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  The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and his Government over alleged role in the abduction of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and subsequent ‘smuggling’ into Nigeria by security agents.   The group threatened to sue Kenyatta and his ‘partners in crime’ to the International Criminal Court, […]

After two days of keeping Nigerians in suspense, the Federal Government on Thursday  opened up a bit on the operation that led to the re-arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.   The government acknowledged that some countries and intelligence agencies, with which it has obligations, assisted to […]

    The leadership of the People’s Democratic Party on Wednesday stormed the National Assembly to protest against the nomination of the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, for appointment as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, representing Delta State.   Prince Uche Secondus, the National Chairman of […]

The management of the University of Lagos on Wednesday declared that Miss Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu, who is an accused in a murder case, is a student of the institution.   Miss Ojukwu is a student of the university, whether a part-time or full-time student, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, said.   Ogundipe made the declaration […]

  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 […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Monday swore in the 18 judges who were recently elevated to the Court of Appeal.    This is the largest number of judges to be sworn in at once since 2012, the CJN noted.   The new justices of the Court of Appeal are:   1. […]

  The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission will on July 6 arraign the former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, for alleged N900 million fraud.   Justice Obiora Egwuatu fixed the date on Monday, after counsel to the ICPC, Ebenezer Shogunle, disagreed with […]

Some Nigerian statesmen and leaders of thought have asked  the international community to refrain from giving loans to Nigeria, arguing that  the nation is “a country with questionable sovereignty”.   Numbering 129 these leaders were also the signatories to the Constitutional Force Majure declared on December 16, 2020, on the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.   […]