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Emirates Suspends Nigeria Flights Indefinitely
Dubai airline, Emirates has suspended passenger flights to and from Nigeria till further notice.
FIFA Ban: CAS reduces Siasia’s football ban to five years
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday reduced to five years the suspension for “corruption” of former Nigerian national team coach, Samson Siasia, in a match-fixing affair.
Five NGOs, four journalists sue Nigerian government over Twitter suspension
Five non-governmental organizations and four journalists have filed a suit against the Federal Government at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja asking it to declare the indefinite suspension of Twitter in Nigeria a violation of their human rights under international law, order the Government to immediately rescind the suspension order, and compensate them for the violation of their rights.
Lagos Assembly amends LASIEC law, empowers governor to extend commission’s tenure
The amendment involved the addition of a new subsection to Section 2 of the LASIEC law to enable the governor to have power to extend the tenure of the commission based on exigencies.
SERAP sues FG, Lai Muhammed over repressive directive to broadcasters to stop using Twitter
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja “to stop the Federal Government and the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Muhammed from using their patently unlawful directive to all TV and radio stations not to use Twitter, and to delete their accounts as a pretext to harass, intimidate, suspend or impose criminal punishment on journalists and broadcast stations simply for using social media platforms.”
Father’s Day: Be the father that will unite Nigerians, Shaibu charges Buhari
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, has been charged to be the kind of father that will unite the entire country and save it from further disintegration, in the spirit of the Father’s Day celebration.
Euro 2020: Antoine Griezmann Rescues France With 1-1 Draw Against Hungary
Antoine Griezmann salvaged a 1-1 draw for France against Hungary in Budapest as the world champions missed the chance to clinch a place in the Euro 2020 last 16 on Saturday.
President Buhari calls for concerted efforts to end insecurity
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday called for concerted efforts to end insecurity currently bedevilling the country.
Buhari committed to economic diversification – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government is committed to diversifying the economy and boosting of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) activities.
UTME candidates laud JAMB for hitch-free CBT
Some candidates and centre officials for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have lauded the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) for the hitch-free conduct of the examination.,