The Kwara State government has finally demolished the land belonging to the Second Republic Senate Leader, the late Dr Olusola Saraki, located along Ilofa road, GRA, Ilorin.
Read More »I won’t contest in 2023, President Buhari insists
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his intention not to contest the 2023 presidential elections but determined to help strengthen the electoral process both in Nigeria and across Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). News Agency of ...
Read More »Hate Speech Bill and the controversies
News Analysis by Naomi Sharang, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) One of the bills before the 9th Senate is the Hate Speech Bill, which was reintroduced by the sponsor, Sen. Sabi Abdullahi, on Nov.12, 2019. Abdullahi, who is also the ...
Read More »Defamation: Leadership Newspaper employees sue management for N10bn
By Emmanuel Afonne Six employees of the Leadership Group Limited have dragged their employers to court demanding N10billion from it for defamation following publications describing them as thieves. The company had at different dates this month published the names of ...
Read More »No Nigerian Territory Under Boko Haram Control – Defence Headquarters
Hints of speedy rescue of abducted aid workers in N’East From Kanayo Umeh and Sodiq Omolaoye, Abuja The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has denied the presence of Boko Haram and Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists in any part ...
Read More »Alabi Yellow’ Passes on
Veteran actor and author, Samuel Akinpelu, aka Alabi Yellow, has passed on. Akinpelu, noted for his caustic tongue in movies, was believed to have died earlier yesterday in his home in Ikorodu, Lagos. It must be recalled that the actor ...
Read More »Court Granted Forfeiture Of Shehu Yar’Adua, Others’ Properties — ICPC
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission said on Thursday it had secured a final forfeiture order against 25 Abuja properties belonging to the Shehu Yar ’Adua Foundation and 24 other registered entities. In March , the ICPC ...
Read More »FRSC Records 9,698 Accidents, 4,737 Deaths In 2019
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that 9, 698 accidents were recorded in 2019 leading to 4, 737 deaths. FRSC Corps Marshall, Boboye Oyeyemi stated this on Thursday while addressing journalists in Abuja, the nation’s capital. “Available data ...
Read More »Sowore’s Case: Those asking for more information from DSS are ignorant – Lauretta Onochie.
1. There’s no where in the world where someone standing trial for treason is given bail. Nowhere. 2. If a judge decides that our safety is less important than the freedom of one man, the DSS, our secret police, who ...
Read More »Naija reacts as Punch punches Buhari hard in Protest against his Total disrespect for the Rule of Law, calls him a ‘Military Dictator’ and his Administration a ‘Regime’
The Punch Newspaper says it’ll now prefix President Muhammadu Buhari’s name along with his rank as a military dictator in the 80s in most its publications in protest against disregard for the rule of law by his administration. In an editorial entitled ...
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