Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde The drama which ensued between human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) at the Federal High Court, Abuja, has escalated as one of the lawyers of the under the SAN abused a woman and threatened to beat her. NPO earlier Reported Sowore’s challenge against the Senior Advocate who confronted him for holding a press briefing right within the court room. The senior lawyer had charged the press men and Sowore to leave the court room, maintaining that the press briefing is meant to be held outside the court room and not within the…

Safiu Kehinde Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has on Tuesday created a scene at the courtroom as he confronted a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) for allegedly intimidating and insulting him. The drama ensued after the senior lawyer whose name is yet to be confirmed interrupted Sowore’s press briefing session held within the court room. As captured in a video shared on the activist’s X handle on Tuesday, the lawyer had challenged Sowore, maintaining that the press briefing is meant to be held outside the court room and not within the chamber. This would lead to verbal exchanges between the…

Safiu Kehinde Former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has arrived at the Federal High Court in Kaduna for the hearing of the alleged money laundering case filed against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). NPO Reported that the ICPC had arraigned El-Rufai on two different suits with the first suit numbered FHC/KD/73/2026 having one Joel Adoga as co-defendant. Both defendants are to appear before the Federal High Court in the Kaduna Judicial Division today over suit comprising of charges ranging from conversion of and possession of public property, to money laundering. Video shared…

Agency Report Airstrikes targeting a site belonging to Iraq’s Shi’ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in the western ​province of Anbar has killed at least 15 fighters, ‌including the PMF’s Anbar operations commander. Security and health sources on Tuesday said the strikes also wounded 30 others. The PMF confirmed in a statement the death of its Anbar commander, Saad al-Baiji, and 14 of his companions. ⁠ It accused the United States of carrying out the attack, saying a U.S. airstrike targeted a command headquarters while personnel were on duty. Health sources said some of the wounded were in critical condition and…

Warns Faction Members against Disloyalty, Conflict Safiu Kehinde The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has ruled out money as reason behind his involvement in politics, disclosing that he joined the field for power. Wike made this known during the 108th National Executive Committee (NEC) of his faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja on Monday. The Minister stated this while cautioning party members against engaging in unnecessary political battles. The held that politics requires strategy and must not be treated as a business venture. “A fight you can’t fight, don’t start it. “Politics is not contract…

Safiu Kehinde The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the death of one person due to an explosion caused by improvised explosive devices (IED) planted by suspected bandits in Woro, Kaiama Local Government area of the state. As against reports of multiple casualties, the Kwara Police Commissioner, Adekimi Ojo, disclosed that the incident, which happened on Monday morning, led to the death of a commercial driver, while a nursing mother was critically injured. Ojo, in a statement issued after the incident, debunked earlier reports indicating scores of people died in the incident. The Police Commissioner said that the incident involved…

Safiu Kehinde Nigerian billionaire businessman and CEO of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu at his residence in Lagos. Dangote had on Monday evening arrived at Bourdillon street to pay homage to Tinubu. Addressing newsmen on the reason behind his visit, Dangote disclosed that he only came to pay Eid-el-Fitr homage to the President. “I just came to see his Excellency Mr President to just wish him Eid-Mubarak and also ask after his health. I haven’t seen him for a while. I wished him the very best and paid my respect.” He said.…

Safiu Kehinde No fewer than 60 members of Colombia’s armed forces have been killed when a military aircraft crashed shortly after take-off in the south of the country early on Monday, authorities said. Colombian Chief of Defence Hugo Alejandro López Barreto said that “sadly, as a consequence of this tragic accident, 66 of our armed forces members died.” The defence chief also said that 128 people had been on board: 11 members of the Colombian Aerospace Force, 115 members of the army and two members of the national police force. Initially, authorities had said that 125 had been on board.…

Iran launched multiple waves of missiles at Israel, the Israeli military said, after U.S. President Donald Trump postponed a threat to bomb the Islamic Republic’s power grid because of what he described as ​productive talks with Iranian officials. The missiles triggered air raid sirens in parts of Israel, including Tel Aviv where blasts from interceptions were heard. In one attack, homes in northern ‌Israel were damaged by falling debris following an interception. No deaths were reported. Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Monday that the U.S. and Iran had held “very good and productive” conversations about a “complete and total…

Less than 48 hours before the U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran began, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone to President Donald Trump about the reasons for launching the kind of complex, far-off war the American leader once had campaigned against. Both Trump and Netanyahu knew from intelligence briefings earlier in the week that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his key lieutenants would soon meet at his compound in Tehran, ​making them vulnerable to a “decapitation strike” – an attack against a country’s top leaders often used by Israelis but traditionally less so by the United States. But new intelligence suggested that the…