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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says Nigerian women working as domestic workers in Iraq are being exploited. Fatima Waziri-Azi, director-general of the agency, raised the alarm in a statement released on Wednesday by Vincent Adekoye, the NAPTIP spokesperson. Waziri-Azi said most of the women are requesting […]

Nigerians stranded in war-torn Sudan have been flown back into the country. They were evacuated from Egypt by Air Peace and Nigeria Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday. The evacuation process initially suffered hitches when Nigerians were refused entry at the Egyptian border. President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention led to the resolution of […]

Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says his party is yet to hold meetings to zone the national assembly leadership positions because Bola Tinubu, president-elect, was away. Tinubu spent about a month abroad and returned to the country last week. In March, Adamu said the party in collaboration […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked a federal high court, Abuja to dismiss a suit by Festus Keyamo, mister of state for labour, seeking the probe and prosecution of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. According to NAN, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) also asked James Omotosho, […]

The house of representatives minority caucuses for the 10th national assembly have indicated interest to contest the speakership and deputy positions. The resolution of opposition parties is contained in a communique issued on Tuesday night after their meeting held in Abuja. The parties are the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives […]

Philip Nwansi, Imo chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says workers in the state will not join the strike declared by the national leadership of the congress. The Organised Labour had declared an industrial action in Imo as a result of the disruption of the workers’ day celebration in the state on […]

A federal high court sitting in Abuja has granted leave to the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) to serve a writ of summons on Meta Platforms Incorporated, owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms. The court granted the application in ARCON’s N30 billion suit pending against the company. The order allows […]

Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, says his administration will not marginalise any part of the country. The former Lagos governor was declared the winner of the presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on March 1 and is expected to take the oath of office on May 29. Speaking on Wednesday […]