A file image of the #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate, before the gunfire. Counsel to the Lagos State government, Mr Abiodun Owonikoko (SAN), on Friday, told the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the Lekki Tollgate shootings that #EndSARS protesters were a body not recognised by law. Owonikoko made the submission after Mr Adesina Ogunlana announced …
Say affected persons can seek redress By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Thursday, cautioned Federal Government on implications over alleged freezing of bank accounts belonging to #EndSARS protest promoters. Speaking with Vanguard on the implications of the alleged freezing of bank accounts suspected to be sources of sponsoring the peaceful #EnSARS protest …
CJN Tanko Muhammad The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, has cautioned the eight new Justices of the Supreme Court not to allow their personal ambitions to becloud their sense of judgment. Mohammad gave the warning during the swearing in ceremony of the newly appointed justices on Friday. He advised them to rather …
President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Olatunde Owosibo as the Provost of Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology (FCAH&PT), Ibadan. The FCAH&PT’ Deputy Registrar who is also the Public Relations Officer, Mr. Nathaniel Jolaiya announced this in a statement on Friday in Ibadan. The statement disclosed that …
AstraZeneca should have results from crucial studies of its coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year, the company said Thursday. The prediction was the latest suggestion from a major drugmaker that the race to produce a vaccine for the deadly COVID-19 bug could reach a significant milestone in the coming months. ALSO READ:Court dissolves …
President Muhammadu Buhari and SA Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina By Nwafor Sunday The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has promised to serve his principal very well, noting that those who served before him were faithful to their principals. In his article titled: “We have different paths to …
By Davies Iheamnachor Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has expressed worries over the destruction of three hospitals belonging to their colleagues in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The NMA stated that the development was unacceptable, noting that their colleagues whose facilities were destroyed are …
Electricity supply has been gradually returning in Syria after the government reported a nationwide power outage due to technical problems in the main networks on Friday. The Ministry of Electricity announced the start of the gradual return of electricity to all provinces after it was cut off due to a malfunction in the electrical network, the …
…Calls for consensus on restructuring By Victor Ajihromanus An opinion leader in the Niger Delta, Mr. Andy Wabali, has clarified that the Ikwere of Rivers State, are not Igbo irrespective of language similarities. He also said it is wrong to describe the Ikwere as Igbo, saying the ethnic group is distinct from the Igbo ethnic group. …
A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Friday dissolved a 12-year-old marriage between Itunun Osin and estranged husband, Kehinde over his refusal to get a job and cater for his children In a petition, Osin, a hairdresser prayed the court for a divorce on grounds that Kehinde was a lazy and irresponsible husband. Delivering judgment, …
By Onozure Dania Lagos- The State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) related Abuses and other Matters, is being shown Lekki Toll Gate footages of early hours of October 20, recorded by the surveillance camera before the Soldiers shootings and killings of protesters that took place in the evening. …
Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Friday dissolved a 12-year-old marriage between Itunun Osin and estranged husband, Kehinde over his refusal to get a job and cater for his children In a petition, Osin, a hairdresser prayed the court for a divorce on grounds that Kehinde was a lazy and irresponsible husband. Delivering judgment, Chief …
Democrat Joe Biden pulled ahead Friday in the crucial battleground state of Georgia, US media said, with votes still left to count. The former vice president ate away at President Donald Trump’s initial lead in the southern state and is now ahead by 917 votes, CNN and Fox News reported. READ ALSO: Gov Ishaku seeks establishment of export processing Zone …
Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has reiterated his confidence in winning the election, with counting still ongoing in battleground states. In an address to the nation on Thursday, Biden said he had no doubt he would be declared winner once all the votes were counted. READ ALSOSpeaker calls FG’s attention …
NCDC-accredited testing center, 54gene, has provided access to precise, fast, and real-time detection COVID-19 results for Nigerians via its private, secure, and user-friendly diagnostics platform DiagnoseMe Africa. With ongoing testing operations in Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun States, 54gene offers private individuals departing and arriving into the country, corporate organizations seeking to get employees tested, and …
NCDC-accredited testing center, 54gene, has provided access to precise, fast, and real-time detection COVID-19 results for Nigerians via its private, secure, and user-friendly diagnostics platform DiagnoseMe Africa. With ongoing testing operations in Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun States, 54gene offers private individuals departing and arriving into the country, corporate organizations seeking to get employees tested, and …
The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center) is set to recognise African women who have shown selfless services and commitment to humanity, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. The centre, in a message, also called for the nomination of African women of exemplary character and service in various sectors who were …
By Dennis Agbo SPEAKER of Enugu sate House of Assembly, Rt Hon Edward Ubosi has asked the federal government to urgently intervene in finding cause of the strange illness which has taking no less that 50 lives in Enugu state. Ubosi said that even though the state government had dispatched an emergency response, the federal government …
By Dennis Agbo SPEAKER Enugu sate House of Assembly, Rt Hon Edward Ubosi has asked the federal government to urgently intervene in finding out the cause of the strange illness which has taking no less than 50 lives in Enugu state. Ubosi said that even though the state government had dispatched an emergency response, the federal …
CJN Tanko Muhammad By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Friday, swore in eight new Justices of the Supreme Court. The new Justices that took turns to take their oath of office and oath of allegiance to the Nigerian Constitution, were Justice Lawal Garba, North West; Justice Helen M. Ogunwumiju, …
