Like Hongkong Like Lagos – A Comparative Perspective to Protest in Two Cities

Although the objective of the ongoing protest in Hongkong, the commercial city of China is quite different from the #EndSARS protest in Nigeria. However, the #EndSARS protest in Nigeria has certain features that can be linked to that of the Hongkong protest. This really interpreted that although humans might be different in color but the illustrated narrative of the quest for freedom is a universal clamor as the act of oppression is embedded in humans,...

Senate to Debate Fulani Herdsmen Crisis on Tuesday

The Leader of the Senate, Yahaya Abdullahi, has disclosed that the upper legislative will discuss the issue of Fulani herdsmen menace rising across the country on resumption on Tuesday. Abdullahi said this while talking to journalists on Monday in his office, adding that his deputy who is representing Ondo North in the Senate, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice, will come up with a motion on the issue. The Senate Leader said the Federal Government has a role...

POLICE: Minister Explains Why Buhari Extend IGP’s Tenure by Three Months

Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi, on Thursday, explained why President Muhammadu Buhari decided to extend the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, for three months. He said it was “to allow for a robust and efficient process of appointing a new IGP.” The minister said this in an interview with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Remember that the tenure of Adamu should have expired on Monday when he...

Fraud : Pastor Deceived Me to Sell My Only House, Jilted Evangelist Tells Yola Court

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz,  Regional Correspondent ______ A  female evangelist who was allegedly jilted by her fiancee and pastor of Fire House Revival Ministry, Kwanye Tumba has told an area criminal court II sitting in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, that her ex-fiancee, Pastor Marwa Tumba deceived her with a marriage proposal, squandered her money and later ended up frustrating her life. The distraught looking evangelist had 2 weeks ago sued the Pastor and said she first...

Man Bags 66 Months Imprisonment for Human Trafficking

KATSINA  — The Federal High Court sitting in Katsina has sentenced one Muyeedeen Jamilu, 42, to five and a half years’ imprisonment for trafficking in persons. Jamilu, a resident of Brigade quarters in Kano, was accused of procuring illegal entry for 11 youths, comprising 10 female and one male to go to Libya, but were arrested while en route from Kano, through Kwangwalam border in Katsina state, on Nov. 30, 2020, by the Joint Taskforce...

Two Google Engineers Resign Over Firing of AI Ethics Researcher Timnit Gebru

SAN FRANCISCO — An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet Inc’s Google over the dismissal of AI researcher Timnit Gebru, a sign of the ongoing conflicts at the search giant over diversity and ethics. David Baker, a director focused on user safety, left Google last month after 16 years because Gebru’s exit “extinguished my desire to continue as a Googler,” he said in a letter seen by Reuters. Baker added, “We cannot...

420 Nigerian Returnees Arrive Abuja from Saudi Arabia – NiDCOM

ABUJA –  The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says 420 Nigerian returnees arrived at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr. Abdul-Rahman Balogun, Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit of NiDCOM. Balogun said on Wednesday that 27 of the 420 returnees were children while 393 were adults. He stated that the returnees were received by senior government officials of the Ministry of...

Federal Government Extends Sim Integration Exercise

The Federal Government has extended the deadline of the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise to April 6, 2021. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, announced this during the meeting of the Ministerial Task Force on NIN-SIM registration. In a statement jointly signed by Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde​​​, Director of Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, and Mr. Kayode Adegoke​​, the Head, Corporate Communications of Nigeria...

Presidency Reacts to Call for Igbo IGP, Says Appointment Not Ethnicity Based

The Presidency has reacted to the call by some Nigerians to appoint an Igbo as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP). The presidency said the appointment of service chiefs is not based on ethnicity but on their ability to secure lives and property in the country. The Presidency reacted to this on Monday through the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The call was a result of the...

Lekki Shooting: Reddington Hospital Confirms Treatment Of Victims, Nigerians React

Several reactions have trailed the testimony of Reddington Hospital on the Lekki shooting of October 20, 2020, which halted the two weeks long demonstration against Police brutality. On Saturday, during cross-examination with the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality, Dr. Babajide Lawson, a physician with Reddington Hospital confirmed to the panel that the victims of the shooting were treated in the hospital facility. His testimony countered that of the military who claimed that no...

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