PLAC
17 Dec
The Nigeria 2024 yearly human rights report has revealed that at least 526 persons were killed in violent attacks and 949 others kidnapped by criminal elements in parts of the country.
4 Dec
The Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) has described as 'unacceptable' scenarios where candidates of ruling parties win all the seats completely in local government elections. PLAC Executive Director, Mr. Clement Nwankwo, made this observation at the ongoing Review of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution, organised by the House of Representatives in collaboration with PLAC and…
4 Dec
The Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) has described as 'unacceptable' scenarios where candidates of ruling parties win all the seats completely in local government elections. PLAC Executive Director, Mr. Clement Nwankwo, made this observation at the ongoing Review of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution, organized by the House of Representatives in collaboration with PLAC and…
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African scientists have been asked to take more positive steps to explore the enormous benefits of solar energy. An expert on Solar Energy, Professor Niyazi Serdar Sarciftci of Johannes Kepler University, Linz Austria, gave the advice in a keynote paper he presented at an International Conference on Solar Energy Revolution in Nigeria and Africa, at…
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Sudanese paramilitary shelling of a market in Omdurman, part of greater Khartoum, killed 40 people on Saturday, a medical source told AFP. Requesting anonymity for their safety, the source at Al-Nao Hospital said the wounded were "still being brought to the hospital" following the attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Since April 2023, the…
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The Kaduna State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists(NUJ) has commended Governor Uba Sani for remitting N548 million to the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Endwell fund scheme following the resolution of the dispute that had lingered since 2021. The union which made this known in a communique after its monthly congress, also praised…
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The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has advanced the implementation of the Africa Mini-grids Programme (AMP) in Nigeria, signing grant agreements for the development of 23 mini-grids across six geopolitical zones. The initiative, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), aims to expand clean energy access and…
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Freed Palestinian inmates were greeted by a cheering crowd in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah Saturday, after Hamas released three Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip in the fourth exchange under the group's ceasefire deal with Israel. Three other buses carrying freed Palestinians also arrived in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis,…
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Three buses carrying Palestinian prisoners released by Israel as part of a ceasefire deal arrived in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis on Saturday, an AFP correspondent reported. The prisoners, many wearing grey prison uniforms, were greeted by hundreds of Gazans who gathered around the buses as they approached the city's European Hospital. The…
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Brigadier-General Funsho Oyeniyi (rtd), has commended President Bola Tinubu for his support to military veterans by increasing the pension of the Armed Forces and paying all pension arrears and other entitlements owed. Oyeniyi gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday. He, however, called for more…
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Dozens of migrants left Albania in Italian custody on Saturday, after a ruling by judges in Rome struck a fresh blow to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's embattled third-country migration centres. According to an AFP reporter, an Italian boat carrying 43 migrants departed from the Albanian port of Shengjin just after midday Saturday. The migrants arrived…
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The Adamawa State High Court sitting in Yola has dismissed an application filed by the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC)