Seun Kuti regains freedom after seven days in police custody

Nigerian musician Seun Kuti has been released on bail after being arrested and incarcerated for a week. The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, gave an order for the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to arrest the singer after a viral video showed him at the Third Mainland Bridge, in Lagos, shouting at, and hitting a police officer. Following the reactions that trailed the video, Kuti said that the policeman “tried to kill me and...

Nigeria launches Africa’s biggest oil refinery

Africa’s biggest oil refinery and the world’s biggest single-train facility has been launched in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, amid expectations that Nigeria will cease importing refined petroleum products once the company starts operation. The refinery built by Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the President of Dangote Group and Africa’s richest man, was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, May 22, 2023. The inauguration of the Dangote refinery was attended by many dignitaries in and outside Nigeria, including...

Group applaud Buhari for the Second Niger Bridge project

South East/Igbo APC Progressives Roundtable, SIAPRO, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the construction of the Second Niger Bridge, which was commissioned on Tuesday. SIAPRO, in a statement jointly signed by its Director General, Dr Uche Diala; National Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Molokwu; and the National Publicity Secretary, Mr Charles Kaye Okoye, described the Bridge as the “biggest and most significant singular infrastructural project in the Eastern region since after the civil war.” The group recalled...

President Buhari commissions Second Niger Bridge, seven other ‘legacy’ projects

…Second Niger Bridge is named after Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, commissioned eight projects completed by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing across the country. The projects which consist of three major bridges, three federal secretariats, a road and a new headquarters are part of the current “administration’s determination to upgrade and expand the nation’s stock of infrastructure”, according to Femi Adesina, the special adviser to the President on media and publicity. The federal...

Tension as S’Court decides Shettima’s eligibility to contest for vice presidency on Friday

Uncertainty over Bola Tinubu’s inauguration on Monday, May 29 looms as the Supreme Court has fixed Friday, May 26 to deliver its judgment in a suit seeking the nullification of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima’s candidature in the 2023 presidential election. The suit was filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on July 28, 2022. The party challenged the validity of the Tinubu/Shettima ticket for the February 25, 2023, presidential election because...

US President, Biden Names Delegates to Attend Tinubu’s Inauguration

United States President Joe Biden has released a list of officials to represent him at the upcoming inauguration of Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, on Monday, May 29. This is according to a press release by the White House on Monday. The nine-member presidential delegation are as follows: Honorable Marcia L. Fudge, secretary of the United States department of housing and urban development; Mr. David Greene, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., U.S. Embassy, Abuja; The Honorable Sydney Kamlager-Dove,...

Meta announces new features to edit ‘sent messages’ on WhatsApp

WhatsApp users can now edit sent messages to either correct a misspelling or add extra content to the message, Mark Zuckerberg says. In a Facebook post announcing the latest feature, Zuckerberg said messages can be edited up to 15 minutes after they’re sent. WhatsApp says the new feature is to enable users to have more control over their chats as hitherto, messages had to be deleted in case of errors or corrections provided in a...

PECT Judgment: Ubani laments lack of readiness to embrace tech in Nigeria judicial system

….Supports Atiku to push appeal to Supreme Court Former second Vice President Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and chairman of the NBA Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL), Monday Ubani has lamented lack of readiness by the Nigerian judicial system to embrace technology. In a chat with our reporter on Monday about the rejection of a request by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the just concluded 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar...

Kogi: ex-president, PDP Nat’l Youth Movement, others defect to APC

Ahmed Mahmud, former President of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Youth Movement, Saidatu Ogohi, the Ajaka Ward 1 Women Leader, and hundreds of leaders and members of opposition parties in Kogi State have defected to the All Progressives congress (APC). Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State received the group of former members of the PDP in Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area who also pledged support for the APC gubernatorial candidate, in Kogi State, Ododo Ahmed...

Nigerian Resident Doctors Suspends Strike

The five-day warning strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been suspended. Recall that the association had, on April 29, given the government a two-week ultimatum for failure for which it would proceed on strike. Orji Emeka Innocent, President, of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), who announced the suspension last night said members would resume work by 8 am today (Monday). The association embarked on the strike last...

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