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*Court remands him in DSS custody, fixes July 26 for accelerated trial *I fled Nigeria to save my life, Kanu tells court *Kanu wrongly tried, detained  — Ejimakor, IPOB lawyer *Don’t manhandle him, he’s a freedom fighter, Kanu’s brother tells FG *His arrest not the end of IPOB — IPOB *Ndigbo’ll react if anything untoward happens to him — Mbazulike …

A Nigerian professor sentenced to three years in prison for election fraud has filed an appeal against the court judgement. The professor, Peter Ogban, who is serving his jail term in Ikot Ekpene Correction Centre in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria’s South-south region, has spent about three months so far in the prison. He was sentenced in March by a High Court in …

The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, has announced the dissolution of the executive council of the party in Zamfara State. Mr Buni also declared Governor Bello Matawalle, who defected to the party from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, as the new leader of the party in the state. …

Six inmates at the Enugu Correctional Service on Tuesday bagged different degree certificates from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the six inmates, all male, are currently serving their jail terms with the exception of one who had regained his freedom. Performing the ceremony, the Desk Officer, NOUN Enugu Correction Centre, …

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. …