archiveNovember 20, 2019

New Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has promised to bring "passion" and "happiness" to the club. The Portuguese, 56, was appointed on Wednesday morning, following the sacking of Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday night. Former Chelsea and Manchester United boss Mourinho praised the quality of Spurs's squad and their "world class" stadium...

    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a Justice Sector Policy as part of deliberate efforts to reform the nation judicial sector for easy access to justice in the country. The Attorney-General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami disclosed this when he briefed...

  By Kayode Oladeji For those who were familiar with Chief Alex Akinyele during his life time, the mention of his name naturally evoked different meanings and feelings, at different times and settings. When the news of his passage hit the airwaves last week, my mind raced back to the...

  Femi Falana, (SAN), human rights activist, says he is ready to go to court in defence of any victim that was involved in the recent tanker fire incident at Sango-Ota in Ogun State, or their willing family members. Falana spoke on Wednesday at the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)...

  The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding  (MoU) to strengthen their cooperation in the fight against corruption. Although the details of the proposed MoU are not yet known, the Executive Secretary of...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the Senate, on Wednesday rejected the Bayelsa and Kogi governorship election results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The senators, led by the Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, announced the rejection at a news conference in Abuja. INEC had...

  Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) maintained positive trend on Wednesday with crucial market indices growing further by 0.14 per cent. Specifically, the market capitalisation inched by N18 billion or 0.14 per cent to close at N12.923 trillion against the N12.905 trillion achieved on Tuesday. Also, the All-Share...

Amnesty International (AI) has declared human rights activists Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Bakare and Agba Jalingo prisoners of conscience, as they were said to have been facing arbitrary detention and unfair trials solely for exercising their right to freedom of expression. The Nigerian authorities at both federal and state levels have...

The Senate on Tuesday began consideration of a bill to amend Nigeria’s Electoral Act. The Bill which scaled Second Reading is For an Act to Amend the Electoral Act (No.6), 2010. According to the sponsors, Senators Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) and Abubakar Kyari (APC, Borno North), the bill which...

say electoral petition case tampered with Youths from across the 11 local government areas of Ibadan, on Wednesday, declared their support for the Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, following the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which affirmed his victory in the March 9, 2019 governorship election. The youths,...