The outcries generated by Nigerians on the passage of Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and the Electoral Amendment Bill, have propelled the House of Representatives to pledge the protection of the interest of Nigerians in its legislations. The House spokesperson, Benjamin Kalu made this known in an interview in Abuja on Monday. According to Kalu, the House would not waver in its quest to put the interest of the country and the citizenry into consideration in all its legislative work, adding that there was no perfect legislation in the world. “Let us for the interest of this country, loyalty and faithfulness…
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The Federal High Court, presided over by Justice Binta Nyako on Monday, adjourned the trial of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu till October 21. The adjournment was due to the failure of the State Security Services, SSS, to produce him in court. Recall that Kanu was arrested and extradited to Nigeria from Kenya and has been in the Service custody after his first arraignment. Kanu is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony brought against him by the federal government of Nigeria over his Biafran agitation.
Lagos State chapter of the PDP on Monday rejected results of Saturday’s council elections in the state. PDP chairman, Deji Doherty, alleged in a statement that the polls were manipulated to favour of the ruling APC. “I seize this opportunity to state categorically that any result published by Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) is fake and unacceptable to PDP in Lagos state. “We reject any result already released or that would be released and we hereby state that a decision will be taken as regards our next line of action, after the collation of our results and due consultation…
By Abujah Racheal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that the country’s COVID-19 active cases now stand at 4,180, with majority of the infected people in stable condition. In its verified website on Monday morning, the centre said it registered 216 new COVID-19 cases as of July 25. The new infections indicate a decline from the 272 cases recorded a day earlier. The NCDC said that the country did not record any COVID-19 related death on Sunday and the total fatalities so far stood at 2,132. It said the country had also tested more than 2.4 million samples…
Olympic Games organisers have started rescheduling events as typhoon Nepartak was approaching the host city of Tokyo and expected to make landfall on Tuesday. Weather authorities warned of heavy rains, gale force winds and high waves which could already affect the region from Monday onwards. Rowing had all Monday events moved to Sunday, and Tuesday has also been cleared with events moved to Wednesday. Other outdoor sports could follow as organisers are in close contact with sports federations about rescheduling and changing of the programme. For now athletes were mainly dealing with high temperatures and humidity. Tennis on Sunday applied…
Governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will on Monday meet in Bauchi, to deliberate on unemployment and the state of the Nigerian economy, according to a statement issued on Sunday, in Abuja, by the Director-General (D-G), PDP Governors Forum (PDP-GF), Hon. CID Maduabum. Maduabum said that PDP governors would, at the meeting, examine and deliberate on the current state of the nation, and the state of their respective States. He said the health of Nigeria’s democracy, including the Electoral Act Amendment, Constitution alteration bills, pending before the National Assembly, would also feature in discussions at…
Team Nigeria’s Dorcas Adesokan on Monday lost to Clara Azurmendi of Spain in her opening game in the women’s singles event of the badminton competition at the 2020 Olympic Games. In the group play stage game of Group C fixtures at the Musashino Forest Plaza court in Tokyo, Adesokan lost 0-2 (10-21, 2-21). The 23-year-old will go on to face An Seyoung of South Korea on Tuesday evening at the same venue. This will be in another Group C fixture, which will determine her progress in the competition. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s pair of Godwin Olofua and Anuoluwapo Opeyori will later in…
Nigeria’s Elizabeth Anyanacho on Monday lost to double Olympic medalist and former world champion, Nur Tartar of Turkey in the -67kg taekwondo event at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Tartar edged out Anyanacho 12 – 7, capitalising on the inexperience of her Nigerian counterpart. With 7 points to her name, Anyanacho showed glimpses of future brilliance against the world champion, but could not shake off the anxiety in time to overcome her top ranked opponent. Anyanacho will have to wait to see if Tartar makes it to the finals, to be eligible to fight for a conciliatory bronze medal. “I…
Nigeria’s Offiong Edem on Monday succumbed 4-1 (15-13, 11-2, 11-2, 11-8, 11-6) to the firepower of Lily Zhang of U. S. in the second round of the table tennis women singles event of the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The match played at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gym saw 24 year-old Edem, who is ranked number 121 in the world, take on a more experienced Zhang ranked 31 in the ITTF World rankings. Edem had progressed to the second round after she thrashed her Hungarian opponent Dora Madarasz 4-1 in the preliminary round. She won the toss to serve first in a…
Germany says it is expected to repatriate 7,000 artefacts plundered from Benin Kingdom to Nigeria not later than October, Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. The Permanent Secretary, Amb. Gabriel Aduda, disclosed this at the Inaugural Nigerian Cultural Show exhibiting Nigeria’s diverse cultural heritage, sites and traditional festivals held at the Cultural Centre, Nigeria House, New York. Aduda also said the reparation of the artefacts would go with building an ultramodern museum in Edo and the training of some curators that would man the artefacts. He said Nigeria had reached an advanced stage of discussions with Germany to return…