Buratai Appointed Nigeria’s Ambassador To Benin Republic
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai (rtd), has been deployed to Benin Republic. General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin (rtd), former Defence Chief, is the head of mission to…
EndSARS: Lagos says most injuries from Lekki tollgate were from ‘machete cuts, stampede’
The Lagos state government says most of the injuries sustained by protesters at the Lekki tollgate were from machete cuts and stampede. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, head of service, stated this on…
Seven dead, several injured in Ekiti road crash
No fewer than seven persons died on Tuesday in an accident involving a luxurious bus and a Toyota Hiace Bus along Iluomoba – Aisegba Road in the Gbonyin Council Area…
Ebonyi Commissioner dies
Ebonyi Commissioner for Infrastructure Development Engr. Fidelis Nweze is dead. He died in a hospital in Abuja due to injuries he sustained in an auto crash earlier in the week.…
IPOB to S’east Govs: you’re too small to decide for Ndigbo
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has flayed the South East Governors and other political leaders in the region over the disowning and condemnation statement credited to them against the group…
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- Human Rights
- June 22, 2021
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Uzodinma’s power-drunk security aides brutalise PUNCHman over widows’ protest
GOVERNMENT House policemen on Monday manhandled and arrested the Imo State correspondent of The Punch, Chidiebube Okeoma, for covering widows, who were protesting unpaid six months’ salary arrears. According to…
Lai: Twitter’s operation in Nigeria is illegal
The federal government says Twitter is not registered to do business in Nigeria, hence its operation is illegal. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, spoke on Tuesday when he…
Igangan: Court orders release of detained OPC members after three months
The Chief Magistrate Court 2, Iyaganku, Ibadan, in the Oyo State capital, has ordered the release of three members of the Oodua Peoples Congress, three months after their detention by…
ECOWAS Court Stops FG From Prosecuting People Using Twitter
The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has restrained the government of President Muhammadu Buhari from prosecuting Twitter users. After the Federal Government banned Twitter, many Nigerians circumvented the ban…
- Human Rights
- June 22, 2021
- 368 views
Akwa Ibom varsity expels 500-level student for ‘insulting’ governor on Facebook
A 500-level student of the Akwa Ibom State University in Ikot Akpaden identified as Iniobong Ekpo has been expelled for allegedly insulting Emmanuel Udom, the state governor, on Facebook. Ekpo…
18-year-old girl who gave birth in prison regains freedom
The Ondo State High court sitting at the Olokuta Medium Prison in Akure has granted bail to detained alleged #ENDSARS protester who gave birth to a baby boy in prison,…
- Sex Crimes
- June 22, 2021
- 318 views
Strange spirit directed me to rape 80-year-old grandmother, says 65-yr-old man
A 65-year-old man, Emmanuel Joseph has claimed that he was directed by a spirit to rape an Octogenarian woman, in Ondo town, Ondo state. The suspect now in police custody…
Court orders FG to pay $951m to Bayelsa govt
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the Federal Government to pay $951 million being the 13 per cent derivative sum due as arrears of revenue and payable…
- Corruption
- June 22, 2021
- 315 views
Court Sentences Farouk Lawan To Seven Years In Prison
A High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has sentenced the former Chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on Petroleum Subsidy, Farouk Lawan to seven years in…
- Human Rights
- June 22, 2021
- 270 views
Media bill: Buhari re-introducing Decree 4 under different guise, say stakeholders
The President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Christopher Isiguzo, on Monday reiterated the position of stakeholders in the media towards the National Press Council (Amendment) Bill currently before the…
