The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigrants can be detained indefinitely without bond hearings, in a setback for immigrant rights. The five-to-three decision was carried by the court’s conservative justices, who said immigrants detained in the United States had no right to periodic bond hearings. It reversed a ruling by the San Francisco 9th […]
Afeso Akanbi The construction of a $6.7bn Ibadan to Kaduna rail line was among some of the projects reported to have been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Federal Executive Council meeting that took place recently. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, announced that the project is expected to last three years. Now this piece of […]
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has jailed a police officer for life for killing a demonstrator opposed to President Joseph Kabila, a judicial source said Tuesday. “Police officer Agbe Obeid is sentenced to life in prison for having shot Eric Boloko at point-blank range with live ammunition on Sunday, February 25,” […]
Oladimeji Ramon A former acting Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Calistus Obi, who is being tried for an alleged fraud of N136m, told the court on Monday that part of the money was channelled into the building of his hotel in Delta State. He, however, said he had since refunded […]
John Ameh and Okechukwu Nnodim The implementation of the new national minimum wage would commence in the third quarter of this year, the Federal Government announced on Monday. According to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, the negotiation committee for the new minimum wage for workers had received memoranda from all stakeholders involved […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday, asked security agencies to take responsibility for failing to stop the abduction of 110 schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe, on February 19. He said that the buck-passing between the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force was unacceptable. In a statement by Mr. Turaki Hassan, […]
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed an amendment bill halting payment of pension to former governors, deputy governors and other officers holding political offices after their tenure in office. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of the report of the House Committee on Establishment and Public Service at the Committee […]
President Donald Trump has only just completed his first year in the White House, but he is already looking ahead to a 2020 reelection campaign, tapping Brad Parscale to get the ball rolling. In a statement on Tuesday, Trump’s campaign announced that the 42-year-old digital expert would begin preparing the groundwork for what already promises […]
Stanley Opara, with agency report The United States Treasury Department has added one organisation in Nigeria and other six organisations in Africa and Asia to its sanctions list for global terrorism. Two individuals — including Abu Musab Al-Barnawi of Nigeria and Mahad Moalim of Somalia — were also added to the list for their connection […]
Stanley Opara, with agency report The United States Treasury Department has added one organisation in Nigeria and other six organisations in Africa and Asia to its sanctions list for global terrorism. Two individuals — including Abu Musab Al-Barnawi of Nigeria and Mahad Moalim of Somalia — were also added to the list for their connection […]
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is Italy’s number one choice to take over as national coach, Italian federation vice-commissioner Alessandro Costacurta revealed on Tuesday. “I haven’t chosen yet but I think Conte is the one who could do the best,” Costacurta told Gazzetta dello Sport. “I’ll definitely talk with him in a couple of months.” Former […]
…Suspected killers of Lagos neighbourhood watch official paraded Afeez Hanafi A 15-year-old pupil, Idris, has been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly belonging to the Aiye Confraternity. Idris, a Junior Secondary School one pupil at a private school in the Orile area of the state, was paraded along with 56 other suspected cult […]
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu About 20 Biafran agitators, suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, were on Tuesday arrested by the Police in Enugu. The development followed protests by the IPOB members at an event organised by a pan-Igbo group to honour some Igbo personalities, including first President of Nigeria, late Dr. […]
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu About 20 Biafran agitators, suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, were on Tuesday arrested by the Police in Enugu. The development followed protests by the IPOB members at an event organised by a pan-Igbo group to honour some Igbo personalities, including first President of Nigeria, late Dr. […]
Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino dismissed claims by former Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas that prolific striker Harry Kane needs to leave the club if he wants to win trophies. Villas-Boas gave Kane his Premier League debut in 2012, but the England striker’s career only took off once the Portuguese coach departed in December 2013. Kane has now scored 30-plus goals […]
Eric Dumo Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode; and the General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor Williams Kumuyi, have promised to collaborate to deliver ‘life-changing projects’ to the people of Gbagada and environs. Speaking on Tuesday during the inauguration of a bridge, traffic light and multi-layered car park built by the church […]
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday joined the media and entertainment industry in congratulating renowned movie producer, Tunde Kelani, on his 70th birthday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President felicitated all family members, friends, professional colleagues and the fans of the artiste. He […]
Peter Dada, Akure The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr. Bamidele Oleyeloogun, became another victim of Fulani herdsmen’s attack as he lamented that they invaded his farm and destroyed his maize plantation. It was gathered that the Speaker had spent a lot of money in planting the maize, which the herdsmen allegedly […]
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday took an optimistic look at the poor rating of Nigeria on the recently-released Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index 2017. He said in Abuja that the rating was not a setback for Nigeria, but an encouragement for the country to work harder and close its ranks. The Transparency […]
A man has been charged with killing his girlfriend’s six-month-old baby after mistaking him for a spider. Dwayne Lindsey is said to have let out a ‘horrendous howl’ after realising something was wrong with his girlfriend’s son Chayse Dearing, who suffered severe traumatic brain and spinal chord injuries. Lindsey, from Melbourne, says the baby had […]
A 22-year-old woman was mauled to death by a lion on Tuesday at a private game lodge close to South Africa’s capital Pretoria, local media reported. The victim was attacked by the lioness near Hammanskraal, roughly 45 kilometres (30 miles) north of Pretoria around 0900 GMT, the local Rekord newspaper reported citing the emergency services. […]
Neymar still has a “small chance” of playing against Real Madrid in the Champions League and there are no plans for an operation on his cracked bone, Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery said on Tuesday. “For Neymar there has been no decision to have an operation,” said Emery, denying an earlier report in the Brazilian […]
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna. The death tolls in the crisis that erupted at Kasuwan Magani in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Monday, has risen to twelve while over 1,000 houses, shops were destroyed. The state police command had on Monday said seven people were killed and fifteen others injured in the violence. However, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday attended the National Executive Committee meeting of the All Progressives Congress at the party’s Secretariat, Abuja. See photos:
The Central Bank of Nigeria has commenced the disbursement of smaller naira notes to traders in order to improve the circulation of N5, N10, N20, and N50 in the economy. The acting Director, Currency Operations Department, Mrs. Priscilia Eleje, said this at a publicity campaign on “Disbursement of Lower Denominations of the Naira’’ in Wuse […]