According to Apple, Chinese officials ordered the removal of two popular gay dating apps from mobile stores in the country. Same-sex marriage is not legal in China and discrimination remains widespread, with activists saying an effort to suppress LGBTQ expression has expanded in recent years, particularly under President Xi Jinping. Over the weekend, Chinese social...
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Abuja Court Restrains PDP From Convening National Convention Again
A Federal High Court in Abuja has, for the second time, barred the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its National Convention in Ibadan, Oyo State, scheduled for November 15–16. The court restrained the Independent national electoral Commission (INEC) from supervising, monitoring, or recognizing the outcome of the convention. The convention was intended to elect new national officers...
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Lagos Govt. Files For Contempt, Drags National Assembly To Court
The Lagos State Government has approached the Supreme Court seeking leave to initiate contempt proceedings against the National Assembly for allegedly disregarding a subsisting judgment of the apex court, which had declared federal legislation on lottery and gaming unconstitutional. In a motion filed by the Lagos State Attorney-General and commissioner of Justice through Bode Olanipekun,...
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NGO hails Okpebholo, Oba of Benin over cultural diplomacy…..”Our leaders turned MOWAA controversy into a triumph of diplomacy”, Mayaki
The Country Director of the Coalition for Good Governance and Economic Justice in Africa, has commended the Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, and the state governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, for the exemplary display of cultural diplomacy in resolving issues surrounding the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA)...
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Sanwo-Olu and the Imperative of Sanitizing Lagos Island
– by Major -General Tajudeen Olanrewaju The pivot and the very womb of central Lagos is undoubtedly Lagos Island. It is the heartland of our ancestors. It is the centrality of our beginning, the core provenance that defines our cherished heritage. It is the home of our great men and women. It is the beginning...
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Ugandan President Admits Detaining Two Activist And Putting Them In A Fridge On Live TV
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has admitted that two Kenyan activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, were arrested and held by Ugandan security agents. after missing for more than five weeks in Uganda. According to reports, Njagi and Oyoo were last seen in October being forced into a vehicle by masked men after attending a political...
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Israel To Expand Cooperation In Trade, Innovation, Science And Technology Across Africa As President Herzog Visit Zambia
Israeli president Isaac Herzog during his visit to Zambia exclaimed: “Africa is the future! “Today I am making a historic visit to Zambia, at the invitation of my dear friend, President @HHichilema. I am very pleased to make this reciprocal visit, just two years after his important visit to Israel. “The State of Israel always...
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Eight Democratic Senators Joined 52 Republicans In A Procedural Vote To Reopen The Government.
Eight Democratic senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) , Angus King (I-ME, caucuses with Democrats), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jacky Rosen (D-NV)and John Fetterman (D-PA) have joined 52 Republicans in a key procedural vote to advance legislation aimed at reopening the federal government. The Senate passes the U.S....
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