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…says I’ve been idle in detention, needs ankle treatment Detained activist and convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore has denied the allegation by the Department of State Service, DSS, that he was sponsored by external forces to topple President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. In a process he filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, Sowore, who was the presidential …

By Femi Adessina Day two in Japan, and it was mainly for exhaling, catching our breath, receiving briefings and preparing for the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7), which holds from August 28-31. The program outline is rich, and holds much for Africa in different spheres like deepening sustainable and resilient society, building peace and stability, agriculture, …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Suspected cult clash has left one dead and another hospitalised at Uhie Community in Ikpoba-Okha local government area of Edo State. The deceased, a middle-aged man clad in black shirt and trousers was hacked to death and his corpse dumped in a bush along Old Road, Uhie Community, last Sunday. Operatives of New Etete Police Division led …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers have killed two policemen attached to the Chief Medical Director of the Irrua Specialist Hospital, Prof. Sylvanus Okogbenin.The gunmen on killing the cops, snatched their AK 47 rifles and abducted the CMD. The two policemen were identified as Sergeants Odion Jonathan Ajibola and Etinosa Erhuegbea, both of Irrua Police Divisional Headquarters.It was …

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group has had nothing to do with President Muhammadu Buhari since he arrived Yokohama, Japan, on Monday. Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora are urged to disregard concocted stories, backed with spurious visuals, of any protest or harassment of the President and his team. It is the stock-in-trade of hate mongers, who …

By Femi Adesina Love in Tokyo is the title of a 1966 film that became a hit at the box office. Since then, when men and women, boys and girls show affection to one another publicly, you often hear “love in Tokyo.” But we only landed in Tokyo, and took a 30 minutes drive to Yokohama, Japan’s second largest city. …

In actualisation of its determination to weed out unqualified graduates from its mobilisation process and ensure more credibility, the National Youth Service Corps has uncovered six persons who attempted to register with fake certificates during registration in its Orientation Camps. Three of the culprits who were apprehended in Taraba State Orientation Camp claimed to have graduated from Istop University, Cotonou …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and US President Donald Trump speak during a bilateral meeting on the third day of the annual G7 Summit in Biarritz, south-west France, August 26, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that the G7 group had made a “big step forward” in talks with Iran at a summit in southwestern France. “It’s …

The Presidency has denied several stories and visuals circulating in the social media about the purported harassment of President Muhammadu Buhari by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in Japan. It said on Monday that Buhari had had nothing to do with IPOB since arriving in Yokohama, Japan. The President had jetted out of the country on Sunday …

The immediate-past Minister of Communication, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, said he was shocked when his name was not included on the ministerial list. Shittu, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said although he did not expect that he would not be reappointed, as a Muslim, he took it as his fate. The ex-minister said, …