The African Union (AU) has suspended Guinea, following the recent coup that ousted President Alpha Conde. On Sunday, Conde was ousted and detained by military forces led by Mamady Doumbouya. Guinea’s suspension by the AU was announced in a Twitter post published on Friday by the political affairs, peace and security department of the African […]
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos state governor, has signed the VAT bill passed by the house of assembly into law. According to Gbenga Omotosho, the commissioner for information and strategy, the governor signed the bill into law on Friday. He said the governor signed the “bill for a law to impose and charge VAT on certain goods […]
Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said bandits have over the years developed escape routes from aerial bombardments. He said this in an article titled, ‘War Has Never Been A Solution Anytime Anywhere,’ issued following the offensive by the military against bandits and their hideouts in the north. Gumi also warned that bandits will migrate […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against the consumption of vegetable oil drugs that are injurious to health. The Director General of the agency, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the warning when she flagged off of the sensitization campaign in the North Central zone held in Ilorin on […]
Former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, says his younger brother, Olajide, will not die in vain. He stated this in a Facebook post on Thursday night hours after the burial of Olajide in the Kiribo area of Ondo State. “My brother Olajide Sowore will never die in vain, thank you Nigeria! Though I am shackled, I […]
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, says his administration and the people of the state are committed to the peace of Nigeria. He stated this on Thursday in a speech to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari who visited Imo to commission some projects. “Our commitment to the unity and peace of Nigeria is irrevocable,” the governor asserted […]
Barely nine months after calling off its last strike action, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the federal government of defaulting on the December 2020 Memorandum of Action (MoA) that led end of the strike. Addressing a press conference on Friday, the union’s Zonal Coordinator in Kano, Comrade Abdulkadir Muhammad, said while […]
The Federal High Court has appointed the wife of the late Prophet Temitope Joshua, Mrs Evelyn Joshua, as a trustee of the Synagogue Church of All Nations. According to a statement by the church, Justice Tijjani Ringim gave the judgment on Thursday at the Lagos Judicial Division of the High Court in Ikoyi. The appointment […]
By Ibe Pascal Arogorn “May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right. For, to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” Over the […]
Joseph Funso, a UK-based forensic investigator, has presented evidence of arson and shooting at the October 20, 2020, Lekki Tollgate protest to the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution of Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters. On Friday, 11 months after the incident, the forensic expert and Managing Director, Sentinel Forensics Limited, appeared […]
