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Nimi Princewill

December 25, 2020

Tough Christmas for Benue workers as court freezes state’s bank accounts

A garnishee order was enforced against the state’s liquid assets as part of an ongoing civil lawsuit instituted by 96 civil servants.

Samuel Ortom (Credit: Benue State Government Website)
December 25, 2020

Biden won’t inherit followers of White House Twitter accounts: Official

Affected accounts include @WhiteHouse, @POTUS, @VP, @FLOTUS, @PressSec, @Cabinet and @LaCasaBlanca.

Joe Biden
December 24, 2020

Journalist Obi-Young sues Ainehi Edoro, Brittle Paper over unpaid salaries, copyright infringement

Otosirieze Obi-Young left Brittle Paper in April after publishing a story about how Bashir El-Rufai threatened to organise a gang-rape of a Twitter user’s mother.

Otosirieze Obi-Young and Ainehi Edoro
December 24, 2020

El-Rufai notorious for reckless utterances, lawyer tells court

Long criticised as the governor with the highest level of intolerance for press freedom in Nigeria, Mr. El-Rufai is also infamous for hounding critics with state agents.

Nasir el-rufai
December 23, 2020

Australia delays coronavirus vaccine after trial participants tested positive for HIV

Health officials said a planned rollout of the CSL doses was suspended after clinical trial participants had false-positive HIV test results.

Covid-19 test kits
December 22, 2020

Wike, Ortom tackle Umahi for dumping PDP for APC

PDP governors were in Port-Harcourt to commission projects executed by the state government.

Ezenwo Nyesom Wike and Dave Umahi
December 22, 2020

Katsina Students: BMC, media outlets circulate fake news claiming EU commended Buhari

The spoof group also purportedly excoriated former President Goodluck Jonathan for his poor handling of the abducted Chibok girls in 2014.

Buhari and Kankara boys
December 21, 2020

NIMC website crashes as Nigerians rush to meet controversial NIN requirements

Several tries to gain access to the site were futile as of 3:30 p.m. Monday afternoon.

NIMC
December 21, 2020

CBN shuts 42 microfinance banks, gives depositors deadline to verify claims

NDIC has been instructed to liquidate assets of the ‘non performing’ banks.

CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. [CREDIT: Bloomberg]
December 20, 2020

Nigerian parliament demands underage voting for child brides

Nigeria ranks 11th on the list of countries with highest prevalence of child marriage in the world.

Nigerian Senate floor