Olamilekan Bashiru, an Ogun state-based journalist who was recently released from prison, is severely ill and has turned to his associates to raise funds for his treatment. Spending 138 days at the Ibara facility of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Mr Bashiru was arrested by the State Security Service (SSS) in May after his website republished a…
It has become imperative to reemphasize that no form of rally whatsoever will be allowed at the Lekki Toll gate tomorrow, October 1, 2022. This emphasis has become necessary to enlighten Nigerians that might be misled intoconverging on the toll gate. A court of competent jurisdiction has ruled that no person is allowed to converge on the…
Virgin Atlantic unveiled a revamped uniform policy Wednesday that will do away with gendered clothing requirements for its staff and introduce pronoun badges for crew members and customers. The UK-based airline said that, effective immediately, all of its pilots, flight attendants and ground crew members will be given a choice to wear either of its…
Tinubu Is Resting In London, Says APC Campaign Council Member A member of the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign council, Ayo Oyalowo, has said that the presidential candidate of APC, Bola Tinubu, went to London to rest Oyalowo disclosed this in an interview with Arise TV on Thursday. The whereabouts of the APC candidate had…
Bandits have levied some farming communities in Kaduna State N12 million as a condition to harvest on their farms. The agrarian communities include Kwaga, Kwanan-Shehu, Unguwan Liman and Unguwan Shekarau. It was learnt that the communities were given until Friday (today) to meet the condition, failing which they would kidnap any person found on the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the formal annexation of four regions of Ukraine in a speech on Friday. Putin and leaders of the four regions signed treaties to annex Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia – a move which has been denounced as illegal by Ukraine and Western powers. During a 37-minute long speech, Putin spoke…
A chieftain of Labour Party, LP, Senator Victor Umeh, has revealed that the party’s campaign council for its presidential candidate, Peter Obi is being delayed to ensure the best team was galvanized. The former federal lawmaker made this known on Friday while fielding questions from journalists during Igbo Day celebration in Awka, Anambra State. According…
Decorations, horses and fighter planesUsually, almost a week before October 1st, there would be flags and buntings on Awolowo Road all the way to Tafawa Balewa Square and on the other side of the neighbourhood, there would also be flags, balloons and buntings from Obalende Road, through Moloney Street and then to Catholic Mission Street…
Burkina Faso army Captain Ibrahim Traore has deposed military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government and suspended the constitution and transitional charter, he said in a statement read on national television. Traore said on Friday evening that a group of officers had decided to remove Damiba due to his inability to deal with a…
Earlier today, the Supreme Court issued its decision on the dispute over the genuine list of delegates in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State chapter.In the ruling by Justice Emmanuel Akomaye Agim of the Apex Court, the issue of the political party’s congress is an internal one, and as such, the courts have no jurisdiction over…