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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, slated May 18 to rule on an application the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, filed to be released on bail, pending the determination of the treasonable felony charge the Federal Government entered against him. Trial Justice Binta Nyako adjourned to rule on the application after …

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 70 per cent of children in schools are not learning, a development which must be addressed by stakeholders. The Communication Specialist, UNICEF, Mr Geoffrey Njoku, made this known in Kano on Friday at a two-day Media Dialogue on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Njoku said no country could focus on its SDGs in isolation …

• Falana offers free legal service, says Soyinka exercised his freedom of expression• ‘APC, Buhari insensitive, callous, should have rewarded Omisore with the envoy to Ukraine’• ‘I never campaigned for Buhari, only asked Nigerians to vote out Jonathan in 2015’ Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, again came down hard on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the appointment of ex-Osun …

WARRI – The Supreme Egbesu Order has demanded an open apology from the Area Youths Assembly, and insists that High Chief Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a Tompolo is not an enemy of Nigeria. Arewa Youths This was contained in a statement signed by Apostle Bodmas Prince Kemepadei, Superintendent Officer. According to the statement, “We read with disdain, the unguarded and malicious statements …

Kanu, in the application he filed through his team of lawyers led by Chief Mike Ozekhome(SAN), maintained that the charge against him was legally defective. He argued that the court lacked the jurisdiction to try him on the strenght of an incompetent charge. Ozekhome told the court that his client was “unlawfully, brutally and extraordinarily renditioned from Kenya without his …

*Says he only urged Nigerians to vote out Jonathan Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has denied asking Nigerians to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. Following the poor performance of the President Buhari-led administration, characterized by hardship and worsening insecurity,  Soyinka has been at the receiving end of criticisms from Nigerians.  Some  Nigerians  have been blaming him for the role he played in …

United States Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday in a historic vote that paves the way for her to become the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in the nation. The tally was 53-47, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Mitt Romney of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska …

*Previous Plants in Federal Universities in Sokoto, Kano, Makurdi & Ndufu-Alike *VP commends Indimi, donor of International Learning Center to UNIMAID *Says “his positive traits, habits can be multiplied for the benefit of our nation.” A 12MW Solar Hybrid Power Plant for the University of Maiduguri and its teaching hospital is nearing completion, just as the Buhari Administration will continue …

WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced a policy update to adopt a risk-based approach when waiving interviews for conditional permanent residents (CPR) who have filed a petition to remove the conditions on their permanent resident status.Effective immediately, new criteria will guide USCIS officers on when to waive interviews for CPRs who filed a Form I-751, Petition to Remove …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday, unveiled the Edo State Social Protection Policy to checkmate social vices and protect vulnerable persons in the state. Obaseki launched the policy at a town-hall meeting tagged, ‘Welfare Enhancement and Sustainable Development in Edo State,’ held at the Government House, Benin City. Stakeholders at the town-hall meeting were drawn from the judiciary, …