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Supporters of embattled Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho on Friday celebrated the Court judgement against the Department of State Security (DSS). The Nation reports Justice Ladiran Akintola of Oyo State High Court directed the DSS to pay N20 billion to Igboho for unlawfully invading his Soka, Ibadan house on July 1. Igboho had sued the AGF, the …

The  National Judicial Council (NJC) has directed three judges accused of recently granting conflicting ex-parte orders in political cases to appear next week before “a special investigating committee” set up to ascertain their level of culpability and the nature of penalty, should they be found to have abused their office. NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye said, in a statement …

The O’odua Peoples Congress has accused a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, of being an agent of government among Yoruba Nation agitators. The group made this known in a press statement by its Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin, titled, “Defection: Be ready for more betrayers, OPC blasts Fani-Kayode says, “FG’s 4bn dollar loans have no economic value”, on Friday. The …

Former sports minister Solomon Dalung says admitting Femi Fani-Kayode into the All Progressives Congress is “insensitive”. This is as he also described Fani-Kayode as a “political hawker” and “liability”. In a statement issued on Friday, Dalung said he was ashamed that Buhari could share a table with someone who had called him a “criminal”. Part of the statement read, “In …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the sit-at-home order by the pro-Biafra group, IPOB, may threaten its preparations for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Anambra, Nkwachukwu Orji, said this on Thursday, while speaking with reporters in Nibo, Awka South Local Government Area of the state. He spoke shortly after the opening ceremony of …

An Oyo State High Court has ordered the State Security Service to pay N20 billion to Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, over the alleged invasion of his home in Ibadan. Justice Ladiran Akintola ruled that the money was awarded as exemplary and aggravated damages against the SSS in the suit filed by Mr Igboho, in which he …

…youths should shun kidnapping, thuggery, cultism Youth leaders in Ebonyi State, yesterday urged those they described as selfish politicians to steer clear of their path and allow them to pursue their God-given destinies for the betterment of society. . In a chat with Newsmen after the inauguration of Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State’s chapter of Ekubaraoha Youth Assembly, …

The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, to call off the strike action they commenced since August 2. The order followed a suit the Federal Government filed before the court to challenge the legality of the strike action. FG, alongside the Federal Ministry of Health, had insisted that resident doctors embarked …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Friday said Christian leaders in the country owe it a duty to chronicle their journeys in Christendom to encourage others and preach the gospel as well. He stated this in Lagos during the public presentation and launch of a book in honour of the General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Church, Pastor Dr …

…Govt urges vaccination COVID-19 death tolls in the third wave of the pandemic have reached 54 in Edo State, with confirmed infection cases of 1098 as the State Government intensifies the vaccination of citizens across the state’s 18 local government areas. The Obaseki administration is urging those who have not been inoculated to get vaccinated in order to remain healthy …