NSA identifies three groups supporting terrorist organisations
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd), has named three groups supporting terrorist organisations in the Sahel region. Monguno identified the groups as Jama’at Nasr al-Islam Wal Muslimin (JNIM), the Islamic and Muslim Support Group (GSIM), and Islamic State in Greater Sahara (ISGS). He made the disclosure on Tuesday in a speech delivered at the 14th Workshop of the...
UK empties travel red list, removes Nigeria, 10 others
Travellers from nations including Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Nigeria and Zimbabwe will no longer have to isolate in a hotel from 4a.m. this Wednesday All 11 countries on England’s coronavirus travel red list will be removed from 4a.m. on Wednesday, the government has announced. Nations including Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe were...
Arsenal’s captaincy curse continues as Aubameyang loses armband
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has lost the Arsenal captaincy after the "disciplinary breach" which saw him omitted from Saturday's 3-0 win over Southampton. A statement on the Arsenal website confirmed the 32-year-old has been stripped of the armband, adding that he will not be considered for Wednesday's Premier League meeting with West Ham at the Emirates Stadium. The Gabon striker was left out...
Adebanjo tackles Akande: You’re a liar, Tinubu’s apron string
Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has berated Chief Bisi Akande, over accusations levelled against him in his book, ‘My Participations’. In his book, presented to the public last week, Akande, who was the first interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), claimed that Adebanjo pestered former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,...
Court orders closure of marriage registries
Justice Daniel Osiagor of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the closure of all marriage registries opened by the Ministry of Interior across the country with immediate effect. The judge while declaring all marriages conducted at registries as illegal and invalid, held that it was unconstitutional for the Federal Government to conduct marriages because only the local governments...
Ndubuisi Kanu’s 2nd wife to court: Recognise my offspring as estate heirs
Mrs. Josephine Ndubuisi-Kanu, one of the widows of Rear Adm. Ndubuisi Kanu, a former Military Administrator of Lagos and Imo, on Tuesday asked an Ikeja High Court to recognise her children as heirs to the estate of their father. Josephine, through her counsel, Mr. Ben Ediowere, asked that all the records of the court should reflect that she was wife to Kanu. “She...
Alleged forgery of medical reports: Fani-Kayode’s arraignment stalled
The arraignment of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode for allegedly forging medical reports was on Tuesday stalled at an Ikeja Special Offences Court. The embattled Fani-Kayode was to be arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a 12-count charge of procuring execution of documents by false pretence. Other charges include use of false documents, fabricating evidence,...
Nnamdi Kanu enjoys full luxury in our holding facility – DSS
The Department of State Services (DSS) has dismissed allegations that the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is being maltreated in its custody. The Service on Tuesday stated that Kanu enjoys full luxury in the holding facility. Public Relations Officer of DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, while addressing journalists on Tuesday in Abuja said the IPOB Leader confirmed...
Lawan: What Senators, Reps spend N13m, N8m quarterly allowance on
The Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, has tried to clear several misconceptions around the National Assembly and its operations. In particular, Lawan stated that the total salary of a senator is about N1.5 million and N1.3 million for a member House of Representatives. According to him, the quarterly running cost for a senator and a member House of Representatives is N13...
MTN, Mafab: FG rakes in $547.2m from 5G spectrum auction
The Federal Government is raking in $547,200,000 from the sales of two spectrum slots for the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) technology. After 11 rounds of bidding that lasted eight hours on Monday, Mafab Communications Ltd. and MTN Nigeria have emerged the two successful winners of the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction. Three companies, namely MTN, Airtel and Mafab Communications Limited,...
