A Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Malcom Omoirhobo has explained why he appeared to attend court proceedings at the Supreme Court in Abuja on Thursday in full traditional attire of an “Olokun priest”. According to the lawyer, he dressed to court in that manner to exercise his fundamental human rights following the judgment of the Supreme Court that allowed all Nigerians to express their way of worship and the use of hijab in schools and public places. ASHENEWS recalls that the Supreme Court last Friday, ruled in favour of Lagos female Muslim students to wear hijab to schools in the state.…
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Algeria, Niger and Nigeria held talks this week on the revival of a decades-old project to pipe gas across the Sahara, a potential opportunity for Europe to diversify its gas sources. Niger’s oil ministry said in a statement, following a two-day meeting in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. According to the statement, the three countries have set up a task force for the project and designated an entity to update the feasibility study. The Trans-Saharan gas pipeline is an estimated 13 billion U.S. dollars project that could send up to 30 billion cubic metres a year of supplies to Europe. The idea…
A human rights activist and social media influencer, Reno Omokri has said that all presidential candidates of political parties, including that of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu must subject themselves to drug test ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Omokri in series of tweets through his official Twitter handle @reroomokri was reacting to Bloomberg’s allegation that Tinubu is linked to a drug case in the United States. Bloomberg, in its article titled “Graft Allegations Dog Nigeria’s Main Presidential Hopefuls”, had targeted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar and Tinubu. According to the article, Tinubu, then…
UK firm TEXEM has urged Nigerian organisations to use available opportunities to embrace data-driven decision-making. The company asserted that such a strategy would give room for better performance and sustainable success. A statement by TEXEM’s Director, Special Projects, Caroline Lucas on its website expressed the need for the organisations to understand the importance of utilising data after the COVID-19 era. It said such a strategy would bring about the effective and efficient achievement of organisational goals. “Executives should develop strategies to drive effective and efficient achievement of goals using big data and machine learning,” the statement announced. It said any…
Operatives of Amotekun Corps in Ogun state have arrested persons suspected to be connected to the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, at Iwalu-wa, in Owo. Its commander, Adetunji Adeleye disclosed this to journalists after parading 71 suspected perpetrators of different crimes in Akure on Thursday. According to him, the suspects were already helping security agents to track down the “real perpetrators. “We have recovered the last vehicle they (terrorists) used for that operation before they jumped into the bush and we made some arrest. We pursued them to that point and we are still pursuing them. We would get…
The London Metropolitan Police on Thursday, arrested Senator Ike Ekweremadu and wife Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu and charged them with bringing a child to the UK in order to harvest organs, the Sky News has reported. The duo have been remanded in custody and will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court today. The investigation was launched after detectives were alerted to potential offences under modern slavery legislation in May 2022, the force said.
An eye-witness has narrated that six of the mobile policemen who engaged bandits during an attack while escorting intending pilgrims in Sokoto paid the ultimate price. He reported how the pilgrims were heading for Sokoto ahead of their take off to Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage, were attacked along Gundumi forest. However, all the intending pilgrims were brought back to the Palace of the Sarkin Gobir Isa unhurt. The eye-witness, a resident of Isa, who spoke on condition of anonymity, narrated how the six policemen were gunned down by the terrorists. “The bandits ambushed the convoy which was led by armed…
The paramount ruler of Egbaland, the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo Okunkenu IV will on Friday, June 24, install a successful sports administrator, politician and social advocate, Bukola Olopade as the Osi Asoju Oba of Egbaland; and his wife, Yetunde Olopade as the Erelu Osi Asoju Oba of Egbaland. The event will take place at the palace of the monarch in Ake, in ancient city of Abeokuta, Ogun state capital from 10 am. Olopade, who is popularly known as “Ozogula” by his teeming friends and associates, is also known for throwing top-notch parties and events. He is the brain…
A well-known Ukrainian photojournalist was “executed in cold blood” by Russian forces when he tried to retrieve footage he’d shot shortly after the Feb. 24 invasion, an investigation has found. Maks Levin, a photojournalist who freelanced for Reuters, the BBC, Associated Press and several Ukrainian news agencies, vanished in the early days of the war, just a day after his 2-year-old son’s birthday in mid-March. After frantic search efforts by family and friends, his body was found outside Kyiv in early April, along with that of Ukrainian serviceman Oleksiy Chernyshov, a friend with whom Levin had been traveling. Now, Reporters…
A Brazilian judge Joana Ribeiro Zimmer has refused to let an 11-year-old rape victim have an abortion — and ordered the girl to stay in a shelter to prevent her from trying to get one. The girl, who hasn’t been named, was taken to a hospital in Brazil’s Santa Catarina state last month after her mother discovered the child had fallen pregnant after being raped in the family’s home, the Intercept reported Monday. American Medical Association says limiting abortion is ‘violation of human rights’ Buffett could stiff Gates by steering billions to his own abortion-rights charity: report Why won’t Biden…