Many customers of various banks have called on financial institutions to pay them compensation for their losses incurred due to unstable online networks. The customers who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday said they lost…
Japan’s top court orders government to compensate disabled people who were forcibly sterilized
In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court ordered the government Wednesday to pay suitable compensation to about a dozen victims who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law that was designed to eliminate offspring of people with disabilities.…
Borno residents beg FG to release DCP Kyari
Some residents of Borno State have pleaded with the Federal Government to release DCP Abba Kyari, following the death of his mother. Kyari has been in detention for over one year for alleged corruption. An indigene, Baba Gana Kyari, in…
Demolition: Don’t cry over spilt milk, Ohanaeze tells Igbo in Lagos
The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has urged Igbos affected by the demolition of their houses in the Abule Ado area of Lagos by the Federal Housing Authority, FHA, not to cry over spilt milk. He reiterated…
Sanwo-Olu orders N5m payment to driver assaulted during #EndSARS memorial
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has ordered the payment of N5 million compensation to an Uber driver, Adedotun Clement, who was assaulted on October 20, 2021, during a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the #EndSARS protest in…
Justice for ‘‘Ekwulobia 4’’, Court orders IGP, AGF to pay N400m compensation
After more than twenty years of painful mourning, justice finally came to families of four Ladipo Traders, who were extra-judicially killed by Policemen in 2001, as Justice Olufunke Sule-Amzat of a Lagos High Court sitting in Yaba, ordered the Inspector General of Police…
South Korea pushes to resolve historical labour dispute with Japan
South Korea said on Monday that its companies would compensate people forced to work under Japan’s 1910-1945 occupation, seeking to end a dispute that has undercut U.S.-led efforts to present a unified front against China and North Korea. The proposal was welcomed in Tokyo but…
Canada to pay Indigenous abuse survivors more than $2b
Canada will pay hundreds of Indigenous communities more than $2 billion in compensation for nearly a century of abuse suffered by children in residential schools, its government has announced. A class-action lawsuit brought by 324 Indigenous communities has resulted in…
Kanu sues NIA DG, demands N20b compensation
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has sued the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar, for imprisoning him (Kanu) in Kenya for eight days, before his extradition to Nigeria. The special counsel to…
#EndSARS: Fed Govt pays N289m to 74 victims of police brutality
The Federal Government has paid N289 million as compensation to 74 victims of rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The presentation of cheques to the victims was held on Wednesday at…