) said Moghalu would be leading efforts to ensure that its work in responding to the challenges of climate change and natural disaster risk management is strategically communicated to the member [...]

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) says it has removed proficiency certificate from its list of requirements for business registration.The commission said the removal is part of its reform initiatives and review of its checklist and guidelines."Under the new arrangement, members of the public do not have to submit proficiency certificate to the commission for registration of companies, business names and [...]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has no plan to create 30,000 new polling units "to compromise the 2019 general election".An alarm was raised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that INEC intends to create additional polling units to aid the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) win the 2019 general elections.Rotimi Lawrence, chief press secretary of the INEC [...]

Telecoms giant MTN has appointed Chapel Hill Denham as one of the three brokers for its initial public offering (IPO) on the Nigerian stock market.The Nigerian financial firm will work alongside Renaissance Capital and Rand Merchant Bank, with Citigroup and Standard Bank serving as coordinators.MTN has not decided what portion of the subsidiary to sell, as it targets $400 million, [...]

The 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia has come and gone.After an inspiring performance at the 2014 Games held in Glasgow, a lot was expected of Team Nigeria.The Nigerian contingent to Glasgow came closest to upending the performance of their compatriots 20 years earlier in Victoria Canada – who bagged an outstanding medal haul of 11 gold, 13 silver [...]

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says it is unconstitutional for any legislative chamber to suspend or sack a member.He said this on a Channels Television news programme on Wednesday in reaction to the suspension of Ovie Omo-Agege from the senate.Falana said only a competent court of law can suspend or remove a member of the legislature whether at local, state [...]