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Recently, at the 49th convocation ceremony of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, President Muhammadu Buhari, represented by the Minister of State for Education, reportedly stated that government cannot afford the amount of funding needed to revive the country’s education system, and the competition for funds had become keener due to the recent increase in the number of tertiary institutions in …

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, spoke at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, denying the allegation that his fleeing the country in September 2017 amounts to him jumping bail. He said he only escaped to safety after the military invaded his house. Mr Kanu, who is being prosecuted on charges of treasonable felony, was …

Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, yesterday described governors and other members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as lacking conscience and not trustworthy. Wike at the flag off of Woji-Aleto-Alesa-Refinery Road and bridge with spur to the East-West Road at Woji town, Obio Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers, said it was …

Four clerics killed, 18 kidnapped in Kaduna in five years, says CAN Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday promised that kidnapping, banditry and insecurity generally would soon become things of the past as Nigeria would soon triumph over them. This is coming as the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State chapter, has disclosed that four pastors have been killed, while …

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, was, on Tuesday, brought back to Nigeria to continue facing his treasonable felony trial which he fled from almost six years ago. “Recent steps taken by the Federal Government saw to the interception of the fugitive Kanu on Sunday,” the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar …

House of Representatives, Tuesday, gave additional two weeks to its Committee on Banking to investigate the freezing of over 5000 bank accounts of EndSARS protesters and other Nigerians by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The resolution was passed at Tuesday plenary following a point order raised by Hon. Mark Gbillah moved the initial motion on the matter last year. …

Responding to questions from one of our correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday, the spokesman, British High Commission in Nigeria, Dean Hurlock, said, ‘We are aware of reports that Nnamdi Kanu has been detained in Nigeria by the Federal Government of Nigeria. “We can confirm that Nnamdi Kanu was not arrested in the UK for extradition purposes.” Meanwhile, Kanu who was …

• Signs audit bill into law, considers Audit Service Commission• As groups oppose gov’s plans to build a museum for returned artefacts Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has urged citizens to transcend politics and electioneering campaigns in the state and work with the government to realise his administration’s Make Edo Great Again (MEGA) agenda. (Member, Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA), Henry Okhuarobo (left); Speaker, Marcus Onobun; Governor Godwin …

Four years after the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, jumped bail and fled the country, he was yesterday re-arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja after his re-arrest by security agents. Presenting him before the court, counsel to the Federal Government, Shuaib Labaran, said Kanu was arrested through intelligence and collaborative efforts of security …

Justice Binta Nyako of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of a fugitive leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). The remand order was sequel to an application by a federal government lawyer, Shuaibu labaran. Kanu was said to have …