A 22- year -old Musician, Yahaya Sharif- Aminu, who was sentenced to death by an Upper Sharia Court in Kano State on August 10, 2020, has been denied access to lawyers even as the 30- day deadline given to him to appeal the judgment lapses on September 9. Crimefacts.News learnt that a notice of appeal […]
An Igbo socio-cultural organization, Nzuko Umunna has called for concerted efforts toward the de-proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). This is also as the group alleged that Nigerian security forces may be hiding under the excuse of proscription of IPOB to commit extrajudicial killing in Igbo land. This was contained in a letter […]
The state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Akwa Ibom state has directed its members to boycott a press conference planned for Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation. In a statement on Friday, the chapter asked journalists not to attend any activity organised by the former minister. This came days after […]
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has declared that he will not waste a minute in signing the death warrant of the man who was sentenced to death by the Sharia Court for insulting Prophet Muhammad. The governor stated this at a gathering of religious leaders, legal practitioners security personnel and government officials at the […]
Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, on Wednesday, apologised for calling a journalist in Cross River State working for Daily Trust Newspaper ‘stupid’ during a press conference in the state. Fan-Kayode was seen in the viral video yelling at the journalist who identified himself as Eyo Charles and calling him stupid, insisting that he has […]
…alleges 2023 connection The leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the African Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has condemned the killings of 21 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) last Sunday at Emene in Enugu state. The group which described the killing as ‘callous and unwarranted’ maintained that it was a […]
Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation, attacked Eyo Charles, a journalist who asked him a question at a press conference in Calabar, Cross River state, last week. The ex-minister, who began a tour of some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) states in July, visited Cross River last week. Crimefacts gathered that at the end of the […]
A journalist who had a sour encounter at a press briefing with a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, in Calabar, Cross River State, has narrated his ordeal to PREMIUM TIMES. A video being circulated via WhatsApp shows Mr Fani-Kayode abruptly leaving the briefing after pouring invective on the reporter, Eyo Charles of Daily Trust […]
Former aviation minister Femi Fani Kayode ends a weeklong trip to Cross River His host, Gov Ben Ayade, took him round projects in the state . He’s also been on tour to other states At the end of his visit at Ayade’s private hotel in Calabar, a Daily Trust reporter asked who was funding his […]
A shocking video which appears to show police shoot an unarmed black man in the back seven times has sparked outrage in the US, with protests erupting across Wisconsin. Officials confirmed the victim, identified as Jacob Blake, is in hospital in a serious condition after he was shot by police. A city-wide curfew has been […]
