Makinde working to free Igboho from detention in Benin Republic – Olubadan chief

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde is making efforts to ensure the release of Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, from detention in Cotonou, Benin Republic, according to the Jagun Olubadan and the governor’s elder brother, Chief Muyiwa Makinde. He said: “The love he (Seyi Makinde) had for Sunday Igboho did not […]

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Atiku debunks reported 2023 presidential ambition as memo to PDP sparks speculations

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has debunked his reported ambition to contest the 2023 presidential election. His recent memo to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had sparked speculations about his intention to vie for the party’s presidential ticket in the 2023 general elections. Although Atiku was silent on his purported 2023 […]

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No criminal charges against Sunday Igboho — Lawyer

The stay of Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, in Benin Republic detention is a blessing in disguise, according to one of his lawyers, Mr Olusegun Falola. He spoke during an interview series with feelrightnewsTV. Igboho has spent over one month in detention since he was arrested by the operatives […]

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Jonathan, Osinbajo, Atiku, governors attend Buhari son’s wedding

Buhari’s son, Yusuf and Princess Zahra Ado Bayero. Source: @wraith_studios on Instagram Prominent personalities, some of whom came in their private jets, landed at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport for the wedding of the son of President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari’s son, Yusuf, got married to the daughter of the Emir of Bichi, Zahra Bayero […]

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People dying in wait outside Kabul airport: Report

In this image courtesy of the US Marine Corps, evacuee children wait for the next flight after being manifested at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 19, 2021. Mark ANDRIES / US MARINE CORPS / AFP Bodies of at least three people were seen in the sweltering crush outside Kabul airport, television news footage […]

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APGA has best candidate to govern Anambra – Soludo

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the forthcoming Anambra State governorship poll scheduled for November 6, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has said the state is too sophisticated for a school certificate holder to aspire to govern. He spoke at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, the state capital, on Friday, during the […]

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El-Zakzaky, wife dying, need urgent treatment, IMN writes UN, EU, others

El-Zakzaky and wife, Zeenat Despite the judgment of a Kaduna State High Court which discharged and acquitted them, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zenaat, have been denied their travel documents and cannot travel abroad for medical treatment, the Academy Forum of IMN, has said. The organisation […]

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Repentant insurgents can be prosecuted — Lai Mohammed

Information and Culture minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says contrary to the misleading report attributed to him, repentant insurgents can be prosecuted. He spoke in Washington DC. on Saturday, saying he was misrepresented in the report claiming “the decision of the Federal Government not to prosecute repentant insurgents was in line with global best practice” The […]

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Southern governors, Afenifere, Ohanaeze, PANDEF, others tackle Buhari over grazing sites’ order

From right to left: Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; and his colleagues – Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti)… in Lagos on Monday, July 5, 2021, for Southern governors’ meeting We’ve already passed anti-open grazing laws, say governors Southern state governors, including those of Delta, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa; Benue, Samuel Ortom; Rivers, […]

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New Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, reverses grandfather’s curse, blesses Nigeria

Newly crowned and the 21st Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, on Saturday reversed an ancestral curse placed on Nigeria by his grandfather, Olu Erejuwa II, as a result of alleged injustice meted to him. His words: “As the spiritual, cultural, political, and traditional ruler of this land, I, Ogiame Atuwatse III, the 21st Olu […]

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