An aspirant for the Nasarawa/Toto Federal Constituency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Mohammed Al-Basir has dragged the party to court over the recently conducted primary election. Naija News reports that the aspirant also dragged the House of Representatives member, Ari Abdulmumuni who was declared the winner of the election held on May 29, 2022.
Speaking to journalists on Wednesday after the case was adjourned, counsel to the plaintiff, Mathew Bukaa, insisted that his client won the election. Read More...
Tobias Everke / Pepsico Yet another military scandal erupted earlier this month when Foodbeast blogger Charisma Madarang questioned the military service of Cap’n Crunch. While the cereal icon (né Horatio Magellan Crunch) has captained the S.S. Guppy since 1963, Madarang uncovered a disparity between the number of bars on Crunch’s sleeve (three, which denotes the rank of commander) and the four bars featured on a Naval captain’s uniform.
The U.S. Navy is now investigating the service record of Cap’n Crunch. Read More...
When the United States marks the annual June 14 holiday of Flag Day, it’s officially a chance to recall the adoption of the stars and stripes as the country’s national banner. But this Thursday’s celebration also carries another, more complex layer of meaning.
Thursday marks exactly 75 years since the June 14, 1943, ruling in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that expelling a student who doesn’t recite the Pledge of Allegiance — one of the best-known everyday celebrations of that same flag — violates the Constitution’s guarantee of freedom of speech and religion. Read More...