By Banji Ayoola Glowing tributes poured in on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 as President Muhammadu Buhari clocked 77, breaking the records as Nigeria’s oldest civilian leader ever in power. The president, in his first coming, became Nigeria’s military leader as a Major General, in 1983, at 41, following a coup which overthrew the civilian administration […]
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says AGF has constitutional backing to do so Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Tuesday, faulted the claim by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), that he was handicapped to order the release of Omoyele Sowore from the custody of the Department of State Service. Malami […]
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At least one person was confirmed dead after suspected cultists went on rampage around Pako, Yeside and Cassette bus stops in Aguda, Surulere area of Lagos State on Monday. This came a day after Sunday’s cult war in Ilasa, which claimed another life. Also, two persons have died and scores of residents injured when members […]
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A Pakistan court Tuesday sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in absentia to death for treason, state media reported, an unprecedented move in a country where the armed forces are often considered immune from prosecution. “Special Court Islamabad has awarded death sentence to former President Pervez Musharraf in a high treason case,” Radio Pakistan tweeted. […]
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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has debunked speculations that the government’s visa on arrival policy was to victimise certain ethnic or religious groups in the country. Responding to social media reports on the policy which takes off next year that the initiative was to allow Africans from Muslim nations to come into Nigeria without visa, […]
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Despite the criticisms that followed President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to the Senate for the approval of a $29.96 billion loan, Senate President Ahmad Lawan has insisted that the chamber would grant his desire. Lawan, who stated this while answering questions on the loan request at a media briefing in Abuja on Monday, also denied he […]
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By Richard Akinnola Nigeria’s press laws in the past 59 years have undergone series of metamorphosis. Apart from the ones promulgated by the colonial governments and under the short-lived civilian government between 1960 and 1966, quite a number of such laws were ingrained in our statute books under successive military governments. The colonialists started off […]
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By Richard Akinnola Yesterday, l made a post in respect of this syndicated story of alleged missing N40 billion that the FIRS purportedly used for this year’s presidential election. Please, permit my naivete, but l see the whole hyped-up story as mere red herring. Yes, allusion could be made to the Dasuki/Dieziani slush election money […]
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By Taoheed Ajao In the late 50s and early 60s when the privilege to spend holidays at the Pilot Sawmill, Aponmu, near Akure, was part of the motivation for doing well in school, mama — Iye’Uka — was the one majorly responsible for turning our experience into a dream to be constantly relived by her […]
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• Aggrieved senators flay allocation to Lawan, other lawmakers• Threaten to petition Buhari • What I know, by Senate spokesman The N10.594 trillion 2020 budget approved by the National Assembly and sent to President Muhammadu Buhari last week for assent is already engulfed in serious crisis that might impede its implementation. It was learnt that […]
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