A faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly took possession of the Assembly complex on Tuesday and held a plenary. News correspondent learnt that over 20 members loyal to the embattled Speaker, Martin Amaewhule attended the sitting. The lawmakers deliberated on the suspension of the strike by the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, and the order for the police to investigate the fire incident in the chamber on October 29. It was unclear whether the lawmakers re-opened the impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara which led to the earlier political tension in the State. In the meantime, police…
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Flash flooding in Somalia has killed 50 people and driven nearly 700,000 from their homes, a government official said, with heavy rains starting Tuesday expected to worsen the country’s plight. The Horn of Africa region is experiencing torrential rainfall and floods linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon, claiming dozens of lives and causing large-scale displacement, including in Somalia, where the downpours have destroyed bridges and inundated residential areas. “Fifty people died in the disaster… while 687,235 people were forced to flee their houses,” Somali Disaster Management Agency director Mohamud Moalim Abdullahi said at a press briefing on Monday. “The…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control has notified the public, particularly healthcare providers, to one batch of counterfeit Meronem 1g Injection being purchased in the country. The notification of this product is contained in a public alert No. 036/2023, signed by the Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, on Tuesday, in Abuja. Adeyeye said that the agency was equally notified about the injection by the Marketing Authorisation Holder Pfizer, who reported the incident, as received through a patient notification platform. The NAFDAC boss said Pfizer reported that the vial content did not dissolve when reconstituted…
The Court of the Economic Community of West African States sitting in Abuja had declared that the Nigerian Broadcasting Code used by the National Broadcasting Commission to impose sanctions and fines on broadcast stations violates freedom of expression. The ECOWAS court made the declaration on October 23, in a judgment delivered in a suit filed by a non-governmental organisation, Expression Now Human Rights Initiative, against the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The court held that the Nigerian government had failed in its responsibility to align its domestic legislation with its international obligations. The applicant had challenged the use of the NBC…
The Nigeria Football Federation would fire coach Jose Peseiro if they had the money to pay him off after two poor performances in World Cup qualifiers, according to executive committee member, Nse Essien. Nigeria’s qualification for the 2026 World Cup is already in serious jeopardy after they managed only two draws in their first two qualifiers against Lesotho and Zimbabwe. Walter Musona scored direct from a free kick to put Zimbabwe ahead in the first half and Leicester forward Kelechi Iheanacho equalised midway through the second half. Portuguese coach Peseiro has been singled out for criticism for the Super Eagles’…
In a judgment on Sunday, the Court of Appeal, led by Justice Elphreda Williams-Dawodu, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to withdraw the Certificate of Return given to Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State. The court declared Nentawe Goshwe of the All Progressives Congress the rightful winner of the March 18 governorship election, ordering INEC to issue a new Certificate of Return to him. Courts have sacked at least three governors whose elections were contested by opposing parties and deemed one election inconclusive, barely nine months after the elections. The following is a list of sacked state governors and the…
Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has insisted that Western liberal democracy has not worked for Africa. Obasanjo said liberal democracy does not take into account the continent’s history, culture and tradition. The former President explained that the Western style of democracy failed in Africa because it does not consider the views of the majority of the people. He stated this while delivering his keynote address at a high-level consultation on ‘Rethinking Western Liberal Democracy for Africa’ in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital. Obasanjo, the convener of the gathering, described Western liberal democracy as “a government of a few people over…
The Defence Headquarters has confirmed that troops of the 29 Task Force Brigade foiled an attack on the convoy of Yobe Governor, Mai Mala Buni by terrorists along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road on Saturday. A statement by the Director, of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, on Monday in Abuja, said the troops also recovered two vehicles affected in the incident. He said one military truck driver, four police escorts and one DSS operative wounded in the attack were in stable condition. According to him, one of the injured police escorts died shortly upon arrival at the Specialists Hospital Damaturu. “Reinforcement…
Thousands of jobs can be created through initiatives like a certified installer/maintenance programme for Starlink and collaborating with hardware startups to produce repeater boxes locally, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani has disclosed. The minister stated, on X (formerly Twitter), that he mentioned this to the Senior Director of Global Licensing and activation of SpaceX, Ryan Goodnight, on Sunday when they met on the sidelines of the ongoing International Telecommunication Union-World Radio Communication Conference in Dubai. Tijani, who shared that Nigeria is now Starlink’s biggest market in Africa, said he discussed the issue of connecting…
Microsoft’s Chief Executive Officer, Satya Nadella, on Monday announced the hiring of OpenAI’s Sam Altman and other members of his team, days after the co-founder of the venture behind ChatGPT was fired. “The mission continues,” Altman, who rose to fame with the launch of the artificial intelligence chatbot last year, posted on X, formerly Twitter. Nadella wrote on X that Altman “will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team,” along with OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman and their colleagues. OpenAI’s board sacked Altman on Friday, prompting other high-profile departures from the company as well as a reported…