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The State Security Service (SSS) failed to produce Mr Kanu in court on Monday. The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja to be transferred from the custody of the State Security Service (SSS) to prison. Alluding to a worsening heart condition, Mr Kanu also urged the …

There is heavy security presence at the Federal High Court in Abuja this morning, preparatory to the arrival of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, for continuation of his trial on treasonable felony charge. Armed security operatives, mainly from the Department of State Services, DSS, have barricaded all access routes to the court …

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday travel to the United Kingdom to participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021-2025. The President will also visit his doctors after the summit for medical check-up. This was contained in a statement issued on Monday morning by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, …

As the trial of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu begins today, the officials of the Department of the State Services, DSS, have refused some lawyers, Journalists and fans entrance to the court room, where the hearing is taking place. Kanu is being charged with treasonable felony. The IPOB leader was accused of inciting violence …

Amidst rising waves of insecurity in the country, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said it has prepared well to hold the forthcoming school-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.  The examination is billed to commence on August 16 and last for about six weeks …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the challenges facing the country is neither ethnicity nor religion. The minister said some elements in the country were exacerbating ethnic and religious differences to tear the country apart for their selfish reasons. Mr Mohammed spoke in Abuja on Saturday at the book presentation and 75th birthday celebration of Bamigboye Ogunbiyi, a …

The Senate has ordered the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) to without further delay recover all illegal loans totalling N76 billion given to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nigerian Army, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Office of National Security Adviser (NSA), and six other ministries and agencies. The directive also affects ministries, departments and agencies. They are all …

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General (DG) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has said the contributions of Nigerians at home and abroad could positively impact the nation’s economy to bring about peaceful coexistence. The DG said this at a webinar to celebrate the National Diaspora Day on Sunday, in Abuja, organised by the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) to …

Since the start of the pandemic in 2019, food prices have risen by an average of more than 22%, according to official statistics, and feeding a family properly has become a daily challenge. [FILES] People buy and sell food at the Illaje market, in Bariga, Lagos, on June 29, 2021. (Photo by Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP) Rising insecurity, misdirection of …

…Says country will never forget Nigeria’s big brother role Sierra Leonean High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Solomon Gembeh has disclosed that Nigeria spent over $13 billion on the liberation of his country and Liberia. He said that Sierra Leone will never forget the big brother role played by Nigeria in the wars that had engulfed the two countries. Speaking with …