Author: Amina Mohammed

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has constituted four probe panels to investigate 27 high court judges in the country over various alleged judicial misconduct brought against them. This is as the Council issued a letter of advice to Justice O. M. Olagunju of Oyo State High Court to be circumspect as a Judicial Officer before acting, even in the most challenging situation. Justice Olagunju was said to have used uncouth language in a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, challenging the Council’s decision and its Policy Direction on the appointment of President Court of the Customary Court of…

Indian doctors launched a nationwide strike Saturday, escalating protests after the “barbaric” rape and murder of their colleague that has channelled outrage at the chronic issue of violence against women. The discovery of the 31-year-old doctor’s bloodied body on August 9 at a state-run hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata sparked furious protests in several cities across the country. Doctors and other healthcare workers have led many but also joined by tens of thousands of ordinary Indians demanding action. In Kolkata, thousands held a candle-lit vigil into the early hours of Saturday morning. “Hands that heal shouldn’t bleed,” one…

As official figures showed, youth unemployment in China ticked up to 17.1 per cent in July, the highest level this year as the world’s second-largest economy faces mounting headwinds. China is battling soaring joblessness among young people, a heavily indebted property sector and intensifying trade issues with the West. Chinese Premier Li Qiang, who is responsible for economic policy, on Friday called for struggling companies to be “heard” and “their difficulties truly addressed”, according to the state news agency Xinhua. The unemployment rate among 16- to 24-year-olds released Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) was up markedly from…

The Premier League’s highly anticipated season began with Manchester United narrowly defeating Fulham 1-0 on Friday. Today’s Premier League fixtures are set to continue with Liverpool kicking off against Ipswich at 12:30 pm. The Reds will be aiming to secure three points against the newly-promoted Ipswich side. At 3:00 pm, several exciting matches are scheduled. Arsenal will host Wolves at the Emirates Stadium as they seek to keep up their momentum in the title race. Everton will take on Brighton at Goodison Park, Newcastle will face Southampton at St. James’ Park, and Nottingham Forest will go head-to-head with Bournemouth at…

A white woman with a history of harassing children and using racial slurs was convicted of manslaughter on Friday in the fatal shooting of a Black neighbor last year in Ocala, Florida. Susan Louise Lorincz, 60, killed Ajike “AJ” Owens with a single shot from a .380-caliber handgun as Owens knocked on her apartment door on June 2, 2023. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said at the time Lorincz and Owens were in a long-standing “feud” over Owens’ children playing. The all-white, six-person jury found Lorincz guilty of manslaughter despite the 60-year-old asserting that her actions were in self-defense. Lorincz,…

Manchester City will be without Rodri for the start of their Premier League title defence after Pep Guardiola revealed that the Spain midfielder has been ruled out of Sunday’s opener against Chelsea. The influential 28-year-old has only just returned to training after being forced off at half-time during Spain’s 2-1 win against England in last month’s Euro 2024 final. While England trio Phil Foden, John Stones, and Kyle Walker hope to feature at Stamford Bridge after their post-Euros break, Rodri has not been cleared to return to action. Asked on Friday if Rodri could be involved against Chelsea, Guardiola told…

Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the 20 Local Government Areas in the state and their 37 Local Council Development Area appendages “are working effectively well.” Sanwo-Olu who spoke on Tuesday, when he commissioned a twin housing project in the council Agboyi-Ketu LCDA, also said he has no better job than to continue to “encourage and support” council chairmen for more good jobs. The two projects commissioned were the 170-unit Raymond Estate and Sterling Heights delivered by the council chairman, Dele Oshinowo, to regenerate and urbanise Ajelogo — a notorious slum situated in the heart of the…

Anambra State Commissioner for Youths Development, Patrick Aghamba, and his wife have been kidnapped. Sources said an aide of the commissioner, whose name was given as Kpajie ABK Offiah, an Onitsha youth and a stalwart of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), who was travelling with them, was shot dead by the kidnappers. According to reports, they were on their way to Abuja for the wedding of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s daughter taking place on Saturday, August 17th, when they were kidnapped at the Kogi axis of the route. Confirming the incident, the Press Secretary to Governor Soludo, Christian Aburime, said…

…urges Police IG, AIG, others to caution erring officers The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Zone 5, and the State’s Commissioner of Police to look into the case of some suspected rogue policemen from the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Abuja who are believed to have been paid huge sums by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to harass, attack and kidnap PDP chieftains across the three (3) senatorial districts of the State. In a statement by the Deputy Director General…

Four more bodies have been recovered from the site of a massive garbage landslide in the Ugandan capital Kampala, bringing the death toll to 34, police said Friday. The collapse at the landfill in the northern district of Kiteezi at the weekend buried people, homes, and livestock in mountains of fetid waste. An MP for the area has warned that the number of those missing could still rise. “With the recovery of four bodies on Thursday, the death toll has reached 34,” Kampala Metropolitan police spokesman Patrick Onyango told AFP. The recovery of victims was continuing, he said, despite part…