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The leader of the Umbrella Body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua (IOO), Prof Banji Akintoye, has reacted to the invasion of the Ibadan residence of Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho), in the early hours of Thursday. Akintoye in a statement he personally signed and made available to THISDAY by his Communications Manager, Mr. Maxwell …

By Crusoe Osagie On a first meeting, he would not seem to you like much. Extremely unassuming, prim and proper. To classify him as a perfect gentleman hardly does justice to the description of his mien. Unfortunately, in a society where bruteness is celebrated as a hallmark of leadership and shameful conduct hailed as glorious, a Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, until …

Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday said mass defection in both the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) is part of electoral process. “People are defecting; More will defect,” Wike’s spokesman Kelvin Ebiri said in a statement on Thursday. “There are those who are angry there (in APC), they’ll come (to PDP). “You that …

Academic activities in the nation’s universities may again be paralysed as members of the Academic Staff Union Of Nigeria Universities (ASUU) warned of a fresh strike over alleged refusal of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) to pay salaries and remit check-off dues of about 1000 staff for 13 months. Chairman, University of Jos branch of ASUU, Dr. Lazarus …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, during the week, at the festival Hall of Osadebey Avenue celebrated the 3rd Anniversary of his Basic Educational Sector Transformation, EdoBest, saying that he decided to focus on basic education because it ‘is our first interaction with knowledge’. Government documents say that EdoBest programme was launched in 2018 along three thematic areas …

A book, titled The Work of a Press Secretary, written by Dr Burkard Weth, former press attaché to the German Embassy in Nigeria arrived arrive Benin City Edo state during the week from Germany through a mail sent by Shaker Media. The book is a 57-page work wrought in 2019 and published by Shaker media as an e-book, and can be …

A 15-man committee, charged with the responsibility of screening political nominees that will be appointed into his cabinet was on Tuesday inaugurated by Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. Obaseki, during the inauguration ceremony at the Government House, Benin City, urged the committee, headed by Prof. Dennis Agbonlahhor, to submit its report on or before 15th of July, 2021. Members …

The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for the National Identification Number -Subscriber Identity Module (NIN-SIM) data verification until July 26, 2021. This is contained in a statement signed by Dr IKechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),in Abuja. The statement co-signed by Mr Kayode Adegoke, Head of Corporate Communications, National Identity Management Commission(NIMC), said …

Tells court why he fled About three years after jumping bail, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, was yesterday re-arraigned before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, for the continuation of his trial for treasonable felony. Reliable security sources told THISDAY yesterday that Kanu was rearrested in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia …

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mallam Mele Kyari, has said the price of petrol should be more than N280/litre at which Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, is being sold. Kyari said smuggling of petrol from Nigeria had impacted negatively on the Nigerian oil sector but added that this would not lead to another …