The director of Auschwitz Memorial in Poland, Piotr Cywinski, has said he is ready to be imprisoned in Nigeria so that Umar Farouq, a 13-year-old boy sentenced for blasphemy, can regain freedom. Recall that a Sharia court in Kano had convicted Farouq for “using disparaging language on Allah” during a disagreement with his friend. Following the ruling, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) had appealed to the Kano state government to reverse the jail sentence. In a letter dated September 25 and addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, Cywinski asked the president to grant Farouq a presidential pardon. He said if…
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On Friday evening, CNN, the New York Times, and other media outlets reportedthat Donald Trump had told associates that he has chosen Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a prominent social conservative, to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Although Trump’s choice of Barrett—whom he appointed to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in 2017—wasn’t unexpected, it’s sure to escalate the bitter political conflict surrounding the Republican effort to rush a nomination through the U.S. Senate less than forty days before the election. Right now, it looks like Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, has the votes to do that. The brazen and…
The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the arrest and detention of Police Sergeant, Bello Garba, who allegedly shot one person to death and injured three others on Friday in Sokoto. The Command said the Sergeant shot 25-year-old Aminu Abdulrahman to death and injured Junaidu Abba, Babangida Muhammad and Awaisu Alti. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammad Sadiq, confirmed the development to newsmen in Sokoto. The police spokesman said the victims were evacuated to Specialist Hospital Sokoto for treatment and autopsy. The victims were said to be sharing money doled out by Governor Aminu Tambuwal during the Juma’at prayers…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has launched a N5 billion COVID-19 Recovery Support Fund in the state. The fund is to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on private schools in the nation’s commercial capital. Governor Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Friday via his Twitter handle. “Today, I launched a N5bn support fund to help reduce the impact of #COVID19 on low-cost private schools in Lagos,” the governor said. “The educational sector is one of those severely impacted by the pandemic, with schools and vocational learning-centres shut since March.” According to him, the facility will benefit 2000 low-cost schools with…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has asked the federal government to halt deductions from the statutory allocation to the local government for the construction of 774 healthcare centres across the country. At an emergency meeting held on Thursday, the governors “rejected the legality and the legitimacy of the contract, including all financing arrangements”. In a communique issued at the end of the meeting and signed by Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto and vice-chairman of the forum, the governors asked the federal government to also halt the disbursement of already deducted funds. “Governors expressed serious concern over deductions from the Federation…
Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu on Friday said his surprise resignation was forced by Pope Francis, who accused him of using Vatican money to help his siblings. The 72-year-old gave up the top position in the Vatican’s sainthood cases department on Thursday. He also gave up cardinal privileges, including the right to take part in papal elections. “The Holy Father explained to me that I supposedly favoured my brothers and their activities with money from the Secretariat of State, but I can explain,” Becciu told Domani, an Italian newspaper. Becciu resigned ahead of the Sunday publication of a damning report by…
Nike Ajibosin, an aide to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has landed in the net of the Economic & Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of Lagos funds. It was gathered that Ajibosin, the Speaker’s Foreign Relations and Protocol Officer, was detained by the anti-graft agency over alleged looting of funds. Ajibosin’s detention is coming after a series of petitions to the EFCC by CSOs and concerned citizens in the state. Sources disclosed that Ajibosin was interrogated and detained for several days. In exchange for her freedom, she signed an agreement with EFCC…
What could be the matter between these two Ekiti sons, Governor Kayode Fayemi and Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser on Political Matter at the Presidency? The two were pro-democracy musketeers who gave the military a run for the cost of their guns and jackboots. While Fayemi was one of the people in London running Radio Kudirat that was an alternative voice to the propaganda churned out by General Sani Abacha’s spin doctors, Ojudu, a journalist and media manager, was also at the barricades, fighting to enthrone democracy. In fact, Abacha put him in the slammer for months! What, therefore, could…
In his reaction to the purported suspension of Governor Kayode Fayemi by an unknown group, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Yinka Oyebode, described it as a joke taken too far. Oyebode said the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a party is governed by laws, adding that members of the group cannot hide under their recent suspension to announce a dubious suspension they lack the locus to handle. While one would have dismissed their claims as another failed attempt to polarise the party in the state, it is also important to put it on record that the action…
The attention of the Ekiti State All Progressives Congress State Executive Committee has been drawn to the publication which is in circulation in the social media titled, “Re: Dr. Kayode Fayemi Anti-Party Activities” purportedly signed by the following people: Senator Tony AdeniyiSenator Babafemi OjuduSenator Dayo AdeyeyeCongressman Bimbo Daramola5.Hon. Robinson AjiboyeHon. Oye OjoHon. Dr. Adewale OminrinHon. Femi Adeleye We hereby call for the confirmation or denial of the said publication by the purported signatories between now and the close of work today, September 25, 2020. Signed: Omotoso PaulOn behalf of State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress
