The United States government has again called on the Federal Government to respect the rights of Nigerians to freedom of expression. The US is demanding for the third time for the Nigerian government to lift the suspension it placed on the operations of Twitter in the country, The spokesman for the US Department of State, Ned Price,…
Black Lives Matter’s co-founder, Patrisse Cullors says she is resigning from its foundation, but not because of what she called right-wing attempts to discredit her. Cullors said today would be her last day at the foundation, which she has led for nearly six years. The 37-year-old activist’s finances came under scrutiny last month after it was reported…
United States President Joe Biden has ordered an investigation of the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic within ninety days. President Biden also wants the investigation by intelligence officials to find if the virus came from a laboratory in China. The US intelligence community is divided on whether Covid-19 came from a lab accident or human contact with…
Sacked Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, has asked for a fresh trial over the murder of George Floyd, which gave birth to the “Black Lives Matters” movement worldwide. Chauvin was last month convicted of all four counts of murder over the death of Floyd, but his legal team have alleged that the trial was not properly done.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the support of foreign partners to tackle the problem of insecurity in Nigeria. President Buhari in particular called for the relocation of the headquarters of its US-Africa Command, also known as AFRICOM, from Germany to Africa. President Buhari made the calls during a virtual meeting with the U.S Secretary of State,…
• Speaker hints about something new A meeting is expected to hold today between President Muhammadu Buhari and the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. The meeting, which is to hold virtually, would be the first by the US Secretary of State in Africa, since President Joe Biden took office in January. The spokesman for the US…