Supreme Court Justice Drops To 10 As Musa Dattijo Retires
On Friday, October 27, 2023, Justice Musa Dattijo of the Supreme Court will officially retire down from the bench. In a statement made available to reporters in Abuja, the capital of the country, on Sunday, Festus Akande, the spokesperson for the supreme court, announced Dattijo’s retirement. Olukayode Ariwoola, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, will preside […]
Sunday Igboho Issues 7-Days Ultimatum To Herdsmen Who Attacked Farmers In Oyo To Leave The Communities
Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, is an activist for the Yoruba Nation and has called for an investigation into the activities of some herdsmen who have allegedly attacked farmers in Iwere-Ile, Oyo State, and several communities in Ogun State recently. He also issued a seven-day ultimatum to the herdsmen attacking farmers in […]
PDP Urge Supreme Court Judges To Uphold Justice Ahead Of Hearing On Monday In Atiku vs. Tinubu’s Case
In reaction to Atiku Abubakar’s appeal challenging President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February 2023 polls, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it expects the Supreme Court judges to uphold justice. The party expressed optimism for the outcome of the appeal before the supreme court in a statement on Sunday, calling on the court to […]
New York: More Than A Dozen Arrested During Pro-Palestinian Demonstration In Brooklyn
There was chaos and clashing at nightfall on the streets of Brooklyn as police say more than a dozen people were arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration. NYPD officers pushed back protesters and ordered them out of the roadway. The rally continued into the night with tensions eventually flaring between officers and demonstrators. Police say more […]
Ukraine Fears Drone Shortages Due To China Restrictions
Drones have had a profound effect on the war in Ukraine, used in great quantities by both sides. China’s move to place restrictions on exports, however, has led to concerns that there could be a problem with supplies. Many of them are commercially made in China and bought off the shelf, and new supplies are […]
Israel Strikes Gaza, Syria And West Bank As War Against Hamas Threatens To Ignite Other Fronts
Israeli warplanes struck targets across Gaza overnight and into Sunday, as well as two airports in Syria and a mosque in the occupied West Bank allegedly used by militants, as the two-week-old war with Hamas threatened to spiral into a broader conflict. Israel has traded fire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group on a near-daily basis […]
Gumi’s Call For Wike’s Removal Baseless – Ugochinyere
Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, a member of the House of Representatives, has accused Kaduna-based Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi of spreading hate messages about the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. On Thursday, the cleric had, in a video sermon of over 14 minutes posted on his official Facebook page, labelled Wike […]
The Challenges Facing Nigeria Are Temporary- Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu says the current challenges facing Nigeria are only temporary. Tinubu during a meeting with a delegation of South-West Muslim faithful, led by Rasaki Oladejo, in Abuja on Friday said his administration would do its best to make Nigeria’s economy get better for the benefit of Nigerians. The president, however, stated that the […]
Tinubu Appoints Chira As New Auditor–General Of The Federation
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday approved the appointment of Shaakaa Chira as the Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF). The president spoke person, Ajuri Ngelale, revealed this in a statement with the appointment carried out as recommended by the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC). “By powers vested in him by Section 86 of the 1999 […]
President Shouldn’t Appoint INEC Chairman – Jega
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has insisted that chairmen of the electoral body should not be appointed by the President. Jega argued this while speaking at a two-day retreat organised for senators by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, […]
