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The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), yesterday, said that pro-Biafra agitators were not keen about who emerges Nigeria President next year. The group said that it was banal of anybody to try to link the Presidential candidate of Labour Party in the coming election to pro-Biafra agitators. Leader of MASSOB, Uchenna Mdau stated these in …

•Warns the gods want to destroy ex-Lagos governor, ruling party  •Urges Buhari to invoke his powers to revoke vice-presidential nomination  •Says ex-Borno governor is overambitious, Machiavellian    •Shettima complicit in Chibok Girls’ abduction, terrorism, say northern Christian leaders   •Amaechi’s ally, Princewill, quits ruling party on same ground Chuks Okocha, Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja and Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt …

US President Joe Biden lands in the Middle East on Wednesday for a trip that will see Israeli leaders urge tougher action against Iran, before a delicate stop in Saudi Arabia. The 79-year-old president’s visit to Jeddah on Friday will be the focus of the tour, after Biden branded Saudi Arabia a “pariah” over the 2018 murder of dissident Saudi …

Built in 1989, the Kuje Custodial Centre, Abuja which houses different categories of prisoners, from murderers to corrupt politicians, was attacked by terrorists on July 5. Nigeria’s custodial centres are again under the public radar following the latest prison break at the country’s seat of power, Abuja. Despite early warnings, the Kuje prison was attacked on Tuesday by suspected terrorists, …

High-profile attacks expose the Nigerian government’s inability to contain the expansion and potency of violent extremists and bandits. On July 5, the Boko Haram breakaway faction Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) led a successful attack on a well-secured prison in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. The group shot its way into the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre after overpowering security guards in a …

• ‘Power supply won’t progress without takeover of DisCos, poor GenCos’• Tsavsar: Blame government for power sector woes Nigerians are gradually inching towards the moment of anagnorisis as bank-backed reforms in the nation’s electricity distribution companies (DisCos) are revealing the true state and regulatory gaps among the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and handlers of …

Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s inability to curtail rising cases of kidnapping, killing and terrorists’ attacks have exposed his ineffective leadership. The group in a statement, yesterday, by its Secretary General, Murtala Aliyu, expressed regret over the level of insecurity, particularly in the Northern region, saying supporters of President Buhari must tell him the truth about ugly …

Nigerians have been reacting to the nomination of Nollywood actress Funke Akindele as running mate for the Lagos State Governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olajide Adediran. Recall that Adediran, popularly called Jandor, officially unveiled Akindele as running mate for the coming 2023 election on Tuesday. The unveiling of the actress’s nomination has sparked mixed reactions on social media, …

NCS also admitted on PT Spaces on Monday that it received intelligence on possible attack on its facilities but it was not narrowed down to the Kuje Custodial Centre. The Controller General of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), Haliru Nababa, said the country’s prisons are not fortified enough to withstand the kind of attacks they have been subjected to in recent times. …

Nollywood actor and filmmaker, Patrick Doyle has showered praises on colleague in the film industry, Joke Silva over her kind treatment of her ailing husband, veteran actor, Olu Jacobs. Ms Silva has been receiving encomium and admiration since last week for standing by her husband suffering from dementia on his 80th birthday. Jacobs’ wife had flooded social media with their …