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Following the expected arraignment in court, today, of the embattled leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, his lead counsel, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has made some demands on the Federal Government and law enforcement agencies. Ejiofor, who spoke while addressing a press conference, yesterday, in his office in Garki, Abuja, said he decided to brief the press …

Detained leader of the Indegenious People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has arrived the Federal High Court Abuja for his re-arraingment. Kanu, who wore a white Fendi designers clothe, was ushered into the courtroom at exactly 10am by security operatives. He is expected to take his fresh plea before trial Justice Binta Nyako. He is facing a seven-count amended charge …

Prof Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), on Wednesday, said the series of measures introduced to curb impersonation and examination malpractices had started yielding positive results. Oloyede made the assertion in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, while delivering the 10th Annual lecture of the Forum of Heads of Federal Government Establishments In Nigeria, (Ekiti State chapter). The …

Wilhering, Austria – Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has said that he looks forward to joining his friends in heaven in a condolence message following the death of a Cistercian priest, according to report by the Catholic News Agency. In a letter dated Oct. 2 and released by Wilhering Abbey in Austria, the 94-year-old retired pope said that the death of …

…confirms one more death Edo State has continued to record a decline in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, recording no new cases in the last 72 hours, head of Edo State COVID-19 Case Management, Dr. Osagie Ebomwonyi, disclosed during the daily virtual meeting of the State COVID-19 Taskforce, chaired by Governor Godwin Obaseki. Authorities attribute this new development to …

Governor  Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, has urged the Federal Government to declare bandits as terrorists so as to allow the Nigerian military deal with them without any major consequences in international law. The governor spoke at the presentation of the Kaduna State Security Incidents Report for the Third Quarter of 2021 in Kaduna on Wednesday, saying “we in the Kaduna …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Wednesday said without public office, he would have remained a pressure group activist without making the changes that Nigeria required. The Vice President also said that the country cannot afford to have its best minds and most committed social activists remain only in the civil space, advising that they should get involved in politics.  Speaking at a virtual forum where he …

*El- Rufai says he has been writing letters to FG for designation of bandits as terrorists since 2017 *Urges FG to recruit 774,000 youths to Help fight criminality The Kaduna state government said a total of 343 people were killed, while 830 others were abducted by bandits between July and September 2021. The Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, …

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Wednesday, said preferences placed on paper qualifications by employers in Nigeria is responsible for high incidences of examination malpractices in JAMB. He also said the simple way to make public servants shy away from corruption and other sharp practices is to make available to them, appropriate …

Scores of youths on Wednesday gathered at the Oba Ovonramwen Aquare (Ring Road) to mark the one year anniversary of the EndSARS protest. Security personnel drawn from the Nigeria Police, Department of State Services (DSS), Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and members of local vigilante were on ground to ensure peace, while members of the Public Works Volunteers …