Former US President, Donald Trump has won his impeachment trial at the Senate. Trump was acquitted on a charge of ‘incitement of insurrection’ in relation to the attack on the US Capitol by mob on January 6.
After the trial which lasted for five days in the Senate, lawmakers were largely divided along party lines with 57 lawmakers voting to convict and 43 voting to acquit the former President.
About seven Republican senators joined the Democrats to vote for Trump’s conviction.
Trump became the first US President to have …
Some rights groups, Saturday threatened to take legal actions over the arrest of peaceful EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate.
Africa Daily News, New York had reported earlier that police operatives deployed to Lekki Toll Gate arrested some protesters including Nigerian comedian, Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni. But following reactions from Nigerians, the police ordered their release.
EndSARS protesters had called for a demonstration against the reopening of the Lekki Toll Gate after Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the EndSARS granted the Lekki Concession Company, LCC, permission to reopen the toll gate.
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Some Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Sector 271 personnel and scores of bandits died on Saturday in Kaduna.
The battle occurred at Ungwan Laya near Birnin Gwari Local Government Area.
In a statement, NAF Director of Information, Air Vice Marshal Ibikunle Daramola, said troops were able to foil an ambush.
Daramola noted that officers who sustained varying degrees of injuries are receiving treatment.
Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Vice Marshal Oladayo Amao, has condoled with the family of the fallen heroes.
The CAS has also visited the injured personnel at the …
Nigerian veteran rapper and songwriter, whose real name is Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, better known by his stage name, Vector, has confessed that his long drawn beef with another Nigerian rap legend, MI, sold them records upon records.
He made the revealation recently in Lagos, while also giving details of how an alcoholic brand stepped into their beef, when he had a parley with members of the press, to promote his yet to be released new album, T.E.S.L.I.M. ‘Did we make money with the beef tracks? Yes, the records sold. Yes, there comes a special demand for beef tracks by the fans. …
Following the violent crisis that erupted since Thursday Oyo State, the State Government yesterday ordered the indefinite closure of Shasha market, in Akinyele Local Government Area, dusk till dawn curfew was also imposed on the community.
In a statement by Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa said the governor took the steps to forestall a further breakdown of law and order in the area.
Also in his reaction, Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, condemned the violent clash between some Yoruba and Hausa traders in Shasha market, Ibadan.
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In the quest to finding long-lasting solutions to the myriad of challenges currently bedeviling Nigeria, the presidency has proposed town hall meetings in the six geo-political zones saying that it expects to generate ideas on the way forward from the meetings.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) said to work out the modalities of the meeting, the federal government would confer with state governors, religious leaders, women, and youth groups.
The office of the National security Adviser said the move was in furtherance of the government’s commitment to addressing the multiple …
Ex-U.S. President Trump on Saturday indicated that he would still be gunning for political office in the nearest future after declaring that his political movement ‘has only just begun’ which many believe is not unconnected to his Political ambitions.
Trump was reacting Saturday to his acquittal by the Senate on a charge of inciting insurrection, leading to the storming of the Capitol by his supporters on 6 January when he dropped the slight hint.
The Ex-President thanked his legal team for ‘upholding justice and defending truth.’
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English Champions Liverpool fell to a dismal 3-1 defeat at Leicester to leave their top-four hopes hanging in the balance after Alisson Becker’s latest blunder sparked a stunning collapse from the troubled Merseyside side on Saturday.
Jurgen Klopp’s side endured a third successive defeat to effectively end any chance of retaining the title.
Liverpool’s recent disastrous poor run of form has raised serious questions about their bid to qualify for next season’s Champions League.
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Mohamed Salah had given the Reds the lead in the second half at the King Power Stadium.…
Maverick entertainer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has said Nigerian youths have every right to protest at Lekki toll gate.
Charly boy said this on Saturday as police officers and security operatives mount up at the toll gate.
Protesters tagged #OccupyLekki have refused to shelve planned protest against the reopening of Lekki toll gate despite the presence of armed police officers and warnings from the government.
Charly boy, on his Twitter page, joined in condemning the reopening of the toll gate, even as he insisted that Nigerians have right to protest and should not be stopped.
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The Commissioner of Police, Osun State Command, CP Olawale Olokode, has warned that any plans to embark on any gathering in solidarity with EndSars protesters would be termed as unlawful.
In a press release signed by SP Opalola Yemisi Olawoyin, Police Public Relations Officer, Osun State Command, it was revealed that some unscrupulous elements were planning to embark on unlawful gathering, in solidarity with End SARS protesters on Saturday, February 13, 2021, in some parts of the state.
Olokode advised that this unlawful plan should be jettisoned; and consequently warned that, the Command will not condone any act that will …
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has said the National Identity Number, NIN, can be deployed in fishing out criminal herdsmen.
Ganduje made the remark while urging the federal government to ensure herders obtain NIN just like other Nigerians.
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Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the governor said technology can be deployed to differentiate criminals from non-criminal herders.
…He said ‘If we have data and technology, it is easy to do that (differentiate criminal herders from non-criminals).’
‘We should make sure that all the herdsmen are forced like other Nigerians to
The coach, who was accompanied by the Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Seyi Akinwunmi, and Team Secretary, Dayo Enebi were led on the inspection tour by Chairman of Lagos State Sports Commission, Sola Aiyepeku.
The last time the Super Eagles played a game at the ground was against Sierra Leone in February 2011.
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The team, then managed by Samson
