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By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Gunmen suspected to be Kidnappers on Monday kidnapped two teachers at Obi Camp Primary School, Avbiosi Community in Owan West local government area of Edo State. The armed men were said to have stormed the school about 10:30am and ordered six teachers in the school to follow them amid heavy sporadic shooting. It was gathered that three …

Nigeria’s Federal Government will continue to implement game-changing infrastructure projects around the country to connect the nation’s economic zones and drive economic development, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. The Vice President further noted that most of the signature projects of the administration, including the Lagos-Kano Rail, Mambilla Hydro Plant, Second Niger Bridge, amongst others would be completed during the …

A former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has assured the new governor-elect of the state, Senator Hope Uzodinma, of his “unflinching support”. The PUNCH reports that the Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Uzodinma as the duly elected governor of the state. Okorocha in a statement issued by his media aide, Sam Onwuemeodo, shortly after the apex court pronounced Uzodinma …

The leader of the Yoruba World Congress, Prof Banji Akintoye, has said Yoruba people will challenge the declaration of Amotekun as illegal by the Federal Government in court. Akintoye, who is a renowned historian said in an interview with one of our correspondents that his group would wait until today to hear the position the South-West governors would take on …

The Nigerian government has declared a regional security outfit, Amotekun, formed by states in the South-west geopolitical zone as illegal. Governors in the region announced the formation of the regional paramilitary outfit last week to complement the work of the police. Policing is a federal duty under the exclusive list of the Nigerian constitution. A launch of the outfit was held …

Hope Uzodinma in, Emeka Ihedioha out in Imo The Supreme Court on Monday nullified the election of Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the governor of Imo State. The apex court declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the March 9 governorship election in the state. In the unanimous judgment of …

Several people have been arrested in Iran in connection with last week’s shooting down of a Ukraine International Airlines flight with 176 people on board. “We conducted intensive investigations and several people were arrested in connection,’’ said Justice Ministry spokesperson, Gholam-Hussein Ismaili, according to the Isna news agency. He did not say which divisions or organisations employed those arrested. He …

A former Nigerian military ruler, Ibrahim Babangida, has criticised the recent setting up of the South-west regional security initiative, Amotekun, saying it is not sustainable. Mr Babangida also dismissed the current government’s claim of curbing the insurgency in the North-east. Amotekun was set up by the South-west governors to combat the security menace in the region. ‘Not sustainable’ Mr Babangida commended …

The staff and management of Nigeria’s Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) between 2016 and 2017 helped themselves with several ‘irregular’ and unapproved allowances totalling N6.8 billion, a recently released audit report has revealed. These infractions were recorded during the reign of Usman Yusuf, the controversially sacked NHIS Executive Secretary, according to the 2017 Annual Audit from the Office of the Auditor-General of the …

My Biafra War Story 50 Years on Professor Pat Utomi describes the genocide as only second to the holocaust. And this happened on our shores. As JP Clark aptly put it in his poem, The casualties, the casualties were not only those who died. Many of us were. Millions were killed. Pregnant women were decapitated. Innocent civilians mowed down. I …