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• Insecurity threatening our nation, could spell doom for Africa, says Speaker• End kidnapping, terrorism quickly by adopting three strategies, Afenifere tells FG Leaders of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) have warned the National Assembly on the decision to outlaw payments of ransom to terrorists without any effort in rescuing kidnapped victims, even as security situation in Kaduna and …

Chief Obinna Iyiegbu,  popularly known as Obi Cubana, has said he is not a drug baron as is being insinuated on some online media platforms. In a statement, yesterday, Cubana warned those using his picture to illustrate drug baron reports to desist from doing so or prepare to face legal action. Cubana insisted that he is a reputable businessman with …

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Bauchi gubernatorial aspirant, Sani Al’ameen has faulted the statement of Senior lawyer, Femi Falana, in which he said former President Goodluck Jonathan is ineligible to contest for the office of the President because he has been sworn into office twice. Falana had based his assertion on section 137 (3) of the …

Names Zamfara, Taraba, C’River as states yet to implement minimum wage. Plans are underway by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to stage a three-day national protest against the ongoing strike by university workers. The protest could, however, snowball into a nationwide down tool, if government’s inaction continues. A communique issued at the end of its Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting in …

The Benue State High Court in Makurdi, on Thursday, acquitted Andrew Ogbuja, a lecturer at the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, of raping and causing the death of Ochanya Ogbanje, a 13-year-old schoolgirl in 2018. The decision contradicts another Thursday’s verdict of the Federal High Court in Makurdi, in a separate case, which convicted Mr Ogbuja’s wife for negligence over the child, …

*Orders defendant to open defence Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed the ‘No case submission’ and preliminary objection of Professor Ignatius Uduk of University of Uyo, UNIUYO, who is standing trial for alleged electoral fraud during the 2019 general elections. The Court presided over by Justice Bassey Nkanang, therefore ordered the accused person (defendant) to open …

Kenya is holding a state funeral on Friday for former president Mwai Kibaki, who died aged 90 last week and whose decade in power was marked by economic revival as well as scandal and violence. Kibaki was the third head of state in Kenya’s history, serving from December 2002 to April 2013 following the 20-year authoritarian regime of Daniel arap …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has threatened to shut down all polytechnics in Nigeria by next week, if the Federal Government fails to meet up with its demands. This is coming barely a month after the union gave an ultimatum to the Federal Government over their demands. Some of the union’s demands include requests for revitalisation funds for the sector, …

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II,  yesterday said  the credentials of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo  are making  other contestants to shiver. The Oba said this when Osinbajo visited him in his palace in Benin, the Edo State capital,  to meet with delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the party’s presidential primary election where he hoped to get the presidential ticket of …

Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said he was well equipped to lead the country due to the exposure he has had working with his current principal, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). File: Osinbajo, Buhari He said working closely with Buhari had exposed him to critical decisions and programmes about Nigeria. Osinbajo stated this at the palace …