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The legal representatives of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu have told the Department of State Services (DSS) to respect and comply with the Court of Appeal verdict that discharged Kanu last Thursday in Abuja. This was contained in a document by Kanu’s lawyers addressed to the Director-General of the State Security Service on Monday …

The 2023 presidential election in Nigeria has been thrown into a tailspin following the judgment of the Court of Appeal, last week, October 13, 2022, which threw out the criminal charges against Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, on the ground that the Federal Government had violated his fundamental human rights by yanking him off …

On Saturday night, the government of Zamfara State announced the shutdown of some broadcast stations. Two of the affected stations are owned by the federal government while the other three are privately owned. In an announcement made on Zamfara Radio by the information commissioner in the state, Ibrahim Dosara, Mr Matawalle ordered the immediate shutdown of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Gusau, Federal …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives Candidate for Ekiti North Federal Constituency 1 (Ikole/Oye), Mr. Akin Rotimi, on Monday, congratulated the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi over what he described as his “landmark achievements and legacy projects” he executed when he held the insignia of leadership in the state. Rotimi, who served in the …

The Lagos Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop Stephen Adegbite, on Tuesday, said he was quoted out of context by a section of the media in his purported endorsement of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Adegbite had stirred the ire of many church leaders within and outside the apex Christian body who …

Elder statesman and leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, Edwin Clark, has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to order the release of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in line with the court’s judgement. The PUNCH had reported that the National Security Council stated that it backed the position of the Attorney-General of the …

The Conference of Nigeria Speakers have vowed not to pass the 44 Constitution Review Bills transmitted to them by the National Assembly until four bills they have proposed are passed. The four bills being demanded by the Speakers include that on State Police. The Chairman, Senate Adhoc Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege disclosed this at a briefing in …

The wife of the abducted man is accusing the Governor Umahi of being responsible for the incident. People suspected to be operatives of the Ebubeagu Security Network have abducted the Labour Party (LP) senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South District. The victim, Linus Okorie, was abducted Saturday morning while on his way to his residence in Abakaliki. David Ogbonna, a staffer …

Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has expressed concern over the shutdown of four broadcast stations: NTA, Gamji Television, Alumna Television and Pride FM Station, all located in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, by Governor Bello Matawalle, calling on him to immediately unseal the broadcast stations. Zamfara Government, on Saturday, shut down the stations, for covering a rally by the Peoples Democratic …

• Challenge threatens Nigeria’s rice self-sufficiency• Farming communities completely cut off from urban areas• Expect worse food inflation next year, experts warn The September Consumer Price Index (CPI) reading points to a slower inflation rise, but experts have dismissed the data as deceptive, warning that a worst food crisis scenario could be lurking behind the veneer of the statistics. The …