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The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu was arrested on Sunday and brought to Nigeria, the country’s attorney general Abubakar Malami said on Tuesday. Government-owned news agency reported that the IPOB leader appeared before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Kanu, who was brought to the court amidst tight security, arrived at the court …

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Tuesday, said the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has been arrested. Malami stated this at a press briefing at the Ministry of Justice in Abuja. He said, “The self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed secessionist Indigenous People of Biafra, Kanu, has been …

The Federal Government has approved extension of deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to July 26, 2021. The government said the decision to extend the deadline was reached after a request by stakeholders on the needs to consolidate enrolment and NIN-SIM verification process. It added the development followed the rapid increase in the number of enrolment systems across the country. The …

The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, has said a total of 3.4 million doses of Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses have so far been utilised for the 1st and 2nd rounds. This he said was approximately 88 per cent of the total COVID-19 vaccine stock in the country. He gave the statistics while speaking at the …

The United Nations has warned youths not to work against the interest of the country, saying the world won’t be able to accommodate 240 million Nigerians as migrants should the country implode. Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Mrs. Amina Mohammed, who said this in a statement signed by National Information Officer, UN Office, Nigeria, Oluseyi Soremekun, cautioned Nigerian youths to …

Penultimate week, on June 19, a respected Nigerian columnist published information he gathered from field visits, agents and officials of the government of my home State, Rivers. Let me lay down the marker from the onset that several citizens and stakeholders in the state expressed concern over what they read since it is in complete contrast with their individual and …

Ahead of the scheduled defection of Zamfara state governor, Bello Matawalle, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, the main opposition party (PDP) has warned the governor against the move, threatening to go the whole distance to defend its mandate.  The PDP specifically cautioned Bello Matawalle to know that his plans amounts to a decision …

Justice T.G Ringim of the Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed October 7, 2021, for the hearing of a motion seeking the final forfeiture of the $5.78m and N2.4bn linked to the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun had on April 26, 2017, ordered the temporary forfeiture of the funds after the Economic and Financial …

The All Progressives Congress has opened talks with three Peoples Democratic Party governors with a view to winning them over. Our correspondent gathered in Abuja, on Monday, that the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee has begun talks with three PDP governors namely: Okezie Ikpeazu, his Enugu State counterpart, Ifeanyi Ugwanyi and Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri. A …

Aggrieved All Progressives Congress aspirants in the just concluded Anambra State Governorship primary, have urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) and the party conduct a fresh poll to decide the party’s standard bearer for the November 6 poll. The Governor Dapo Abiodun-led APC Governorship Primary Committee had announced Senator Andy Uba, winner of the primary held in Awka, …