Rivers-rerun Elections‬: Early results emerge

Some of the results from the rerun of the national and state assembly elections in Rivers State are emerging.
FINAL RESULTS FROM OBIO AKPOR WARD 13 – UNITS 001 – 023 (RUMUADAORLU, RUMUOLA & RUMUOKWUTA) OBIO/AKPOR LGA RESULTS
FOR SENATE, HOUSE OF REPS AND STATE ASSEMBLY AS DECLARED BY INEC OFFICIALS IN THE POLLING UNITS.

Cancellation of Easter Celebrations in Kaduna State,Gov El-Rufai Speaks

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has denied rumours going around that he's cancelled Easter holidays in the state.

"Good Friday and Easter Monday are established public holidays, they are mandatory and are declared by the Federal Government. Pupils and students in Kaduna State will go on Easter Holiday and Good Friday and Easter Monday," he said on Social Media.

SERAP warns CBN on Secret Recruitment

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Mr Godwin Emefiele,Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), requesting him to “immediately withdraw hundreds of letters of employment issued following a seriously flawed recruitment process and to put in place a system of recruitment and hiring based on the principles of non-discrimination, transparency, participation and objective criteria such as merit, equity and aptitude.”

South Sudan allows soldiers rape women as salaries – UN

South Sudan has encouraged fighters to rape women in place of wages while children have been burnt alive, the UN said Friday, calling the young nation one of the world’s most “horrendous” human rights situations.
Grotesque rights violations could amount to war crimes, said a report on the world’s youngest country from the United Nations human rights office.

Court sends actress Ibinabo Fiberesima to jail

The Lagos division of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal has sentenced top Nollywood actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima to a 5-year jail term.

Fulani herdsmen invasion,Federal Polytechnic in Ado Ekiti raises alarm

The Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti on Friday raised the alarm over alleged invasion and subsequent destruction of the institution’s farmlands by persons suspected to be Fulani heardsmen.
The Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr. Taiwo Akande said at a pre- convocation press conference in Ado Ekiti that the institution had lost several millions in monetary terms to the menace.