A Benue social media user, sunny Attah, popularly known as MOG, has been remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre following his arraignment at the Federal High Court in Abuja on charges including cyberstalking, defamation, and malicious falsehood against Benue House of Representatives Member, Philip Agbese. Attah was arraigned Monday, on a four-count charge accusing him of…
By Adebayo Yusuf Muslim faithful have been urged to embrace religion tolerance. Sheikh Ismail Gbamolada made this known as the guest lecturer at the annual Ramadan lecture organised by the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, held at Jericho GRA, Ibadan, Oyo state. Speaking on the topic “Faith and Discipline: A Pathway to a Successful Future”,…
The British government has released the official itinerary for the forthcoming state visit of Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Windsor Castle, scheduled to take place from March 17 to March 19. According to the programme released by British authorities, the visit will feature a combination of bilateral engagements, ceremonial activities and meetings with members of the…
Iran’s head of the judiciary said on Monday there should be no leniency or delay in issuing verdicts against those affiliated with Israel and the United States. “We must not delay or show leniency in executing final verdicts against those who, during wartime and unrest, committed crimes and were affiliated with the aggressor enemy,” said…
A senior aide to Bola Ahmed Tinubu has criticised the United Kingdom for what he described as its silence during recent global debates about alleged religious persecution in Nigeria. The criticism came from Sunday Dare, who made the remarks in an opinion article published ahead of Tinubu’s forthcoming state visit to the UK – the first by…
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…
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…
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….