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Pan-Igbo youth group, the Ohanaeze Youth Movement has condemned in very strong terms, recent moves by Governor Hope Uzodinma to tarnish the image of President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila through the circulation of old and rested videos of dispensed disputes. Apparently in a bid to...

No fewer than two fighters of the Eastern Security Network, the military wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra, were on Monday killed by security operatives in Asaba, Delta State. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said the ESN...

* Say 56 marketing companies secure importation license  The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) has reacted to the sudden increase of fuel pump prices from N540/liter to N617/liter, saying its merely the market forces at play Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, Mele Kyari explained on Tuesday, after meeting...

Nigeria’s President and Chairman of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government, Bola  Tinubu has said the security challenges in the West Coast had been thoroughly reviewed and a properly-funded strategy would be instituted to tackle terrorism. The President disclosed a new approach...

President Bola Tinubu has directed the management of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to speedily and thoroughly investigate the incident to punish those found culpable. The President expressed sadness over the death of 2-year-old Ivan Omhonrina killed by a stray bullet during an operation by officers of the...

The House of Representatives has called on the Ministry of Aviation to ensure that passengers at the Airport check their Blood Pressure and Sugar level before boarding. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Kalejaiye Paul (APC-Lagos) at plenary in Abuja on Tuesday. The lawmaker’s motion is...

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the group, has condemned “charlatans” causing mayhem in the south-east. In the 2023 global terrorism index (GTI) ranking released in March 2023, IPOB was ranked as the 10th deadliest terror group in...

A federal high court in Abuja has fixed July 21 for the arraignment of Stella Oduah, former minister of aviation. Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, fixed the date after the court session on Monday. Oduah, senator representing Anambra north, is to stand trial alongside eight others on a 25-count charge...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Monday said it intercepted a 40-foot container load of guns at Ports & Terminal Multi-Services Ltd (PTML) and Tin-Can Island Port destined for the South-East region of the country. Recalled that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has heightened the call for the Monday...

The suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has spent 33 days in the custody of the Department of State Services. The secret police arrested Bawa on June 14, hours after his suspension by President Bola Tinubu. The Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to...