SERAP Gives Finance Ministry 48 Hours Over Abuja CCTV Deal

  Three years after a court order and months into contempt proceedings, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a fresh 48-hour ultimatum to the Federal Ministry of Finance, demanding full disclosure of all Nigerian contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and vendors who received payments under the controversial $460 million Abuja CCTV project. In a…

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Rights Group Invokes 2022 Terrorism Act, Demands Probe Of Sheikh Gumi

  The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on Nigerian security agencies to arrest and investigate prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, over recent televised comments the group described as sympathetic to terrorists and capable of undermining the country’s ongoing counter terrorism campaign. In a statement issued on Saturday by its National…

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Durban Verification Exercise Triggers Xenophobia Concerns

  Concerns over renewed xenophobic sentiment have flared in South Africa after authorities in Durban relocated several Nigerians and other African nationals to a screening centre for immigration verification, igniting heated reactions across migrant communities and social media platforms. According to reports monitored by Observers Times, the operation was reportedly ordered by Durban Mayor Cyril…

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Ebola Outbreak: Nigeria Assures Public Over Border Safety

  Nigeria’s Immigration Service has moved to reassure the public that the country’s land borders pose no unchecked risk of Ebola entry, even as the World Health Organisation places the rapidly expanding outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda under its highest international alert status. The Nigeria Immigration Service spokesperson, Akinsola Akinlabi,…

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ICPC Faces N2bn Defamation Claim Over Statement On El-Rufai Custody Visit

  The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission finds itself facing a N2 billion pre-action defamation notice filed by Aichatou El-Rufai, wife of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, following a public statement the anti-graft agency released in May 2026 regarding an access control incident at its Abuja headquarters. The commission, however, says…

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