Politics

People should not feel “bullied” into taking the knee, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. Speaking on LBC on Friday, Johnson acknowledged that there are “injustices and prejudice” that need to be rectified in the UK, but said: “I don’t want people to be bullied into doing things that they …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday July 2, approved the renewal of appointments of 12 non-career ambassadors.   The Nigerian leader who did not renew the appointments of George Oguntade, Nigerian high commissioner to the United Kingdom, and Sylvanus Nsofor, Nigerian ambassador to the United States, congratulated those whose appointments were renewed.   …

The U.S. has bought up almost all of the world’s supply of remdesivir, one of only two drugs shown to work against the new coronavirus. Remdesivir, which was developed to treat Ebola, is produced almost exclusively by US pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences – and it has been priced at $2,340 …

The Presidency has reacted to speculation of President Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Ahmed Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), having a strained relationship following the dissolution of the party’s national working committee.   Presidential spokesperson Garba Shehu in a statement released on Saturday June 27, described report of Buhari …

The federal government has banned non-critical and administrative capital spending, including the purchase of vehicles as part of its plan to cut down cost of governance.   In a document titled “What you need to know about the Nigeria Economic Sustainability Plan”, Femi Adeshina listed eight key interventions contained in the sustainability report. …

The Rivers State government has released new guidelines on how wedding ceremonies will henceforth be conducted in the state, adding that defaulters of these new guidelines will be forced to pay a fine of N10 million.   According to a statement released today June 25, prospective couples would need to get approval/ …

The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken another turn as President Buhari has been accused of supporting “illegality” by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national working committee (NWC).   Report has it that factional Acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Victor Giadom got …

Justice Emmanuel Obile of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has struck out a suit seeking to bar Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, from participating in the governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scheduled for Thursday, June 25. The judge struck out the suit following …

The Department of State Services, DSS, on Monday arraigned a 48-year old man, Joshua Sayo, before an Osun State Magistrate Court for allegedly defaming Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon Timothy Owoeye. Sayo was arraigned over a Facebook post he made on June 19, 2020. The DSS Prosecutor, …

The Department of State Services, DSS, on Monday arraigned a 48-year old man, Joshua Sayo, before an Osun State Magistrate Court for allegedly defaming Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon Timothy Owoeye.   Sayo was arraigned over a Facebook post he made on June 19, 2020.   The …