Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, has apologised over a recent post in which he shared pictures of him taking a course at Harvard University. On Tuesday, Gbajabiamila posted the pictures on his social media handles, adding that it wasn’t too late to go to school. However, the post sparked outrage as Nigerians criticised the lawmaker, as the post was published amid the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). On February 14, ASUU embarked on strike over the federal government’s failure to honour an agreement on issues relating to funding of…
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Barcelona have reached an agreement to sign defender Jules Kounde from Sevilla for a base fee of €50 million ($50m/£42) plus add-ons, GOAL can confirm. He is expected to sign a four-year contract that will run until 2026. Kounde had been pursued by Chelsea since at least last summer, but he preferred a move to Camp Nou. Xavi specifically requested Barcelona approach Kounde to reinforce a defence that has also added Blues defender Andreas Christensen on a free transfer. The 23-year-old, who can play centre-back and right-back, represents Sevilla’s record transfer sale. However, Bordeaux will receive a sell-on sum…
Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong has said going to prison will fortify him to fight harder for Nigerians who cannot fight for themselves. It was reported that Akwa Ibom Chief Judge, Ekaette Obot, had sent Effiong, to prison on Wednesday. On his Facebook page, Effiong said: “I was at the Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday to defend Sowore and the AAC. “I flew into Uyo last night to defend Leo Ekpenyong in a libel suit filed by Governor Udom Emmanuel and Senator Effiong Bob against him over alleged libel. “I have helped many people out of unlawful…
Some senators walked out on the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, after he allegedly refused the Minority Leader, Senator Philip Aduda, to allow them to lead the motion on the impeachment of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Aduda and some other senators of the Peoples Democratic Party then walked out of the plenary. It was learnt that some lawmakers that were displeased with the worsening security situation in the country had threatened to impeach the President. It was learnt that at the commencement of the plenary on Tuesday, the lawmakers questioned the Senate President, Ahmad…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have called for a bill to regulate how children of public officers enroll in schools outside the shores of Nigeria. Prof. Kingdom Tombra, Chairman of the University of Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island chapter of the union, made this known at the solidarity protest organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday in Yenagoa. Newsmen report that the NLC embarked on the nationwide protest in solidarity with the ASUU and other affiliate unions over the lingering industrial action in public universities in Nigeria. “If this is done, it will build a better…
The Akwa Ibom State High Court presided by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Ekaette Obot, has ordered a Lagos-based lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, to be remanded in jail for one month over what she called “contemptuous and insulting behaviour in court.” She said that the lawyer would use the correctional facility to purge himself of insolence and dishonourable acts that tended to bring the court to disrepute. The court which sat in the case of libel by Governor Udom Emmanuel against Mr Leo Ekpenyong, was on its last day for the prosecution to end its case. Details later…
One of the freed victims of the March 28 Abuja-Kaduna train attack, Hassan Lawal Uthman, has said his captors collected N100 million before setting him free. Uthman said the train attackers are not regular bandits but members of Jama?at Ahl al-Sunnah li-l-Da?awah wa al-Jihad, popularly called the Boko Haram terrorist group, whose operations are driven by religious ideology. He said the insurgents are well armed and have taken over a vast area of the nation’s forests spanning about three to four states alongside the regular bandits that are equally armed with sophisticated weapons. Narrating his experience while being held in…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa, National Chairman of the party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu on Tuesday night, met with the PDP senate caucus. The former Vice President disclosed this in a tweet on his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday. The PDP senators, according to Atiku were led by the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Philip Aduda. The tweet reads, “Last night, my Vice Presidential candidate @IAOkowa and @OfficialPDPNig National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu and I met with the PDP Senate Caucus led by Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Philip Aduda. “It was a…
A former Senator who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Assembly, Shehu Sani, on Wednesday stated that the Nigerian government was lying by claiming that there was no money to fund the country’s university system. Sani urged the government to do what is necessary. He made this known as he joined the protest organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in solidarity with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) which commenced at the Unity Fountain, Abuja. SaharaReporters had earlier reported that the NLC grounded Activities in Central Area of FCT in continuation of its two-day nationwide protest in…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday challenged the Federal Government to give account of the $1bn security funds jointly put together by the 36 states of the federation to fight insurgency in the country. Ortom stated this while addressing journalists at the Government House, Makurdi, shortly before the commencement of the State Security Council meeting. The governor wondered what the Federal Government had done with the money that insecurity has continued to escalate in the country. Ortom said he had mandated his deputy, Benson Abounu, who represented him at a virtual meeting of the Nigerian Governors Forum,to seek clarifications…