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Bashir Ahmad, the personal assistant on new media to President Muhammadu Buhari, has on Monday hinted at the possibility of another lockdown in the country. Nigeria is seeing a surge in Covid-19 case, some state governments have banned large gatherings and also ordered the shut down of event centres and clubs. These were measures taken before the federal government ordered a nationwide lockdown in March. Nigeria, like most of Africa, has been spared the full…
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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to release a Facebook user, Mubarak Bala, who was arrested in Kaduna on February 28, 2020, for alleged blasphemous posts about Islam. Delivering judgment in the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Bala, Justice Inyang Ekwo declared that his arrest and detention by the IGP and the NPF in an unknown detention center since February 28, 2020 “because he…
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The House of Representatives on Monday said it will take disciplinary measures against the lawmaker Kingsley Chinda, who called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari. Hon. Chinda at a press conference on December 7, called on Nigerians irrespective of political party, tribe, or religion to compel their representatives to commence the impeachment process against the President. The lawmaker’s call for impeachment is not unconnected with the rising cases of insecurity being witnessed across the…
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Authorities in Saudi Arabia have suspended all international flights for at least one week over a new strain of COVID-19. Entry to the Kingdom through land and seaports has also been suspended and this period may be extended by another week. The decisions were made in response to the emergence of a potent new strain of the virus in the UK and other European countries. According to the state-run Saudi press agency, the flight ban…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has come under pressure to change legislation proscribing underage voting to clear paths for child brides below the legal voting age. Both arms of Nigeria’s federal parliament insists on a review of the country’s electoral law, which pegs the voting age at 18. A joint committee of the National Assembly on INEC matters, led by Senator Kabiru Gaya (Kano, APC) and rep member Aisha Dukku (APC, Gombe) on Wednesday…