The owner of the private jet that flew President Bola Tinubu to South Africa is the same person awarded the controversial Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway contract. It will be recalled that the private jet flew Tinubu to South Africa to attend the inauguration of the country’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa. Report has it that the private jet…
Human rights activist and senior lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has faulted the intervention of a Federal High Court in Kano in the emirship tussle in the state. According to the senior lawyer, the issue surrounding the appointment and removal of traditional rulers are outside the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court as well as…
A Federal High Court in Kano has set aside all steps taken by Kano state government to repeal the Kano Emirates Council Law. The Kano House of Assembly had repealed the law after which Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf implemented it by dethroning Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero as Emir of Kano. The governor also reversed the…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Johannesburg, South Africa, held a private meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa. Before the closed meeting, which was held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Johannesburg, President Ramaphosa thanked President Tinubu for honouring the invitation to attend his inauguration for a second term in office. “Thank you so much for…
A Frontline governorship aspirant under the platform of All Progressive Congress in Ondo state, Chief Olusola Oke, has declared his support for Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the State. Oke at a meeting of his political associates and followers at his residence in Akure on Thursday, Chief Oke collapsed…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday confirmed his bilateral meeting with the recently inaugurated President of South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa. Tinubu said their discussions were centred on the economy of the two African countries. It will be recalled that the Nigerian President, on Tuesday departed Lagos State for South Africa, where he attended the swearing-in…
A US-based intellectual property lawyer, Professor, Samuel Andrews, has urged the National Films and Videos Censors Board, NFVCB, to focus on rating and classifying movies rather than censorship or banning. The NFVCB reviews and classifies films before they can be distributed in Nigeria or exhibited in local cinemas. It scrutinises content for themes related to…
Nigerian Afrobeat artiste, Ayodeji Balogun, better addressed as Wizkid, has described the Chief Executive Officer of the Marvin record, Michael Collins Ajereh, professionally known as Don Jazzy, as an “amazing human”. It will be recalled that Wizkid was accused of mocking the music producer when he referred to the producer as an “influencer” in April….
Protesters on Thursday besieged the Kaduna government house to demand the probe of Nasir el-Rufai, the state’s former governor. On June 5, the Kaduna assembly recommended the probe of el-Rufai over the alleged diversion of public funds up to N423 billion and money laundering. The Kaduna assembly made the recommendation after a report by an…
Nigerian singer and songwriter, Simisola Kosoko, professionally known as Simi, has announced that she featured the veteran Juju singer, Chief Ebenezer Obey, better known as Chief Commander, in her much-anticipated album titled ‘Lost and Found’. The singer took to social media on Thursday to share the tracklist for the 14-track project. The album is to…
