Bill Cosby departs the Montgomery County Courthouse on the first day of sentencing in his sexual assault trial on September 24, 2018 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. In April, Cosby was found guilty on three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. 60 women have […]
for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, has said that “Nnamdi Kanu appeared to have been trapped by some persons of his own tribal stock over some lingering issues.” The group said that Kanu’s arrest at an airport in Kenya was initially taken to be ‘a minor immigration issue’, which later turned out to be […]
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has urged Northerners to be on their guard to stem moves from any group agitating for restructuring, a Biafra State, resource control and the Oduduwa Republic. The BoT Chairman, Ambassador Shehu Malami, while addressing the 2nd meeting of the board on Wednesday in Kaduna, […]
The Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has advised the Federal Government to apply caution and strict adherence to the rule of law in handling the issue of Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, was arrested, extradited to Nigeria and arraigned at an Abuja court on Tuesday. The Senator, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says ethnicity and religion are not to blame for Nigeria’s problems but the people. According to a statement by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesperson, the president spoke while receiving members of the Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo (MBO) dynamic support group. The group had visited the state house, Abuja, to present a compendium of five years […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered that the former Vice Chairman of Lagos Island Local Government Area, Asekun Sakiru Kehinde, be remanded at the correctional centre following his arraignment on a charge of allegedly exporting 1,000 kilogrammes of cocaine. Justice Ayokunle Faji gave the order on Wednesday after Kehinde pleaded not guilty […]
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has applied to withdraw the case he filed against Jaafar Jaafar, publisher of an online newspaper, Daily Nigerian. Ganduje had dragged Jaafar to court over a story where he was purportedly seen stuffing foreign currencies in his pocket. The governor had asked the court to declare that “the […]
Ibe Pascal Arogorn, Owerri Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma has promised to conduct Local Government elections in no time He said he is doing so to bringing back development at the rural level. Governor Uzodimma gave the indication of a soon to be held local government election in Imo State when he had […]
Kingsley Kanu, a sibling of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says his brother was arrested in Kenya, Daily Trust is reporting The Federal Government has been silent on the location where Kanu was arrest and this has fueled speculations. But in a statement on Wednesday, Kingsley said Kenyan authorities detained […]
The Lagos State Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, has said there were no bloodstains at the scene of the October 20, 2020, Lekki shooting incident when the state governor visited. Mr Muri-Okunola said this on Tuesday during his cross-examination at the Lagos Judicial Panel. The official said when Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his entourage – […]
