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Yoruba elders in the Diaspora, under the aegis of the Yoruba Council of Elders in Europe and America (YCEEA), have petitioned the United Nations against the prevailing security situation in Nigeria, calling on the global body to prevent every attempt to foist Fulani dominance in Nigeria, warning it might lead to chaos and possible civil […]

The World Igbo Congress (WIC) has invited all governors, senators, members of House of Representatives and other stakeholders from Southeast to its 2019 convention to discuss the Ruga debacle and other security threats facing the region. The topic for this year’s discourse is WIC at 25: Bracing up for challenges ahead. The venue of the […]

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, hinted yesterday that war could break out in the country unless the worsening state of insecurity is curbed. The monarch gave the warning after he met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He told reporters following the closed-door meeting that he was at the […]

The Presidency of Nigeria Friday said the case involving the leader of the Shiites, Ibrahim El Zakzaky, is no longer in the hands of the Federal Government. “As far as this country’s Ministry of Justice is concerned, the case involving El-Zakzaky is no longer in its domain,” President Muhammadu Buhari spokesman, Garba Shehu said in […]

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has denied the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar’s request for more time to conclude their case. The Tribunal  Chairman, Justice Mohammed Garba, ruled that the tribunal will continue with proceedings till later in the day to enable the petitioners to conclude their case.   Chris […]

Imo State governor Emeka Ihedioha Thursday alleged that his predecessor Rochas Okorocha looted the state’s treasury and left it in a “deep hole of corruption and mindless misappropriation.” Ihedioha, a former speaker and deputy of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, said Okorocha’s eight years as the governors of the state plunged Imo State into unsustainable debt. […]

The anti-insurgency military operations in the North-east suffered a setback Friday, with attacks on troops in Borno and Yobe States in which two Colonels and 26 soldiers were killed. A Colonel and 20 soldiers were reportedly killed in an ambush by Boko Haram, in Yobe State while another Colonel and six others, including a Captain, […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday handed over a choice property forfeited by the late Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, to the Voice of Nigeria (VON), which now becomes the new headquarters of the broadcast station.   The property, located at Plot 1386, Uda Crescent, Off Aminu Kano […]

Nigeria’s football governing body president, Amaju Pinnick, Thursday was removed as first Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The decision was taken during CAF’s Executive Committee meeting in Cairo. Pinnick’s removal came a day after CAF’s executive committee agreed to allow FIFA Secretary General take charge of the administration of the confederation […]

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, on Thursday failed to show up at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal holding at the Court of Appeal, Abuja. Yakubu was on Wednesday ordered by the tribunal to appear before it unfailingly on Thursday, July 18 by 12 noon.   Yakubu was to […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) national vice chairman, Inuwa Abdulkadir, has been suspended by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. APC’s spokesperson, Lanre Issa-Onilu, in a statement on Thursday said Abdulkadir was suspended for “anti-party activities.”   “The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has upheld the disciplinary […]

The Southeast chapter of the Young Progressive Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened to mobilize against the House of Representatives speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, for appointing an opposition member as his special assistant on political matters.   The group’s leader, Paschal Otimkpu, noted yesterday in Awka, Anambra State, that “Chief Anayo Nebe from […]