Baba Ijesha jailed 16 years for sexual assault
An Ikeja special offences court in Lagos has convicted Baba Ijesha, the embattled actor, of sexual assault involving a minor. Source: Top Stories
IPOB asks British high commissioner to cancel south-east trip, warns of assassination plot
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has asked Catriona Laing, British high commissioner to Nigeria, to cancel her planned visit to the south-east. The proscribed separatist group said its counsel is based on intelligence report of an “orchestrated conspiracy” to assassinate the UK official in the south-east and blame it on IPOB. […]
Twitter ban in Nigeria unlawful, ECOWAS court rules
The court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ruled that the banning of Twitter by the Nigerian government is “unlawful”. In June 2021, Lai Mohammed, minister of information, announced the “indefinite” suspension of Twitter’s operations in the country. According to the minister, the social media platform was engaging […]
Russia-Ukraine war: FAO asks countries to stop trade measures fuelling food price volatility
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has advised countries to discontinue trade measures fuelling food price volatility. Qu Dongyu, FAO director-general, said this on Thursday at the opening of the 75th session of the committee on commodity problems (CCP). The CCP is FAO’s longest-established technical committee. It reviews […]
Ngige misinforming Buhari about our strike, says ASUU president
Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says Chris Ngige, minister of labour, has been misinforming President Muhammadu Buhari on the union’s strike. On July 11, Buhari appealed to the union to reconsider its ongoing strike because the action is taking a toll on parents and students. Speaking […]
Passengers stranded at Abuja airport as aviation fuel scarcity bites harder
Some passengers were stranded at the domestic wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja on Friday as airlines battle fuel scarcity, TheCable understands. Last month, airlines, under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), warned about the disruption of scheduled flight operations over the growing scarcity of aviation fuel, popularly known […]
No one is Islamising Nigeria
On the cusp of every political evolution in Nigeria, there is often a trafficking of recriminations — ‘’The north is scheming to dominate the south, and the south is angling to outwit the north’’. Syrupy conjectures and time-tested misconceptions. Crisis merchandisers are at their best stoking the tension as conspiracy theories of Islamisation surge […]
Newspaper Headlines: 13 political parties sign peace accord ahead of Osun governorship election
President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement that his children will not be getting any inheritance from him dominates the front pages of Nigerian dailies. Source: Top Stories
Kukah: ASUU strike has turned students to out-of-school children — it’s a tragedy
Matthew Kukah, Catholic bishop of Sokoto diocese, has criticised stakeholders over the failure to address issues which have prolonged the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). He said this on Wednesday in his address during the signing of the peace accord by governorship candidates in Osun. The ongoing strike by […]
‘There’s dignity in labour’ — Peter Obi fires back at Tinubu
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), has responded to a comment by Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in which the latter criticised the LP. At the APC governorship rally in Osun on Tuesday, Tinubu had described the LP as “a mushroom party”. “Think about your children and vote […]