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– Grants Seun Bail – Refuses Police Request To Detain Singer For 21-Day A Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Yaba, Lagos, has granted bail to Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti. In granting the bail, the Court, however, declined to grant the police’s request for a 21-day detention order pending its ongoing investigation on the Afrobeat singer. […]
There are indications that sick and injured public servants will soon start receiving compensation from the Federal Government under the Employee Compensation Act, ECA, 2010. This is coming as the Nigerian Government on Monday, May 15, approved the implementation of the universal Employee Compensation Act, ECA, 2010. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, announced […]
The United States of America has imposed visa restrictions on specific individuals who undermined the democratic process during Nigeria’s 2023 elections held between 25th February and 18th March across the country. The Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. “Today, I am announcing that we have taken steps to impose […]
The Federal Government says 160 women in Sudan, claiming to be Nigerians, are without passports to fly back to the country. The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed disclosed this, on Sunday, while briefing newsmen on the evacuation of Nigerians from the war-torn country. According to him, although the women […]
Ahead of May 29 inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has released the official pre-inauguration photograph of the incoming President and his Vice. The photos were shared via Twitter on Saturday, May 13, 2023, by Tinubu’s Spokesman, Bayo Onanuga. Onanuga confirmed that the […]
It appears the last has not been heard about the issue of the police officer allegedly assaulted by Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti. This is coming as Seun Kuti, son of the legendary Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, insisted he beats up the police officer after he tried to kill him and his family. Seun’s reaction followed the Inspector […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the immediate arrest of Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti for assaulting a police officer. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known in a statement released by on Saturday. The order followed a viral video where the Afrobeat singer was captured assaulting a police officer […]
Rt. Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly bears it all in this interview with NigeriaCheck Newspaper Chief Reporter, Georges Macnobleson-Idowu. He clarifies some knotty issues rocking the political space and explains why the National Working Committee of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, adopted the controversial zoning […]
Ondo State Governor and Chairman Southwest Governors’ Forum, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has described the proposed All Progressives Congress, APC’s zoning formula for the 10th National Assembly leadership positions, as a skewed arrangement meant to reinforce injustice and enhance inequity. Akeredolu stated this in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday, following the purported press […]
The Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, on Tuesday met to validate a new policy for the protection of critical national assets and infrastructure. The validation exercise involved key stakeholders, who participated to review the Draft Critical National Assets and Infrastructure National Protection Policy and […]
