Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has criticised the decision of the Lagos State Government to reintroduce the monthly environmental sanitation exercise that restricts movement for three hours on the last Saturday of every month. Falana described the policy as a “sad reminder” of what he called one of the primitive practices inherited from Nigeria’s…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has criticised the decision of the Lagos State Government to reintroduce the monthly environmental sanitation exercise that restricts movement for three hours on the last Saturday of every month. Falana described the policy as a “sad reminder” of what he called one of the primitive practices inherited from Nigeria’s…
Iran has warned more countries against getting involved in its war with the United States and Israel on Sunday, after President Donald Trump urged world powers to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint in the Gulf. Energy prices have soared across the world since Iran responded to the US-Israeli campaign by threatening…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has fixed April 14, 2026, for its National Convention, while ward congresses will begin on April 7, followed by local government and state congresses ahead of the 2027 general elections. The party said the activities form part of its constitutional responsibility to renew its leadership structures at all levels of…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP has urged President Bola Tinubu to order an investigation into the alleged spending of about ₦5.9 billion on the rebranding of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation into the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. The organisation called on President Tinubu to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and…
Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, has disclosed the reason for his absence from the court hearing involving the Department of State Services (DSS). Speaking via his 𝕏 account on Friday, Sowore claimed that the trial date for the court hearing was deliberately fixed for the same day as the planned protest in Aba in order to prevent…
The Labour Party (LP) former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has dismissed claims of seeking the support of the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, during the 2023 election. Newsmen recalls that Bwala, during an interview with Nigerian media personality, Daddy Freeze, said Peter Obi used former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, to ask him…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu The Oyo State Football Association, under the leadership of its Chairman, Oba Dr. James Odeniran, has paid a condolence visit to the residence of legendary Nigerian football tactician, Chief Festus Adegboye Onigbinde, who passed away on Monday, March 9, 2026, at the age of 88. The delegation, led by the association’s chairman,…
Newsmen reports that Otitoju stated this on TVC’s ‘Breakfast Show’ on Friday, while speaking on the PDP crisis and defections that have rocked the party. He described the PDP’s National Convention held by Makinde’s camp in Ibadan last November as a mere waste of time, stressing that two courts had stopped them from holding it. Otitoju added…
P The Director of News at Television Continental (TVC), Babajide Kolade-Otitoju, has asserted that the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, would have defected if he was currently serving his first term. Newsmen reports that Otitoju stated this on TVC’s ‘Breakfast Show’ on Friday, while speaking on the PDP crisis and defections that have rocked the party….