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Abuse your uniform, be struck by god of iron, Soyinka tells Amotekun corps Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has warned members and officers of the Amotekun Corps not to abuse their uniforms and trample on people’s rights or risk being struck by the Yoruba god of iron (Ogun). Soyinka gave the warning, yesterday, … [Read more…]
The Nigerian Bar Association on Thursday said it would investigate the “display of naked power” by the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, who was seen in a viral video with his security detail, assaulting a citizen at Banex Plaza, in Wuse Abuja. The organisation identified the victim to be … [Read more…]
Gunmen, at about 5pm, yesterday, attacked the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Soludo, killing three policemen guarding him. Soludo, who is a governorship aspirant for the November 6 election, on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), was addressing youths of Isuofia at their civic … [Read more…]
It was a special Easter gift for the founder of DAAR Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi as the Abuja division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday, quashed the N2.1B money laundering charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The appellate court upheld the no-case submission made by Dokpesi … [Read more…]
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday asked the Senate to confirm Justice Salisu Abdullahi, as the Chief Judge of the High Court of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement titled “President Buhari asks Senate to confirm … [Read more…]
A Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet involved in the anti-terror war against Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province has lost radar contact in Borno State. NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, in a statement on Thursday, said the incident happened on Wednesday evening. The statement was titled, ‘Nigerian Air Force … [Read more…]
New York state lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday legalizing recreational marijuana, with Governor Andrew Cuomo saying he would sign it into law. New York will join 14 other US states and the District of Columbia in permitting cannabis use after the bill was backed by both state chambers, where Cuomo’s Democratic Party holds … [Read more…]
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has sued an online Newspaper, Peoples Gazette, over alleged defamatory publications. In the suit marked, HAB/36/2021, and filed before an Abakaliki High Court, Umahi and two other plaintiffs, Austin Umahi and Brass Engineering and Construction Nigeria Limited, said the paper’s ‘offending’ publications of January 29 and 30 2021, caused … [Read more…]
Four persons, including two senior staff in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, have been charged to court by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons over their alleged involvement in human trafficking. The workers were the Chief Accountant on Grade Level 14, Innocent Bola-Audu, … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has received an invitation from US President Joe Biden to a virtual summit to galvanise efforts in tackling the climate crisis. President Biden also extended the invitation to four other African leaders and 35 others. The African leaders are Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Kenyan … [Read more…]
The Federal Government is yet to release the fund it promised Edo State for the hosting of the 2020 National Sports Festival with less than a week to its commencement. Musa Ebomhiana, a Project Manager in the Media and Communications Sub-Committee of the festival’s Local Organising Committee, disclosed this on Sunday in Benin. … [Read more…]
George Floyd must receive justice, his family said ahead of opening arguments Monday in the trial of the white police officer accused of killing the Black man, whose agonising death ignited protests against racism and police brutality across the United States and around the world. “I have a big hole right now in my … [Read more…]