COURT STALLS PDP’S LAWSUIT SEEKING TO DISQUALIFY IZE-IYAMU

The scheduled hearing of a suit seeking to disqualify Mr Osagie Ize-iyamu as the All Progressives Congress’ governorship candidate in the forthcoming September 19 election in Edo State was on…

President says Trump asked why he’s killing Christians

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, revealed that at the heat of the bloody clashes between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria, the United States President, Donald Trump, …

FG, states, LGs shared N3.88trn in six months – NEITI

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee shared N3.879trn to the Federal Government, states, local governments, and other statutory recipients in the first half of this year, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency…

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MANAGES COVID-19 BETTER, SAYS UNGA

The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Amb. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, says the global body is pushing for equal access to COVID-19 vaccines by all countries once the vaccines are…

Strike to continue until judiciary workers’ demands are met – JUSUN

The leadership of the Judiciary Staff of Nigeria has said its members in Ebonyi State will continue their strike until their demands are met. JUSUN members in Ebonyi are demanding…

CALABAR KIDNAPPINGS: FEMALE LAWYERS, HEALTH WORKERS, PROTEST

The Medical Women Association of Nigeria, Cross River Chapter, International Federation of Women Lawyers, Holy Child Old Girls Association, Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, Presbyterian Women, and others on Tuesday…

NBA ELECTIONS: BOSAN LAUDS ADESINA FOR NOT GOING TO COURT

The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria has commended a presidential candidate in the last general elections of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Dele Adesina (SAN), for not going to…

FUEL PRICE HIKE: POLICE WILL PREVENT PROTEST IN BORNO, SAYS CP

The Police Command in Borno State says it will not tolerate any form of protest capable of disrupting the “hard-earned peace in the state’’. DSP Edet Okon, the command spokesman,…

JIGAWA: 20 CONFIRMED DEAD, HOUSES, FARMLANDS LOST TO FLOODING

No fewer than 20 persons have lost their lives and more than 50,000 houses and farmlands were destroyed following the flood which ravaged some parts of Jigawa State last week.…

SOUTH AFRICA’S ECONOMY DROP BY HALF IN SECOND QUATER

Gross domestic product in South Africa shrank by more than half from April to June compared with a year earlier, battered by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s…