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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday adjourned till Wednesday the planned re-arraignment of the leader of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu on amended terrorism charges.   When the case was mentioned for hearing, Kanu’s defence lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) requested time to enable him to […]

The Nigerian Government on Monday filled eight fresh terrorism charges against  Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra.   This has raised the number of charges against Kanu to 15.   The amendment of the charges filed before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja came less than 24 hours to […]

  Salihu Lukman, the Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum has quit his job over controversies surrounding the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress scheduled for February.   The former DG had argued that APC’s convention should hold in February as previously agreed by the Forum last November.   Controversies arose around the party’s […]

An emergency marathon meeting of the governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress, ended late on Sunday night in Abuja, with a reaffirmation of the National Convention to hold in February.   The governors also passed a vote of confidence on Gov. Buni and two other governors in the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee – […]

An attack by gunmen on a Police Station in Imo State has left an Inspector dead.   The officer was killed in a gun duel between the invading gunmen and policemen late Friday night during an attack on Mgbidi Police Station in Oru West Local Government.   The gunmen were said to have arrived at […]

Competence, personal integrity, and commitment to the rule of law are the factors that should decide who becomes Nigeria’s president, a group of Northern elders have said.   The Northern Elders, under the name of Northern Leaders of Thought over the weekend said that Northerners and other Nigerians from other parts of the country, have […]

Boko Haram terrorists have abducted an unspecified number of mobile policemen at the police mobile training school in Limankara Gwoza local government area of Borno State, the hometown of Senator Ali Ndume, the Chairman Senate Committee on Army.     The Punch reported Friday that the insurgent fighters attacked the training school around 8:22 on […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has given interim forfeiture orders on  N110.4 million traced to the bank accounts of one Mr James Erebuoye and seven other suspects by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.   The ICPC suspects the money to be part of the proceeds of crime, the commission said. […]

Anambra State Governor-elect, Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo, appointed Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education, as the Head of the Governorship Transition Committee.   Soludo who won the governorship election last November will be inaugurated on March 17, 2022, to take over from Governor Willie Obiano.   This was contained in a statement signed by […]

Nigeria is ready to conduct its ever-digital population census, the Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra has said.   Kwarra said the census is scheduled to hold in May this year.   The NPC is “ready to give the country a first-ever digital census by May 2022,” Kwarra said on […]

The call by the Chairman of Southwest Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, for Yoruba people to make use of chicken and home-grown goats at social functions instead of “health-threatened” cows, has received the backing of the group fighting for the independence of the Yorubas.   Ilana Omo Oodua, the Yoruba […]

The official declaration by Bola Tinubu to succeed President Muhammadu Bihari next year has drawn the ire of Pan-Igbo group, Ohanaeze Indigbo.   Ohanaeze, in its response to Tinubu’s declaration, said it was not rooted in equity, justice.   Tinubu, on Monday announced that he had informed President Bihari of his presidential ambition come 2023 […]