Calls for same for Social Media, Hate Speech Bills By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Civil Society Legislative and Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, Friday, commended the National Assembly for dropping the Civil Society Regulatory Bill. This was contained in a statement signed by the Executive Director, CISLAC, Auwal Ibrahim Rafsanjani, where the organization described the action […]

The police on Friday arraigned a Badagry chief, Cowel Aivoji,74, and three others, in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly fighting in public and assault. The police charged Aivoji, Mohammed,61; Mohammed Modawa,43; Sewedo Hunpevi,26; with three counts of assault, theft and breach of public peace. The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Clement Okuiomose,  told the […]

Congolese music legend Aurlus Mabele has died in Paris of the coronavirus, his family and friends said Friday. “My father died this morning from the coronavirus, please honour his memory,” his daughter rapper Liza Monet, said on Twitter. Claudy Siar, the presenter of Radio France International’s “Couleurs Tropicales” Afro music programme, also paid tribute to […]

Henry Umoru  – Abuja The Senate on Friday announced a partial closure of its gallery and stoppage of public hearing from next Tuesday following the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who disclosed this after a closed-door session of the senators, said that there would no longer be an excursion […]

Sub-Saharan Africa recorded its second coronavirus death on Friday as infections rose in South Africa, where the government warned bluntly of a long haul in the fight against the disease. Despite stringent restrictions ranging from flight bans to school closures, countries south of the Sahara have recorded two deaths in three days, and the case […]