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*Accuses Buhari of fast-tracking Nigeria’s disintegration *Says any tribe plotting to attack Igbo’ll ‘ve to prepare well The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has given a 48-hour ultimatum to every Fulani with AK-47 to leave the South-East or be treated like “bush meat”. The ultimatum is coming on the heels of the revelation that over …

Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal late yesterday affirmed the victory of Godwin Obaseki in the September 19, 2020, governorship poll in the state by dismissing all four petitions filed against him and his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Justice Yunusa Musa-led a three-man tribunal while‎ delivering judgment on the petitions unanimously dismissed all the petitions for lack of …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Tuesday embark on a medical trip to London. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement titled “President Buhari billed for a routine medical check-up in London.” Adesina said Buhari was expected back in the country in the second week of April …

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has lamented the way the police treat some cases involving some suspected criminals who are Fulani. The monarch said some Fulani persons who were arrested for kidnapping and handed over to the police were released in controversial circumstances. Alaafin said this in Oyo on Monday when the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abduraheed Akanbi, …

Officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 are expected to arrive Benin City, the Edo State capital on Monday, March 29th 2021, ahead of the commencement of the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged Edo 2020 to monitor compliance with COVID-19 guidelines. In a statement, Chairman, Local Organising Committee and Edo State …

Edo State Polytechnic, Usen, has approached the Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) for a campus radio license to facilitate the smooth take off of the institution’s radio station. Rector of the institution, Prof. Abiodun Falodun, who led a delegation of the management of the institution to the Zonal office of the NBC in Benin City, noted that the move is in …

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has vowed to resign his appointment should he be asked to act against his conscience or in violation of rule of law. An EFCC’s statement shared via the commission’s twitter handle on Saturday stated that Mr Bawa spoke on Friday, while featuring on a Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) special interview …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has spent eight months in the country without embarking on a foreign trip, the longest since his regime began almost six years ago on May 29, 2015. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic plays a key role in limiting the President’s international travels as the highly infectious disease has claimed over 2.7 million lives across …

Nigeria’s national development plans must among other things, promote economic diversification in order to bring about a society and economy that work for all especially the poor and vulnerable, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said. According to the Vice President, such plans must be modern, ambitious, realistic, flexible enough to absorb shocks and adapt to swiftly changing national and international …

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said that the Buhari administration is accelerating interventions, especially those under its Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), leveraging the innovative capacity of Fintechs. The areas of acceleration, according to him include, programmes on renewable energy, agriculture, improving access to credit and direct cash transfers, among others. Prof. Osinbajo (SAN), stated this Friday at the …