Tag: NATIONAL ANTHEM
Aisha Yesufu dares critics calling for her arrest over national anthem
Activist Aisha Yesufu has challenged those calling for her arrest after a video surfaced showing her refusing to recite the national anthem.
Over the weekend,...
Aisha Yesufu tackles Joe Igbokwe for calling her refusal to recite...
Co-founder of Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement Aisha Yesufu has knocked a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Joe Igbokwe for criticising...
Aisha Yesufu refuses to recite re-introduced old national anthem at event
Co-founder of Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement Aisha Yesufu has publicly rejected the newly adopted national anthem.
At a recent event, Mrs Yesufu chose...
Tolu Ogunlesi shares 1950s, 60s media reports on national anthem, flag
Former presidential media aide Tolu Ogunlesi on Wednesday night shared magazine and newspaper reports from the 1950s and 60s to add his voice to...
Oby Ezekwesili knocks NASS over reintroduction of ‘Nigeria We Hail Thee’...
Former vice president for the World Bank's Africa region Oby Ezekwesili has knocked the National Assembly for focusing on the national anthem amid more...
Tinubu signs National Anthem Bill into law
President Bola Tinubu has signed the National Anthem Bill into law, effectively replacing the current version 'Arise O compatriots' with the previous one ‘Nigeria,...
Tinubu makes recitation of national pledge compulsory at public functions
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday directed the mandatory recitation of the National Pledge after the National Anthem at official and public engagements.
He said this...
Police ‘pardon’ singer Mercy ‘Descushiel’ Isoyip after national anthem blunder
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) said it has pardoned singer and actress Mercy Isoyip, popularly known as Descushiel, after she sang the national anthem...
Singer Mercy ‘Descushiel’ Isoyip apologises to Nigerians, police over national anthem...
Singer and actress Mercy Isoyip, popularly known as Descushiel, has apologised to Nigerians and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) after she sang the national...
Tobi Amusan sheds tears on podium as national anthem plays
Nigerian athlete Tobi Amusan wept softly on Sunday, July 24 on the podium of the World Athletics Championship while the national anthem was being...