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Former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has apologised over a statement made about INEC issued permanent voter cards (PVCs). Tinubu had said while addressing women leaders in Abuja, that the PVCs Nigerians possess have expired. “In case they do not announce to you on time, the PVC you have has expired,”. “Take one […]
It is jubilation for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra as High Court in Umuahia, Abia State has ordered the Federal Government to pay him N1billion for the invasion of his house in September 2017. Going with the judgement, Justice Benson Anya ordered Federal government and the Nigeria Army to […]
Heavily armed security operatives have cordoned off the roads leading to the premises of Abia State High Court complex located on Ikot Ekpene Road Umuahia as the court is set to deliver judgement today on the suit filed by the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu against the federal […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has not directed anyone to implement fuel subsidy removal, President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has declared. He spoke after meeting Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday, stating that he had gone to convey the feeling of constituents to him on some concerns, including the proposed removal of subsidy. […]
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 […]
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