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Human rights lawyer and activist, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has lambasted the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, saying while it is sympathetic and weak in handling bandits, it is ruthless and merciless on the leader of proscribed Igbo separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, and Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho. Ozekhome who reacted to the arrest of Igboho in Cotonou,...

Yoruba Nation agitators and activists from all states in the South-West have been put on standby to stage a peaceful demonstration beginning from 12 noon on Wednesday, to protest the arrest and detention of Sunday Igboho in Cotonou, Benin Republic. The protest which will kick off in Ibadan, Oyo State, is meant to press for the release of their embattled...

The Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) says it has resolved to commence picketing of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) offices nationwide next Monday, July 26, over the management’s decision to seal the union’s unit secretariat. NCSU also said its decision to embark on a nationwide protest arose from the “illegal” deduction of its members’ check-off dues which are accruable...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said at the appropriate time, it will come up with a consensus and agreeable presidential candidate for 2023. Sen. John Akpanudoehede, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), stated this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. The statement was in reaction to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) recent allegation that...

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State and the immediate past Senate President, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, snubbed each other at the Ilorin Eid Praying ground on Tuesday. They joined other dignitaries ahead of the two-Rakat prayer to mark the celebrations. This is the first time Saraki would observe Eid prayer in Ilorin since the emergence of Abdulrazaq. Abdulrazaq and the All Progressives...

A South-South elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has said the region will not be part of the Republic of Biafra when actualised. According to him, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was wrong to include the region as part of Biafraland. He maintained that the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu is fighting a good cause but using a wrong approach. The elder statesman maintained...

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives has tackled the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over its claims that electronic transmission of results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was not possible in the country. Recall that officials of the NCC, led by its executive director Ubale Maska, who represented the executive vice chairman, Umaru Garba...

A former governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari, has rejected the interim committee appointed to steer the affairs of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The interim committee was inaugurated by the national leadership of the party. Governor Mai Buni, chairman of the national caretaker committee of the party, had dissolved the APC exco in the state ahead of...

A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet aircraft was shot down by bandits on Sunday. There were reports of a crash involving military aircraft the authorities denied the stories. However, in a statement on Monday, Spokesman of NAF, Edward Gabkwet, said a military jet was attacked while returning from an air interdiction mission between the boundaries of Zamfara and Kaduna States. He,...

Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has given his own perspective about the stand of the Southern governors on 2023 presidency. At a meeting they held in Asaba, Delta State capital, two months ago, the governors had said their region must produce the next president.   Different stakeholders have been reacting to the development. In an interview with BBC Hausa Service, Bagudu shared...