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The mother of Jumoke Oyeleke, the salesgirl who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on Saturday, has demanded justice for her daughter Agitators for the Yoruba Nation gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in the Ojota area of Lagos on Saturday amid heavy presence of armed policemen and soldiers. From the left: Jumoke, Odumosu …

Lasr week, Thursday July 1, the Senate finally passed the long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB. A milestone in the history of our legislative affairs. Too many interests had repeatedly scuttled it over the years. According to the auditing and advisory firm, KPMG, previous attempts in 2009, 2012 and 2018 failed “because of factors such as lack of ownership, misalignment of …

•Accuses FG of trying to kill him; Igboho should surrender —Olowu Kuta •Yoruba won’t be intimidated, says Kiriji group •49 arrested at Yoruba Nation rally; weapons, charms, othes recovered; Protesters were not armed, Ilana Oodua insists •Police action unacceptable —IMG; as mother of lady killed cries for justice Legal counsel to Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday …

A hybrid party that will accommodate aggrieved members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and those of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the run-up to the 2023 general elections is being worked on by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Sunday Vanguard learnt at the weekend. A competent source told Sunday Vanguard that Obasanjo is convinced that the two major …

Groups from oil-bearing communities in Abia, Delta, Edo and Ondo states have demanded an upward review of the three per cent host communities’ fund approved in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which was passed last Thursday by the National Assembly. Clause 240 of the draft bill had proposed five per cent of the annual profit of the oil companies for …

Key amendments designed to ground the conduct of future Nigerian elections in transparency and accountability seem doomed for the garbage bin as early as next Thursday when the National Assembly sits to review and pass the Electoral Bill that caucus leaders of Senate are currently fine-tuning in Abuja. The caucus leaders now packed at the executive floor of the Transcorp …

The Plateau Sector Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) will on Monday begin a special patrol tagged “Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence”, in an effort to improve road safety. The Sector Commander, Alphonsus Godwin, made the disclosure on Sunday in Jos in a statement signed by the command’s Public Education Officer, Andrew Bala. ‘This is to inform the general motoring public …

Ikwerre People’s Congress (IPC) Worldwide has declared outright rejection of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) recently passed by the National Assembly because it typifies nothing worthy of celebration. The group insisted that the Niger Delta region wants 100 percent ownership rights of the proceeds from oil and gas. It took the decision in a statement issued, yesterday, and signed by Livingstone …

A sibling of Nnamdi Kanu , Kingsley Kanu, has revealed how his brother and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was arrested and returned to Nigeria. According to Kingsley Kanu, contrary to speculation, Nnamdi Kanu was arrested in Kenya where he claimed to have visited from his base. Kingsley who disclosed this through a statement by the spokesperson …

Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), on Sunday warned the Nigerian Federal Government to desist from any action that will threaten the life of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, if they still want Nigeria to exist. Kanu is being detained by the Department of State Services, DSS. MASSOB also called …