President Muhammadu Buhari has again condemned the attack on the office of the United Nations (UN) by Boko Haram terrorists in 2011. Speaking on Monday in Abuja when he received a delegation led by the UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, the President noted that the attack by the terrorists was regrettable. He, however, said the reconstruction of the UN building by the government was in full appreciation of the work of the international organisation. “Thank you for what you have been doing in the country, especially for women and children. I am glad you have put together…
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Former Brazil star Ronaldinho was released Monday by a Paraguayan judge after five months in detention over a forged passport. Judge Gustavo Amarilla also released Ronaldinho’s brother Roberto de Assis Moreira, who also had been held for a month in jail and another four months under house arrest in a hotel in Paraguay’s capital, Asuncion, for the same charge. The 40-year-old former World Cup winner “is free to travel to whatever country in the world he wants but he must inform us if he changes his permanent residence” for a period of one year, the judge said. “He has no…
The Senate of the University of Lagos has filed a notice of discontinuance of a suit challenging the sack of Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as Vice-Chancellor of the institution. The notice of discontinuance dated August 24, 2020, was filed through the lawyer of the university’s senate, Professor Taiwo Osipitan, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). In the suit filed before the National Industrial Court, the university’s senate had kicked against Ogundipe’s sacking by the Governing Council of the institution and his subsequent replacement with Professor Theophilus Soyombo, as acting vice-chancellor. Apart from the governing council, the senate had listed its now…
he Nigeria Police Force has invited a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, for questioning. According to a letter dated 20th August, 2020 and signed by one Umar Mamman Sanda, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Admin), on behalf of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Force Criminal Investigation Department), Mailafiya is expected to be at the Force Headquarters in Abuja by 11am on Monday 24 August, 2020. The Department of State Services had earlier invited Mailafia twice over a claim he made that a governor from the North was a commander of the Boko Haram sect. He made…
Turkish President, Recep Erdogan has issued a decree to reconvert a 6th century church-turned-museum in Istanbul into a mosque. It is located a few kilometres from the famous Hagia Sophia that was opened to Muslim prayers in July. A presidential decree published Friday on the official gazette, orders the Chora Museum to be opened for Islamic prayers. Just like Hagia Sophia, the museum will be handed over to Turkey’s religious authority Diyanet. DPA reports that the building, also known as the Church of the Holy Saviour, was turned into an Ottoman Mosque in the 16th century. In November 2019, Turkey’s…
The mutineers in Mali are discussing the deportation of detained President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The possible destination is Senegal. “There are talks with Senegal on his (Keita’s) deportation”, a Malian military source told Sputnik. On Tuesday, soldiers seized senior military and government officials. Keita, Prime Minister Boubou Cisse, and others are in custody. The mutiny leaders have established the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (NCSP). The transitional body will be in charge of governance and work out modalities for elections. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is trying to restore constitutional order in the country. ECOWAS leaders…
The Biafra Nations Youth League, (BNYL) has demanded for the release of a witchcraft doctor arrested on the way to fortify himself in Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State by the Police. Addressing newsmen in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State, the National Deputy Leader of BNYL and Director of Operations, Biafra Broadcasting Service, BBS, Ebuta Takon Akor, also demanded for the release of 67 IPOB members arrested by the Police. He said that members of the group across the 10 States of the proposed Biafra republic including separatists from Southern Cameroon, and ex-members of the Bakassi…
United States President Donald Trump has urged more universities to reopen. Noting that COVID-19 is very dangerous for older people, Trump said youths are less at risk. “For university students, the likelihood of severe illness is less than or equal to the risk of a seasonal flu,” CNBC quoted Trump as saying. He said that instead of saving lives, the decision to close universities could cost lives. “It is significantly safer for students to live with other young people than to go home and spread the virus to older Americans,” Trump said. Some universities are rethinking their plans to reopen…
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has challenged the National Assembly over probe of the Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The legislature is investigating financial activities of the agency. On Thursday, the former Akwa Ibom Governor told lawmakers that the probe should cover all the years of NDDC’s existence. He spoke when members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) visited him in Abuja. Akpabio urged Nigerians to “ask questions”. “How come it is only now that even our parliament has found it necessary to conduct a selective probe of NDDC? Instead of beginning from the inception, year…
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation has described the Company and Allied Matters Act, CAMA, recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari as the greatest threat to Christianity. Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, however, said nothing can bring down the church. Recall that the World Council of Bishops had emphatically described CAMA laws on churches, religious bodies by Nigeria’s Federal Government. President Buhari signed the CAMA act which has generated a lot of controversies, into law earlier this month. The Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN), had also described it as satanic, demanding that the President halt…