Court Grants Sowore N20million Bail
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja has granted bail to the Convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore in the sum of N20million. The second to fifth defendants were also admitted to bail in the sum of N1million and one surety in like sum. Chief Magistrate Mabel Segun-Bello while ruling on the bail […]
1000 Senior Officers Redeployed in Major Shake-up-Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army Headquarters on Saturday approved the redeployment of over 1000 senior officers across military formations in the country. The affected officers include Major Generals, Brigadier-Generals, Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels, Majors, and Captains. A statement issued by Army Spokesman, Brigadier-General Sagir Musa, said the postings, which were approved by the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant […]
Trump Impeachment Process Heightens As More Capitol Rioters Are Arrested
Donald Trump, the president of the United States, faced a renewed push by Democrats to remove him from office, as federal agents arrested more Capitol Hill rioters on Saturday, including a man who carried off the House speaker’s lectern. Representative Ted Lieu said on Twitter that Democratic members of the House of Representatives will introduce […]
US-Taiwan Relationship A Move Likely To Anger China As US Lifts Restrictions
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said he was lifting restrictions on contacts between US officials and their Taiwanese counterparts, a move likely to anger China and increase tensions between Beijing and Washington in the waning days of President Donald Trump’s presidency. China claims democratic and separately ruled Taiwan as its own territory, […]
Vice President Mike Pence To Attend Biden Inauguration
Mike Pence will attend the upcoming inauguration of Joe Biden, multiple media reports said Saturday, the vice president becoming the latest longtime loyalist to abandon an increasingly isolated President Donald Trump. Relations between Trump and Pence — previously one of the mercurial president’s staunchest defenders — have nosedived since Wednesday when the vice president formally […]
SERAP To Buhari- Drop Plan To Borrow Dormant Account Balances
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to use his leadership position “to promptly drop the plan by the Federal Government to borrow about N895bn of unclaimed dividends and funds in dormant accounts using the patently unconstitutional and illegal Finance Act, 2020, and to ensure […]
Twitter Permanently Bans Trump Over Risk Of Violent Incitement
US President Donald Trump has been permanently suspended from Twitter “due to the risk of further incitement of violence”, the company says. Twitter said the decision was made “after close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account”. It comes amid a Big Tech purge of the online platforms used Trump and his supporters. Some […]
Multinational Technology company Microsoft, Backs Nigeria’s Digital Transformation Plan
American multinational technology company, Microsoft Corporation has joined the list of other global technology giants including Google Inc., HUAWEI, and top social networking company, Facebook currently offering support for the Nigerian government’s digital transformation plan. The collaborative efforts, according to President, Microsoft, Mr. Brad Smith, would lead to the creation of Africa’s most viable technology […]
LaGuardia High School Student Speaks Out After Teacher Allegedly Called Her Terrorist
Students are speaking out after a New York City high school teacher allegedly harassed a Muslim student and called her a terrorist. Classrooms are supposed to be a safe space for students. But 16-year-old Duha Elkhouli says that’s not the way she feels behind the doors of LaGuardia High School on the Upper West Side. […]
South Africa COVID-19 Strain- UK Ban Travels From 11 African Countries
The United Kingdom is imposing a ban on travellers entering England from 11 African countries for an initial period of two weeks, the government has said. In a statement on its website, the government explained that the decision was taken in a bid to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus (COVID-19) variant identified in […]
