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The 15-month jail sentence of former South African President, Jacob Zuma, for defying an order by the country’s constitutional court to appear at a corruption inquiry while he was president, to say the least, offers a good illustration of the principle that power is transient and the powerful not only hold the power in trust […]

  The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to the 26th of July, 2021.    The exercise was scheduled to end on Wednesday, June 30.   This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the NCC, Director, Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, and NIMC Head, Corporate Communications, […]

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra,  was on Tuesday arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja.   This followed his arrest, which was announced by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, earlier in the day.   According to Malami, the IPOB leader […]

South Africa’s top court on Tuesday sentenced former president Jacob Zuma to a 15-month jail term for contempt of court following his refusal to appear before graft investigators, AFP reported.   “The Constitutional Court can do nothing but conclude that Mr Zuma is guilty of the crime of contempt of court,” judge Sisi Khampepe said. […]

The Gbo Kabari Ogoni, which groups elders of Ogoniland in Rivers State has raised the alarm over the occupation of their farmlands by AK-47-bearing herdsmen.   The Ogoni Elders Forum made the declaration in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Monday. The statement was entitled ‘Before we are killed again’.   They said the […]

…as NANS vows to “occupy” Kaduna   A protest against a hike in tuition fee by the College of Education, Gidan Waya in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna, on Monday led to the death of one student, while another was injured.   The death and injury of the students resulted from gunshots fired at […]