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The leadership of the new pro Biafra group, the Reformed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has named a new leader for the organization and listed eminent personalities who are expected to dialogue with the Nigerian government over the agitation for an independent state of Biafra. In a statement signed by its National Director of Publicity, Ikemba Biafra, RE-IPOB described the …

Federal Government’s reform of the criminal justice system barring the police from prosecuting criminal cases in the country, Lawyers in Lagos have given a groundswell of support and delight with the development. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, had on Aug. 25 stripped the police of power to prosecute criminal cases. The …

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, has submitted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission an email correspondence between him and a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih. Falae tendered the email as an evidence in the probe linking him to N100m election funds It was learnt …

The Niger Delta Avengers on Sunday said it was ready for negotiations with the Federal Government. The group said this in a statement on its website by its spokesman, Mudoch Agbinibo, titled, ‘The NDA is ready when Nigerian government is ready.’ It, however, rejected the nomination of Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka; a former Abia State governor, Mr. Orji Kalu; …

The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party has called an emergency meeting where the crisis rocking the party will be discussed. It was gathered that the meeting might be stormy and that far-reaching decisions might be taken on how to reposition the troubled party. The meeting, which holds in Abuja on Monday (today), is to be presided over …

Thousands of Lagos and Ogun residents have been displaced and property estimated at billions of naira destroyed after downpours on Saturday and Sunday left many streets and homes flooded. We learnt that many Christians could not hold their Sunday service as their churches were flooded. A heavy windstorm in Tundun Yan-Dogo village of Dange-Shuni Local Government Area of Sokoto on …

Almost two months after the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, ordered the withdrawal of police protection for individuals, it was learnt that many politicians and VIPs still enjoy the privilege. As state police commands insist they are complying with the directives, our correspondents noticed that many individuals, including musicians and other entertainment celebrities, who had hitherto enjoyed the …

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says the state is the most secured in the South-South region and this is largely due to the efforts of the security agencies who work tirelessly to keep the state safe. Speaking Friday during a courtesy visit to him by the Commandant, Nigerian Army School of Supply and Transport, Benin City, Brig-General Nnamdi Anene, …

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Mohammadu Sanusi, says the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration may end up like the immediate past President Jonathan’s administration if it fails to retrace its steps on some policies. Buhari had defeated Jonathan at the 2015 presidential poll in what was described as a total rejection of the Jonathan-led administration by Nigerians. Sanusi, who was the …

The Central Bank of Nigeria is in the process of stopping issuers of dud cheques (returned cheques) from opening current account, the Deputy Director, Banking Supervision, CBN, Mr. Stephen Nwadiuko, has said. He said the CBN was working on the credit bureaus in the country to build a data base that would reveal bank customers who issued dud cheques three …