A middle-aged woman, Ndubuisi Obiechina says she lost her two months pregnancy while being detained for twenty-two days at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Ikeja, Lagos State. She disclosed this on Saturday at the continuation of the hearing of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution set up by the Lagos State government to […]
The Federal Government has started to mobilise support for the controversial Water Resources Bill by lobbying members of the National Assembly to pass the bill . The Minister of Water Resources , Suleiman Adamu , on Wednesday , met with the House of Representatives Committee on Water Resources , where the lawmakers openly aired their […]
Activist , Aisha Yesufu , says she has been informed that people now curse her at mosques. Yesufu, however , asked those cursing her why they had not done so when she was protesting against the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan . She tweeted , “ I heard I am being cursed in mosques! […]
The lawmaker representing Amuwo Odofin Constituency I at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs Mojisola Alli -Macaulay, has received backlash over her comments alleging that most Nigerian youths on social media are always high on drugs . Alli -Macaulay, in a video of her address at an October 26 plenary of the House on […]
Robbery suspects arrested in connection with the attack on a bullion van and killing of four policemen in Ebonyi State in July have explained how their gang leader , one Clement Abanara aka Millions , planned their operations from Ikoyi prison, Lagos , where he is remanded. The suspects are two dismissed soldiers, Ayeni Samuel […]
UN Secretary -General , Antonio Guterres , has called for peace in Saturday ’ s presidential election in Ivory Coast amid reports of deadly pre -election protests in the country . Guterres made this known in a statement signed by his spokesman, Mr Stephane Dujarric , in New York on Friday. “ On the eve […]
Pope Francis recently became a subject of heated controversies over his open endorsement of same-sex civil unions — which is condemned by the Catholic church and conservative Christians. The development has since made many to revisit some of his similar controversial claims in the past. One of such is that atheists do not need to […]
The lawyers’ group known Digital Rights Lawyers Initiative (DRLI) has filed a suit against the National Broadcasting Commission for the fines the agency recently imposed on three television stations namely ARISE TV, Channels TV and AIT. In the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday 30th October, 2020 and marked FHC/ABJ/1441/2020 the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the request of an international think-tank group and investment promoter, Horasis Global Visions Community, to create its African hub in Nigeria. President Buhari spoke on Friday at a virtual meeting with the members of the Visions Community led by its founder and chairman, Dr Frank-Jürgen Richter, cross-sectional representatives of State […]
By Agency Reporter U.S. President Donald Trump has falsely accused doctors of profiting from COVID-19 deaths, with the virus exploding in many states. However, his challenger Joe Biden said Trump had surrendered to the pandemic. Both rivals on Friday sought support in Midwestern states where the coronavirus has roared back. In Wisconsin, where new cases […]
