The Kaduna state government has filed a suit against Chidi Odinkalu, a former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). In the suit dated March 18, 2019, the government accused the human rights lawyer of inciting disturbance and furnishing false information which is punishable under the state’s penal codes. Continue Reading
Holidaymakers travelling with British Airways are facing delays and problems checking in online, with the airline saying system failures are to blame. Customers at UK airports have taken to social media to complain about long queues, flight delays and the app crashing. At Heathrow, 81 flights have been cancelled whileContinue Reading
The Federal Government has declared Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th August as Public Holidays to mark the 2019 Eid-Al-Kabir celebrations. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Barr. Georgina Ehuriah, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated the Muslim faithful on the occasion . She called onContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari will on August 21 inaugurate his 43 ministers-designate, a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs Office, Office of the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Mr. Babatunde Lawal, said yesterday. Lawal said the inauguration would hold at the Federal Executive Council Chambers in the Presidential Villa,Continue Reading
The convener of the #RevolutionNow protests, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, reportedly spoke on Tuesday from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) detention in Abuja. He was reported to have expressed satisfaction that the protests went ahead despite his arrest and detention. “I am pleased that the peaceful protestsContinue Reading
The Buhari Media Organisation, BMO, has accused the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the February 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of being directly responsible for the ‘pauperisation of millions of Nigerians’ as head of the National Council on Privatisation, NCP. The BMO called on Atiku toContinue Reading
Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, ordered the freezing of the sum of N9.9bn belonging to the Lagos State government but linked to former Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. Justice Chuka Obiozor gave the order, following an ex-parte application filed by the Economic andContinue Reading
As Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari announces his new Cabinet, his post-election pronouncements have made it clear that a core priority of his new government will be to pep up the Nigerian economy. Unfortunately, the President’s proposals during his campaign and since have amounted to little more than tinkering at theContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari will swear in the ministers-designate on August 21, the Federal Government has said. The government made the announcement in a statement forwarded to Channels Television on Tuesday from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha. According to the statement, the swearing-inContinue Reading
Former senator, Shehu Sani, has commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for complying with the Kaduna State High Court order for the release of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat. Former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, directed his commendation to PresidentContinue Reading
