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By Okhide Em’ya David Officials of Edo State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources effected the arrest of four women on Wednesday in Benin City for selling donkey meat, known as ‘jaki’ to unsuspecting buyers at the New Benin Market, in Edo State. Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr. Peter Aikhuomobhogbe, who led the team …

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Gani Adams, has explained why he didn’t partake in the Odua republic rallies across Southwest States led by embattled Yoruba Nation Agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. Adams, who spoke during an interview with BBC Yoruba monitored by The Nation, described the raid on Igboho’s residence as unfortunate and bad for democracy. He said, “According to a …

Leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye: Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, also called Sunday Igboho and other 49 Yoruba self-determination groups, on Wednesday, dragged President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN; former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai and former Inspectors General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and Muhammed Adamu …

Before she was rejected by the Senate on Wednesday, Lauretta Onochie told its committee on INEC that she was a private person and rarely talked. This is besides her earlier statement where she said she quit politics in 2019 and that she is no longer partisan, a claim which turned out to be false. All of these ‘declarations’ that Ms Onochie made were …

The sponsor of the controversial Nigeria Press Council (NPC) and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) amendment bills, Segun Odebunmi, on Tuesday said that the House has agreed to suspend the bills. Mr Odebunmi who doubles as the chairman of the House committee on information, national orientation, ethics and values, said the reprieve would avail the lawmakers time for proper consultations …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has told members of the National Assembly that his regime is ready to use everything within its powers to end insecurity in the country and bring perpetrators of criminal activities to book. The President, spoke on Tuesday at a dinner with members of the National Assembly, held at the State House Conference Centre, …

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged nations across the globe set aside $50bn to vaccinate 40 per cent of the world population, a development she said was key to economic recovery. Okonjo-Iweala spoke at a panel interview with the Atlantic Council on Tuesday. She said the supply chain scarcity of vaccination could be solved. …

Pope Francis on Wednesday left the Rome hospital where the head of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics had undergone an operation on his colon on July 4. The 84-year old was whisked away from the Gemelli University Hospital in a car with tinted windows and was later spotted returning to his home within the Vatican’s walls. He stopped off on …

Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN) has disclosed that poor record keeping and management were the major challenges preventing effective and efficient implementation of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act by public institutions. He added that lack of willingness ‘in many quarters’ to accept the new information regime imposed by the FOI Act …

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered in Lokoja on Wednesday that the traditional ruler was returning to his community from Okene, also in Kogi, when he was kidnapped. Confirming the incident, police spokesman in Kogi, DSP William Aya, said that Adembe was kidnapped at about 5:20 pm on the Okene -Eganyi Road. He said that the gunmen took advantage …