There are indications that the leaders of self-determination groups, Nnamdi Kanu of the Indigenous People of Biafra, and Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, of the Yoruba Nation, are ready for discussions with the Federal Government. Counsel for the Yoruba Nation and IPOB leaders, Yomi Aliyu, SAN, and Alloy Ejimakor, disclosed this in separate interviews on […]
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Cubana and Kyari at the funeral A heavily armed group, identified as “The Angry Vipers”, has threatened to attack Anambra-born businessman and socialite, Obi Cubana, due to the presence of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, at his mother’s burial. The burial, which held at Oba, Anambra State in July 2021, was a lavish display […]
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Nigeria has lost its Africa’s top oil producer status to Libya as its crude oil production fell further last month amid lingering supply disruptions, according to a new report by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Nigeria told OPEC that its oil output fell to about 1.23 million barrels per day in October from […]
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A man has allegedly killed his seven-year-old son for a money ritual. The Enugu State Police Command, while confirming the incident on Thursday, said the suspect was arrested along with a visually-impaired pastor who allegedly led him to commit the crime. It was gathered that the 36-year-old allegedly killed the boy on October 20, 2021. […]
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A former Edo Governor Lucky Igbinedion was yesterday grilled by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged criminal diversion of public funds of about N1.6billion. According to a source, the former governor arrived the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi, Abuja around 2pm and was still being quizzed as of the […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has said criminal herdsmen and miscreants have been chased out of forested reserves. He said he had through registration of farmers and herdsmen ensured that criminal herdsmen no longer lived in the forest. Akeredolu spoke yesterday while presenting instrument of appointment and staff of office to the monarch of Irese […]
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Residents of Mmiata community in Anambra West Local Government of Anambra State have cried out over alleged incessant attack on their Ebenebe farm and the entire community by suspected herdsmen. They said the incident had forced them to desert the community. Addressing reporters yesterday in Onitsha, a youth leader, Obinna Chigbata, said the attack began […]
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Photo: Google Image By Tijani Salami I was talking to a fellow physician a few days ago that had recently treated a 70-year-old woman with cervical cancer. Upon examination it turned out she was infected with schistosomiasis, a parasitic worm, commonly known as bilharzia. It is quite likely that her long-term infection with the schistosomiasis parasite […]
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Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) yesterday expressed its displeasure over the continuous detention of the self-acclaimed Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, in Cotonou, Benin Republic. YCE said although Igboho is not in Nigeria, the Federal Government has an ambassador in Benin who can fast track his trial. Speaking with reporters in […]
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As Akintoye’s Group lists conditions for dialogue Ohanaeze welcomes proposition IPOB peaceful approach to Biafra restoration hasn’t changed Initiate dialogue with IPOB now, Nwodo tells FG IGBO socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Alaigbo Development Foundation, ADF and former Ohanaeze leader, Nnia Nwodo, yesterday threw their weight behind the political solution hinted by the federal government as […]
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