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Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) will on Tuesday embarked on indefinite strike to protest the non-implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary. The federal government has approved financial autonomy of the third arm of government, however, state governments were to yet allow financial independence to judiciary at the state level. A…

The Kaduna state governor has appointed Ibraheem Musa as his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), alongside 12 others. The appointments were announced on Thursday night in a state by Febian Okoye, Special Adviser to the Governor on Research, Documentation & Strategy. Okoye said the appointments were aimed at “reinvigorating effective and efficient service delivery to the…

The Gombe state government has a 24 hour curfew in Balanga Local Government Area of the state following renewed communal violence between Lunguda and Waja ethnic groups. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Ibrahim Njodi, in a statement on Wednesday said the decision was aimed at curtailing the violence that erupted among communities…

By Sylvanus Tyoakaa, Abuja The federal government has disclosed that over 12,000 inmates were released from various correctional centres across the country within the last six years in line with the policy of prison decongestion . Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami made the disclosure on Tuesday to members of the Senate Committee…

One person was reportedly shot dead by a stray bullet in when armed thugs invaded Rigachikun ward, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state during Saturday’s re-run election in the area. The deceased, who was identified as Mansur Shafiu, who was in his shop was said to have been hit by a stray bullet when…