Pressure Mounts On US To Designate IPOB Terrorist Organisation
There is mounting pressure on the United States government to designate secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a terrorist organisation. An article in Washington Times is calling on US authorities to designate IPOB a terror group following acts of violence and mindless killings linked to it. The article, noted that, IPOB had curiously […]
Nigeria: South-East Leaders Resolve To End IPOB’s Sit-at-Home Order
Leaders of the South East rose from an expanded security meeting Tuesday and resolved to do everything within the law to ensure that there was no further sit-at-home order by non-state actors in the zone. The leaders also agreed to work with security agencies to end the rising insecurity in their part of the country, […]
Naira Marley’s Trial Stalled Due To Judge’s Absence
Due to the absence of the trial judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo, the trial of musician Azeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, was halted on Tuesday. There was no explanation given for Justice Oweibo’s absence who sat for four weeks over the court’s yearly holiday, and no new trial date has been set. The Economic […]
Parade Of Suspects In Media Is Now Prohibited — Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu signed the Administration of Criminal Justice (Amendment) Law of Lagos State 2021 yesterday, prohibiting the parade of suspects in front of the media. The amendment law was originally passed in Lagos State in 2007 and revised in 2011 (more than ten years ago) to ensure that suspects and others who […]
Abdullahi Adamu Sentenced To Four Years Imprisonment For Fraud
Justice Musa Mustapha of the State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State, has convicted and sentenced one Abdullahi Adamu to four years imprisonment for a N3, 000,000.00 (Three Million Naira) fraud. Wilson Uwaren of EFCC in his press release said the Maiduguri Zonal Command arraigned the accuse on August 27, 2021 on a one-count […]
Facebook Blames ‘Faulty Configuration Change’ For Nearly Six-Hour Global Outage
Facebook Inc blamed a “faulty configuration change” for a nearly six-hour outage on Monday that prevented the company’s 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services such as WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. The company in a late Monday blog post did not specify who executed the configuration change and whether it was planned. Several Facebook […]
Ikeja Disco: Lagos Communities Should Expect An Eight-week Blackout
Residents in some sections of Lagos State will be without power for eight weeks as Ikeja Electric, IE, prepares to reconduct 132kv lines. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, will undertake the re-conducting in order to increase wheeling capacity across the IE network. Customers in Oregun, Anifowoshe, Ojodu, Magodo, Omole, Oba-Akran, Oke-Ira, Ogba, Omole Phase […]
Resident Doctors Call Off 9-week Strike
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) called off its 9-week strike yesterday. In an interview with the National President of NARD, Dr. Godiya Ishaya said the decision to halt the strike was taken after a careful analysis of the progress they had achieved on their demands. He added that the striking physicians would officially […]
Kaduna Commuters Suffer As A Result Of The Ban On Commercial Cyclists
Many residents in Kaduna have been left stranded at bus stations as a result of the ban on Okada, while commercial bus operators have profited from the situation. Commercial bus drivers in various parts of the state are now charging over 200 percent more than the standard price. Despite the price increase, those who can […]
FG Examines 300 Inmates In Lagos For Presidential Pardons
The Presidential Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy has begun evaluating detainees in Lagos State for release under President Muhammadu Buhari’s Prerogative Mercy. The activity was launched off at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre by Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), the committee’s Chairman and Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. Mrs. Leticia Ayoola-Daniel, the […]
