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There was a mild drama on Thursday as Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike stormed the venue where members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were meeting. Wike’s sudden appearance at the meeting must have unsettled the meeting as Governors are not members of the BoT and do not attend the party’s BoT meetings. The Rivers …

Diran Odeyemi, one of the seven deputy national officers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that resigned on Tuesday, has withdrawn his letter of resignation. Odeyemi, who is the Deputy National Publicity Secretary, has pledged to work with the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to ensure a successful national convention, where a …

AI blames ESN for attacks on government infrastructure, police Amnesty International has accused Nigerian security forces of using excessive forces against separatists in the country’s southeast. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have been campaigning for the independence of the region. The agitations, spearheaded by Nnamdi Kanu, have been met with crackdowns by the Nigerian government. Kanu himself is undergoing …

pension for former governors and other affected officials by 50 per cent. The committee also expunged the provision of houses in Abuja and Lagos for ex-governors as stipulated in an earlier law operated by the state. The report further showed a reduction in the number of vehicles to be made available to former governors and their deputies. The Speaker of …

Eight persons have been abducted by gunmen suspected to bandits in Magarya village in the Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Among them is the biological father of the Speaker Zamfara state House of Assembly, Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya, according to multiple media platforms including TVC and Daily Trust. They were abducted Wednesday night when the heavily armed men invaded the community Spokesperson …

Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Thursday, sounded a note of warning to the Federal Government, insisting that the agreement reached with Organised Labour on reduction of electricity tariff by N15 per kilowatt-hour, KWH, by December must be respected. NLC said: “The posture of the Federal Government to flout agreements is completely unacceptable and would be resisted.” NLC in a statement by …

About the most intriguing moments in the WhatsApp exchanges between DCP Abba Kyari (aka Super Cop) and Hushpuppi (aka Ramon Abbas) that the FBI shared recently were when Kyari sent a photograph of himself and his vanity wall, and also when he sent a news article that stated he would be honoured for “exceptional service.” Kyari’s choice of materials to …

The Federal Government, today, said it stopped negotiations with bandits because the kidnappers used the money from ransom to equip and rearm themselves. The Minister of State for Education, Chief Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the First Lady’s …

…Gunmen attack homes in Niger State, five persons, including children kidnapped …Abducted Chibok schoolgirl, terrorist husband surrender to troops …More ISWAP, Boko Haram members willing to surrender Katsina Emirate Council has banned open grazing of animals within the Katsina metropolis and its surrounding communities. This is coming on the heels of  the Federal Government’s opposition to the ban on open …

Dear Mr Olusegun Adeniyi, without efforts to join issues with you on an opinion expressed by you in your article of 5th August, 2021 on the above subject matter, the SSS takes exceptions to the part that states that “Hundreds of innocent citizens are currently languishing in Police and State Security Services (SSS) detention centres across the country, following arrests …