The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), has convened a two-day stakeholders' workshop in Abuja to drive the implementation of the Committee on the Protection of Migrant Workers (CMW) recommendations. The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and…

The Western Marine Command (WMC) and Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over 4,973 loaves of cannabis sativa weighing 2,433 kg and 195 bottles of 300 ml codeine to the appropriate authorities in Lagos. The authorities are the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control…

The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Aisha Garba, has promised to ensure that every Nigerian child has access to quality education in line with President Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda. In her first quarterly meeting with Executive Chairmen of State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) in Abuja, Garba said the Commission will strive towards…

Justice Rahman Oshodi of a Special Offences Court, Lagos, has dismissed an application filed by the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, asking the judge to recuse self from the suit. The judge while ruling on the oral application for recusal held that the defendants' counsel did not substantiate…

Delta State police commissioner, Olufemi Abaniwonda, has ordered the immediate deployment of combat operatives to arrest kidnapping in the state. The directive follows the incessant kidnapping and armed robbery at Ogwashi Uku and environs, Aniocha South local government council of Delta State. For months, unknown gunmen reportedly rounded up the areas, kidnapping their victims to…