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Nigeria: Independence of Judiciary Non-negotiable, Say Senate, NBA

by Abdulkadir Tuesday, April 20, 2021

The battle for financial freedom for state judiciaries and legislatures entered a fresh phase on Monday with the Senate and the Nigerian B...Read More

News

Nigeria: FG Turned Down Governors’ Request to Borrow N50bn from Central Bank, Finance Minister Ahmed Says

by Abdulkadir Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, on Monday narrated how the federal government rejected a r...Read More

News

Nigeria: Labour Minister Holds Fresh Talks with Governors, Stakeholders Over Judiciary Workers’ Strike

by Abdulkadir Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Nigeria’s Labour Minister, Chris Ngige has fixed Tuesday 20th April for a fresh meeting with the leaderships of the Nigerian Bar Associati...Read More

News

Guards, Dogs and Prayers: Nigeria’s Northeast Katsina Deploys Measures to Prevent Student Abductions

by Abdulkadir Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Authorities in Nigeria’s Katsina state have told the BBC Hausa service that dogs and prayer sessions will be part of a new security set-up...Read More

News

Nigeria: Benue Governor Ortom Announces Arrest of Traditional Rulers, Local Government Officials Over Killing of Soldiers

by Abdulkadir Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has confirmed the detention of two traditional rulers and two officials of Konshisha local government a...Read More

Africa

Thousands of Covid-19 Vaccines Expire in South Sudan

by Abdulkadir Tuesday, April 20, 2021

About 60,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine donated to South Sudan by the African Union, expired before they were used, health au...Read More

Africa

Chad Army Says it Killed ‘300 Rebels’ Who Attacked Northern Part

by Abdulkadir Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Chad’s army says it killed at least 300 rebel fighters who attacked the northern part of the country eight days ago, adding that it lost f...Read More

Global

New Delhi to Lock Down Amid Devastating Virus Surge

by Abdulkadir Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Indian capital New Delhi has imposed a weeklong lockdown to prevent the collapse of the city’s health system, which authorities say has be...Read More

Global

Murderer or ‘Reasonable Officer?’ Jury Considers Verdict in Chauvin Trial

by Abdulkadir Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Jurors in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin began deliberations on Monday after a prosecutor implored them to “believe your eyes” as he re...Read More

News

Nigeria: PDP Joins Those Calling for Comms Minister Pantami’s Sack Over Alleged Sympathy for Terrorists

by Abdulkadir Monday, April 19, 2021

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday joined those urging President Muhammadu Buhari to remove the Minister of Communications and D...Read More

Africa

Eleven Dead, 98 Injured after Train Derails in Egypt

by Abdulkadir Monday, April 19, 2021

Eleven people were killed and 98 injured on Sunday in a train accident in Egypt’s Qalioubia province north of Cairo, the health ministry s...Read More

Sports

Outrage, Threats of Ban as 12 European Football Teams Plan to Form Breakaway ‘Super League’

by Abdulkadir Monday, April 19, 2021

Twelve of Europe’s top soccer clubs have announced plans to form a so-called European super league, in a move that looks set to rock the f...Read More

Sports

Jose Mourinho Sacked by Tottenham After 17-months in Charge

by Abdulkadir Monday, April 19, 2021

Premier League side Tottenham has sacked manager Jose Mourinho just days before the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City and after 17...Read More