MALI: REBEL SOLDIERS PLEDGE FRESH ELECTIONS AFTER PRESIDENT’S RESIGNATION

Mali’s president said Wednesday he had resigned to avoid “bloodshed” after he was detained in a military coup, whose leaders pledged new elections to resolve a spiralling political crisis in…

US ELECTION : TRUMP TO DELIVER CONVENTION SPEECH FROM WHITE HOUSE

US President Donald Trump will use the White House to deliver a partisan political speech to the Republican National Convention next week. Trump will be formally nominated by the party…

COLOMBIAN EX-PRESIDENT RESIGNS AS SENATOR AFTER HOUSE ARREST

Colombian ex-president Alvaro Uribe, who is being held under house arrest accused of fraud and witness tampering, announced on Tuesday he is resigning as a senator. In a letter to…

ANNUAL CONSTITUENCY FREE MEDICAL OUTREACH : EKWEREMADU LAUDS ENUGU REP OVER MAGNANIMITY

The Former Deputy president of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu has inaugrated the 2020 season of the Annual medical outreach, instituted by the Deputy Minority leader, House of Representatives, Rt.…

KILLINGS IN SOUTHERN KADUNA MUST STOP

The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit has lamented the killings in Southern Kaduna. The Amir (President) of MSSNLagos, Miftahudeen Thanni, made this known at a press…

WAEC GAVE APPROVAL FOR GOMBE COVID-19 PATIENT TO WRITE EXAM FROM ISOLATION CENTRE

Gombe State focal person on Covid-19 response, Dr Mohammed Kwami, has explained that the West African Examination Council gave the approval for a student of the Government Science Secondary School…

FG OWES RETIRED ELECTRICITY WORKERS N25B PENSION ARREARS NUP

The Nigeria Union of Pensioners has demanded the payment of N25.3 billion pension arrears being owed retired electricity workers by the Federal Government. It stated that the arrears comprised N14.5b…

BLASPHEMY : SHARI’AH COUNCIL WANTS KANO GOVT ,TO EXECUTE COURT JUDGEMENT

The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has urged Kano State Government to execute the court judgement that found a singer guilty of blasphemy. In a statement signed by its…

MOMPHA SUES EFCC FOR N5M OVER FRESH ARREST

Internet personality, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, who is facing money laundering charges, has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to compel the anti-graft agency to pay him N5m for…

BUHARI RECEIVES BRIEFING ON MALI CRISIS FROM ECOWAS SPECIAL ENVOY JONATHAN

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the Economic Community of West African States’ Special Envoy to the Republic of Mali, on Tuesday, met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari…