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Igboho Talks Tough, Says Those Who Attacked IPOB’s Lawyer’s Home Won’t Be Spared
Yoruba activist and Oduduwa republic frontline campaigner, Chief Adeyemo Sunday also known as Sunday Igboho has condemned in strong terms attacks on IPOB’s lawyer, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor warning security agencies to release his arrested assistants who were allegedly taken into custody when Ejiofor’s home was raided in early June. Sunday Igboho in a press statement made available through his press...
Senate President, Akpabio To Deliver OAU’s 49th Convocation Lecture
The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio will deliver the 49th convocation lecture of the Obafemi Awolowo University OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State. Speaking with newsmen ahead of the convocation ceremony the Senate building on Thursday, the University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Simeon Bamire, disclosed that two-term governor of Akwa Ibom State is renowned for scholarship and statesmanship. He disclosed that a total of 6,454...
US Reveals Why Helicopter Carrying Herbert Wigwe, Wife, Others Crashed
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the United State has released a preliminary report on the Airbus Helicopter EC130B4 crash which claimed the lives of the Group Managing Director of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, and five others. This was coming about two weeks after the crash which occurred near Nipton, California around 10 p.m local time. According to the report...
Rivers Elders Begs Tinubu To Intervene In Wike’s Alleged Threat
The Rivers Elders have called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in Wike's threat to "put fire" in some states for supporting Governor Fubara. The elders, in a letter captioned ‘Nyesom Wike’s invocation of violence against some states in Nigeria’ and signed by Rufus Ada George, former governor of Rivers State and chairman, Rivers Elders and Leadership Forum, described the...
Why You Should Debate With Chimamanda Not Datti, Atiku’s Aide Advises Soyinka
There is an interesting twist to the debate challenge by Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, as Daniel Bwala, a spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, asked the former to face his colleague, Chimamanda Adichie, rather than Labour Party (LP) Vice Presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed. Soyinka became a social media sensation after challenging Datti to an open...
Enugu Yet To Benefit From 13% Oil Revenue Allocation — Gov Mbah
Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah has urged the federal government to include the state in the disbursement of the 13% oil revenue derivation, citing the Derivation Principle as enshrined in the amended 1999 Constitution. Governor Mbah made the call on Wednesday when he hosted members of the Indices and Disbursement Committee from the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC)...
Kidnapping: FG To Rehabilitate Four Rescued Abuja Girls
The Federal Government is committed to providing comprehensive rehabilitation for the four girls rescued from the Al-Kadriyar family after enduring two weeks in the kidnappers’ den. Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs, made this known on Monday after a visit to the rescued girls at a facility where they are undergoing medical treatment. “The ministry will closely monitor their recovery...
WAEC Conducts Trial Computer-based Essay Test In Preparation For 2026 Exams
The West African Examinations Council has conducted a trial test on essay writing ahead of the Computer-Based WASSCE for School Candidates in 2026. The exercise, led by the Head of WAEC’s Nigeria National Office, Dr Amos Dangut, took place on Thursday at the WAEC Training and Testing Centre, Ogba, Lagos. Senior secondary school students participated in the trial, designed to familiarise...
BREAKING: ASEPA launches house-to-house waste collection in Umuahia
Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) has launched a new house-to-house waste collection program in Umuahia as part of its efforts to further improve sanitation within the capital city. Speaking during the launch, Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Ude Oko Chukwu, PhD, expressed the determination of government to ensure that...
Republic Of Biafra Has Come To Stay – Cleric
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and Biafra Independence Movement (BIM) have jointly called on all the people of South-South, part of Benue and Kogi states to join the South-East in the struggle for the actualization of the Republic of Biafra. In a statement signed by the Chief Minister of State and Director of...
