The grandmother of a French teenager slain by police, which recently provoking rioting, begged for calm on Sunday, as the home of the mayor of a Paris suburb was attacked with a burning car in a new outbreak of violence. President Emmanuel Macron’s government has faced five nights of violent protests since Nahel M., 17, was shot dead by a police officer during a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday. The shooting of Nahel M, who was of Algerian heritage, has reignited long-standing allegations of systemic racism within the French police, which rights groups claim…
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The Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, has indicated that he will lead a massive protest in his hometown of Nnewi today, Monday 3 July against the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, (IPOB). He revealed this while he was presenting security equipment and gadgets to vigilante operatives from the four quarters of Nnewi, comprising Otolo, Uruagu, Umudim, and Nnewi-Ichi.at the Ifeanyi Ubah International Stadium, Nnewi, Anambra State, on Sunday. Ubah lamented that the sit-at-home order in the South-East, usually enforced by the gunmen believed to be loyal to secessionist group of IPOB has…
The Presidency has described as biased the verdict of the European Union on the February 2023 elections in Nigeria. The Presidency in a statement by Presidential spokesman, Dele Alake, said the report is bereft of facts and done in favour of opposition propaganda. The Presidency insisted that the election was the best since the return of democracy in 1999, adding that more credible local and international organisations had described the election as free and fair. The statement read in full: “Sometimes in May, we alerted the nation, through a press statement, to the plan by a continental multi-lateral institution…
Anita Brown had roughly five hundred and fifty thousand (550,000) followers on her Instagram profile prior to the issue that occurred about four days ago. Her follower count has now risen to almost nine hundred and forty-three thousand (943,000), with over four hundred thousand followers added. It’s worth mentioning that Anita Brown claimed in a series of tweets on June 30 that Davido fathered children with six different women. She went on to say that these women had suffered as a result of Davido’s inattentive actions as a father. Anita Brown stated her desire to take legal action to…
Fresh facts have emerged that the governors and National Assembly members elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are putting pressure on a former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, to accept to lead the party in the capacity of national chairman, THISDAY has learnt. A Benue High Court had sacked Dr. Iyorchia Ayu as the national chairman, leaving the leadership of the main opposition party in the hands of Ambassador Illya Umar Damagun, who is in an acting capacity. The PDP, it was learnt, is planning for a total reorganisation of the party, if the…
In Netherlands, Family, Friends surprise Burna Boy with Early Birthday Gifts on Stage Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, a Nigerian Afrobeats singer, has received an early birthday gift from his family in the Netherlands. The Grammy-winning artist, who postponed a show in the Netherlands last month, turns 32 today, July 2nd, 2023. The video, which was widely circulated on social media, recorded the moment Burna Boy’s mother, along with other persons presumed to be members of his family and supporters, surprised him on stage.
China’s warship, MSL Destroyer NANNING, has docked at the Lagos port in an official visit to Nigeria. The warship named Nanning is Nigeria on diplomatic arrangement. Meridian Spy reports that the arrival of the Chinese vessel was met with a warm reception by officials from the Western Naval Command, with Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Rear Admiral Joseph Akpan leading the delegation. More coming…
Mr Benjamin Kalu, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, has pledged that the 10th National Assembly will work to solve climate change issues positively. This is contained in a statement signed by the deputy speaker and made accessible to journalists in Abuja on Saturday. The declaration is in honor of the 2023 International Day of the Parliament. Kalu said that the event was a global issue introduced in 2018 by the United Nations General Assembly resolution. According to him, the Day affords the parliaments across the globe to review the progress they have made in achieving their outlined goals…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to use his good offices and leadership position to “urgently publish details of spending of about N400bn so far saved as a result of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called petrol.” SERAP urged him to “provide details of the plans on how subsequent savings from the removal of subsidy on petrol, including specific projects on which the funds would be spent, and the mechanisms that have been put in place to ensure that any such savings are not embezzled, misappropriated or diverted into…
Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk, has set temporary limits on the social media platform to address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation. Musk who made the announcement on his Twitter page on Saturday said Verified accounts are temporarily limited to reading 6,000 posts a day, adding that the unverified accounts and new unverified accounts are limited to reading 600 posts a day and 300 posts per day, respectively. He said, “To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits: – Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day – Unverified…
Kano State Government said it had not sacked the 10,800 workers whose June salaries were stopped. Meridian Spy gathered that the 10,800 workers were employed by the administration of former governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje. The clarification was made on Friday in Kano in a joint news conference by the Commissioner for Information, Malam Baba Dantiye; Accountant General, Abdukadir Abdulsalam, and Head of Service (HOS), Usman Bala-Muhammad. The HOS explained that the 10,800 workers were not sacked, but only had their salaries stopped pending verification of their status. “Let me make it categorically clear that no staff was retrenched. Their salaries…
The Force headquarters has clarified that the viral video showing several armed mobile police personnel escorting a mallam to slaughter a cow during Eld Kabir celebrations is an old video It said no police personnel is presently attached to the said Mallam. Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known in a statement titled, “Re: Video of Mallam Escorted by Armed Policeme to Slaughter Cow; Video Very Old, No Policemen Attached to him presently”. He said, “We wish to state categorically that the viral video of a mallam who was seen escorted by some armed Mobile Policemen to…