Troops of Operation Hadin have overrun strongholds of Boko Haram and ISWAP in the dreaded Sambisa forest without resistance. Spokesman of Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major General Benard Onyeuko who made the disclosure yesterday, noted that heavy arms and ammunitions belonging to the terrorists were recovered. According to General Onyeuko, about 9.00am on March 24, […]
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By Etim Etim I have read many articles and commentaries suggesting that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo should drop his presidential ambition in deference to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. They argue that since it was Tinubu that gave Osinbajo his first political appointment as far back as 1999, an Osinbajo challenge will be tantamount to ”biting […]
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The Supreme Court yesterday in Abuja upheld the de-registration of 22 political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The parties were among the 74 scrapped in 2020 by INEC following their dismal performances in the previous elections. Delivering judgment in an appeal instituted by INEC against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, […]
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• Zangon Kataf Leaders Accuse El-Rufai, Aide Of Instigating Violence •Govt Relaxes Curfew In Kaura, Jema’a LGAs In a fresh attack on Kaduna State yesterday, about 50 people were allegedly killed while an unspecified number of persons were abducted when terrorists invaded nine communities in Giwa local council of the state. ‘The police spokesperson in […]
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Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, dismissed a suit filed by the Attorneys General of the 36 states of the federation against the Federal Government over plans to deduct from states’ funds to settle debts owed consultants engaged by the states and local councils in relation to the Paris […]
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APC Caretaker Committee Chairman Mai Mala Buni and President Muhammadu Buhari • How Party Forced Aspirants To Accept Consensus Candidates • May Alter Sections Of Constitution To Suit Electoral Act • Crisis In Some State Chapters Still Unresolved • Police Beef Up Security, Divert Traffic Around Eagle Square • PDP Asks Court To Void Convention […]
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Numerous fans and friends of music icon, Chief Olasupo Remilekun Fabiyi popularly known as Ebenezer Obey, and fondly called Baba Miliki or Baba Commander, spread across the globe, in collaboration with the entertainment industry and his family are planning big to celebrate one of Nigeria’s greatest musicians and music legends, as he warms up to […]
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A 36-year-old US-based Nigerian, Olufolajimi Abegunde, who is currently serving a 78-month prison term in Tennessee, on Friday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in what he described as his unfair imprisonment, insisting that he was a victim of racism. Abegunde was arrested on February 7, 2018 and jailed by Sherly Lipman. He was […]
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Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has ordered all public servants and political office holders in the state to start reporting at their places of work every Monday or face serious sanctions. According to a statement by the Head of Service, Mr Theodora Igwegbe, in Awka on Friday, Soludo directed public servants to report to […]
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The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the final forfeiture of “a vacant plot of land” in the Lekki area of Lagos said to be linked to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. Justice Akintayo Aluko ordered the property permanently forfeited to the Federal Government following an application to that […]
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