FORMER chief judge of Nigeria Justice Mohammed Tanko will receive about N2.5bn ($6.01m) as a severance package from the federal government following his recent resignation despite there being corruption question marks surrounding his tenure.
On Monday, Justice Tanko tendered his resignation citing ill-health but it has now...
NIGERIA'S senate has amended the Terrorism Prevention Act adding a clause that prohibits the payment of ransom feed to kidnappers with a penalty that punishes a breach of the law with a jail term of 15 years.
Of late, the kidnapping industry has boomed in Nigeria, turning abductions into a highly lucrative trade. As...
NIGERIA'S senate has amended the country's Firearms Act 2004 increasing the dine for being in possession of an unregistered weapon to N1m ($2,430) from N1,000 as part of new measures to arrest the growing spate of violence and lawlessness across the nation.
Over recent years, Nigeria has practically been a war zone as the...
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