Nigeria’s former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has defended murdered Super TV CEO disagreeing with the ideology of some Nigerians that Usifo Ataga maybe deserved as he was killed by his 21-year-old side chic because he was cheating on his wife. Ataga was found two weeks ago, stabbed to death in a rented Airbnb apartment in Lagos. Subsequent investigation by the police led to the arrest of 21-year-old Chidimma Adaora Ojukwu – who claims to have…
Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] has announced it will resume continuous voter registration (CVR) across the country. The government’s election office will begin the CVR exercise from Monday 28 June. The continuous voter registration will last for over a year and the process has been divided in two categories: Online and in-person at Inec offices in every local govenment area and one rotational area. The rotational area will be announced when the exercise gets on…
Ghana Police has granted actress Efia Odo and over ten other campaigners bail hours after their arrests on Friday. Police released all the campaigners they arrested on self-recognizance bail after some three hours of interrogation on why they gathered in front of a law court complex. This came after lawyers of the campaigners demanded their release from the Accra Regional Police Command. Actress Efia Odo announced her release on social media. “Bail granted. A cause…
The Nigerian Department of State Service (DSS), say they have invited controversial Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmed Gumi to come and answer some questions. DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunaya, who confirmed the report to Channels TV said there’s nothing unusual in inviting the cleric as it is normal for them “to invite any person of interest.” But the DSS did not give specifics as to why he was invited for questioning. This is coming after an interview…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s latest trip to the UK has been postponed. “The medical follow-up visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the United Kingdom which was scheduled for today, Friday, June 25, 2021, has been postponed,” Femi Adesina, the President’s aide on media and publicity wrote on Facebook. Adesina did not reveal any new date for the trip, but said it will be announced “soon”. This won’t be the first time this year Buhari will be…