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By Kamil Opeyemi The Police Command in Kano State has banned protest by political parties and their supporters sequel to mounting tension over alleged financial inducement of the Kano Election Petition Tribunal. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Usuani Gumel, announced the ban at a news conference while addressing newsmen at the command headquarters on Monday in Kano. It will be recalled that the Chairman, State and House of Representatives Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano, Justice Flora Azinge raised alarm over alleged attempt to obstruct the cause of justice with financial inducement. Justice Azinge, who did not disclosed the identity…
•As Wike Gets Loudest Applause By Halimah Olamide President Bola Tinubu on Monday swore in his 45 members of the cabinet as the ministers took oath of office and oath of allegiance. This was just as former Governor of Rivers now Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, received a very loud applause both when he was called for citations and when he took a photograph with the President. Among those sworn in on Monday were Minister of Education Prof Tahir Mahman (Adamawa State); Prof Mohamed Ali Pate Minister of Health and Social Welfare (Bauchi State); and Mr. Dele Alake of…
The Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) on Monday rejected the demand for a three year tenure before returning Niger to democratic rule which was made by the Abdourahaemaene Tchiani led military government. ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Abdel-Fatau Musah, stated this during an interview with the BBC on Sunday. He said, “ECOWAS is not accepting any prolonged transition again in the region. They just have to get ready to hand over in the shortest possible time.” “The earlier they give power back to civilians and concentrate on their primary responsibility that is defending the territorial integrity…
By Kamil Opeyemi President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will this morning swear in his newly appointed cabinet members. A notice for the event slated to hold at 10am said the invited guests are expected to be seated by 9am. NPO Reports that the president made some Adjustments to the list of ministers as he also announced a new candidate for the Ministry of Niger Delta development. Former Governor of Osun, Gboyega Oyetola, who was earlier assigned Ministry of Transport was redeployed to the Ministry of Blue Economy while Mr. Olubunmi Tunji Ojo who was assigned the Ministry of Marine and Blue…
Two labour leaders on Sunday said the incoming Minister of Labour needed to empathise with workers, especially at a critical time where the economy was faced with challenges affecting them. The leaders spoke in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s swearing-in of new ministers on Monday. The Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Lagos Chapter, Mrs Funmi Sessi, expressed optimism in Mr Simon Lalong, assigned the portfolio of the Minister of Labour and Employment, to do well, given his experience. Sessi said Lalong should use the experience he had garnered as a…
Ghanaian TV presenter and journalist Paa Kwesi Asare has won the 2023 BBC News Komla Dumor Award. The 36-year-old is the eighth recipient of the award and the first to come from Ghana, like the late Komla Dumor. Asare is currently the head of business news at Ghana’s private TV3 channel, where he has worked for seven years as one of its main news anchors. The award was created to honour Dumor, a presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41 in 2014. He had worked tirelessly to bring a more nuanced African narrative to the world, representing…
Nurse Lucy Letby is due to be sentenced later after being found guilty of murdering seven babies, making her the UK’s most prolific child serial killer in modern times. The 33-year-old was also convicted of trying to kill six other infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital. The trial lasted for more than 10 months and is believed to be the longest murder trial in the UK. She has indicated she will not be in court for the hearing. Her legal team said she also does not want to follow proceedings via a videolink from prison, the reasons for her non-attendance at…
Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not take part in Republican presidential debates with his rivals in the race for the White House. The ex-president said one latest poll showed he had “legendary” numbers ahead of other hopefuls to be the party’s nominee for the 2024 election. “The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had,” Mr Trump, 77, wrote in a post on social media. The first Republican presidential primary debate will be on 23 August. The second debate can possibly follow the next day. At least two more debates are expected in the…
Saudi border guards are accused of the mass killing of migrants along the Yemeni border in a new report by Human Rights Watch. The report says hundreds of people, many of them Ethiopians who cross war-torn Yemen to reach Saudi Arabia, have been shot dead. Migrants have told the BBC they had limbs severed by gunfire and saw bodies left on the trails. Saudi Arabia has previously rejected allegations of systematic killings. The Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, titled They Fired On Us Like Rain, contains graphic testimony from migrants who say they were shot at and sometimes targeted with…
By Halimah Olamide The Attorney General of the Federation designate, Lateef Fagbemi has demanded from the Nigerian Bar Association, a proposal for reforms of the country’s laws. Fagbemi made the request when the leadership of the NBA paid him a courtesy visit. The association’s president Mr. Yabubu Chonoko Maikyau led the team on the visit. A statement by Habeeb Akorede, National Publicity Secretary of the association which was made available to the NPO Reports, quoted Maikyau as saying that Fagbemi is the appropriate candidate for the position of Nigeria’s next Minister of Justice. The statement quoted the President as expressing…