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Nnamdi Kanu In High Spirit, Optimistic — Ejiofor
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has expressed his excitement and optimism over the performance of his legal team led by Mike Ozekhome, SAN. Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor revealed this in a statement following his routine visit to the IPOB leader at the headquarters of the Department of State Services (DSS), Abuja on Thursday. Recall an appellate...
President Buhari Orders NNPC To Fix East-West Road
The President has ordered the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiaries to ensure that section 4 of the East-West road, spanning from Eleme Roundabout to Onne junction, is fixed without delay through the Tax Credit Scheme. He said that the East-West road project currently handled by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing is the largest infrastructure in Nigeria,and...
Wike Signs Law Allowing Women To Inherit Their Father’s Estate In Rivers State
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Thursday signed into law the Prohibition of the Curtailment of Women's Right to Share in Family Property Law No. 2 of 2022, a piece of legislation which allows women to inherit from their father's assets. Speaking on the law to prohibit the curtailment of women's right to share in family property law, Governor Wike...
Recruitment Crisis: Police Service Commission Chair Resigns
The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Musiliu Smith, has resigned from office, ABN TV reports. The former Inspector-General of Police was said to have tendered his resignation letter dated September 6, 2022, to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), who approved it on September 12. Smith, who retired on health grounds, had been travelling abroad for medical attention in...
Battle Of Conscience Not Won In Court, Seek Dialogue With Nnamdi Kanu, Ikpeazu Tells FG
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has tasked the federal government to sit and discuss with the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and listen to what he is saying about the marginalization of the Igbo in Nigeria, warning that nobody can win a battle of conscience through the courts. The Governor in a chat...
Poor Labour Skills, Not Buhari Responsible For Unemployment — Sen. Kalu
Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has said that the lack of properly trained graduates who don't possess the requisite skills to secure jobs in the competitive labour market has been identified as one of the factors fueling the high unemployment rate in the country. Kalu, also urged Nigerians not to blame President Muhammadu Buhari nor the...
We’re Committed To A Nigeria Of Equity, Justice, Ohanaeze Tells Buhari
The Igbo apex socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Tuesday told President Muhammadu Buhari that the Igbo nation is committed to the Nigerian project and desires a country that provides the Southeast people the platform and opportunities to contribute their utmost best to the growth of Nigeria. The Ohaneze also told the President that Ndigbo both at home and in the...
Appeal Court Reserves Judgment In Nnamdi Kanu’s Suit Challenging Charges Against Him, Adjourns Indefinitely
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday, has reserved judgment on the case against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Human rights Lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), who led the delegation of legal practitioners representing the IPOB leader, urged the court to strike out the remaining charges citing a...
2023 Election: Enenche Tells Nigerians Factors To Consider When Electing Next President
Ahead of the 2023 general election, a former Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major-General (rtd) John Enenche, has told Nigerians the factors to consider before electing the next President that would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. In an open letter on Monday, Enenche urged Nigerians to look out for a leader who has integrity, competence, sound national economic knowledge, local and international...
2023 Election: Same Faith Ticket Has Nothing To Do With Religion – Sheikh Gumi
A Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, says the same faith ticket adopted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) has nothing to do with religion. Gumi enjoined Nigerians to unite and do away with ethno-religious policies that had no benefit for developing Nigerians. Speaking with newsmen at his residence in Kaduna on Monday about the 2023 general elections in the country,...
