Kemi Badenoch replies VP Shettima over comment on Nigeria

The leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, was born in the UK in 1980 to Nigerian Yoruba parents, has hit back at Vice President Kashim Shettima over the latter’s reaction to her comments about Nigeria. Badenoch, who grew up in Nigeria before departing the country for the UK at the age of […]

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Vice President Kashim Shettima slams Kemi Badenoch for ‘denigrating’ Nigeria

Vice President Kashim Shettima has criticised the newly elected British-Nigerian UK Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, for making disparaging remarks about Nigeria. While speaking at the 10th Annual Migration Dialogue at the State House in Abuja on Monday, Shettima emphasized that migrants are a vital source of life in all societies. He said: “Kemi Badenoch, […]

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The Dele Farotimi saga: Persecution, not prosecution, By Toyin Falola

One of the tenets of a democratic society is the assurance of freedom of speech and expression for its citizens. This includes the right to speak and criticise in order to ensure that society does not derail in upholding its values. The test of democracy is not at the point of comfortable tolerance of these […]

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Taraba State Governor’s sister accidentally shot by police escort, dies

Atsi, the younger sister of Taraba State Governor, Agbus Kefas, has died from gunshot injuries she sustained in a police accidental discharge. A source close to the Taraba State Government confirmed to Daily Trust that she died in an undisclosed hospital in Abuja where she had been receiving treatment after the incident. Atsi, 44, was […]

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Kemi Badenoch: Some thoughts and a prayer, By Matthew Hassan Kukah

I was quite ecstatic about Kemi Badenoch’s miraculous slaying of the Goliath of the British establishment and emerging as the head of the Conservative Party and is now leader of the Opposition. I felt disappointed by the rather lukewarm reception of this great news especially in Nigeria and Africa. I drafted this opinion piece and […]

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US embassy reviews processes for Nigerian visa applicants

United States Embassy in Nigeria has reviewed its immigration visa processes for immigrants and reviewed processes will begin from January 1, 2025. A directive which was announced on its official X page on Tuesday, the embassy says applicants with interviews will now visit the Consulate General in Lagos at least twice during the process. It […]

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Nigerian pastor arrested over alleged multiple kidnappings

Nigerian Security operatives have arrested a notorious kidnapper, Terry Tinate Augustus, popularly called “Black” in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. Augustus, an acclaimed pastor from Ajapa community in Ese Odo LGA of Ondo State, was arrested by the Amotekun Corps in collaboration with the Special Assistant to the Ondo State Governor on […]

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In the matter of Dele Farotimi before the Star Chamber, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Paul Anyebe was a judge of the High Court of Benue State in North-Central Nigeria, who had a young son with sticky fingers and a sense of adventure. It was his role as a dad that endangered his job as a judge. One night around 1983, Anyebe caught his son attempting to steal from his […]

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German President arrives Nigeria on a 3-day visit

The German Embassy announced in a statement that the German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier was scheduled to arrive Nigeria on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 and will stay till December 12, 2024. “While in Abuja, President Steinmeier will meet with the President of Nigeria, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu as well as with the President of the […]

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Again, court refuses to admit human rights activist, Dele Farotimi to bail

The magistrate court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has again refused to admit human rights activist, Dele Farotimi to bail, in the charge brought by the Commissioner of Police, against him over alleged cybercrime. Farotimi was taken to court for allegedly defaming senior lawyer and the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Afe Babalola SAN. During the […]

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Anti-Graft War: The China Example, By Onikepo Braithwaite

China, Corruption and the Death Sentence  The former Chairman of the Bank of China, Liu Liange, was recently sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, having been found guilty by a Shandong Province Court of accepting $16.8 million in bribes, and issuing illegal loans to unqualified companies causing a loss of about $27 million. He was […]

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Nigerian Reps move to compel INEC to do immediate electronic transmission of election results

Nigeria’s House of Representatives is expected to commence debate on the general principles of a bill seeking to mandate the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to grant powers to conduct Presidential and Gubernatorial Debates for candidates seeking election into the office of President and Governor of a State, respectively. The private member bill sponsored by […]

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Hague court of arbitration appoints Nigerian woman into aviation advisory board

The Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation (HCAA) has appointed Chinasa Unaegbunam, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as a member of its advisory board. This was disclosed on Friday, December 6, in a statement by Tunde Moshood, spokesperson for Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development. Moshood described the appointment as “not only […]

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UK court sets aside ruling, orders deportation of Nigerian man over paternity fraud

An Upper Tribunal in United Kingdom has set aside a previous ruling that stopped the deportation of a 43-year-old Nigerian man, Olutobi Ogunbawo. The ruling is coming after Ogunbawo’s wife, Maria Adesanya, claimed that vitro fertilisation treatment was unavailable in Nigeria, a key argument in their defence. Ogunbawo, convicted in 2019 for immigration offences related […]

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Ekiti court admits Farotimi to N50m bail

Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has granted a lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi a N50 million bail. The court’s decision was disclosed by Sahara Reporters publisher and the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, via his X handle on Monday. “The first […]

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