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Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on Friday for the murder of African American George Floyd, the killing that sparked America’s biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades. The white, 45-year-old Chauvin gave his “condolences” to the Floyd family in a Minneapolis court before Judge Peter Cahill handed down a lesser […]

The medical follow-up visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the United Kingdom earlier scheduled for yesterday, Friday, June 25, 2021, has been postponed. This is according to a short statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. According to Mr. Adesina, a new date will be announced in due course. On Thursday, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said he would not hesitate to give assent to any amendments to the 1999 Constitution on restructuring. He spoke when the National Executive of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), led by Prof Benjamin Okaba, visited him at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. On calls for restructuring, the President noted that the […]

The away goals rule in European club football is to be abolished from the start of next season, governing body UEFA has confirmed. The rule, used since 1965, decided drawn two-legged games by favouring the team that scored the most away goals. All ties level on aggregate at the end of the second leg will […]

The Federal Government is making concerted efforts to beef up its response to the nation’s security challenges, the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said. He listed the recent supplementary budget sent to the National Assembly on enhancing the capacity of the military and other security agencies as part of such moves. Professor Osinbajo stated […]

An American woman, Julia Yonkowski, who thought she had just $20 in her account, was left stunned after she checked her balance at an ATM and found that she had become a billionaire. Yonkowski, from Largo, west of Tampa in Florida, noticed the blunder by Chase Bank after she decided to check her balance only […]

Zambian KBN TV got more than it bargained for recently when one of its newscasters embarrassed the station on air. Kabinda Kalimina, a news anchor, had suspended a news bulletin to demand for his salary. He had started the bulletin with a recap of stories before pausing abruptly to demand that he and his colleagues […]

Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has emerged as the governorship candidate for the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Anambra State. He was announced as the winner on Wednesday night after the keenly contested primary held at the Professor Dora Akunyili Development Centre, Akwa, the state capital. Professor Soludo, polled 740 votes, which represented more than 90 […]

The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja  has restrained the government of President Muhammadu Buhari from prosecuting Twitter users. After the Federal Government banned Twitter, many Nigerians circumvented the ban through the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). But the office of Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation, threatened to prosecute those violating the ban. […]

The federal government says it will not hesitate to suspend any social media platform, which allows activities that have a negative impact on the country. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, disclosed this on Tuesday when he appeared before a house of representatives investigative panel. He was summoned by the green chamber to explain […]

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The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, is confident that Nigeria will remain united as a strong nation to the frustration of those waiting to see the country broken into pieces. He made the remark on Monday in Abuja at the maiden edition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Progressives Youth Conference. “In the area of […]

The United Arab Emirates has again suspended flights to and from Nigeria, 48 hours after lifting the initial ban. The Dubai’s Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management had earlier announced the resumption of flights from Nigeria on Saturday after several months of a ban in line with the country’s Covid-19 protocols. In the statement […]

Borrowing to fix infrastructure is good for the economy, Minister Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has said. Speaking in Abuja at NANForum, the flagship interview programme of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), he said the country would not make meaningful progress without taking loans to boost infrastructure. “It is in our interest that government […]

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has told President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigerians, as citizens of a democratic state, have every right to demand constitutional restructuring and a democratic forum to deliberate on good governance and national cohesion. The PDP, in a statement yesterday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, noted that such demands are neither synonymous […]

Buba Marwa, chairman of NDLEA has said that intending couples in Nigeria now would have to do drug test before getting married. He stated this on Saturday at the yearly Ogidi-Ela Day cultural celebration in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi. Marwa was the guest speaker at the occasion. He didn’t say how this will […]

Responding last night to the disclaimer by the Igbo leaders, IPOB and MASSOB said they were unperturbed. Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Comrade Emma Powerful, said the Igbo leaders had never been with his group from time. “Were they with us before now?” Powerful asked when contacted. He said: “We were not looking for them before. […]

A fresh strike by university lecturers seems to be looming after the Academic Staff Union Of Nigeria Universities (ASUU) threatened on Saturday to down tools over alleged refusal of the Accountant General of the Federation to pay the salaries and remit the check-off dues of over 1000 staff for 13 months. The Chairman of the […]