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FG Set Set To Launch Campaign Against Money Ritual
The Federal Government is set to launch a national sensitization campaign against the growing scourge of money rituals, which has already claimed many lives, especially those of women and girls, in the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced this in Abuja on Monday when he paid a working visit to the corporate headquarters of the Media...
Ngige Reschedules Meeting With ASUU Tuesday
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has scheduled to meet with the leadership of ASUU tomorrow, Tuesday in his office. The meeting is expected to look into modalities that will end the ongoing ASUU strike.
Suspected IPOB, ESN Members Attack Imo Police Station, Kill Two
At least two police officers were on Sunday killed by gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and its Eastern Security Network, ESN during an attack at Isu police division. The attackers were said to have come in their numbers at about 11:30pm with at least two Toyota Sienna Buses, a Toyota Camry Car...
APC Reverses Self, Fixes Date For National Convention
The Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee has just announced that it will conduct the national convention on March 26, 2022. This is contrary to a letter it sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission on the conduct of zonal congresses. The Committee has been in a closed-door meeting since 11am on Monday. The National Secretary of the Party, Dr John...
My Father Rapes Me Every Night, 12-year-old Girl Cries Out
A 12-year-old primary school pupil in Ondo town, Ondo state has narrated how her 45-year-old father, Akinyemi Akinrotoye took advantage of her every night. Consequently, the suspect who is a trader has been arrested by police detectives attached to Enu Owa Police station in Ondo town. ABN TV gathered that one of the victim’s school teachers at Saint Peter’s Primary School...
Bail: Abba Kyari Diabetic, Hypertensive – Lawyer Tells Judge
Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, is a diabetic and hypertensive patient, the suspended cop’s lawyer, Cynthia Ikena, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. The lawyer also prayed the court to release his client on bail but the judge refused the plea, saying the suit contained weighty allegations that would require the...
Ebonyi Assembly Removes Deputy Speaker, Declares His Seat Vacant
Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Monday, declared the seat of the embattled Deputy Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Odefa Obasi Odefa vacant, following his alleged resignation as a member of the House of Assembly. Other members who were said to have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressive Congress, APC, during plenary were Mr Oliver...
We Need To Redirect Thinking Of ‘Yahoo Boys’ For Positive Use, Says Obaseki
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki says internet fraudsters popularly referred to as ‘Yahoo Boys’ must be very brilliant to dupe people and their brilliance can be redirected to a better cause. Th...
Nigeria In Need Of More Rebels, Says Obasanjo
A former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, says Nigeria needs more rebels who would speak the truth to power not minding whose ox is gored. This, he said, was one of the greatest steps towards rebuilding Nigeria. Obasanjo spoke on Saturday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while unveiling the autobiography of the Babanla Adinni of Egbaland, Chief Tayo Sowunmi, titled “Footprints Of A Rebel.” The...
Adebanjo Urges Ndigbo Not To Antagonise Nnamdi Kanu, Says IPOB Leader Their Saviour
The leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has advised Igbo leaders not to antagonise the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The IPOB leader allegedly breached the bail conditions granted him by Justice Binta Nyako before whom he was standing trial in 2017. He was, however, rearrested in Kenya in June 2021...
