Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting him to “instruct Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation to take immediate steps to expeditiously, diligently, effectively and fairly prosecute high-profile corruption cases, and to publish details of the whereabouts of allegedly […]
Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya proved his supremacy in the middleweight division with a second-round knockout win over Paulo Costa in the main event of UFC 253 on Saturday. The comprehensive victory has seen the self-acclaimed Stylebender retain his middleweight title in ruthless fashion. Adesanya before the fight had boasted he would deal ruthlessly with his Brazilian […]
The Defence Headquarters. says 13 Boko Haram terrorists alongside six women and 17 children from Kodila village, have surrendered to troops of 151 Task Force Battalion at Banki Junction in Bama Local Government Area of Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Enenche said […]
The Ogun police command has arrested eight members of a dread cult group, ‘Black Axe’, also known as ‘Aiye’ while mourning one of their members who died recently. The command spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this to newsmen in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday. According to the statement, the suspects were arrested on September […]
At least 15 people were killed when a passenger van travelling in southern Pakistan crashed and caught fire, officials said Sunday. The van was carrying passengers from Karachi to Hyderabad city when it struck an object and careered off the road late Saturday. “The death toll in the unfortunate accident has reached 15,” Owais Shah, […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the federal government will soon reopen Nigeria’s land borders. In October 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the closure of land borders to check smuggling goods and arms into the country after a partial closure of the Seme border in August 2019. Speaking during a webinar organised by The Africa Report […]
Two Men Died On Saturday Morning, September 26, While Fighting Over A Woman In Kayunga, Kyampisi Sub-County In Mukono District, Uganda. The Deceased Have Been Identified As Hassan Kiwango, 45, A Timber Dealer And Hakim Katende 48, A Driver. Observer Uganda Reported That Trouble Started Last Year After Katende Accused Kiwango Of Having An Affair […]
Prophet Godfrey Gbujie, a revered celibate prophet has declared that the commencement of industrial action by organized labour over the hike in the cost of electricity power and fuel, may mark the commencement of an ‘inevitable revolution’. He made the declaration in Owerri, the Imo State capital during a chat with newsmen. Gbujie made reference […]
The year 2020 proposed New Yam Festival by Ndigbo living in Kano State has been put on hold as the High Court has issued an ex parte motion, stopping the activities until the hearing of the substantive motion before it. The High Court presided by Justice Farouk Lawan Adamu, stopped the Ndigbo from performing the […]
…says “Let Me & Others Serve 120 Months In Nigerian Prison. Dr. Piotr M. A Cywinski, the Director of Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to grant pardon to the convicted Omar Farouq by the Kano State Shariah Court for blasphemy. This is contained in a letter dated 25th day of […]
