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The House of Representatives has canvassed for more funding for the nation’s security agencies. This is the outcome of the meeting between the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila and the Service Chiefs on Monday. The matter was raised as a motion to enable the house to liaise with the executive for special funding against […]
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the release the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, from the custody of the Department of State Service immediately. The judge said the activist should be released to his lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), who is to produce him for arraignment […]
Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe are among 5 players of the United States national team voted in the 2019 FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11. Julie Ertz, Rose Lavelle and Kelly O’Hara are the three other American players who were part of the team that successfully defended its World Cup crown, this summer in France. FIFPRO, […]
Barcelona striker Lionel Messi won the FIFA Men’s Player of the Year award on Monday for a record sixth time. The Argentina striker edged out Juventus’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk.
President Muhammadu Buhari is attending the Climate Action Summit along with other world leaders in New York, the United State. The meeting, which takes place on the first day of high-level discussions at the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, is convened by the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. The aim of the summit […]
he Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has said that the Judiciary will not tolerate disobedience to court orders. Justice Tanko warned that flagrant disobedience of court orders is a direct invitation to anarchy. Speaking in Abuja on Monday at the special court session marking the beginning of the new legal year of the […]
The Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal Sitting in the Ikeja area has dismissed the Petitions filed by the Labour Party (LP), and the Alliance for Democracy (AD) challenging the return of Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the Governor of Lagos in the March 9 polls. The tribunal dismissed both petitions for lack of merit. Labour Party […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the death of Nigeria’s Chief Trade Negotiator and Director-General of Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiation, Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe. In a statement on Monday through his twitter handle, described him as a rare gem. The President said: “We’ve lost a rare gem in our Government”. He condoled with the family of […]
Nigeria’s Chief Trade Negotiator and Director-General of Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiation, Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe, is dead. His death was confirmed in a tweet by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Before his death, he chaired the Negotiating Forum of the African Union (AU) from June 2017 to March 2018, during which time the […]
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, attended the Supreme Court special session for the 2019/2020 Legal Year. 35 academics and three advocates were also sworn in as SANs as part of activities to mark the beginning on the legal year 2019/2020, bringing the total number of Senior Advocates of Nigeria to 548. Delivering his […]
