The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to end the “unjust persecution of the Chief justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen”. The body also accused both the hierarchies of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and Court of Appeal as well as the acting CJN, Tanko Mohammed, of … Read more
Suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, yesterday entered his defense as he brought in the first defence witness to court. Defense counsel, Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), led in evidence one Lawal Busari, who is Justice Onnoghen’s driver. In his evidence, Busari told the court how he drove Onnoghen to the Code of Conduct … Read more
Nollywood actress, Adesua Etomi, threw her weight behind calls by Nigerians on social media demanding for the reform of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad popularly known as SARS. Reports over the weekend alleged that a stray bullet from officers attached to the SARS unit shot dead a Nigerian youth, Kolade Johnson, who had gone to watch … Read more
President Buhari has departed Nigeria for Dakar, Senegal to attend the inauguration of Senegalese President, Macky Sall. This is according to a statement by Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. The statement in part read “On the invitation of his host, President Buhari, who is ECOWAS Chairman, will be Special Guest … Read more
Ghanian famous artist Shatta Wale cries as he dedicates his award to his Dad at the 3MusicAwards in Ghana.
In a funny live IG video chat, popular musician Davido was seen having a video chat with Mayorkun after complaining of going broke and unable to make a wrist watch with ice box after buying expensive Mercedes benz on his birthday. Meanwhile his record label boss Davido replied him in pidgin, he said “Who send … Read more
The Code of Conduct Tribunal has commenced sitting at the resumed hearing of Justice Walter Onnoghen’s trial for alleged non-declaration of assets. The tribunal had on Friday ruled that Justice Onnoghen has a case to answer. Justice Onnoghen’s counsel, Adegboyega Awomolo, raised concerns that the proceedings from Friday’s hearing have not been made available to them. … Read more
Her name is Sibeth Ndiaye. Previously Macron’s communication adviser, she takes over as government spokeswoman. French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed his Senegalese-born media advisor as government spokeswoman, one of three new faces for his cabinet as it gears up for the European Parliament elections next month. Sibeth Ndiaye, a 39-year-old born in Dakar, only obtained … Read more
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of three Commissioners of Police, Jona Mava, Olushola David and Titus Larmode, to the next rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG). The Commission also promoted 8,913 senior Police officers to their next substantive ranks to fill existing vacancies. A statement by the PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu … Read more
The former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has endorsed the candidature of Femi Gbajabiamila for the position of House of Representative Speaker. The former minister his endorsement of Gbajabiamila through a statement obtained by The Blog Nigeria. “I have known Femi Gbajabiamila for 40 years and I can assure you that he will make a … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday evening expressed sadness over the death of a founding father of Lagos State, Pa Hassan Fasinro. Popularly called HAB, Pa Fasinro, a Senator in the Second Republic and the first Clerk of Lagos City Council, passed on at exactly 8:29pm on Sunday evening after a brief illness. … Read more
Troops of Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, prosecuting the war against Boko Haram terrorists in the Lake Chad fringes, have killed senior Boko Haram Commander and 15 of his men in a heavy gun fight. Also destroyed with the help of Air force aircraft attached to MNJTF were five gun trucks belonging to … Read more
Gospel singer, Busola Oke, aka Eleyele, has revealed that she will deal with Lil Kesh over copyright infringement on her intellectual property. Oke in her claims alleges that the rapper took a part of her song in and used it in his new song, Undertaker, which was released on February 29. In a chat with … Read more
Nollywood actress and producer, Genevieve Nnaji has talked about her stans on feminism. The screen diva who was a guest at the LSE Africa Summit at the London School of Economics and Political Science, said she believes everyone has a right to live the way they want. She said; ” I think my own feminism … Read more
Afro pop singer, Kizz Daniel who is currently trending for his new anticipated music video ‘Fvck You’ challenge. A lot of Nigerian high rated singers has dropped their own version. DMW boss, Davido has done his own version of ‘Fvck You’
Lately, teen actress, Regina Daniels has been agog on the internet brandishing her newly acquired exotic cars, a new house for her mother and an expensive Rolex wrist watch valued at a whopping N3 million. While little miss Daniel’s sudden wealth and growing affluence sparked off serious controversy on social media with many already raising … Read more
Innoson Nigeria Ltd. has reacted to statement credited to GT Bank, saying that the bank’s claim was nothing short of being economical with the truth. Head of Corporate Communications, Innoson Group, Cornel Osigwe, in a statement, yesterday, said: “GTB, in a statement by Erhi Obebeduo, claimed that ‘the judgment allegedly in issue … Read more
Persons With Disabilities, PWDs, yesterday, asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to recruit its members as ad hoc staff in future polls, saying they deserved to play active role in the country’s electioneering processes. The disabled persons, speaking on the platform of Inclusive Friends Association, IFA, and Convener, Access Nigeria campaign, argued that … Read more
Professor Jerry Gana has said he will convene a consultative meeting with leaders, members and his supporters in Social Democratic Party, SDP, to determine his next step in his political career. He also appealed to them to remain calm and law abiding following Friday’s Supreme Court’s judgment declaring that former Cross River State governor, … Read more
The Police Service Commission, PSC, has approved the promotion of 8,916 senior Police Officers to their next substantive ranks to fill existing vacancies. A statement by the commission by Ikechukwu Ani, Head of Press and Information, said the promotions were the high points of the 5th Plenary Meeting of the Commission held … Read more