July 2019

Nigerian Senate to spend ₦5.5b on official cars for members

Edo Assembly take over: Senate erred, say lawyers, others

July 31, 2019 7:36 am

Some legal experts yesterday faulted the move by the Senate to take over the Edo State House of Assembly within a week. The Red Chamber’s action will, however, depend on whether Governor Godwin Obaseki complies with another resolution mandating him to issue a fresh proclamation for the ‘proper’ inauguration of the house.

Adopting a report presented by its ad hoc committee, which investigated the development in the state assembly, the Senate claimed that the process leading to the June 17, 2019 inauguration was improper and a breach of global parliamentary practices.

It also mandated the governor to properly inform all …

Presidential aide arrested in Zimbabwe for corrupt deals

Presidential aide arrested in Zimbabwe for corrupt deals

July 31, 2019 6:04 am

The former Principal Director of State Residences, Douglas Tapfuma, who was arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on Tuesday, has sensationally been accused of maintaining a ‘Torture Chamber’ at the State House.

According to online publication, Zimlive, Tapfuma used the torture chamber to intimidate and torture people who impeded his corrupt deals.

Allegations were also made that he was summoning individuals to State House to intimidate and threaten them.

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Juliana Muskwe, Hwange’s board chairperson, alleged last year that she was summoned to State House by Tapfuma who directed her to

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Breaking: Proscription: Shiite group heads to court

Breaking: Proscription: Shiite group heads to court

July 31, 2019 5:47 am

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria is to challenge the court order obtained by the federal government banning the operations of the organization.

Spokesman of the Movement, Ibrahim Musa confirmed that “we will be in court challenging the proscription”.

Musa who spoke through a phone message on the recent accusation by a rival Shiite group that IMN was a fake organisation accused the leader of the rival Shiite sect, Al-Thaqalayn Cultural Foundation, Sheikh Hamza Lawal of being a government agent out to destabilise IMN.

According to Musa, “Hamza Lawal, had failed woefully to create division within the ranks of the Islamic …

Why war against Boko Haram may not end soon – Borno Gov.

July 31, 2019 5:37 am

Governor Babagana Umara of Borno State has said that the war against Boko Haram may not end soon, as the terrorists have started deploying drones to monitor military operations in Sambisa Forest and the Lake Chad region.

The insurgency-affected states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe have lost many lives and property in the last decade.

Umara raised the alarm yesterday at the Government House, Maiduguri, while briefing the House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, and other National Assembly members on the security situation in the state.

“This Boko Haram war may not end soon because the [terrorists] now deploy drones …

Marauders masquerading as pastors in Nigeria

Marauders masquerading as pastors in Nigeria

July 31, 2019 4:21 am

𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐍𝐳𝐞

Nigeria is supposedly a country where her citizenry make bogus claims as regards having full knowledge of God, and being closer to Him. The country comprises basically, Christians and Muslims. However the ratio of Christians supersede that of the Muslims. The country has uncountable number of churches ranging from kiosk sizes to cathedrals littered on every nook, and cranny of her streets as well as all kinds of individuals masquerading as pastors or “men and women of God,” as they are usually called by their followers.

These so-called men and women of God who are simply nothing …

British PM vows to pursue Brexit deal after new blow

British PM appoints Nigerian as children’s minister

July 30, 2019 6:05 am

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has appointed Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch, aged 39, as Children and Families Minister, as part of his government reshuffle. Badenoch is a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden.

She was born in Wimbledon, London to Nigerian parents. Her childhood was spent in Lagos and the United States. She moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 16. She has been the MP for Saffron Walden since 2017 after replacing Nadhim Zawahi.

She once told MPs in Parliament about her own experiences of poverty and how she used to do …

Israel will launch satellite on August 3, to Cover Africa

Israel will launch satellite on August 3, to Cover Africa

July 30, 2019 5:22 am

Spacecom, a telecommunication firm which operates the Amos fleet of Israeli satellites, will launch its next satellite on August 3. which  will cover Africa.

The Amos-17 is an advanced digital satellite that will provide communications services over Africa.

This would be the first satellite of its kind that provides the continent with high quality broadcasts and adequate frequency, in a way that fits the needs of Africa, which is known for its unstable weather that affects transmission.

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Amos-17 is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and …

Okorocha and family facing the wrath of the Caliphate

Okorocha And Family, Facing The Wrath Of The Caliphate

July 30, 2019 3:43 am

𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐍𝐳𝐞

Certainly, these are not the best of times for the former Governor of Imo state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, his woes first started when the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole denied his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, the gubernatorial ticket as a consensus candidate of the party in Imo state without the usual primary election, after collecting well over half a million dollars from Nwosu, who was then the Chief of Staff to Okorocha, and incidentally, the husband of his first daughter, Uloma.

Okorocha who before then had a good relationship with Oshiomhole, and …

Ihedioha signs three more bills into law

We are fixing Imo not after propaganda – Governor Ihedioha

July 29, 2019 10:03 am

Governor Emeka Ihedioha took over the mantle of leadership in Imo State on May 29, 2019. In this interview, he says that it is unbelievable that in Imo there is nowhere public water is running. The former Speaker of the House of Representatives also laments that bridges are built in my state without iron rods. He also says that within a few weeks on the saddle, Imo is now a preferred destination for investors.

Excerpts:

What have you done differently since you took the governorship of Imo State? 

When I came in, I found out to my shock that there …

Court grants El-Zakzaky leave for medical attention abroad

Court adjourns hearing on El-Zakzaky bail till August 5

July 29, 2019 8:45 am

A Kaduna State High Court has set aside August 5, 2019, to rule on the bail application filed by the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat.

El-Zakzaky’s lawyer Femi Falana filed the application on behalf of his clients on July 18, seeking permission to travel abroad for medical treatment.

Falana said the Shiites leader’s health was getting worse by the day.

He stated that only a foreign medical treatment was required to stabilise the couple’s health condition.

But the prosecuting counsel Debris Bayero opposed the bail application.

He argued that El-Zakzaky can …

Adichie in Meghan Markle’s ‘Forces For Change’ Vogue list

Adichie in Meghan Markle’s ‘Forces For Change’ Vogue list

July 29, 2019 8:19 am

Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie has been featured in Meghan Markle’s ‘Forces of Change’ list for British Vogue cover.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the Duchess of Sussex, Markle picked 15 women she considers strong proponents for change for the upcoming September edition of the magazine which she co-edited.

The Duchess, who gave birth to her first child in May, reportedly spent seven months working with British Vogue Editor-in-Chief, Edward Enninful on the issue.

She said in a statement that she had sought to steer the focus of the September issue, usually the year’s most read, to “the values, …

Activists protest in London against El-Zakzaky’s detention

Activists protest in London against El-Zakzaky’s detention

July 29, 2019 1:10 am

Dozens of Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) members held a solidarity demonstration against the continued incarceration of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, in London yesterday.

The protest, which came ahead of today’s court ruling on El-Zakzaky’s bail application, took place outside the Nigerian High Commission by Trafalgar Square. It also followed Friday’s order by the Federal High Court in Abuja proscribing IMN.

Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on July 18, 2019 adjourned ruling on the application filed by the leader seeking permission to undergo medical treatment abroad.

Although the …

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