Disturbed by the activities of bandits in Birnin-Gwari emirate of Kaduna State, a community leader in the emirate and former Managing Director of the Kaduna State Media Corporation(KSMC), Alhaji Zubairu Idris Abdulra’uf, has welcomed the directive by the Zamfara State Governor that people should resort to self defence, disclosing that already the people of his […]
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Three Abuja-based legal practitioners yesterday instituted an action before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to disqualify three prominent candidates in the forthcoming presidential election following their alleged breach of the Electoral Act. Those the lawyers are praying the court to declare ineligible to participate in the presidential contest are candidate of the ruling […]
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Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa (left) being presented by PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu (middle) as running mate to presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar (right) at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja; Photo: Philip Ojisua I remain PDP’s national chairman, Ayu insists PDP stakeholders disagree on calls for Ayu’s resignation 11 governors absent from the Osun […]
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In 2014, the Lagos Division of Court of Appeal approved the injunction by the Lagos State Government to stop the use of hijab in public schools. The judgment was given by Justice Grace Onyeabo of the High Court of Lagos State on October 17, 2014. It ruled that female Muslim students should not use hijab […]
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By Abdu Rafiu In all lands and in all societies, laws including what lawyers call the grundnorm, are made to engender peace and harmony, order and predictability through regulation of behaviour in relationships of whatever kind. Laws are to uphold societal values. They are to check arbitrariness and lawlessness. The United States Supreme Court ruling […]
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Buhari dangles carrot at meeting with 15 senators Kalu: defection now ruled out President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday waded into the All Progressives Congress (APC) post-primary crisis to avert further defections by its aggrieved senators. The President met with 15 of 22 aggrieved senators protesting their loss of party tickets at the shadow polls, urging them […]
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Coordination and marking of the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates will be carried out at 85 venues across Nigeria. The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) made the disclosure in a statement signed by its Acting Head of Public Affairs, Mrs Moyosola Adeyegbe, on Wednesday. According to the council, the […]
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In this file photo taken on June 26, 2019 R&B singer R. Kelly (C) arrives at the Leighton Criminal Courts Building for a hearing in Chicago, Illinois; Photo by Scott Olson / Getty Images North America / AFP US singer R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his celebrity status […]
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Jolted by the recent shooting of a kidnapped victim of the Abuja/Kaduna train attack, the families have pleaded with the House of Representatives to come to the rescue of those still in captivity. In a meeting with the lawmakers on Wednesday, the victims’ families expressed shock that one of abductees had been shot dead. Speaking […]
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday, said his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, and others who backed Wike for the Peoples Democratic Party vice-presidential ticket slot deserve a detailed explanation from the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. This as he also said he had resorted to fast and prayers to seek God’s direction after […]
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