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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has banned the singing of Nigeria’s national anthem in schools and the use of Fulani cows during festive seasons in the South East region. Its Head, Directorate of State, Chika Edoziem, who made the announcement in Enugu, yesterday, urged IPOB members to prepare for a global protest with a focus on the British, Nigerian …

Following the continuous presence of over 50 armed policemen in the Magodo Phase 2 Estate area of Lagos State, the estate management has ordered a closure of the estate gates in protest against the planned demolition of property in the estate. The policemen were said to have recently accompanied suspected land grabbers and members of a family who invaded the …

A renowned entrepreneur and youth development advocate, Khadijah Okunnu-Lamidi, yesterday promised to make Nigeria work for its diverse populace if given the platform to do so. She promised to harness the undoubted power of Nigerian teeming youths to unleash the country’s latent potential, which she described as a force to be reckoned with globally. Okunnu-Lamidi, who is the daughter of …

University College Hospital, Ibadan has narrated that the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, died at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital at 01.15 am. The hospital in a statement by its Deputy Director of Information and Public Relations Officer, Toye Akinrinola, said the monarch was referred to UCH from a private hospital in Ibadan about 9.30 pm on …

Edo State Government has threatened to close down and prosecute orphanage homes operating as businesses as against their designation as charities, and disclosed plans to set up a committee to monitor and audit such facilities in the state. The Commissioner for Social Development and Gender Issues, Maria Edeko, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, said the committee will …

Going by what’s in the 2022 budget, the seat of power will spend N402.2 million on maintenance of office equipment, furniture, buildings, vehicles, generators and others. Also, President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are to spend N3. 087 billion on travels within and outside the country this year. According to the details of the 2022 Federal Government budget, …

*…as Nigeria’s Barkindo expresses optimism in new leadership The Deputy Managing Director for International Marketing at Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), Haitham Al-Ghais, has emerged the next Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. He was named as the next Secretary-General at a Special Meeting of the Conference of OPEC held via videoconference on Monday, January 3. The meeting …

President Muhammadu Buhari has justified his signing of the 2022 budget despite what he described as ‘worrisome changes‘ made by lawmakers to the finance law. He said signing the budget was necessary to save important projects, programmes and policies. Mr Buhari also said that had he declined assent to the budget, the lawmakers would exercise their powers and override his …

Russia hopes a pledge it signed Monday with four other global nuclear powers to prevent atomic weapons spreading will reduce world tensions, while saying a summit of permanent Security Council members remains necessary. “We hope that, in the current difficult conditions of international security, the approval of such a political statement will help reduce the level of international tensions,” Moscow’s …

Suspected Fulani herdsman, armed and dressed in military uniform, on Sunday reportedly invaded a farming community, 2nd Abumere Ojigbelu Camp in the Ovia Northeast Local Government Area of Edo State. The marauders were said to have chased the villagers away taking over their farms, homes and properties. Some of the villagers who escaped are now taking refuge in other communities …