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A group of civil society organizations say individuals or groups protesting the arrest and questioning of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emiefele are enemies of Nigeria as their action is capable of derailing the opportunity of exposing the grand corruption perpetuated by Emiefele while...

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has expressed outrage over the attack on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, by ex-militant leader, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari. The Igbo group called on President Bola Tinubu to ignore the likes of Dokubo and invite Kanu for a...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr Tajudeen Abbas, and his Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, on Sunday, paid a visit to Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of President Bola Tinubu in Abuja. Abbas, in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Speaker on Media and Publicity, Musa...

Immediate-past Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday, shared his family photo on Father’s Day, describing fatherhood as an incredible journey. Osinbajo hailed fathers for making a remarkable impact on their children’s hearts. The former Vice President shared a picture of himself, his wife and his children and wrote, “...

The Lagos State Police Command said a tank fell off and killed a young man sleeping in his room in the Ikotun area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known on his Twitter Page on Saturday. He wrote, “Today in Ikotun. Tank stand gave way....

A Federal High Court in Gusau, Zamfara State has ordered the police and six others to produce properties seized from the state’s former governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle. Ruling on a motion ex parte on Thursday, Justice Aminu Bappa Aliyu further directed the officers of the security agencies involved in the...

The Parish Priest of Saint Margaret’s Catholic Church, Ajegbe Awume in Ohimini Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state, Rev. Fr. Anthony Adikwu has been kidnapped by unknown armed men. It was gathered that the Priest in the Diocese of Otukpo was reportedly abducted Thursday night at about 10pm by...

Police in Osun State have arrested 28-year-old Kehinde Adesogba Adekusibe for violating the hate speech policy on social media. The arrest follows a tweet posted by the suspect on May 18, 2023, where he made inflammatory statements against the Igbo ethnic group. The tweet read, “Let’s kill all the Igbos....

The Kano State Urban Planning and Development Authority(KNUPDA), has promised that the Kofar-Mata prayer ground would be ready before the Eid-el-Kabir festival. Structures built on the ancient prayer ground were among those brought down by the state government in a mass demolition exercise. The state had premised its action on...

Combined military operations of the land, maritime and air component of the Joint Task Force Operation Delta Safe in the South South region of Nigeria has led to the discovery and destruction of 57 illegal crude oil refining sites. This was disclosed on Thursday in Abuja at the Nigerian Defence...