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Enugu court jails 67 pro-Biafra agitators

As part of Governor Peter Mbah’s efforts to put an end to sit-at-home protests in the state, 67 Biafra separatists were detained in various Enugu State locations and have since been remanded in prison custody. The State Government allegedly ordered the combined security agencies to put an end to the sit-at-home movement and all Biafra agitations in the state, and five members of the group were also allegedly murdered by these agencies.   According to...

Atiku warns against rubberstamping NASS, criticises Tinubu on subsidy removal

PDP National Assembly members-to-be have been urged to carry out their duties in accordance with the Constitution by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election. Additionally, he urged them to avoid joining the “rubber-stamp legislative arm or those who might want to rule as dictators.” Speaking at a one-day retreat for elected National Assembly members on Saturday at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Bauchi, the former vice president...

APC Crisis: Lukman dares party expulsion for exposing wrongdoings

The All Progressives Congress (APC) crisis may not be over yet as Dr. Salihu Lukman, a member of the National Working Committee (NWC), has stated that no one could stop him from exposing wrongdoings within the party. Lukman, the APC National Vice Chairman for the North West, claimed that Senators Abdullahi Adamu and Iyiola Omisore, the party’s National Chairman and Secretary, had bullied and intimidated him because of his opinion of how the party is...

Makinde, Wike, Ibori agree with Tinubu on fuel subsidy

Yesterday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had a meeting with former governor of Delta State James Ibori, the current governor of Oyo State Seyi Makinde, and the immediate past governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike. At approximately 4:25 in the afternoon, the guests entered the Villa, arriving just a few minutes after Mr. Herbert Wigwe, the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holding Plc, had left the President’s office and vacated the building. It was not made...

Graduate trekking to honour Tinubu arrives APC secretariat

David Nyor, a 30-year-old Benue State University alumnus who travelled four days’ worth of distance from Makurdi to celebrate President Bola Tinubu’s inauguration, has arrived at the APC’s national headquarters. A weary Nyor finally made it to Abuja on Friday night after setting out on May 29, the same day Tinubu was sworn in. Around 2:30 p.m., the coordinator of the Benue Youth Volunteers made his way to the almost empty party secretariat to make...

Kano establishes mobile courts to combat phone theft

The creation of mobile courts has received the approval of Kano State Governor Yusuf Abba in order to ensure prompt prosecution of phone snatchers in the state. His press secretary, Alhaji Bature Tofa, said in a statement that the Special Joint Task Force would work with the mobile courts to try those who had been apprehended. After eight years of darkness due to the lamps being turned off, Yusuf claimed that major streets in the...

Court upholds Ayu’s PDP national chair dismissal

On Friday, a State High Court that was sitting in Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State, confirmed that Iyorchia Ayu had been removed from his position as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. Ayu’s membership in the party was also declared invalid by the judge who was presiding over the case, Maurice Ikpambese.   Ikpambese stated in his verdict that in accordance with article 8(9) of the PDP constitution, Ayu was no...

Kaduna Speaker praises Gbajabiamila’s CoS appointment

Hon. Yusuf Zailani, Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, has praised the choice of Femi Gbajabiamila to serve as President Bola Tinubu’s chief of staff. In a statement released on Friday in Kaduna by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Danfulani, Zailani described the appointment as merit-based and well-deserved given the enviable background of the current Speaker of the House of Representatives in administration, diplomacy, and academia. “I want to commend...

Anti-piracy organisations claim to have taken action against illegal film and television streaming, but statistics show that the practise is on the rise, with 215 billion illegal site visits in 2017. This estimate, which covers 480,000 films and TV shows, comes from the British company MUSO, which claims to have the most complete data on piracy websites.   According to CEO Andy Chatterley, obtaining illegal content is as simple as it has ever been. The...

No more Sit-at-home in Enugu – Mbah declares

The Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has declared an end to sit-at-home orders in the state effective from Monday, June 6, 2023. He stated that such orders were restricting creativity, entrepreneurship, and productivity in the state. The date of implementation of the governor’s order is Monday, June 6, 2023. However, he stated that the government is ready “to engage in dialogue with people who have genuine grievances in order to bring about lasting...