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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over the order stopping journalists and broadcast stations from reporting details of terrorist attacks and victims. Joined in the suit as Defendants are the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The suit followed the directive by the NBC, asking journalists, television and radio stations in Nigeria to stop “glamourising and giving too many details on the nefarious activities of terrorists and kidnappers” during their daily newspaper reviews. In the suit…

The hope for reunification between Qua Iboe Church Nigeria and United Evangelical Church appears still far-fetched for now, Straightnews has gathered. Indications were rife that after 20 years, the two feuding ecclesiastical bodies were on the verge of reunion following the Appeal Court ruling that the break-away UEC’s claims lacked merit. Recall that in an appeal no. CA/C/292/2016, UEC laid claims to some assets of QIC particularly land/premises, possession/occupation and interest in land/church buildings. Sequel to this, some trustees of QIC had in 2015 instituted a suit at the Federal High Court in Uyo in a suit no: FHC/UY/CS/50/2015, seeking to recover the…

The 2021 Big Brother Naija competition launched Saturday, July 24 with the unveiling of all the 11 male housemates. The show is tagged BBNAIJA “Shine Ya Eye.” Meet the male housemates 1. Boma is a model, footballer and event planner. Boma Akpore is one of the most influential Housemates of this year’s edition of BBN. The talented Nigerian model has over 150 thousand followers on Instagram. 2. Adeolu Okusaga, 28, is an engineer by training 3. YouSef,  a teacher and a modelnwho attended the University of Jos 4. Pere 5. Hazel says he is a businessman who imports and sells shoes…

Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, has reportedly filed for asylum in Benin Republic. Popularly called Sunday Igboho, he was arrested on Monday, July 19, while he and his wife, Ropo, planned to fly to Germany. Igboho was charged and arraigned in court for attempting to fly with a fake Beninoise passport. A source who is close to the agitator says he has filed for an application to be a political refugee in Benin republic. “He (Igboho) was already at the airport with a passport. The immigration officers suspected his passport to be fake and so they stopped him. A passport…

Two BBNaija ‘lockdown’ housemates, Erica and Laycon, have finally made peace with themselves. The duo became sworn enemies in the house and the “hatred’ continued after the show. Last night, they both shared videos on their Instastories showing that they have made peace. Erica who rumoured to win the star prize was evicted while Laycon got the covted prize. This melted the heart Erica who was rumoured to have for Kiwaayya, another BBNaija housemate. Meanwhile, a new season of Africa’s biggest reality show, Big Brother Naija premieres on Saturday and Sunday with the organisers promising a bigger and better show…

As 3,008 inmates are on the death row at custodial facilities across the country, the Nigerian Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has requested governors to sign their death warrant. Speaking while inaugurating the newly constructed headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS in Osogbo, Osun state capital on Friday July 23, the Minister said jail congestion is the major headache of the Service. Aregbesola also stated that the entire national custodial facilities with a maximum capacity for 57,278 inmates currently has a total population of 68,747 inmates, made up of 67,422 males and 1,325 females. The Minister said 50,992 inmates representing 74…

The pioneer Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, Akwa Ibom chapter, Elder Ntieyong Inyangmme has passed into eternity. Inyangmme who died this week once served as chapter Chairman of defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Itu Chapter and Board Chairman of the state Sports Council. He was the Ibiono Ibom Political Leader and also a board member of Ibom Power Company. Comrade Etim Ukpong, the immediate past chairman of Nigeria Union of Teachers, queried in the Facebook ”Elder? Well, we can’t say anything. Ofonime Otu wrote too ”Leader Elder Ntieyong Inyangmme’s death reminds of of Obong Etukudo Ekpro’s death gimmicks. May God…

The official opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics began Friday at largely empty National Stadium with Naomi Osaka lighting the Olympic Cauldron. The Olympics opening ceremony overshadowed by the coronavirus, Tokyo 2020 organisers on Friday paid tribute to medical workers as athletes from across the world paraded into an almost empty stadium, their smiles hidden behind masks for the first time. Normally a star-studded display teeming with celebrities, the ceremony was shorn of its glitz, with fewer than 1,000 people in attendance, strict social distancing rules and signs calling on spectators to “be quiet around the venue.” The organisers also sent the…

A three-member robbery gang responsible for the murder of two policemen, a member of ONLY GOD Protocol Squad supported by the state government, a child and a private security has been trapped by the police command in Uyo. Briefing newsmen at the police headquarters in Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo on Friday, July 23, Odiko Macdon, spokesperson of the command, said the suspects also confessed to have killed the two policemen at Tranquility Hotel, Nung Oku in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area . MaCdon, a police superintendent said the suspects are: Praise Sunday Nwagwu, 30, of Elelenwa village, Obio Akpor L.G.A  of…

Unrest in South Africa this month has claimed 337 lives, the government said on Thursday, marking yet another jump in the death toll from the 276 announced the previous day. The riot started as protests over former president Jacob Zuma’s jailing two weeks ago in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal. But, it quickly escalated into arson, looting, and spread to Gauteng province where the biggest city Johannesburg is located. “The South African police have revised the total number of deaths in Gauteng (province) to 79 and KwaZulu-Natal to 258 as related to the unrest,” said Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, a minister in…