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A former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has asked Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, to work together for the good of the people of Rivers State. Jonathan called for the truce today, Monday, during the flag-off of the Trans-Kalabari Road in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. He described the political tension in Rivers State as worrisome. The state has been in …

The terrorists, numbering about 50, stormed the Dawaki community in Abuja on Sunday evening. Terrorists, on Sunday, attacked Dawaki, a community near Kubwa in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The terrorists, locally called bandits, numbering about 50, reportedly kidnapped about 20 persons during the attack which reportedly occurred between 7.30 p.m. and 8.30 p.m. A resident of the community told …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has withdrawn its circular to banks and payment service providers to collect and remit the cybersecurity levy proposed in the Cybercrime Prevention and Prohibition Amendment Act of 2024. This was announced in a revised circular dated 17 May, which was released by the CBN on Monday. The circular was signed by Chibuzor Efobi, Director of Payment …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed two applications by the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. In one of the applications, Kanu sought to be granted bail. He also requested to be transferred from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), where he is currently held, to Kuje prison. Ruling on …

The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the October 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza, the court’s prosecutor Karim Khan told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview on Monday. Khan said the ICC’s …

The Benin Monarch, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II has received another tranche of artifacts looted in 1897 by the British soldiers during their invasion of the Benin Kingdom. The artifacts are a wooden coronation stool and another made with bronze,  Oba Ewuare II said the stools were made during the reigns of Oba Esigie and Oba Eresoyen of Benin …

The family of David Ukpo, who was taken to the United Kingdom by the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, for a kidney transplant has cried out as they have not heard from their son David, following the conviction and sentencing of Ekweremadu. The former deputy senate president and his wife, Beatrice, were sentenced on March 23, 2023, at the …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike “over their failure to account for the spending of trillions of FAAC allocations collected by their states and the FCT since 1999.” The suit followed reports that the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed …

Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has sacked all transition committee chairmen across the 21 local government areas of the state. This is contained in a letter titled ‘Expiration of tenure and handover to Heads of Local Government Administrations (HLGAs),’ dated May 17, 2024, and signed by the state Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Collins Nwabunwanne. The …

Academic community of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan has mourned the passing of Prof. Bolanle Olufunke Ayodele Osifo, whose exit took place on April 8, 2024. In a tribute to the late professor, the Provost, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Professor Olayinka Omigbodun said Professor Osifo’s kindness and belief in the potential of others, especially women, were …