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The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday dismissed rumours of a coup plot and urged Nigerians not to panic, as there was no such attempt. The Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, allayed the fear at a news conference attended by Spokesman of the army, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman and a representative of the Navy spokesman. It would be recalled that the Chief …

Eminent businessman and politician, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, on Wednesday said that the Igbo do not want to secede from Nigeria. Speaking as a special guest of honour at a National Unity summit organised by Arewa Ambassadors Congress of Nigeria in partnership with Youth Assembly of Nigeria, Iwuanyanwu said that the people of the South East zone would fight anybody who wanted …

The Government of the United Kingdom on Wednesday deported 35 Nigerians for committing immigration-related offences in the country. The deportees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos at about 5.50 a.m. The deportees, comprising 30 males and five females, were brought back aboard a chartered Titanic Airways aircraft with registration Number: G-POWO. The spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police …

The man who murdered 22 people and injured 59 others has been named as Salman Ramadan Abedi, a Mancunian of Libyan descent. Police confirmed the 22-year-old’s identity after officials in the United States passed it to news reporters, apparently against the wishes of the British police and security services. Abedi was known to the security services but was not part …

Soldiers are being sent on to Britain’s streets to help the police and a second terror attack may be imminent following the Manchester concert bombing, Theresa May has said. The prime minister raised the threat level from severe to critical for the first time since July 2007, meaning “not only that an attack remains highly likely but a further attack …

Uyo, Nigeria – Nigerian authorities’ demolition of the office of radio Breeze 99.9 FM is a shocking affront to press freedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Tuesday. State authorities in Nassarawa, roughly 200 kilometers (124 miles) east of the capital Abuja, on May 20 demolished the radio station’s office and transmitter while police shot in the air to …

The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, would be the Special Guest of Honour at the launch of the I AM A NIGERIAN campaign, on May 25, 2017 at the Abuja NICON Luxury Hotel, the organisers of the event have said. The Coordinator of Project One organisation, Mrs. Bisayo Busari-Akinadeju, said in a statement issued on Tuesday that other distinguished Nigerians …

The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said the presidential system of government being practised in the country cannot solve the numerous challenges the nation is facing. The governor said this in Osogbo on Tuesday while the Majority Leader, House of Representatives , Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, also toed the same line. The duo spoke during a special sitting of …

Former Vice President and a chieftain of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Atiku Abubakar, has suggested the use of the nation’s six geo-political zones as federating units rather than the current 36-state structure, many of which he declared unviable. “We must be open to changing the nature of the federating units, such as using the existing geo-political zones as federating …

Stern warning against a military coup came, yesterday, from leading All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who warned those contemplating the derailment of the country’s democracy to perish the thought. Tinubu spoke in Lagos just as the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yusuf Lasun, echoed the same sentiments, warning the populace that the worst civilian regime …