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Nnamdi Kanu: Buhari, Osinbajo, Service Chiefs To Meet After Court Judgment
The National Security Council, on Friday, said it was “considering the appropriate action to be taken” on the recent release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. It also backed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, who clarified that Kanu’s release was not equivalent to an acquittal. The Minister of Police...
Osinbajo Leads Prayer For Peace, Security In Nigeria
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday, led some clerics to pray for God to grant Nigeria victory over sponsors and perpetrators of violence in the country. The prayers were offered during the dedication of two Churches in Abuja. The Churches were the All Saints Anglican Church Wuse Zone 5, and the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) City of David Parish,...
NSCDC Arrests American Deportee Over Visa Scam
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested a middle-aged deportee in Ondo State over an alleged visa scam. The state NSCDC Commandant, Oluyemi Ibiloye, while parading the suspect before newsmen on Tuesday in Akure, said the suspect was arrested in Akure after he absconded from Okitipupa, also in Ondo State, where he duped people under the guise...
Wike Urges Youths To Support Tinubu’s Administration To Rescue Nigeria
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has called on Nigerian youths to support the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Wike made the call yesterday while speaking at an event organised by a political pressure group, Folashade Tinubu Solidarity Movement (FOTSOM) in Port Harcourt. The minister, who was represented by the member representing Rivers State in the...
Declare Rape National Crisis, Amnesty International Urge Buhari
International human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has called on the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to declare rape as a national crisis in the country. Amnesty International said on Wednesday that it joined its voice to other civil societies demanding justice over the incident of rape and murder of a 22-year-old student of the University of Benin, Uwavera Omozuwa, as well as...
127,000 PVCs Distributed In 8 Days In Edo State — INEC
The Edo State office of the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) has disclosed that a total of 127,561 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) have been collected in the state in eight days. The Head, Voter Education Department of INEC, Edo office, Timidi Wariowei, disclosed this yesterday in Benin while speaking with Daily Trust on the ongoing collection of PVCs in the...
Gbajabiamila Promises To Give Tinubu Running Mate He’ll Enjoy Working With
Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has promised Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) a running mate he can work with. Gbajabiamila made the promise while responding to...
Imo Guber: They Plan To Make Malfunction, Rig Election – LP Candidate, Achonu
The Labour Party’s (LP) gubernatorial candidate in today’s off-cycle governorship election, Athan Achonu, has alleged a plot to rig the poll. Achonu alleges that there is a plot to ensure that BVAS malfunctions in some polling units across the state. He asserted that the purpose was either to produce a falsified result or to disrupt the voting process in specific...
CAN Weeps Over Rising Cost Of Cooking Gas, Electricity Tariff, Says Nigerians’ Plight Worsened
THE Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, weekend, lamented that the hike in electricity tariff and cooking gas prices will worsen the plight of Nigerians adding that the citizens already have enough on their plate with heightened insecurity. In a communiqué by the General Secretary, CAN, Joseph Daramola, asked security agencies to respond quickly to distress calls from Nigerians and commended...
IPOB Sit-At-Home Order: Obiano Cautions Workers Against Absenteeism, Reveals Implication
The Anambra State Government has said it will not pay August salary to any worker who abstains from duty in obedience to the sit-at-home directives by the Indigenous People of Biafra. IPOB had declared a sit-at-home protest every Monday in the South-East beginning from August 9 to prevail on the Federal Government to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu currently in...
