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The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government for labelling his group as a terrorist organisation. In the suit marked E/20/2023, and filed by Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, the IPOB leader is seeking an order that self-determination is not a crime and … [Read more…]
Hoodlums have burnt down the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in Enugu South Local Government Area, LGA, Enugu State. Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday night when the arsonists stormed the INEC office situated at Amechi Awkunanaw in Enugu South LGA. The gunmen also shot and killed one of the security men … [Read more…]
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, said two victims of the Igueben train station kidnapping incident are still in captivity. He said this yesterday, when he paid a visit to 12 of the abductees who were rescued. Addressing newsmen in Benin, shortly after visiting the rescued victims at the Police Cottage Hospital, where they … [Read more…]
The effective monitoring of the general election commencing on February 25, 2023, is being threatened by the imminent retirement of over 300 senior police officers. The president and national assembly elections are slated for February 25, while governorship and state assembly elections will hold on March 11, 2023. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is … [Read more…]
…Trial Begins January 31 The daughter of a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Sonia, has pleaded not guilty to the organ harvesting charges levelled against her in the United Kingdom. She also denied trafficking a young man, David Nwamini, into the United Kingdom to harvest his kidney. Sonia, 25, is charged alongside her … [Read more…]
Popular Nigerian comic actor, Femi Ogunrombi famed for his role as Papa Ajasco is dead. The thespian was famed for playing the lead role in the sitcom, Papa Ajasco. His death was announced by an industry insider and lecturer, Husseini Shaibu, via his Twitter handle on Sunday. He tweeted, “I have just been reliably informed … [Read more…]
Daberechukwu Egbo & Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu In line with the continued resolve of his administration to maintain the safety of lives and properties of his people, the Executive Governor of Enugu State, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, CON, has donated not less than 1,800 Fire Ball Extinguishers worth millions of naira, for distribution … [Read more…]
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says deficit budget in itself is not bad, if well deployed. He also said the petrol subsidy regime in Nigeria must go, as it has overstayed. Mr Tinubu stated these while making a presentation to the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) on Friday in … [Read more…]
Barring any change in plan, the sale of forms for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will commence today. The UTME is an assessment examination conducted annually by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for candidates who desire to secure admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The sale of forms, according to JAMB, … [Read more…]
The Supreme Court has dethroned Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V, the Obong of Calabar. In a judgement delivered by Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba, the Supreme Court ordered the kingmakers and Traditional Rulers’ Council to immediately convoke a fresh selection process to produce another Obong of Calabar. The court held that the fresh selection should … [Read more…]
A jury in the UK on Friday cleared Manchester City and France footballer Benjamin Mendy of six counts of rape and one of sexual assault against four women, following a six-month trial. The seven men and four women on the panel failed to reach verdicts on a seventh charge of rape and one of attempted … [Read more…]
Japanese prosecutors formally charged the suspect in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with murder, sending him to stand trial, a court said Friday. Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested immediately after allegedly shooting Abe with a homemade gun as the former leader was making a campaign speech in July outside a train station in … [Read more…]