President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate, seeking for the screening and confirmation of Abike Dabiri-Erewa for re-appointment as the Chairman/Chief Executive of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission for a second term. President Buhari’s letter was read yesterday by the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan during plenary. According to the letter, the nomination is…
The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, who was alleged to have announced the candidate of the All Progressives Congress winner of the governorship election during the recently concluded supplementary election. The FPRO made this known in a statement shared on…
An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, today, dismissed an application for the stoppage of Osun PDP Ward, Local and State Congresses. Delivering his judgement, Hon. Justice Ayo Oyebiyi said there was no nexus between the reliefs sought by the applicants in the originating summons and the application for injunction. Some suspended members of…
British singer and songwriter, Ed Sheeran, 32, has vowed to quit music if found guilty of ripping off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get it On’. Ed Sheeran was accused of lifting a four-chord progression from the soul classic in his song ‘Thinking Out Loud’, by Townsend’s heirs, who claimed there are “striking similarities” between the tracks…
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday remanded driver of a Lagos State Staff bus, Oluwaseun Osibanjo, for allegedly running into a moving train, causing grievous harm and involuntary manslaughter to the passengers. Justice Oyindamola Ogala, ordered that Osibanjo be remanded at the appropriate custodial centre, pending the filing and hearing of his bail application. Ogala…
Former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has claimed that Nigeria is worse off for not having the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo as the President of the country. Sanusi stated this while speaking at a book launch titled: “Osinbajo Strides: Defining Moments of an Innovative Leader,” on Monday. According to the former governor of the…
The recent upsurge in police misconduct across the country is depressing and should motivate the police hierarchy to overhaul its recruitment, training, supervision, and disciplinary systems. Despite swifter response to public complaints in recent times, police officers on the field continue to exhibit highhandedness, abuse of power, extra-judicial killings, extortion, and disregard for civil rights….
The Nigerian-born singer and songwriter, Tiwa Savage, is among artistes billed to perform at the Coronation Concert of King Charles II scheduled to be held on Sunday, May 7. The concert is scheduled to take place on the grounds of Windsor Castle in front of a crowd of 20,000 members the public, according to a…
A Lagos State Bus Rapid Transit driver, Osibanjo Oluwaseun, who collided with a moving train at Ikeja and allegedly killed six people was, on Tuesday, arraigned before an Ikeja High Court. The defendant, who was arraigned before Justice Oyindamola Ogala, is facing 16 counts bordering on involuntary manslaughter and previous harm, preferred against him by…
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina has disclosed that it is not the responsibility of the government to create jobs for its citizens. He said this Tuesday morning on Arise News Television programme ‘The Morning Show’ while speaking on the achievements of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari…
