The United Nations special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Diego Garcia-Sayán, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to suspend Walter Onnoghen, former chief justice of Nigeria, was in contravention of human rights standards. Garcia-Sayán said in a statement that “the suspension and replacement of the Chief Justice of Nigeria by the country’s President is in […]
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Childish Gambino, also known as Donald Glover, shone in absentia at the 61st Grammy awards on Sunday. The creator of ‘This is America’ won four awards — including record and song of the year — but failed to attend the award ceremony. ‘This Is America’ also became the first hip-hop recording to win the song […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze weather conditions over most parts of the country on Monday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook on Sunday, in Abuja, predicted dust haze conditions with a visibility range of one to three kilometres over the central cities. It also predicted localised visibility of less than or equal to 1000m […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a high powered delegation to condole with the government and people of Taraba over the death of eight people following a stampede during the presidential rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jalingo. The delegation compromised of Secretary to Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustafa, Gov. Mohammed Bindow […]
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No fewer than 10 persons lost consciousness while trying to catch a glimpse of Kannywood celebrities at Sani Abacha stadium during the Presidential rally of Peoples Democratic Party in Kano on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident happened when supporters of the party wanted to have a glimpse of some […]
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Sergio Aguero grabbed a hat-trick as Manchester City scored four times inside 25 minutes to thrash Chelsea 6-0 and leapfrog Liverpool again to top spot in the Premier League on goal difference on Sunday. Aguero should have had even more than three as the Argentine missed a glorious early chance and hit the bar in […]
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Electoral materials have been destroyed in a fire outbreak at an office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Qua’an Pan local government area of Plateau state. Osaretin Imajiyereobo, INEC’s head of department voter education and publicity in the state, who confirmed the incident, did not disclose when it happened. He listed permanent voters […]
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Algeria’s ruling party FLN has picked President Abdelaziz Bouteflika as its candidate for the April 18 presidential election, party leader Moad Bouchareb said on Saturday. Bouteflika, 81, who has been in office since 1999 but has been seen in public only rarely since suffering a stroke in 2013 that confined him to a wheelchair, is […]
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Two Nigerian singers, Adekunle Gold and Falz have reacted to the trending rape case that allegedly happened in De-Lankaster hotel in Lekki Phase One, Lagos. Recall that an unnamed 23-year-old girl was reportedly raped some days ago by the duo of Razaq Oluwaseun Oke and Don-Chima George at DeLankaster Hotel, Lekki, Phase one, Lagos. The duo, […]
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First-half goals from Alex Iwobi and Alexandre Lacazatte secured a 2-1 win for Arsenal at struggling Huddersfield on Saturday and kept the pressure on Chelsea and Manchester United in a three-way battle for a Champions League spot. However, their Spanish manager Unai Emery still awaits his first away clean sheet of the campaign after Arsenal […]
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