Ozekhome Faults Malami On NASS’ Powers To Summon Buhari
Constitutional lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has faulted the Attorney General and Minister of Justice’s position on President Muhammadu Buhari’s non-appearance before the National Assembly over insecurity. The Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on Wednesday, in a well-publicised statement posited that the National Assembly lack powers to summon Buhari, citing ‘exclusivity of […]
Coronavirus, Biden, Davido, Kobe Dominate Google In 2020
Internet search engine, Google, on Wednesday released top results of its 2020 Year-in-Search. Google’s spokesman, Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos said Coronavirus dominated searches on Google in 2020. Read Also: Google To Pay Content Creators In Australia, Brazil, Germany The Google manager also said that Joe Biden, […]
UAE Royal Family Buys 50% Stake In Israeli Football Team
A United Arab Emirate royal family has purchased a 50 percent stake in an Israeli Premier League football club, Beitar. The details of the purchase were announced by the Israeli club on its website and social media. The Israeli club on its Twitter account said: ‘A historic and exciting day for Beitar Jerusalem. This afternoon […]
Senate To Pass Electoral Reform Bill In 1st Quarter Of 2021
Nigeria’s Senate is working assiduously to ensure the Electoral Reforms Bill in the first quarter of 2021 according to the senate President, Ahmad Lawan. Lawan who made the remarks while declaring open a Public Hearing on a Bill for an Act to Repeal the Electoral Act No. 6 2010 (as amended) and enact the Independent […]
Religious Persecution Exists In Nigeria, CAN Insists
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, have insisted that persecutions of Christians exist in the Northern part of the country. Their statement is in reaction to the federal government’s denial of any religious freedom violations, as accused by the United States. The US had placed Nigeria, among other countries on a religious freedom blacklist, opening […]
American Woman, 46 Arrives Nigeria To Marry Lover, 23
A 46-year-old American woman by name Janine Sanchez Reimann, has arrived in Nigeria to marry the love of her life Suleiman Isah who is 23 years old from Kano state. According to information in the wedding invitation circulating on social media their Wedding Fatiha is to be held on Sunday, December 13, in the Gasau […]
#EndSARS: Part Of Coup Plot Against Buhari – Northern Youths
The Northern Youths under the umbrella of Northern Youths Leaders Forum, NYLF has stated the second round #EndSARS protests is part of a plot to instigate a coup against President Muhammadu Buhari. The group on Tuesday disclosed they will resist the protests by mobilizing youths in all Northern states and Abuja. NYLF, being an umbrella […]
Police Attack El Zakzaky Members With Tear Gas
Armed Nigeria police officers have violently dispersed members of the Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky-led Islamic Movement of Nigeria who staged a peaceful protest in Abuja to demand the release of the leader and his wife Zeenat Ibrahim, with many protesters arrested during the encounter. She undergoes a secret trial with the husband in Kaduna state. The […]
Unity: Nnamdi Kanu Reacts To Jonathan’s Comment
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said that a recent comment by ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, that Nigeria’s unity is questionable, should propel the leaders to conduct a referendum in the country. The former President had during a performance by the Port-Harcourt Male Ensemble International tagged ‘Peace for All […]
APC Extends The Tenure Of Caretaker Committee
All Progressive Congress (APC) National Executive Committee (NEC) had on Tuesday in an extraordinary meeting extended the tenure of its National Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee led by Governor Mai Mala Buni by additional six months. The highest decision-making body of the ruling party has also expelled former acting national chairman of the party, Ntufam […]
ASUU: FG Reveals When Union Agreed To Call Off Strike
The Federal Government has claimed the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had promised to call off their nine-month-old strike before Wednesday, December 9. This was contained in a statement from the media office of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, on Tuesday. Read Also: ASUU: Strike May Be Suspended As Govt […]
Why I Can Never Reconcile With Obasanjo – Gani Adams
Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams, has said he never requested to visit former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He said this on Tuesday in reaction to Obasanjo’s statement last week. Adams, in a rejoinder, called the former Nigerian leader’s comment ‘weighty’. The Aare said he decided to respond in order to clear the air on […]