Abuja — Following a suit by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians, the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) Court has declared unlawful the suspension of Twitter by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, and ordered his administration never to repeat it again. Last year, following the deletion of […]
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Three pregnant women were rescued as a baby factory was discovered by police operatives in Obodogba Community, Okpanam in Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State. It was also gathered that the police operatives arrested two suspects during the raid on the baby factory. Read Also: Selfish Northern govs pushed Tinubu into same-faith ticket — […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved refund of the money spent by the Imo State Government under Governor Hope Uzodimma to fix some major federal roads within the state. The badly dilapidated roads which Uzodimma embarked on their construction recently because of their economic importance to the state were majorly those of Owerri-Orlu and Owerri-Okigwe (both […]
Domestic air travel is recording low passenger traffic at the beginning of the second half of the year when upswing in air travel is expected, THISDAY has learnt. Investigations revealed that in the last two months passenger traffic has been surprisingly low and it is attributed to general cash squeeze, hike in airfares and low […]
Nigeria has been ranked 123rd out of 146 countries on the 2022 global gender gap index, and moved up 16 places from its 139th ranking out of 156 countries in 2021. The global gender gap index measures access to resources and opportunities in countries. According to the World Economic Forum, WEF, titled: ‘Global Gender Gap […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has clamoured for the establishment of an International Anti-Corruption Criminal Court to try offenders across the globe. He also urged fellow African leaders to intensify the fight against corruption, and create more disincentives for pilfering of public funds. In a recorded remark yesterday to celebrate the ‘African Day of Anti-Corruption,’ the President, […]
The World Bank recently listed Nigeria among the top 10 countries in the world with the worst inflation rates based on 2021 figures. Nigeria ranks eighth on the list, with an annual inflation rate of 16.95 per cent, in a list topped by the likes of Sudan, Lebanon and Zimbabwe. Inflation measures the rate of […]
The global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the early months of 2020 shut down nearly all physical and social human activities. For musical practice this meant near death. Performing music is, after all, one of the oldest forms of social human engagement. In Nigeria, the shutdown of concerts and public music performances was swift. […]
SERAP and 176 concerned Nigerians had filed the suit to challenge the suspension of Twitter’s operations in Nigeria in June last year. The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja, on Thursday, declared as unlawful last year’s suspension of Twitter by the Muhammadu Buhari government, ordering the government to desist from such an illegal act in […]
Abuja, Nigeria — Christian groups in Nigeria are criticizing the ruling All Progressives Congress Party (APC) for choosing Muslim candidates to run in next year’s election for both president and vice president. Past presidential tickets have been mixed, with one Muslim and one Christian, to reflect Nigeria’s religious population, which is just over half Muslim. […]
Holders Nigeria kept alive their hopes of retaining their TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title after narrowly defeating arch-rivals Cameroon 1-0 on Thursday to reach the semi-finals. The Super Falcons also secured their place at the 2023 Women’s World Cup thanks to the victory at the Complexe Sportif Mohamed V in the Moroccan city of Casablanca. The […]
“The Buhari administration in suspending the operations of Twitter violates the rights of SERAP and 176 concerned Nigerians to the enjoyment of freedom of expression, access to information and the media, as well as the right to fair hearing.” Following a suit by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians, the […]
There are links between the #EndSARS protests and greater engagement among young Nigerians in the 2023 electoral process. Nigerians regard just four of their 16 presidential candidates as serious contenders in the 2023 general elections. These are Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party […]
Following a suit by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians, the ECOWAS Court has “declared unlawful the suspension of Twitter by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, and ordered the administration never to repeat it again.” This development was disclosed today by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare. It would be recalled […]
“We must stop playing with the future of our youths,” he said. The Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, has urged the Federal Government to re-open negotiation with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Mr Kalu, in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, condemned the disruption of academic activities as a result of strikes […]
The choice of Mr Baba-Ahmed by Mr Obi shows the Labour Party is looking for politicians without baggage. Datti Baba-Ahmed, 53, is perceived as one of the few politicians in Nigeria without much “dirt” in their political career, despite a controversial stint at the Senate that ended within a year after his election was upturned […]
The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered a total ban on use of Police Spy Vehicle Number Plates by vehicle owners across the federation without exception. A statement by Force Headquarters stated that the ban was irrespective of whether the earlier issuance was authorised or not. It said: “All authorisations are hereby […]
Commercial tricyclists in Awka, Anambra State, yesterday protested against high taxation by the state Governor, Prof Charles Soludo-led government in the state. The tricyclists blocked the Enugu-Onitsha expressway at Aroma Junction, saying the high tax by the state government is too harsh on them. Some of the tricyclists who spoke said: “They are asking us […]