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Ozekhome Heads For Supreme Court, Seeks Nnamdi Kanu’s Freedom
Lead counsel for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, Chief Mike Ozekhome, on Friday filed an appeal before the Supreme Court, seeking the intervention of the apex court to set aside the order staying the execution of Kanu’s release. Ozekhome argued that the Federal Government had failed to act on the decision of the Court...
FG, Firm Seal $400m Deal To Strengthen Nigeria’s Steel Production
The Federal Ministry of Steel Development, and Stellar Steel Company Limited, yesterday, signed a Joint Strategic Cooperation Declaration of $400 million to construct a modern Steel Plant in Ewekoro, Ogun State. This was made known in a statement issued by the Ministry, explaining that the project will be developed in three phases, with the first phase expected to begin production...
Nnamdi Kanu Announces Fresh Measure To Replace Sit-At-Home
Barely one week after the leader of the Indegenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Nnamdi Kanu, disowned Finland based Simon Ekpa, the man behind sit-at-home in the South-East, Kanu, yesterday, directed his followers to dedicate every Monday as ‘Economic Empowerment Day’ (EEP) rather than sit at home. Kanu, also in his handwritten letter to Ekpa, one and a half weeks ago,...
Nigerian Army Troops Discover, Destroy ISWAP Bread Factory
Troops of Operation Lake Sanity III, Operation Hadin Kai, have discovered ISWAP terrorists Bread producing factory in Maisani, Timbuktu Triangle in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. A counter-terrorism expert, Zagazola Makama, said intelligence sources told him that the discovery was made by the Combined troops of 199 Special Forces Battalion in conjunction with Hybrid Forces and Civilian JTF...
Court Grants N50m Bail To Senator Natasha, Sets Trial For September 23
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting in Maitama, has granted bail to the suspended senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, in the sum of N50 million. In a ruling delivered by Justice Chizoba Orji, the court dismissed the federal government’s application seeking to have the defendant remanded in prison custody pending the outcome of her trial...
Gov. Okpebholo Appoints Dr. Loretta Ogboro-Okor as DG, Edo Diaspora Agency
By Ogochukwu Isioma The Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has approved the appointment of Dr. Loretta Oduware Ogboro-Okor as the Director-General of the Edo State Diaspora Agency (ESDA). The appointment was confirmed in a letter addressed to the new appointee and signed by Umar Musa Ikhilor, Esq., Secretary to the State Government, dated March 10, 2025. Ogboro-Okor is a United...
WAEC Releases Revised 2025 WASSCE Results, Apologises For Grading Error
The West African Examinations Council, Nigeria, has released reviewed results for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, for school candidates, following the discovery of grading discrepancies that significantly affected candidates’ performance statistics. In a press briefing on Friday, at the council’s national office in Yaba, Lagos, the Head of WAEC Nigeria, Dr. Amos Dangut, admitted to a serious...
Dismiss Suit Against FG On Old Naira Deadline, AGF Tells Supreme Court
The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a suit filed by three northern state governments challenging the February 10 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria to end the legal tender status of the old naira notes. The Federal Government argued that the Supreme Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit in...
FG Has Spent N157bn To Fund Second Niger Bridge So Far, Says Minister Of Finance
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has disclosed that the federal government has so far released N157bn for the Second Niger Bridge project. The minister disclosed this while on an inspection of the site along with the Chairman, Board of Directors of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Mr Farouk Gumel, and the NSIA Managing...
Lassa Fever Death Toll In Nigeria Hits 118 In First Quarter Of 2025
According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention , 3,465 suspected Lassa fever cases were reported in 33 states and 91 local government areas between January and March. The nation’s disease control and prevention agency, in a statement on Sunday by its head of corporate communication, Sani Datti, said sadly, “Out of the above figure, 645 cases were confirmed,...
