The Atlanta City Council has approved the payment of a settlement of $2 million to two college students who were shocked with Tasers and pulled from a car while they were stuck in downtown traffic caused by protests over George Floyd’s killing. The City Council on Monday voted 13-1 to approve the payment to settle a federal lawsuit filed…
Ahead of the upcoming United Kingdom general election, Nigerian political figure Peter Obi has urged voters to “Vote Labour on Thursday 4 July.” This intervention comes as the UK prepares for what pollsters predict will be a landslide victory for the Labour Party in the UK. Obi’s statement on Tuesday via X, though brief, is…
A member of the House of Representatives, representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency, Rivers State, Cyril Hart, on Tuesday during plenary, walked out of the green chamber after accusing the Deputy Speaker of discriminating against new members during parliamentary debates. Hart, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, made the allegation a few minutes after the lawmaker…
Rick Ross, the US rapper, was attacked after performing at the Ignite Music Festival in Vancouver, Canada. TMZ reports that Ross was accosted by some men after he played Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’, a diss track directed at his Canadian colleague Drake, to wrap up his performance. The men, who were said to have been…
Students at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos (UNILAG) are embroiled in a string of sexual assault cases. Anonymous accounts from purported students detailed a few cases on the micro-blogging site X and alleged inaction by the university. The purported victims used the hashtag “#EndSACultureInCMUL” on Monday and Tuesday, generating media discourse on the matter. An activist…
A witness has narrated how the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) discovered up to ₦35 billion in bank accounts traced back to Ismaila Mustapha, the socialite better known as Mompha. Mompha is facing trial in a ₦6 billion case of alleged fraud brought against him by the EFCC. In 2022, EFCC arraigned Mompha and his…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has expressed sadness over the lingering delay on the part of President Bola Tinubu in concluding the new national minimum wage and making the final figure known to workers. The trade union said the President was supposed to have concluded all needed consultations with the necessary stakeholders…
Justice James Omotoso of a Federal High Court, Abuja has just dismissed a N1 billion suit filed by the. detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government and the Department of State Services (DSS). The Judge held in his judgment that the IPOB leader failed to show evidence…
A four-storey building attached to the Westbrook Hotel in the Garki area of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja collapsed on Monday night, trapping numerous individuals under the debris. An eyewitness reported that there may be fatalities, citing the lack of coordination among emergency responders hindering efficient operations. “There is a possibility that there could…
The Supreme Court on Monday raised the bar for prosecuting Donald Trump, ruling that he has immunity for some of his conduct as president in his federal election interference case, but maybe not for other actions, adding another obstacle for special counsel Jack Smith taking the case to trial. In a novel and potentially consequential case on the limits…
