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The truth surrounding the alleged arrest and detention of former Governor and senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District, Sen. T. A Orji alongside his son, Engr Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has finally emerged. A reliable source close to the anti graft agency has confirmed that the federal lawmaker and his son were neither arrested...

The Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, is currently at the Abeokuta, Ogun State, residence of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Secondus arrived at Obasanjo’s Penthouse residence at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, alongside his entourage at 12:19pm. He went straight into the meeting with the former President. Our correspondent gathered that the PDP Chairman’s...

With various permutations amongst stakeholders on the emergence of the next President in the 2023 elections, the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has stated the importance of competence in any potential candidate. According to Bello, the competence of the next President should take precedence over the origin or tribe of the person. The Governor made this call on Tuesday at a...

A new militant group operating in Nigeria’s South-East has been uncovered by the country’s security operatives. A top security personnel told our source on Tuesday that the group known as “Unknown Gunmen,” has its headquarters in Enugu with splinter units in Imo, Anambra and Ebonyi States. According to him, the group was involved in coordinated attacks on police stations, military personnel...

The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, has announced a nationwide lockdown after the country confirmed one coronavirus case, the first locally transmitted Covid-19 case since February. At a press conference on Tuesday, Ardern said the country’s authorities were assuming that the case was the “deadly and contagious Delta variant, although genome sequencing is still underway.” The identified victim was an...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Timipre Sylva, Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, as head of the committee on the implementation of the newly signed Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, who announced this in a statement, said the committee has 12 months for the assignment, and periodic updates will be given to Mr President within the period. Other members...

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, on Monday, received the report of the Special Investigation Panel (SIP) instituted to unravel the allegations against the former Head, Intelligence Response Team, Deputy Police Commissioner Abba Kyari, in connection to an alleged fraudster, Abbas Ramon, also known as Hushpuppi. The panel was instituted a fortnight ago in order to probe Kyari for his...

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Mele Kyari has disclosed that plans are already on the way to transit to a new company in the next six months. The move according to Kyari is in line with the newly enacted Petroleum Industry Act. Speaking on ‘Arise News Night’ edition on Monday, the GMD noted that the provision of the...

A senior member of the Taliban on Tuesday announced a general “amnesty” for everyone in the country and urged women to join the government, days after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Enamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban’s cultural commission, claimed on Afghan state television that women in Afghanistan had no reason to be afraid. He said: “The Islamic Emirate doesn’t want women...

There is fear and apprehension that the mandatory isolation being observed by President Muhammadu Buhari may put his aides and other workers in the State House, Abuja, at risk of contracting COVID-19. Although his spokesperson said the president was going to observe self-isolation on return from the UK on Friday, but it seems that the president has moved on with...