ICC Considers Buhari, Malami, Others’ Test Over Yoruba Nation Petition
The International Criminal Court said it had gotten the appeal composed against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd); the Attorney-General of Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN); a previous Chief of Army Staff, Gen Tukur Buratai; and previous Inspectors-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, and Muhammed Adamu. The head of Ilana Omo Oodua, Prof Banji Akintoye; Yoruba […]
Mother Throws Baby From Burning Building As Riots Worsen In South Africa
Maternal instinct made a mother take the harrowing decision of throwing her daughter to safety off a ledge close to a high-rise burning building set ablaze by looters at ground level amid widespread violence in parts of South Africa. A petrified 26-year-old Naledi Manyoni held her head in shock as she released her grip on […]
COVID-19: UNILAG Coordinates Prompt Shut Down Of Hostels
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has coordinated its students to clear the hostels on grounds with prompt effect. The institution’s Principal Assistant Registrar, Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Nonye Oguama gave the directive in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. “The move is to further check the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic on campus. “To check the […]
My Health Decline, I May Pass On In Detainment, Nnamdi Kanu Tells Court
Detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has applied to the Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking to be transferred from the custody of the Department of State Service, DSS, to the prisons in Kuje. Kanu, in the application filed through his team of lawyers, led by Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, decried […]
Scores Dead As South Africa’s Zuma Protests Spiral Out Of Control
Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or burned shopping malls across South Africa on Tuesday with dozens reported killed as grievances unleashed by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma boiled over into the worst violence in decades. Protests that followed Zuma’s arrest last week have widened into an outpouring of anger over the inequality […]
Jill Biden To Attend Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony
First lady Jill Biden will attend the opening ceremony of the summer Olympics in Tokyo, the White House announced Tuesday, even as the city has entered a new state of emergency over a rise in coronavirus cases. Biden will attend the July 23 opening ceremony on her first solo trip abroad as first lady. She […]
Pope Francis Leaves Hospital After Operation
Pope Francis on Wednesday left the Rome hospital where the 84-year-old pontiff underwent an operation on his colon on July 4, an AFP photographer said. The pontiff left the Gemelli University Hospital for the Vatican in a car with darkened windows, the photographer said. Francis had been admitted after suffering from a type of diverticulitis, […]
Senate Rejects Onochie As INEC Commissioner
The Senate has rejected the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as an Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) National Commissioner. Presenting a report on the screening of the nominees during Tuesday’s plenary session, the chairman of the committee on INEC, Senator Kabiru Gaya, said Onochie’s nomination was rejected because there is a serving INEC commissioner representing Delta […]
4 Charged In Iran Plot To Lure And Kidnap Brooklyn Journalist, 4 Others
An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to kidnap a prominent Iranian opposition activist and writer in exile and take her back to Tehran, authorities said. An indictment in Manhattan federal court alleges that the plot was part of a wider plan […]
Once More, Nigerian Media Remain In Fortitude Against Govt’s Restriction Moves
Another round of media fortitude, this time as publications in significant dailies in Nigeria, has followed Monday’s broadly coursed advertorial approaching the public authority to close down two dubious media bills at the National Assembly. Nigerian papers communicated their hatred for the bills in their separate publications on Tuesday, saying, while the media isn’t loath […]
