The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, says it is worried by the revelation that federal judges in the country have not received their salaries and allowances in the last four months,threatening to sue the federal government if the situation remain unchanged.
The trial of Sylvester Ngwuta, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria,resumed on Wednesday, at the federal high court, Abuja, with the first prosecuting witness telling the court how Ngwuta paid him a total of N313 million for the construction of three sets of buildings in different areas in Ebonyi State, including Abakiliki the state’s capital.
Three people were reported killed and many others were injured on Tuesday night after hoodlums attacked a community called Samarun Kataf, in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, residents say.
The International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, has expressed deep concern about the reported casualties among civilians and humanitarian workers in the accidental airstrikes that hit the Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Rann, Borno State, North East Nigeria.
The Gambia's parliament has voted to approve a 90-day state of emergency declared by President Yahya Jammeh, as well as the extension of the President’s tenure by 90 days.
Despite concerted efforts by the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to convince members of the Senate on the necessity to shut down the Abuja International Airport in order to repair its runway, the lawmakers appear apprehensive of the proposed move.
