Author: Amina Mohammed

Chelsea have initiated an internal disciplinary procedure following a social media controversy involving players Wesley Fofana and Enzo Fernandez. The incident began when Fofana criticized a video posted by Fernandez, describing it as “uninhibited racism.” The video, which showed Argentina’s football players singing chants deemed “racially offensive and discriminatory” by the French Football Federation (FFF), was posted by Fernandez in the aftermath of Argentina’s Copa America final win over Colombia. The FFF has announced plans to file a complaint with FIFA regarding the chants. Fofana shared a clip of Fernandez’s video on the social media platform X, captioning it, “Football…

The Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA) has appealed the judgement by Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which set aside the impeachment of the state’s former deputy governor, Philip Shaibu. The lawmakers have also filed a stay of execution on the judgement pending the appeal. The Edo State House of Assembly, had on Monday, April 8, 2024, impeached Shaibu following the adoption of the report of the seven-man investigative panel set up by the state chief judge to probe allegations of misconduct against the former deputy governor. The investigative panel set up the EDHA was…

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) says President Bola Tinubu cannot deliver happiness to all Nigerians because the people will always ask for more. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka said while appearing as a guest on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television. When asked by the anchor if he feels the North are happy with the governance style of President Tinubu, especially in relation to his appointments, Morka said like Oliver Twist, Nigerians will always ask for more no matter how the president tries his best to make them happy. “In politics, people are dealing with interests,…

The Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi will be 63 years old on Friday, July 19, 2024. Reacting ahead of the day, the LP standards bearer directs all those well wishes planning to celebrate him to direct the resources to the poor and the needy in the society. Writing on his X handle on Wednesday ahead of the day Obi said he would wish for a solemn celebration as usual especially now that the poor and the needy are swelling in our midst. “On Friday, July 19th, I will be celebrating my 63rd birthday. As…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has upheld the nomination of Dr. Asue Ighodalo as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the 2024 Edo State gubernatorial election. The court’s decision, delivered by Justice James Omotosho, came in a judgment on a suit marked CS/469/24. The court dismissed the case filed by Philip Shaibu, who had challenged Ighodalo’s nomination as the PDP’s candidate. In its ruling, the court held that Ighodalo was duly nominated during the party’s primary election, which was held on February 22, 2024, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City. Ighodalo emerged victorious, securing 577…

The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area Command on Thursday, 11 July 2024, in Lagos, destroyed recently seized hazardous frozen poultry products worth N329,430,807.00. Speaking at the destruction site in Epe, the Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, represented by Deputy Comptroller (DC) Fidelis Nwanze, in charge of Enforcement, stated that the exercise is in line with Section 23 of the NCS Act 2023. He said, “Experts have already told us that these items are not good for human consumption. So that is why we are here to destroy it”. “The Command is doing this to discourage those who engage…

The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a Police Inspector, Aminu Mohammed, over the robbery of the residence of those around his duty station, ‘C’ Division in Lokoja, the state capital. According to reports, the officer’s activities were exposed on Sunday. The Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya, told journalists on Tuesday in Lokoja that ”luck ran out of the officer following the activities of a notorious gang of armed robbers who specialises in robbing houses of household items and cars. ”The car was found in the workshop of the policeman’s panel beater, Arome Moses, who was…

Thousands of students at the University of Ibadan have protested against a hike in school fees and other issues. As early as 8 a.m., the visibly angry students moved in large numbers to all the entrances of the institution and blocked them. Both academic and non-academic staff were locked outside the gates. After blocking all the entrances, they moved from one faculty to another to ensure that academic activities were totally paralysed. The students who warned sternly that there should be no video recording of the protest explained that the school management has not been fair to them. Some of…

The International Monetary Fund yesterday downgraded its forecast for Nigeria’s economic growth in 2024 to 3.1 per cent citing weaker growth recorded in the first quarter of the year, Q1’24. The new forecast was contained in the July 2024 World Economic Outlook of the IMF released, yesterday. The downgrade represents 0.2 percentage points below the earlier forecast of 3.3 per cent. The downgrade followed weaker-than-expected Gross Domestic Product, GDP, and growth recorded by the country in Q1’23. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, showed that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, growth dropped, quarter-on-quarter, QoQ to 2.98 per cent…

The Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf has approved the appointment of three second-class Emirs. The announcement was made by the Director General Press to the governor, Sanusi Bature. They are: Alhaji Muhammad Mahraz Karaye, Emir of Karaye, Alhaji Muhammad Isa Umar, Emir of Rano, and Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim Abdulkadir Gaya, Emir of Gaya. The appointments which take effect immediately, will see the new emirates serving as second with Kano as first-class emirate. Yusuf named the newly appointed Alhaji Muhammad Karaye as the Emir of Karaye. He was the District Head of Rogo before his latest appointment. Alhaji Muhammad Umar was…