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In a statement, the Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana, SAN, has on Sunday, warned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that it is legally obligated to seek the approval of the United Nations Security Council to undertake any military interventions in Niger Republic. See the full statement below: “LEGAL REQUIREMENTS […]
Continue ReadingAmerican singer, Grammy Award winner, songwriter, actress and body-positivity advocate, Melissa Viviane Jefferson, known professionally as Lizzo, has lost a significant number of followers on Instagram as allegations emerge of sexual harassment and body-shaming. Lizzo 35, is being sued by three of her former backing dancers for alleged sexual harassment, discrimination and creating a hostile and […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State government has revealed its plan to embark on 12 rural roads interventions projects in a bid to make communities roads accessible. The state government added that the road projects would be constructed under Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) Mr. Rufus Adumo, RAAMP’s Coordinator, made the disclosure at a session with journalists […]
Continue ReadingToronto Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance locating a missing Nigerian woman, Oluwatobi, in Canada In a statement on Friday, August 4, Toronto Police said: “Oluwatobi, 26, was last seen on Monday, July 31, 2023, at 9:30 p.m., in the King Street and Church Street Area. “Oluwatobi is described as 5’6″, 160 lbs., thin build, and […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu’s proposal for a military intervention to restore democratic rule in Niger Republic has been rejected by the Nigerian senate. This is coming after the Nigerian leader who is also the Chairman of regional bloc, Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) wrote the national assembly on Friday, August 4, seeking the lawmakers’ support […]
Continue ReadingDetectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested two women believed to have overdosed a man with a stupefying substance leading to his death in Kisii county, Kenya. The suspected ‘Mchele Babes’, Kajuju Samuel and Carolyne Kawira, both 30, were nabbed by DCI sleuths at their hideout in Nairobi’s Kasarani area, after days […]
Continue ReadingConvener of a non-profit group, Concerned Nigerians and activist, Deji Adeyanju has come for the Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, saying the warlord is even worse than IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking during a Mic-On podcast programme, Deji accused Asari of doing worse than Nnamdi Kanu when he was in his prime as a Niger […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has written to Nigerian Senate seeking its support for military intervention and the already cutting off of electricity to the country against the military junta in the Niger Republic. Nigeria’s president and the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Tinubu, had on Sunday met with some fellow ECOWAS […]
Continue ReadingThe immediate past Chief Judge of Bayelsa State, retired Justice Kate Abiri, has passed on. She died at the the age of 65. Like the late justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice C.C Nweze who died on Sunday July 30, Justice Abiri also belonged to the Nigerian Law School class of 1984. Her […]
Continue ReadingDays after a military junta ousted Niger’s elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, the Nigerian government has cut off power supplies to the neighbouring country. Niger’s electricity company, Nigelec, noted on Wednesday that the development followed an emergency meeting by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), where sanctions, including freezing utility services, were imposed on […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has through his media aide, Tai Obasi, said that his mobile phones were not stolen but in the custody of his aide at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPC) in Abuja on Tuesday. Media space had been awash with videos and memes of the perplexed former […]
Continue ReadingECOWAS member countries’ defence chiefs met in Abuja, Nigeria, but Defence Chiefs from Mali, Niger, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, and Guinea were conspicuously absent. Defence Chiefs from Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Senegal, The Gambia, Cote D’Ivoire, and Cape Verde were in attendance at the meeting, which took place at the Defence Headquarters […]
Continue ReadingVwaere Diaso, medical doctor, died on Tuesday, at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island, Nigeria, after an elevator she took crashed. According to findings and report, the hospital elevator that killed the late Dr. Diaso crashed from the 10th floor to the ground floor. It was also gathered that the late doctor was rushed to […]
Continue ReadingNigerian writer and award-winning author, Chimamanda Adichie on Tuesday, August 1, joined the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi; and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja. Adichie walked into the court room before the tribunal resumed hearing on the adoption of written address by LP […]
Continue ReadingA helicopter with four persons onboard, including the pilot, crash-landed in front of a bank on Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos on Tuesday. Cause of the crash which occurred around 1600hrs is still unknown. Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said all four persons onboard who sustained varying degrees of injuries had been rescued and […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian man identified as Uchenna Jonathan Ohiem, 27, has passed away in Mağusa, Northern Cyprus according to reports emanating from the country. The man was found dead in his apartment on Monday, July 31, 2023. A statement by the Cyprus police read: “On July 31, 2023, at approximately 11:00 AM, Uchenna Jonathan Ohiem, aged […]
Continue ReadingA newly appointed Magistrate, Ammaari Musa Semwogerere has been arrested and sacked for disguising as a woman to sit for exams for his girlfriend at the Law Development Centre (LDC) Lira, Uganda. According to local media, Semwogerere was promoted by the Judicial Service Commission to the position of Magistrate Grade One on probation two weeks […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court Judge in Nigeria, Justice Peter Hoommuk Mallong, has passed away. Mallong died on Sunday, July 30, in Abuja, Nigeria. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Mallong died on Sunday after a brief illness. Also, Chief Registar of Nigeria’s Federal High Court (FHC), Hassan Amida Sulaiman, in a statement, announced […]
Continue ReadingMali and Burkina Faso, in a significant move, have jointly refused to enforce the “illegal, illegitimate, and inhuman” sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against the people and authorities of Niger. Both countries, which are currently led by putschists, made their stance clear in a joint press release, emphasizing that […]
Continue ReadingNigerian movie industry may have once again recorded the passing away of one its members, Musiliu Ajinkanle, as news of his death has been announced. Ajikanle, one of the popular actors based in Ibadan had been bedridden for sometime even though the nature of his ailment had been unknown. Popular cleric, Agbala Gabriel, in his […]
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