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NNEWI —The Indigenous People of Biafra has cautioned the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, to cancel her planned visit to the South-East. The group made the call after it raised the alarm over an alleged plot to assassinate the envoy during her visit. According to IPOB, which claimed it got the information through its intelligence arm, the M-Branch, …

Baba Ijesha’s rape trial lasted over 12 months since his arrest and arraignment in June 2021. An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday convicted the embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha, of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor. Baba Ijesha’s rape trial lasted over 12 months since his arrest and arraignment in June 2021. Since April 22, 2022, Baba Ijesha has …

…wants Shettima, Baba-Ahmed barred as VP candidates, joins Okupe, Masari, LP in suit The Peoples Democratic Party has instituted a lawsuit compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission to prevent All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu; and Labour Party standard bearer, Peter Obi, from replacing their running mates with Senator Kashim Shettima and Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed respectively. The PDP is …

“The nature of PDP and the APC is about sharing and that guarantees that Nigeria will fail as a country.” A Nigerian economist, Pat Utomi, has said the Labour Party (LP) has a better structure than the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Utomi, a member of the LP, stated this when he appeared as a guest …

Sri Lanka’s parliament will vote on a new president Wednesday, the speaker’s office said, on Friday, following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa after he was driven out of the country. Nominations for the post of president will be received on Tuesday and MPs are due to vote the following day, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana’s office said in a brief statement. …

Two-time Minister for Finance, Kalu Idika Kalu, has disagreed with Shiekh Ahmad Gumi over his comment on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the agitation for Biafra. Gumi had in a post, said that the emergence of Obi had slowed down the agitation for Biafra by IPOB members, claiming that the ‘noise’ about Biafra is all …

Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, conducted a bye-election to select new candidates to fly the party’s flag in the forthcoming Egor/Ikpoba Okha Federal House of Representatives and state Assembly elections respectively. The election was to fill the vacancy created by the death of the lawmaker representing Egor/Ikpoba Okha Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, …

Mr Buhari, who has less than one year to leave office, restated his avowed abhorrence of corruption and determination to rid the country of graft, while expressing his pride in his “legacy of fighting corruption”. President Muhammadu Buhari has said he is happy to leave office in 2023 with a legacy and a reputation of an anti-corruption crusader. He also …

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was sworn in Friday as acting president, his office said, replacing Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled to Singapore following months of protest against him. Wickremesinghe, 73, took his oath of office before chief justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, Wickremesinghe’s office said in a brief statement. PUNCH

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, in Jaji, Kaduna State, said the last 12 years have been “very challenging” for the country, considering the different security threats that have been confronting it. He also promised that his regime will ramp up support for the military to “wipe out terrorists off the face of the earth” and bring …