A northern movie producers association, known as Motion Picture Practitioners Association of Nigeria, MOPPAN, has suspended an ace actress, Rahama Sadau. A statement by the association claimed that the picture, which she posted on her social media platforms, had resulted to blasphemous comments against Islam on Twitter and other social media handles, gwg.ng reports. Sadau’s picture, which depicts her bare back, has generated controversy. Recall that the popular actress was suspended in October 2016 for similar alleged misconduct. Sadau however reacted through her Twitter handle, @rahama_sadau, saying that the pictures were harmless. “Salam, it’s sad and unfortunate waking up to…
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Tanko Muhammad on Friday swore in eight new Justices of the Supreme Court. With the oath taking and oath of allegiance to Nigeria’s constitution by the newly elevated Justices, the number of Supreme Court Justices has now risen to 20 from 12. Those sworn in are Justices Lawal Garba from North West; Helen Ogunwumiju, South West; Abdu Aboki, North West; and M. M. Saulawa, North West. Others are Justices Adamu Jauro, North East; Samuel Oseji, South South; Tijani Abubakar, North East and Emmanuel Agim, South South.
A two-day first-in-Africa drive-through exhibition of arts and crafts is on-going in Abuja. Staged by the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) the exhibition has “Networking Nigerian Crafts to the World’’ as its theme. It is the 2020 edition of the International Arts and Craft Expo and it markets Nigerian arts and crafts to the world. At least 11 states out of the 36 states of the federation are displaying Nigerian arts and crafts at the exhibition also featuring arts and crafts from India, Venezuela, Syria, Libya, Lebanon, Ghana, Argentina and Kenya. States exhibiting their arts and crafts are Adamawa,…
Stocks in the Asia Pacific region were mixed on Friday as Democratic challenger Joe Biden, inches closer to taking the White House. This comes after Wall Street rose amid protracted vote-counting following the U.S. elections on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average added 0.91 per cent to end at 24,325.23, hitting the highest level in 29 years, while the broader Topix index was up 0.52 per cent to 1,658.49. South Korea’s benchmark Kospi Index edged up 0.11 per cent to close at 2,416.5. China’s Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.24 per cent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index edged down…
Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has reiterated his confidence in winning the election, with counting still ongoing in battleground states. In an address to the nation on Thursday, Biden said he had no doubt he would be declared winner once all the votes were counted. He urged his supporters to remain calm and patient, noting that “democracy is sometimes messy”. “Democracy is sometimes messy. It sometimes requires a little patience. “We have no doubt that when the count is finished, Senator (Kamala) Harris and I will be declared the winners. “So, I ask everyone to…
Kebbi state governor, Atiku Bagudu on Thursday, commended the members of the Nigerian Army, for their giant strides in tacking challenges of insecurity across Nigeria. The Governor has also vowed to sustain his tempo of moral and financial support to them and other security agencies. This, Bagudu noted was to bolster their morale, to make them more committed to diligently discharging their constitutional duties of providing security to lives and property of all law abiding citizens. This is also to encourage them to do their possible best, to defend the territorial integrity of Nigeria. The Kebbi State Governor spoke when…
The trial of former Governor of Plateau state, Senator Jonah David Jang continued on Thursday with the testimony of prosecuting witness two (PW2), Uchenna Innocent Igwe. The Senator is being prosecuted alongside a formal cashier attached to the office of the Secretary to the state government, Yusuf Pam, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of Plateau State funds to the tune of N6.3 billion. The witness told Justice C. L. Dabup of Plateau State High Court, Jos, how Jang allegedly diverted Plateau’s N2 billion Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that former Governor Rashidi Ladoja was impeached and removed as governor of Oyo State for being ungrateful to Chief Lamidi Adedibu and Chief Yekinni Adeojo. He made the disclosure on Thursday during the launching of former Gov. Adebayo Alao-Akala’s autobiography titled Amazing Grace in Ibadan. Alao-Akala, who was the deputy governor of the state from 2003- 2007 when Ladoja was impeached, is an APC Chieftain, is a former governor of Oyo on the platform of PDP from 2007 to 2011. Obasanjo said that Ladoja was impeached when all efforts to reconcile him with the…
The National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria (NCTRN) on Thursday appealed to governments and all stakeholders to continue to dialogue with the youths and ensure their engagement in productive employment. The council made the appeal in a communique issued at the end of its emergency national executive committee meeting in Abuja. The communique was signed by the Etsu Nupe and Chairman, Coordinating Committee of the council, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar. The emergency meeting was chaired by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and Co-chaired by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja. The emergency meeting was declared…
On 30th June 2017, the column from yours truly was entitled: “No Need to Fight: Restructuring is the basis of Happiness” I urged the Government to establish and accelerate a process to meet the demands for political restructuring, which has been on the front burner for decades. The process of restructuring is simple, we should look at our Constitution, agree on what we do not like and go ahead and replace what we do not like whit what we like. The reality in Nigeria has been that at the emotive level, everything that is wrong of disliked has been reduced…