Nigerian Army PHOTO: Twitter The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have eliminated 42 Boko Haram insurgents in the past two weeks in the North-East. The DHQ said that 3,858 terrorists including six top commanders and their families surrendered to troops in the theatre of operation. The Director, Defence Media Operations, […]
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Loyalists of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, have said the party’s vice-presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, will not be dropped in spite of criticism over his appointment. Various groups campaigning for the APC’s presidential candidate, in separate interviews, faulted those, who berated the APC and its standard-bearer over the Muslim-Muslim ticket. Those […]
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All Progressives Congress Presidential Standard-bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (left) and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, during Tinubu’s arrival at Abuja Airport …yesterday The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the official unveiling of former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, as the running mate to its presidential candidate Bola Tinubu. Shetima was meant to […]
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Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced Nollywood actor and comedian, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha to 16 years imprisonment over sexual assault. According to Vanguard, Justice Taiwo gave the judgment on Thursday adding that the jail term will run concurrently. Baba Ijesha was convicted for […]
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Another victim of the June 5 terrorist attack on a church in Owo has died in the hospital, according to the Ondo State Government. Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Akure, the state capital after the state council meeting on Wednesday evening. He said the victim passed […]
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The International Monetary Fund has said inflation, debt, and forex crisis are pushing the Nigerian economy and other African economies to the brink. The Managing Director of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, said ministers of finance and central bank governors on the continent disclosed this to her this week. She added that most countries on the […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra has cautioned the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, to cancel her planned visit to the South-East. The proscribed group made the call after it raised the alarm over an alleged plot to assassinate the envoy during her visit. According to IPOB, which claimed it got the information through […]
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A Coalition Of Civil Society, Workers And Human Rights Defenders has called on the Federal Government to release all political detainees across the country including the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The coalition which stated this on Thursday, during the unveiling of its South-East headquarters in Enugu, urged the Federal Government […]
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APC chairman, Abdullahi Adamu The planned defection by 15 All Progressives Congress (APC) senators to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have hit a brick wall. The would be defectors have been warned by the APC that they risk losing their seats if they carry out their threat. The senators themselves fear that the PDP […]
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An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced a 49-year-old man, Ademola Akinola, to death by hanging for shooting his elder brother to death and taking away his motorcycle. Ademola was arraigned in December 2020 for robbing and killing his elder brother, Tunde Akinola. The charge read, “That you, Akinola Ademola, on November […]
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