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“It’s about all of us”: Michigan governor fighting to block restrictive abortion law from going into effect Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she is trying to stop a nearly-century-old law that restricts abortions from going into effect, now that the US Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. If the proposed law does go into effect, it would make Michigan …

• Concerned legislators insist on plans despite Adamu’s intervention Indications emerged, yesterday, that more senators elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), may defect in the coming days. This is coming despite Wednesday’s intervention by APC’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, who pleaded with the lawmakers to halt further defections …

• Document shows how he legally applied for kidney transplant at British Embassy More details have emerged over what led to the arrest of former deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, in London following allegations of organ harvesting. It has been alleged that Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, who have four kids and a house in Willesden, North London, travelled to London …

On the right to health, the report ranked Nigeria 41st out of 42 countries it reviewed in Sub-Saharan Africa; sitting just behind Equatorial Guinea. Nigeria’s human rights record is “very poor” and is “worse than [the] average in sub-Saharan Africa,” a new report by an international organisation has said. The report was authored and released on Wednesday by the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI), a …

MTN Nigeria yesterday confirmed that it will roll out 5G network by August 24, 2022. The Operator disclosed this at the 90th edition of the telecom consumer parliament, organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC in Ikeja, Lagos In May 2022 when the NCC handed over the final letters of award of 5G spectrum licences to winners of the December …

A human rights lawyer, Malcolm Omoirhobo, on Thursday, caused a stir due to his mode of dressing at the Supreme Court in Abuja. Photos circulated on social media showed Omoirhobo dressed in a lawyer’s robe mixed with other materials that made him look like an African native doctor. The lawyer had a gourd with cowries around his neck and a …

…They should be paraded —Victim’s brother …It’s time for State Police —Afenifere …As Oyo govt registers commercial motorcycle operators Commander of South-West security outfit, codenamed Amotekun, in Ondo State, Chief Àdetunji Adeleye, yesterday, boosted the campaign for state police, when he narrated how the outfit arrested some suspected killers of worshippers at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. The …

Great Benin Dukes and First Class Chiefs have demanded unreserved apology from Rich Arisco Osemwegie for laying claim to ‘Ogiamien’ Chieftaincy stool. Recall that Osemwegie had unlawfully crowned himself as the Ogiamien of Benin Kingdom in 2015 and was thereafter arraigned in court, but the State government pardoned him after an apology to Government. But the Chiefs on Thursday, faulted …

…Say Arisco Osemwingie is an impostor who must apologize for pardon By Eben Enasco Following weeks of disquiet in Benin City over a certain Rich Arisco Osemwingie who lay claim to the Ogiamien’s Chieftaincy title, Benin Chiefs and Enigie have clarified that Chief Osarobo Ogiamien is the rightful man recognized by the Palace. They said that the said Rich Arisco …

The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, engaged in verbal war over a viral video in which governor Godwin Obaseki expressed fear that voters may prefer other parties to the two main political parties in the forthcoming general elections if they fail to put their house in order. The APC …