Rolling Stones Threaten to Sue Trump Over Using their Songs

LONDON  — The Rolling Stones are threatening President Donald Trump with legal action for using their songs at his rallies despite cease-and-desist directives. The Stones said in a statement Sunday that their legal team is working with music rights organization BMI to stop use of their material in Trump’s reelection campaign. “The BMI have notified the Trump campaign on behalf of the Stones that the unauthorized use of their songs will constitute a breach of...

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■  “Phone lines have been busy and a few big shots in your country are in the panic mode now because here in UAE, we don’t play when it comes to shit like this” His arrest was a surprise and made global news. So intense that news sites, blogs, social media threads and gossip tabloids went agog with photos and story-versions of his extravagant lifestyle. Yet, somehow, it was expected because the world knew what...

DAILY UPDATES: Nigeria Records 779 New Cases of Coronavirus, Total Hits 24,077

Nigeria In Saturday recorded  779 new cases of COVID-19 as its total infections hit 24,077. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 684 new confirmed cases were reported in 22 states, with four deaths. The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. Also, Bangladesh COVID-19 cases reach nearly 134,000, deaths near 1,700. The NCDC said that Lagos reported the highest number of cases with...

Coalition Urges FG to Transform Nigeria Into World Class Tourist Hub

The Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (COSROPIN), has urged the Federal Government to strengthen policies that would transform the country into a world-class tourist hub. Sen. Eze Ajoku, President of the coalition made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, on Sunday in Abuja, in reaction to the increasing emigration of Nigerians to Dubai for tourism. Ajoku said that tourism was a very important economic component capable of...

BREAKING: Boeing 737 MAX Certification Flight Tests to Begin on Monday – Sources

Pilots and test crew members from the United States Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing Co (BA.N) are slated to begin a three-day certification test campaign for the 737 MAX on Monday, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The test is a pivotal moment in Boeing’s worst-ever corporate crisis, long since compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic that has slashed air travel and jet demand. Also, FAAN holds dry run airport simulation exercise at Lagos, Abuja airports. The grounding of the fast-selling 737 MAX in...

Order FG, CBN to Name Beneficiaries of Cash Payments, Donations, SERAP Implore Court

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to instruct the Federal Government as well as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to identify the beneficiaries of the palliatives and Covid-19 funds provided in FCT, Ogun and Lagos state during the lockdown. In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/657/2020 filed last week, SERAP called on the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development,  Ms. Sadia Umar-Faroukan...

Opposition Wins Historic Rerun of Malawi’s Presidential Vote

Malawi — The opposition has won Malawi’s historic rerun of the presidential election, the first time a court-overturned vote in Africa has led to the defeat of an incumbent leader. Lazarus Chakwera’s victory late Saturday was a result of months of determined street protests in the southern African nation, and of a unanimous decision by the Constitutional Court that widespread irregularities in the May 2019 election — including the use of correction fluid on ballots...

Edo Guber Election: PDP Presents Certificate of Return to Obaseki

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday presented Certificate of Return to Gov. Godwin Obaseki, as its flag bearer for the Sept.19 Edo gubernatorial poll. The PDP National Chairman, Mr Uche Secondus, who presented the certificate to Obaseki, commended the party electoral committee for holding a peaceful and successful primary in Edo. Secondus pledged that PDP would continue to do more with its primaries and congresses to give confidence to the people and for them...

We Will Not Rest Until Nigeria is Safe For All – COAS

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said that the Nigeria Army would remain on its feet in the battle against security challenges until Nigeria became safe for everyone. Buratai, represented by Lt.-Gen. Lamidi Adeosun, Chief of Policy and Plan, Army Headquarters, stated this on Saturday during the Passing Out Parade of the 79 Regular Recruit Intake (79 RRI), in Zaria. He regretted that Nigeria was facing numerous security challenges with Boko Haram...

Buhari, Tinubu’s Relationship Intact, Says Presidency

The Presidency has dismissed reports insinuating that President Muhammadu Buhari and APC chieftain Bola Tinubu have fallen apart, following the dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) on Thursday. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, condemned the reports, saying that those behind the reports needed to get their facts right. He explained that the resolutions of the party’s emergency...

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