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By Okhide Em’ya David An 11year- old-Boy, Osasu Omoigui, hit by a stray bullet in his genital during #EndSARS protest is asking for compensation of N50 million from the Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of SARS and related abuses. Osasu Omoigui who spoke through her mother, a 61-year petty trader, Stella Omoigui, told the panelists that the …

Donald Trump is the target of unconstitutional “vengeance” and senators should reject his impeachment for inciting insurrection, the former president’s lawyer told the US Senate at the opening of the defense case Friday. “The article of impeachment now before the Senate is an unjust and blatantly unconstitutional act of political vengeance,” attorney Michael van der Veen said. “Like every other …

The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has faulted the statement made by his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, which supports the free movement of herders with AK-47 rifles. Mohammed had yesterday said the herders use the weapons to protect themselves from the dangers in the forest and also from cattle rustlers. Faulting the Governor’s statement, Ortom, in a statement …

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court over his decision to extend the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, Muhammadu Abubakar. In the suit marked as FHC/L/CS/214/2021, the NBA is seeking judicial determination on whether the President has constitutional powers to extend by three months, the tenure …

*Our people now live in fear in the South West *Yoruba monarchs secretly invited me to rescue the region *I can’t be intimidated; I only fear God *Only a Yoruba bastard won’t support my cause *We’re not waging war against Fulani *Report of me fighting Boko Haram without govt support is fake Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known …

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said the Ogun State Police Command ‘lied’ that herdsmen did not trespass on his unfenced compound with their cattle. Soyinka spoke on Thursday on an Arise TV programme monitored by The PUNCH. The PUNCH had reported that herdsmen trespassed on the compound of the respected academic with their cattle despite repeated warnings. The trespassing herdsmen were later arrested …

Alhaji Adamu Abache, Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Ekiti chapter, on Thursday, promised that the association would henceforth expose any member with criminal tendencies to the appropriate authorities in the state. The MACBAN leader gave the promise in Ado Ekiti, during a security meeting, organised by the state chapter of Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) for …

Nigeria has called for more effective engagements in the international community to develop a better understanding on the challenges involved in the attainment of Net Zero emissions as envisaged under The Paris Agreement regarding Climate Change expectations and commitments. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, raised the issue this afternoon while receiving at the Presidential Villa, British Member of Parliament and COP26 …

The outbreak occurred in two backyard poultry farms of multiple species, ostriches, geese, turkeys, layers, and peacocks in Kano state. Avian Influenza, a highly contagious viral infection of birds, has resurfaced in Nigeria, the Director of Veterinary and Pest Control Services in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja, Olaniran Alabi, has revealed. Mr Alabi disclosed this in …

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says he does not believe the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is in charge of the captaincy of the nation. Soyinka spoke on Thursday on an Arise TV programme monitored by The PUNCH. He said if the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces were indeed in charge, the insecurity situation in the country won’t have degenerated …