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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has denied lying to Queen Elizabeth over the reasons for suspending parliament for five weeks after a court ruled his decision to do so was unlawful. Parliament was prorogued – suspended – on Monday until Oct. 14, a move opponents argued was designed to thwart their attempts to scrutinise his…
England manager Gareth Southgate is to meet with his squad ahead of their Euro 2020 match in Bulgaria next month and discuss what measures they might take if they are subjected to racist abuse. Three Lions One Bulgarian fan was arrested for “discriminatory abuse” directed at Raheem Sterling during the 4-0 win over Bulgaria last…
The President of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), Youth Wing, Worldwide, Comrade Louis Anidi, has condemned the move by Ijaw youths to stop an Urhobo indigene from becoming the deputy governor in Bayelsa State. You will recall that Ijaw youths on Monday told the Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that they would…
Having squashed and nullified the petitions brought to the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, PEPT, by Alhaji Atiku Abubaka, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the February 23, Presidential Election, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Thursday advised the former to apologise to Nigerians for willfully distracting the administration of…
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday in Lagos while delivering a speech at the First Board Meeting/Fund Raising dinner for the creation of Nigerian University of Technology and Management, said that Nigeria needs an institution that addresses the most critical problems in Nigeria. Yemi Osinbajo The Vice-President noted that the country needs an institution that will…
An Austrian man who smuggled 88 living reptiles including 43 poisonous snakes from the Philippines was stopped by customs officers at Vienna airport, Austria’s Finance Ministry said Thursday. When the Austrian national arrived via Doha on Sunday, the officers screened his suitcase and saw that it was full of animals. After the man admitted that…
An Austrian man who smuggled 88 living reptiles including 43 poisonous snakes from the Philippines was stopped by customs officers at Vienna airport, Austria’s Finance Ministry said Thursday. When the Austrian national arrived via Doha on Sunday, the officers screened his suitcase and saw that it was full of animals. After the man admitted that…
A 30-year-old tailor, Kabiru Ahmed, was on Thursday brought before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly sleeping on the street in a drunken state. Ahmed, who has no fixed address, is facing a count charge of breach of peace. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Police prosecutor, Sgt. Godwin Oriabure, told…
The Senator representing Plateau Central zone in the National Assembly, Nde Hezekiah Dimka has raised concern about the high rates of drug abuse and insecurity in the country, assuring that the 9th Senate would work assiduously to stem the menace in the society. File: Results from the latest NOI Poll showed that 9 in 10…
Mrs Bisi Fayemi, the wife of Ekiti governor, has suspended her empowerment and advocacy campaign in local government areas of the state following controversy over the death of student of Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE). Fayemi announced the suspension in a statement in Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday following controversy over the death of one of…