NIGER COUP: FULL TEXT OF TINUBU’S OPENING SPEECH AT ECOWAS SECOND EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Authority entered a closed-door session after the opening remarks by the President of Nigeria and Chair of ECOWAS. Your Excellencies,...
UPDATE: IT IS CRUCIAL TO ENGAGE NIGER COUP LEADERS – TINUBU
President Bola Tinubu, chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), says diplomatic dialogue must be prioritized in order to address the problem...
COURT ADJOURNS HEARING AS EMEFIELE, FG TACKLES EACH OTHER OVER CUSTODY, BAIL
By Aishat Momoh. O. Following two new applications from the banker and the Federal Government, the Federal High Court in Lagos will hear arguments about...
ECOWAS LEADERS GATHER FOR KEY SUMMIT ON NIGER COUP
By Aishat Momoh. O. Following the military chiefs of Niger's refusal to comply with an order to reinstate the elected president, leaders of the West...
UPDATE: 21 DIE IN PLATEAU DAWN ATTACK
In the Plateau State local government of Barkin Ladi, unidentified individuals who are thought to be herders have murdered 21 people in the village of...
JUST IN: NIGER’S MILITARY JUNTA FORMS NEW GOVERNMENT
According to a declaration read out on national television on Thursday, the Nigerien military chiefs who overthrew the country's elected government in a coup in...
AUTO CRASH: TWO DIE, FIVE INJURED AS VEHICLES COLLIDE ON EKO BRIDGE
Two unidentified people were killed and five others were injured in a crash on the Eko Bridge in Lagos State. Taofiq Adebayo, Director, Public Affairs...
ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARM: COURT TO HEAR EMEFIELE’S APPLICATION TO STOP DSS FROM FURTHER PROSECUTION ‘AUG 10’
By Aishat Momoh. O. Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to...
WORLD BANK CONDEMNS ADOPTION OF ANTI-GAY LAW, SUSPENDS FRESH LOANS TO UGANDA
The World Bank has stated that it will no longer consider fresh loans to Uganda due to the passage of a law prohibiting same-sex activities....
UPDATE: SANWO-OLU MOURNS PASTOR TAIWO ODUKOYA
Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State, has offered his condolences on the demise of Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, Senior Pastor of Fountain of Life Church....