Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has urged President Bola Tinubu not to send the wrong signals on his fight against corruption. According to Falana, some people that can be found in the Aso Presidential Villa are standing trial for corruption. He made this claim while speaking as a guest at the 60th anniversary of the call to bar of Aare Afe Babalola in Ekiti State on Monday. I’m urging the president to lead an anti-corruption crusade so that the country – the largest concentration of black people on earth, can take its rightful place in the committee of nations. “Highly-placed…

One thousand, six hundred and forty-two fire incidents were recorded in Lagos State between January and June 2023, with 42 persons killed. Similarly, 177 persons were rescued, while N14.62 billion property were destroyed. In its mid-year activity report, the Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, explained that out of the 1,462 emergencies attended to, fire disasters ranked highest, with 924 incidents in different parts of the state. 92 emergencies on rescue were recorded, 41 on salvage, three on explosion, and two on building collapse, while 400 false calls were received. Adeseye, in a statement by the agency’s…

The Labour Party has asserted that the President Bola Tinubu-led government is preparing for an election rerun. National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Barrister Julius Abure, submitted on Monday during a virtual meeting held with Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and Democracy led by the party’s Diaspora Chairman in the United States, Prof. Eddie Oparaoji, According to Abure, Tinubu, and the All Progressives Congress (APC), are preparing for an election rerun just like the Labour Party is. He said, “Those in government are already planning for a rerun, and this is one of the support we will be canvasing from…

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday evening, returned to Abuja after a two-day official visit to Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, for the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). President Tinubu arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 6:30p.m., aboard the NAF 001 Boeing 737 jet. While in Bissau, the President was unanimously named the new Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, making him one of the fastest into that office, after the election into office…

Chelsea have revealed their home kit for the 2023-24 season without a front-of-shirt sponsor. A shirt deal with telecommunications company Three was not renewed when it expired at the end of last season. The Premier League blocked a deal with streaming service Paramount+, because of concerns about upsetting its broadcast rights holders. Chelsea decided against a shirt sponsorship agreement with an online gambling company. The club’s supporters’ trust had spoken out against such a partnership, although it is understood Chelsea had already ruled a deal before that. In April, the Premier League announced that gambling sponsors would be withdrawn from the front…

The Threads app launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days, data tracking websites said on Monday, smashing the record of AI tool ChatGPT for the fastest-growing consumer app. While ChatGPT took two months to hit the 100 million user mark and video-sharing app TikTok took nine months, Instagram itself took two and a half years to reach that mark after its 2010 launch. Threads went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries late on Wednesday, though it is not available in Europe because…

A former member of the House of Representatives, Shina Abiola Peller has declared that the emergence of President Tinubu as Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a confirmation of the vision of the founding fathers of Nigeria. Peller who represented Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Iwajowa/ Kajola federal constituency between 2019 and 2023 made this declaration on Monday. Recall that President Tinubu was on Sunday announced as Chairman of the sub-regional organisation. Peller explained that the founding fathers of Nigeria always wanted a Nigeria for Africa, not a Nigeria for Nigerians only. In a statement publicized on Monday, he said Tinubu…

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from prosecuting the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari, over his declaration of Aisha Dahiru, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, as governor in the March 18 poll. Justice Donatus Okorowo made the order after Mr Michael Aondoaka, SAN, counsel to Dahiru, moved the ex-parte motion to the effect. In the ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/935/2023, the APC candidate in the poll, sued INEC, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and another as respondents. Aondoaka, while moving the motion on Monday, argued that until…

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has denied being in exile. Buhari described the report of him fleeing the country and in exile as false. Speaking through his former media aide, Garba Shehu, Buhari said there was no veracity in the report because he has returned home in Daura, Katsina State. Shehu said it was misleading to report that former President Muhammadu Buhari has ‘fled’ and was on ‘exile’ when he is currently at home with family in Daura, Katsina State. “Every platform has tools to verify any information and we don’t expect anything less,” he said. Recently, Buhari travelled to London…

Former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and Chairman of the Joint Action Front, JAF, an umbrella body for pro-labour civil society organisations, CSOs, Dr Dipo Fashina, was never missing, a former scribe of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Owei Lakemfa, has disclosed. Lakemfa, who is also a columnist and rights activist, dismissed social media report that the retired Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ife, Osun State, lecturer was missing, saying:  “A person whose whereabout we knew, could not have been missing.” In a statement entitled “A bit of clarification is necessary on former ASUU President, Dr Dipo Fashina,” Lakemfa…

Barring any last-minute changes, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to approve the appointments of 20 new Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants, and Personal Assistants. According to a document seen at the weekend by The Guardian, President Tinubu’s formal approval is being awaited before they are officially announced. Some of the nominees have actually started working in the assigned roles. Those who made the proposed list of 20 expected to serve as Senior Special Assistants (SSAs), Special Assistants (SAs) and Personal Assistants (PAs) are: Dr. Adekunle Tinubu – Personal Physician Tunde Rahman – SSAP (Media) Damilotun Aderemi – SSAP (Private Secretary) Ibrahim…

The ruling All Progressives Congress on Sunday night shifted the long-awaited meetings of its National Caucus and National Executive Committee, NEC earlier slated for Monday and Tuesday by one week. A statement issued in Abuja by the National Secretary of the party, Iyiola Omisore, said both meetings will now hold on July 18 and 19 respectively. “Members of the National Caucus and National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress are hereby informed that our meetings of 10th and 11th of July, 2023, have been postponed to the 18th and 19th of July, 2023, respectively,” the notice said. Continuing, Omisore…