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We Want Our 44 Years Unpaid Pension, Civil War Soldiers Protest In Ibadan
About 200 ex-military men who fought on the side of the Nigerian Government during the Nigeria-Biafran War, on Wednesday, staged a protest to register their anger over the non-payment of their pensions in the past 44 years. The aged men and women, ar...
Conference Of Speakers Focused On Debt Forgiveness In Africa — Gbajabiamila
Conference of Speakers and Heads of African Parliaments (CoSAP)on Tuesday agreed to pursue debt forgiveness for the continent from creditor-nations. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this in Abuja while briefing re...
I’ll Never Listen To Those Urging Me To Join Presidential Race — INEC Chairman, Yakubu
National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has dismissed reports and calls urging him to join the 2023 presidential election as preposterous, saying he would never do so. Professor Yakubu as ch...
Emefiele Finally Breaks Silence On Presidential Ambition
The Governor of the Central Bank, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has said that he would make a decision on the 2023 presidency in a few days. He said this in a series of tweets on Saturday. The CBN governor had come under heavy criticism over the All Progressiv...
Hold Ohanaeze Ndigbo Responsible For Delaying Negotiations For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release — Umahi
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has accused the Igbo socio-cultural body, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, of delaying discussions with the Federal Government over Nnamdi Kanu’s release. The governor made the claim on Friday when he featured on Channels Te...
Wait For Court To Decide On Nnamdi Kanu, Buhari Tells South East Leaders
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday reiterated that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, must defend himself in court. The president said this while responding to appeals for the release of the detained IPOB leader by Sout...
Buhari Has Agreed To Political Solution Over IPOB Agitation — Umahi
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State says President Muhammadu Buhari has agreed to a political solution to the threat the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) pose to the South East region in particular and the nation in general. He said this w...
Magu Bows Out From Police Today As Controversy Rages Over His Promotion
A former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, will today retire from the Nigeria Police Force after clocking the mandatory retirement age of 60 years. This is coming amid the controversy on his elevati...
Chief Mbazuluike Amaechi Begs Arm Groups Not To Embark On Sit-At-Home Over Buhari’s Visit To Ebonyi
Elder statesman, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, has appealed to armed groups to withdraw the sit-at-home purportedly ordered on May 5 and 6 in the South-East over the planned two-day visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Ebonyi state. Recall that Governor ...
Ganduje Grants Pardon To 90 Prisoners In Kano, Says More Inmates Will Be Freed
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has pardoned 90 inmates across correctional centres in the state. The governor granted the prisoners pardon when he paid a Sallah visit to the Goron Dutse Correctional Centre, Kano, on Monday, alongsid...
