President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday urged the Senate to confirm Justice Olukayode Ariwoola for appointment as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Buhari’s letter of request was read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on resumption of plenary. Justice Ariwoola is the Acting CJN of Nigeria. Justice Ariwoola took over the position on acting capacity on June 27 following the resignation of Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad on health grounds. Before Justice Tanko Muhammad’s resignation, 14 Justices of the Supreme Court had petitioned him alleging poor welfare and outright mismanagement of the funds of the apex court. The Senate…
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Football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano has revealed that forward Timo Werner could depart Chelsea this summer amidst interest from Juventus. Romano said that Juventus are weighing up Werner as well as Alvaro Morata, with the latter being manager Massimiliano Allegri’s preferred option. He added that Werner’s name previously came up when Chelsea negotiated with Juventus for defender, Matthijs de Ligt, who has now joined Bayern Munich. Romano disclosed this in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Monday night. “Timo Werner could really leave Chelsea this summer,” Romano tweeted. “He’s one of the names in Juventus list…
Security operatives have arrested some illegal task force officials during the protest organised by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in solidarity with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) in Lagos on Tuesday. The task force officials, including a driver and other team members, created a scene after arresting an offender. The illegal task force officials were later arrested and have been taken to the police station, The Nation reports. It was learnt that the scene created by the task force caused some union members to engage in heated arguments with the illegal task force team. It however took the…
Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has joined the ongoing protests rocking the country. Falana was spotted carrying placards along with other protesters in Lagos. The outspoken lawyer has joined many protests in the country, defending the interests of Nigerians. Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, had on Sunday promised to embark on a two-day nationwide protest in solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and other affiliate unions over the lingering industrial action in public universities in Nigeria. The national president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba in a statement told fellow workers that the national days of protest was in…
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has declared Tuesday, as a work-free day in the state as the deadline for registration of voters for the 2023 general elections comes to a close. The governor said this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin. Abiodun said, the “one-day public holiday is to provide a window for all workers in the state, who have either lost their cards, not registered or who might need to travel to their wards, local government areas and constituencies to perfect their Permanent Voters Registration or transfer…
ABUJA- Families of abducted victims in the AK-9 Kaduna-bound train, Monday, stormed the Federal Ministry of Transportation, preventing staff members from gaining entrance into the ministry’s headquarters. This is coming less than 24 hours after terrorists released videos of the abducted 41 persons still in captivity being flogged with threats of killing them if their demands were not met. This is as a representative of the victims, Ahmed Aruwa told newsmen that the terrorists are demanding payment of N100m on each of the victim to release them.
Nine persons were burnt to death on Friday in a road accident which happened at Omotosho along Ore-Lagos Expressway in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ore Unit, Mr Sikiru Alonge, who confirmed the accident said the crash happened early in the morning. According to him, the crash involved a white Toyota Hiace bus with registration number FKJ 095 XE and a Honda Accord Saloon car which the registration number cannot be ascertained. He said, “Nine persons were burnt to death in a ghastly accident which happened on…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar revealed on Friday that President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration began the process of removing fuel subsidy in Nigeria, but ex-President Umaru Yar’Adua’s PDP government stalled the process. During an interview with ARISE TV aired on Friday, Mr Abubakar, who served as the country’s vice president between 1999 and 2007, stated that he chaired a committee formed by Mr Obasanjo to remove the subsidy. He said the committee had already completed two stages of the fuel subsidy removal process. “When I was vice president, we had designed subsidy removal in four stages, and I was the…
Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Abubakar Atiku has said former President Olusegun does not have a better presidential candidate to support than himself. The PDP candidate made this assertion while speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Friday. Atiku said he has been talking to the former president, adding that the only thing he has yet to do was to visit him after his emergence as the PDP presidential candidate. When asked if Atiku has or needs Obasanjo’s support, Atiku simply said, “Why will I not need his support? He was my former boss. Why…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, has revealed the number of Nigerians that make up his political structure. Obi disclosed that his political structure is made up of 100 million Nigerians living in poverty. The LP presidential candidate disclosed this after his meeting with Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State. According to the former Anambra State governor, all underprivileged Nigerians were his supporters. “I have said it before when people talk about structure, that my structure [is] the 100 million Nigerians living in poverty. “Those people who are finding it difficult to…