Author: David Great

Over 60 people arrested last week in Nigeria in connection with an alleged gay wedding have been remanded in prison, the police and their lawyer said on Monday. The court granted a remand request from the police following a hearing on Monday in Warri, Delta state, where the suspects were arrested following a tipoff. Homosexuality is illegal in Nigeria and if found guilty the accused could be jailed for up to 14 years according to the local law. “The suspects have been arraigned in court today and the judge has ruled that they be remanded in prison for two weeks,”…

Following the elimination of fuel subsidies by the Federal Government, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has made a new demand for an upward review of allowances from the state and federal governments. This was part of the resolution made by the NMA’s National Executive Committee (NEC) at its meeting in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, between August 27 and September 3. However, the NMA’s National President, Uche Ojinmah, who addressed to journalists on Sunday, praised the Federal Government for the recent increase in the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) for its members. He emphasized that the agreement reached on…

Seun Kuti, an Afrobeat singer, who had been charged with assaulting a police officer is scheduled to appear in the Yaba Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos on September 27. Seun Kuti was supposed to be arraigned today, but the arraignment was postponed due to the absence of the presiding Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Adeola Olatunbosun, who was stated to be ill. Due to the absence of the Chief Magistrate, the court set September 27 as the date for the musician’s arraignment. Seun Kuti was arrested by officers of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCIID) on May 13, 2023, after allegedly assaulting…

Wale Adedayo, the suspended Chairman of Ogun State’s Ijebu East Local Government Area who was detained by the Department of State Services (DSS), has been released. The suspended chairman was held on Friday after the DSS invited him. Wale Adedayo accused the State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, of withholding the statutory federal grant owed to the state’s twenty local government areas, an allegation refuted by the state government during a press conference held in the state capital. DSS arrest Ogun LG boss who accused Abiodun of misappropriation According to reports, the suspended chairman was interrogated for several hours at the service’s…

Niger on Monday reopened its airspace nearly a month after imposing a ban following a military coup in July, the official Nigerien news agency ANP said. After taking power on July 26, the coup leaders closed the country’s airspace before reopening it again on August 2 — a measure that was reversed on August 6 after regional countries threatened to intervene militarily to restore civilian rule. “The airspace of the Republic of Niger is open to all national and international commercial flights,” the agency quoted a transport ministry spokesman as saying, adding that ground services had also resumed. It added…

Panama defender Gilberto Hernandez has died after being shot in the city of Colon on Sunday according to local media and statement by the Panamanian Football Federation (FEPAFUT). Hernandez, 26, played for Club Atletico Independiente de La Chorrera in the Panamanian Football League and made two international appearances. “The Panamanian Football Federation regrets the sad passing of Gilberto Hernandez, player of the Club Atlético Independiente of the Liga Panameña de Fútbol,” FEPAFUT posted on the social media site X. “FEPAFUT extends its condolences to his family and loved ones, as well as to the entire CAI and Panamanian football family.…

General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup last week that toppled Gabon’s 55-year-old dynasty, took the oath of office as interim president on Monday, promising to hold “free… (and) transparent elections” after an unspecified period. Oligui, head of the elite Republican Guard, led officers in a coup on Wednesday against President Ali Bongo Ondimba, scion of a family that had ruled since 1967. The ousting came just moments after Bongo, 64, was proclaimed victor in last month’s presidential election — a result branded a fraud by the opposition. “I swear before God and the Gabonese people to faithfully preserve…

French authorities are watching over 500 schools for signs pupils could be violating a newly announced ban on the abaya Muslim dress for women, as children across the country return to class, the education minister said on Monday. The government announced last month it was banning the abaya in schools, saying it broke the rules on secularism in education that have already seen Muslim headscarves banned. The move gladdened the political right but the left argued it represented an affront to civil liberties. “There are 513 establishments that we have identified as potentially concerned by this question at the start…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, rode the Lagos Blue Line train for the first time on Monday as service got underway. Around 9:00 a.m., the governor boarded the train to travel to Mile 2. Sanwo-Olu went over the requirements for boarding the train with his other passengers before he got on it. Along with other government officials, Sanwo-Olu was attended by his wife, Ibijoke, his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, secretary to the state government Mrs. Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, former deputy governor Femi Pedro, former speaker of the house of assembly Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and senator Musiliu Obanikoro. For the first month, the train…

WTW, a global advisory, broking, and solutions company, has announced the appointment of Ibeabuchi (Ibe) Chukwuma as CRB Sales Lead for the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) region. In this newly created role, Ibe will focus on WTW’s Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) business and work closely with teams across the region to identify and drive new business opportunities. He starts immediately and is based in Lagos, Nigeria. He has extensive experience advising US and multinational clients based in the US, UK, and Nigeria. His most recent assignment was with Sompo International, a global (re)insurance company,…