Day: September 13, 2021

  The Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, on Monday led a protest against the continued sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra. IPOB had on July 30 ordered a sit-at-home in the region. It threatened to shut down economic activities in the region, adding that violators of the order would be visited with…

  The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the prophecies of the late sage and Premier of the old Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, is coming to pass in Ibeju-Lekki axis of the state. According to the governor, Ibeju Lekki is prospering richly because of the prophetic utterances of Awolowo. Governor Sanwo-Olu made the…

  The All Progressives Congress has slated October 2 as the date for its State Congresses. Towards this end, the party has said it would commence the sale of nomination forms on Wednesday. This was made public by the National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee, Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, in a terse statement,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has been accused of technically handing over Nigeria to terrorists. Socio-political activist, Deji Adeyanju made the remark while claiming that Buhari hates Oduduwa and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, agitators. Reacting to a reported terrorist attack on a military base in Zamfara State, Adeyanju said the president was only interested in…

A prominent chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Pa Owere Dickson Imasogie, has been kidnapped. He was said to have been abducted along with his driver and another person, whose identity had not been ascertained, at the Benin-Agbor highway on their way to the farm. Apart from politics, Pa Dickson Imasogie…

  Foremost human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana will be representing the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) in their legal battle with the Federal Government. The chairman of Communication and Communique of the NARD, Dr Julian Ojebo, disclosed this to The Nation on Monday. On August 16, barely two…

A fuel tanker has exploded in the early hours of Monday in Yola, the capital of Adamawa state. It is not yet clear whether lives were lost in the inferno. The incident happened at the busy PZ Roundabout along Airport Road. SaharaReporters learnt that the fuel compartment of the tanker, owned by Conoil, detached and…

El Salvador’s latest Bitcoin app, the Chivo Wallet, could ensure that money service providers such as Western Union and MoneyGram lose around $400m in remittance commission.   According to a report by CNBC, these remittance service providers could start losing customers and money.   CNBC’s MacKenzie Sigalos said the loss in remittance commission could be…

Hundreds of prisoners have escaped from the medium federal correctional centre in Kabba, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State. Vanguard gathered that Gunmen in their tens attack the prison centre which is on the Kabba – LOKOJA highway, on Sunday night through Monday morning, killing the military men keeping guide on the road before…

The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, LPPC, has restored Mr. Beluolisa Nwofor to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN. The LPPC had on June 23, 2017, stripped Nwofor of the prestigious SAN rank over his alleged involvement in act of judicial misconduct. Action of the Committee followed a petition the Court of Appeal lodged…

After what seemed a break from attacking her husband or his appointees on social media, First Lady Aisha Buhari is back in the news. This time around, it is the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Ali Isa Pantami, that seems to be the target. In an Instagram post on Sunday, the First Lady shared…