Protesters take to streets across France over controversial National Security law
Demonstrations took place throughout France on Saturday against a controversial new bill that would ban police images and increase surveillance. The French parliament is currently examining article 24 of the National Security bill, which proposes criminalising the filming and publication of images of on-duty police officers. Media groups in France say it could impact journalists […]
Zimbabwean Man Arrested For Hacking His Wife And Five Children To Death In South Africa
A 34-year-old Zimbawean national who was alleged to have hacked his wife and five children to death in the Eastern Cape, South Africa has been arrested. Recall that a 42-year-old mother and her five children aged between six months and ten years old were brutally murdered at home in Dabekweni Locality, Kwaaiman, the Eastern Cape, […]
Gov Sanwo-Olu Names Buildings After Tinubu, Late Osinowo, Makes New Appointment
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, opened the newly built Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area and the Agboyi-Ketu LCDA in the state, naming the first after the All Progressives Congress national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The governor also named the Agboyi-Ketu building after the late Senator of Lagos East Senatorial District, Adebayo Osinowo, […]
Minister Of Humanitarian Affairs, Farouq Weeps As Communication Minister, Pantami, ‘Disgraces’ Her At FEC Meeting
The disagreement between the two ministers, according to a top source, has further confirmed insinuations that there was division among top aides of President Muhammadu Buhari. Sadiya Umar Farouq, Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, has been involved in an altercation with a fellow minister, a report by SaharaReporters has shown. Farouq was […]
#EndSARS: Police Killed My Girlfriend, Shot Me In The Head – Man Tells Panel
He said the policemen claimed that they had flagged him down but he refused to stop, to which he responded that he was not aware of being stopped as it was raining. Emmanuel Ajomafuwe, a 33-year-old man, has told his police brutality story and how his woman was killed. According to The PUNCH, the man, […]
‘Matter Of Life And Death’ Fani-Kayode Reacts As Sultan of Sokoto Declares North Insecure
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has hailed the Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar III, over his comments on Northern Nigeria insecurity. HRH Saad Abubakar, while speaking at the fourth quarterly meeting of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC), lamented the increasing rate of insecurity in Nigeria, […]
Biafra: IPOB Takes Major Decision On Deputy Leader Position After Uche Mefor’s Resignation
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a proscribed secessionist group in Nigeria led by Nnamdi Kanu, has scrapped the office of the deputy leader. The IPOB scrapped the office of the deputy leader after Nnamdi Kanu’s deputy, Uche Mefor tendered his resignation as IPOB Deputy Leader. Confirming the scrapping of the Deputy leader position in […]
Journalists, Police, Military Will Not Vote On Election Day In Ghana
The Ghana Electoral Commission has said police, soldiers, journalists and ambulance drivers will not be able to cast their ballots in the December 7 election. The GEC has already published the names of those who will cast their ballots on a special day for people working on special occasions, whose voting may affect their work […]
Twenty-two People Have Died In Clashes Between Farmers And Herdsmen In Chad
At least 22 people have been killed in clashes between Arab herdsmen and farmers in the southern province of Kabbia. The rift is believed to be rooted in cattle rustling between the two communities. Chadian Communications Minister Cherif Mahamat told the AFP news agency that several villages had been set on fire during the clashes […]
FG Asks UK To Apologise Over Claim Gowon Looted CBN
The Muhammadu Buhari-led government has asked the British government to apologize over a claim by a member of its parliament that ex-Military ruler Yakubu Gowon looted Nigeria’s Central Bank. Tom Tungendhat, a British Parliament member, made the allegation on Monday, November 23 during the House deliberation on the aftermath of the EndSARS protest, and possible […]
Amotekun Rescues Akeredolu’s Chief of Staff’s Wife
Men of the Ondo State Security Network also known as Amotekun Corps have rescued the wife of the Chief of Staff to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, Olugbenga Ale. The gunmen on Friday abducted Mrs. Ale around Owena after the Joseph Ayo Babalola University while on her way back to Ondo from Lagos State. This came barely […]