Abuja: Health professionals have warned that inadequate mental health services and alleged inhumane treatment of mentally ill inmates in detention centres worsen their condition, amounting to torture and abuse. They spoke on Tuesday in Abuja at the ongoing second public hearing on alleged corruption and other violations against the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS). According to […]
Day: March 11, 2025
Plateau Assembly Pushes for Regulation of House Rent in Jos-Bukuru Metropolis
Jos: The Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Gabriel Dewan (YPP/Pankshin North), has called for government intervention to regulate the escalating house rents in the Jos-Bukuru metropolis. Dewan made this appeal through a notice of motion during the assembly’s plenary session on Tuesday. According to News Agency of Nigeria, Dewan urged the state […]
NGICE25 Expo to Boost Nigeria-Germany Cultural and Economic Ties
Abuja: The Organising Committee of the Nigerian German Investment and Cultural Expo (NGICE25) has announced that the upcoming 2025 expo aims to strengthen the cultural exchange and economic cooperation between Nigeria and Germany. Dr. Mike Okiro, the retired Inspector General of Police and Chairman of the NGICE Organising Committee, shared this vision during a courtesy […]
Senate Approves Restoration of Aniocha North II State Constituency, Delta
Abuja: The Senate has given its approval for the restoration of the Aniocha North II State Constituency in Delta, adhering to the Supreme Court judgment in suit No. SC/129/2019. According to News Agency of Nigeria, the approval was granted following a motion during a plenary session, titled ‘Restoration of Aniocha North II State Constituency, Delta […]
AU Appoints Kabir as Ambassador for Agenda 2063
Abuja: The African Union (AU) has nominated Malam Mohammed Kabir, the immediate past Registrar of the Surveyors Council of Nigeria, as an Ambassador to promote the AU Agenda 2063. The nomination was communicated through a letter signed by Amb. Amara Thecla Orakwe, Chairperson of the Nomination and Screening Committee of the AU. The letter emphasized […]