Falana: NBA must use Raheem’s murder to mobilise Nigerians against police brutality
Femi Falana, the human rights lawyer, says the best tribute lawyers can pay to Bolanle Raheem is to mobilise Nigerians against police brutality. Falana said the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) must ensure that Raheem did not die in vain like other victims of police brutality. Last Sunday, Raheem was allegedly shot dead […]
Former Pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced on Saturday. Pope Francis recently informed the world that the former pontiff was “very sick”. The German-born late pope passed away on Saturday morning in his residence at the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery. Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, […]
Over 1.6m PVCs uncollected in Lagos, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 1,693,963 permanent voters cards (PVCs) are yet to be collected in Lagos state. According to a document released by the commission’s Lagos office on Friday, the number of old PVCs received from the national headquarters is 6,570,291, out of which 5,653,330 have been collected and 916,961 […]
Newspaper Headlines: G5 governors divided over adoption of Tinubu, Obi
Reports on the refusal of the G5 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to support the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
Atiku’s aide: It’ll be political suicide for G5 governors to back candidate outside PDP
Don Pedro Obaseki, a media consultant to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it will be “political suicide” if the G5 governors endorse any candidate outside the PDP. Obaseki spoke on Friday during an interview with Channels Television. The media consultant is also the director of research, […]
Ronaldo joins Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr in ‘€200m per year’ deal
Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese football star, has joined the Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr. The club confirmed the signing of the former Manchester United player on its Twitter page on Friday. Al-Nassr said the deal “will not only inspire our club to achieve even greater success but inspire our league, our nation and […]
Okowa: God will help PDP win presidency — even if G5 governors work with APC
Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta, has expressed optimism about the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winning the 2023 presidential election. Okowa spoke on Friday at the PDP campaign rally in the state. In October, Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, had said the PDP can’t win the 2023 presidential election without his support and […]
‘Has Atiku not been meeting APC governors?’ — Wike reacts to reported deal with Tinubu
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has reacted to reports that he and his allies met with Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in London. Wike spoke on Friday at the flag-off of the construction of Eneka-Igbo Etche road in the state. Over the past days, there have been […]
Buhari to sign 2023 budget on Tuesday, says Lawan
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, sign the 2023 appropriation bill into law. Ahmad Lawan, senate president, made the disclosure to state house correspondents after meeting with Buhari on Friday. This comes two days after lawmakers in the house of representatives and senate passed a budget of N21.83 trillion […]
‘Mindless, dehumanising’ — army reacts as gunmen abduct, strip female officer
The Nigerian Army has described the abduction and assault of P.P. Johnson, identified as a lieutenant in the army, as “dehumanising”. Johnson was said to have been visiting her grandmother in Imo state when she was abducted on December 26. A video of a woman stripped naked had, thereafter, gone viral on […]