A Senegal court has ordered jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to be reinstated on the electoral register, a ruling that could pave the way for him to run in a February presidential election, Sonko’s lawyer Cire Cledor Ly said on…
*Rivers Crisis: Tinubu, PDP govs stop Fubara’s removal, protesters arrested (Punch)*I’m still a member of Living Faith Church – Isaac Oyedepo (Vanguard)
Rivers Crisis: Tinubu, PDP govs stop Fubara’s removal, protesters arrested (Punch) President Bola Tinubu and the Peoples Democratic Party governors on Tuesday intervened to stop the impeachment moves against Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The President conferred with the embattled…
Senegal shuts social media as protesters die after Sonko sentencing
Social media and messaging platforms have been blocked in Senegal after unrest erupted over the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. At least nine people were killed when Sonko’s supporters clashed with police in several cities on Thursday. Sonko was…
*5,000 Nigerian refugees repatriated from Cameroon (Vanguard)*Controversy as police recover lovers’ corpses from Lagos hotel (Punch)
5,000 Nigerian refugees repatriated from Cameroon (Vanguard) Nigerian refugees who fled to Cameroon due to Boko Haram insurgency began returning to their homeland on Monday in a voluntary repatriation process, an official said. Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Nji…
*Lagos to open Agege-Pen Cinema bridge today (Punch)*NSCDC bursts illegal foreign SIM card dealer (Vanguard)
Lagos to open Agege-Pen Cinema bridge today (Punch) Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will open the Agege-Pen Cinema Bridge to vehicular movement on Friday (today), The PUNCH has learnt. A top government official, who chose to remain anonymous, told our…
