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After many weeks of conjectures and permutations, the lead counsel for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on Tuesday, unveiled Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) as the leader of the defence counsel for Nnamdi Kanu whose trial commences today before Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja. […]
Fresh dust is gathering around the Electoral Act Amendment Bill rejected by President Muhammadu Buhari over direct primaries as the National Assembly resumes today from Christmas and New Year break. Buhari had in a letter to the National Assembly, dated December 13, 2021, titled “Withholding of assent to Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021”, withheld […]
The District Head of Vwang, Jos South local government area of Plateau State, Da Gyang Balak has been kidnapped. Da Balak is the second traditional ruler to be kidnapped in the State in less than a month. Recall that the Sum Pyem, HRH Charles Dakat was kidnapped during the Christmas period in 2021 but […]
Actor, Femi Branch, is not happy with the way Nigerian culture is being rubbished by some people. Citing the instance of controversial cross dresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, who was allegedly sent away from Edo State because of a disrespectful statement he made about the king, Branch said such behaviour should not be condoned. […]
The Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), has paid tributes to Prof. Lawrence Baraebibai Ekpebu, renowned scholar and diplomat, who died on January 2, 2022. Ekpebu, who died at 86, was the first African graduate of Harvard University in the United States. Dikio, while paying a condolence visit to […]
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a man, Patrick Odey, for allegedly raping a 21-year-old salesgirl. The victim, it was gathered, recently started working at a garden in Orozo in the Angwansarki area of Abuja and lives in one of the apartments in the garden. Odey was said to have forcefully […]
The two chambers of Nigeria’s National Assembly have indicated their readiness to rework the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021 in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s dispositions. President Buhari vetoed the Bill, and the National Assembly has said it will exercise its powers to override him. Chairman of the House Committee on Treaties, Protocols […]
Passengers travelling along the Warri-Itakpe standard gauge rail line had their peace shattered when the rear of their train caught fire on Tuesday evening. A video trending on social media platforms revealed some NRC staff struggling to put out the fire, using leafy tree branches and blankets, owing to the non-availability of fire […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday arraigned internet celebrity, Ismailia Mustapha, aka Mompha and his firm, Ismalob Global Investment Limited for alleged money laundering to the tune of over N6 billion. The agency arraigned Mompha and Ismalob before Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on eight counts bordering […]
A few days ago, I saw online the photo of a young man who wanted to migrate illegally to another country through the wing of an airplane. In English terms, such is called a stowaway. I read the story on social media and the familiar comments that followed with deep thoughts. Such a journey […]
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