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A chieftain of the All progressives Congress (APC) and a Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Drainage and Sewage, Joe Igbokwe, has raised the alarm over alleged threats to his life amidst a recent ban from visiting the South-East by members of the proscribed Igbo separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Igbokwe, who has been a...

Northern Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has criticised politicians for their display of wealth amid the widespread poverty in the country during the wedding of President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf, in Kano State. Gumi, who stated this during a sermon at the Sultan Bello Mosque in Kaduna on Sunday, likened the politicians to bandits stating both have taken advantage of...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has threatened legal action against President Muhammadu Buhari if he decides to implement the Grazing Reserve Policy. President Buhari had, last week, approved recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch,” 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country, “to determine the levels of encroachment.” The president’s directive followed his approval of the recommendations...

There is anxiety in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the crisis bedeviling it is worsening ahead of the party’s national convention. The current wave of uncertainty and anxiety in the party is sequel to the decision of the embattled national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, not to leave office in October. Multiple sources in the party confided in our correspondent yesterday...

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...