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Nnamdi Kanu: Obey Court Order Now, Edwin Clark Tells Buhari
Elder statesman, Edwin Clark on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to obey the ruling of the Court of Appeal discharging Nnamdi Kanu for terrorism charges. The Court had on Thursday faulted the Federal Government for the manner in which it extradited Kanu, saying it flouted human rights norms. However, the Federal Government has argued that the court only discharged but did...
Kogi State Assembly Summons BUA Over Unpaid 50,000-Hectare Land
Kogi House of Assembly on Monday, summoned cement manufacturing firm, BUA Group, over a 50,000-hectare land it acquired 10 years ago but had yet to pay for it. The lawmakers gave the summon at a public hearing of one of its ad-hoc committees held at a hotel in Lokoja since its complex was gutted by fire last Monday. Deputy Speaker of...
NNPP Candidate Donates Relief Materials To Flood Victims In Delta
Delta South senatorial candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party, Commodore Omatseye Nesiama (retd.), on Monday visited flood victims at Igbide and Ofagbe communities in Isoko South and Isoko North local government areas of the state and donated some relief materials to cushion the effects on them. Items donated to the victims by the visiting senatorial candidate included tubers of...
Sen. Kalu Receives Dr. Umeonyirioha, First Igbo Language Lecturer In Oxford University
Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu on Monday played host to the first Igbo language lecturer in the University of Oxford in England, Mazi Emmanuel Ikechukwu Umeonyirioha. ABN TV reports that Umeonyirioha broke the internet earlier in the year when he announced in a post via his Twitter handle about his induction as first Igbo Language lecturer...
FENRAD Urges FG To Obey Court Judgment On Nnamdi Kanu
Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development, FENRAD a pro-democracy and Human Rights advocacy group has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to immediately obey the order of the appeal court which discharged and acquitted the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB Mazi Nnamdi of terrorism and treasonable felony among other charges. In a statement on...
Gov. Ayade Kicks Off 2022 Carnival Calabar
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River kicked off the first dry run for the 2022 Carnival Calabar, on Sunday, with the theme ‘Agro-Industrialisation’. The event marked the return of the Carnival since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. Speaking about the theme, Ayade said it was carefully chosen to send a message to the global community that Africans can depend on...
I Never Received Private Jet From Gen. T.Y Danjuma For My Campaign — Peter Obi
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has denied receiving a private jet donation for his campaign from former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd). Reacting to speculations that Gen. Danjuma donated a Challenger 605 Bombardier jet for his campaign, Obi said on his verified twitter handle that he has never received such an offer and that...
Abia Speaker Emerges Best Speaker In South East Nigeria
The Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly and the PDP flagbearer for Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency at the forthcoming general elections, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji MNSE has emerged the "Best Speaker in South East". The Abia Speaker was conferred with the Award of Excellence earlier today by the Correspondents' Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Enugu Chapter...
Ekiti New Governor, Oyebanji Sworn In
Mr. Biodun Oyebanji has been sworn in as the fifth democratically elected Governor of Ekiti State. Oyebanji succeeded Kayode Fayemi, who served as the chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum. Oyebanji was sworn with his Deputy Chief Monisade Afuye, at the Ekiti Parapo Pavillon, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. The ceremony was performed by Ekiti Chief Judge, Justice Oyewole Adeyeye. Oyebanji took the oath...
Ooni Of Ife Marries 4th Wife, Ashley Adegoke (PHOTOS)
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, on Friday, married another wife, Princess Ashley Adegoke, ABN TV learnt. The wedding was held at the bride's family house situated on Olubose Street, along Ede road, IIe-Ife. Olori Ashley is one of the women the first class monarch has married in recent days.
