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Northern Youths Carpet Obasanjo, Says Ex-President Lacks Moral Right To Criticise Buhari
Northern youths under the auspices of Northern Youth Assembly (NYA) says former President Olusegun Obasanjo lacks the moral ground to criticise President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo had, at a retreat in Abuja on Monday, said Buhari had done the best he could and that expecting him to do anything more is akin to beating a dead horse. But in a statement, the...
We’ve Never Denied Nnamdi Kanu His Rights, We Allow Him Change His Clothes — DSS
The Department of State Security Service on Tuesday said the allegation that it is denying the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB Mazi Nnamdi Kanu his fundamental rights is untrue. The Spokesman for the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, who addressed a world press conference on behalf of the Director-General of the agency, Alhaji Yusuf Magaji Bichi said throughout...
After Sack Of Nanono, Mamman Buhari Seeks Confirmation Of Muazu Sambo As Minister
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking the confirmation of a ministerial nominee, Mister Muazu Sambo from Taraba State. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, read Buhari’s letter at the upper chamber during plenary on Tuesday morning. The ministerial nominee may be replacing the ministers of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono, and Power, Saleh Mamman that were sacked in September. President Buhari also asked...
Senators, Reps Only Get N17bn As Running Cost Each Year — Lawan
Members of the National Assembly receive N17bn annually as running costs. This covers the costs of their local/international travel, consultancy services, medical services, office stationery/computers, consumables, books, newspapers, magazines, maintenance of motor vehicles and office equipment, among others. Senate President Ahmad Lawan disclosed this in Abuja Monday at a ‘Distinguished Parliamentarians’ Lecture Series’ facilitated by the National Institute for Legislative and...
My Blood Taken More Than 21 Times, Nnamdi Decries As He Sues DSS
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Monday, dragged the Department of State Service, DSS, before the Federal High Court in Abuja, accusing it of grossly violating his fundamental human rights. Kanu, in the suit he filed through one of his lawyers, Mr. Maxwell Opara, alleged that a doctor engaged by the security agency,...
Nigeria’s Fall Among Top Investment Destinations Caused By Insecurity — Minister
The Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Mr. Niyi Adebayo, on Thursday, said Nigeria’s slip in a ranking of top investment destinations in Africa was due to insecurity. President Muhammadu Buhari, while speaking at the Expo 2020 Dubai trade and investment forum in UAE, had boasted that Nigeria was Africa’s most attractive investment destination. But a report by Rand Merchant Bank...
Many Escape Death As Abia Court Building Collapses 20 Minutes After Sitting
Tragedy was averted in Aba the commercial capital of Abia State when a court building suddenly collapsed about twenty minutes after its sitting. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon at High Court Four Aba presided over by Justice Clinton Okoroafor. According to eyewitness accounts, the roof of the courtroom suddenly caved in while some people at the scene including lawyers, litigants and...
After Their Declaration As Terrorists, I No Longer Associate With Bandits, Says Gunmi
Renown Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said he no longer had anything to do with bandits, following their declaration as terrorists by the court. Recall that on November 25, a Federal High Court in Abuja had declared the activities of all bandit groups in the country as acts of terrorism. Gumi is known for demanding amnesty for bandits who are...
Abia APC Factional Chairman-Elect, Enyinnaya Harbour Reportedly Dead
Less than 24 hours after state High Court sitting in Ukwa, Aba Abia State ordered him to stop parading himself as The factional chairman-elect of All Progressives Congress, APC in Abia state, Hon. Enyinnaya Harbour is reportedly dead. He was said to have passed on in the early hours of Thursday at University of Nigerian Teaching Hospital, Enugu. His death is...
Nnamdi Kanu’s Foreign Lawyers Seek UK Ministers Intervention Over IPOB Leader’s Ordeals
Nnamdi Kanu's foreign counsel, Bindmans LLP said it has been instructed by the family of the IPOB leader to raise urgent concerns with UK ministers about the separatist’s detention “in conditions which amount to torture”, ABN TV reports. The London law firm on Thursday said it has also outlined a series of options for diplomatic and international legal action against...
