The Nigerian Army’s “Operation Positive Identification” has suffered a setback as a federal high court sitting has ruled that the Nigerian Army lacks the power to implement such programme. Justice Rilwan Aikawa presided over the Fundamental Rights Enforcement suit lawsuit filed by Femi Falana (SAN), against the planned exercise by the Army. The human rights activist who asked the…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has stated that it is unfair to address Osun worshippers as idol worshipers. The monarch said this while hosting Osun devotees in his palace as the ancient city celebrated the Osun festival on Sunday July 26. He also noted that the pandemic is still ravaging the country and further urged…
The Abia state police command has arrested a 17-year-old boy identified as Jessy Enogwe for threatening to kidnap a 75-year-old man in his community. The indigene of Egbede Osisioma Ngwa LGA of Abia State who was arrested on July 21 had used his father’s phone to send out threat messages to his victim, asking him to bring him…
Suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has stated that he will henceforth reply every attack launched against him. Magu who denied misappropriating funds recovered for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in a statement released by his lawyer Wahab Shittu, averred that the allegations he is currently facing were never…
All housemates of the Big Brother Naija reality show will be put up for possible eviction as the show enters its second week. According to the show’s host Ebuka, all housemates will be put up for eviction except the housemate who wins the Head of House challenge today July 27. The Deputy Head of House…
The Kwara State Government has cancelled congregational Eid prayers for the 2020 eid-el Kabir celebrations in the state due to the rise in COVID-19 cases. Eid-ul-Adha, an annual religious festival celebrated by Muslims, has been slated for July 30. The day used to be celebrated with congregational prayers. The Chairman of the Technical Committee on COVID-19 in…
Magaji Dahiru Zarewa, a Kano House of Assembly member elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been sacked by an Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano on Friday July 24. Zarewa was sacked for failing to resign from his position as the Managing Director of the Kano Drugs and Consumables Supply Agency, 30…
The Presidency has denied media reports that it has dissolved the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development CommissionThe Senate on Thursday, July 23, called on President Buhari to dissolve the board over allegations of monumental corruption in the commission. Some sections of the media today reported that the commission’s Interim Management Committee had…
United States government on Monday July 20th filed a motion through its attorney John R. Lausch, requesting that the case against Woodberry be dismissed without prejudice, even though he was indicted by a grand jury on an eight-count charge of wire fraud. However commenting on the development, Nash told Premium Times that the case was dismissed because the government…
Benjamin William Mkapa, the former President of Tanzania is dead at the age of 81. Mkapa, a skilled diplomat served as president for 10 years from 1995 to 2005. President Magufuli who announced his death, said Mkapa died at a Dar eS Salaam Hospital in the early hours of Friday July 24, at the age of 81. Magufuli…