Month: July 2022

A Federal court in Buenos Aires, Argentina has sentenced 19 former military officers to long prison terms for crimes against humanity, including forced disappearances, murder, torture, and kidnapping of children during the country's military dictatorships in 1976-83. Among those sentenced was General Santiago Riveros, previously convicted for other human rights violations who received a life sentence after being found guilty of more than 100 crimes. The court ruled that crimes […]

Renowned Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana San, has reacted to recent comments of a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission Inec, Haruna Mohammed justifying the acceptance of the nominations of APC candidates who did not take part in party primaries in Yobe and Akwa Ibom States. Speaking on the issue, Falana explained that the party primaries and nomination processes are governed by the Electoral Act, 2022, particularly Sections […]

The presidential candidate of the Labor Party Peter Obi has insisted that he preferred a younger person with a capable hand with something to offer to complement his ticket rather than recycling old hands who had been in the government before. Obi who disclosed this yesterday in a television interview was asked to explain social media rumors that he had chosen Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, a businessman and politician, as his […]

The Governor of Enugu State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi yesterday inaugurated the committee on harmonization of the state secondary education board law with the federal secondary education board law. Ugwuanyi who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government SSG, Professor Uchenna Simon Ortuanya, during the ceremony at the state house, stressed the need for the development of secondary education in the state and harmonization of laws on the country, urging […]