According to him, internal issues in the PDP would not deter it from winning elections in 2023… Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has stated that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in a better position to rebuild Nigeria from the institutional and infrastructural ruins caused by the APC-led government. Governor Ortom made the remarks … Read more
Nnamdi Kanu, who was reportedly arrested in Kenya was extradited to Nigeria a few weeks ago and kept in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has told the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to be prepared to shoot and kill as many people as possible. IPOB’s spokesman, … Read more
ESN and IPOB members were not involved in the attack against security agents… The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Saturday accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of “bombing” the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Enugu State while protecting bandits in the North. IPOB made the allegation in response to an attack on ESN … Read more
Igboho wants the court to order the defendants to return his personal belongings, which they allegedly carted away during the operations Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, is demanding ₦5bn in damages from the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Department of State Services (DSS), over the invasion of his house … Read more
“We are seeking clarification from the Nigerian Government about the circumstances of the arrest and detention of Nnamdi Kanu.” The UK Parliament has demanded an explanation from the Nigerian government on the way and manner the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu was rearrested in Kenya and extradited. UK Minister of … Read more
The Federal Government had recently placed Igboho on stop-list, adding that he was planning to flee the country to evade trial Pelumi Olajengbesi, lawyer of Oduduwa Republic agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has disclosed how his client was arrested. Olajengbesi, while speaking to journalists on Tuesday, disclosed that Igboho was not arrested; … Read more
…the government is working to ensure that all the demands for a rise in health-workers hazard allowance stay within the initial ₦37.5 billion The Federal Government has failed to reach an agreement with medical doctors and other health professionals on a new hazard allowance for them. A meeting of the Presidential Committee on Hazard Allowance … Read more
There have been many speculations on where Nnamdi Kanu was arrested as the federal government has failed to provide this information Ifeanyi Ejiofor, his lawyer, had said he was arrested in Kenya, a claim the East African country has refuted. Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has said the Nigerian government kidnapped Nnamdi Kanu from a foreign … Read more
Igboho, who has been declared wanted by the DSS, had recently been calling for a ‘Yoruba Nation’ over what he has described as a ‘Fulani invasion’ of the South-West The DSS invaded Igboho’s house in Ibadan, Oyo State, early on Thursday based on intel it said it had received that he was stockpiling arms to … Read more
The Minister stated that Kanu was re-arrested through efforts of Nigerian security and intelligence agencies who collaborated with some countries he failed to mention. The Federal Government has said the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, will not be denied a fair trial. This is according to the Minister of … Read more
With several Kanu’s broadcasts from Europe, there were concerns in official quarters that some western countries were justifying IPOB’s violent acts The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, ‘orchestrated’ the killing of 60 persons and the destruction of property in 55 violent attacks across the South-east and South-south zones within four … Read more
The group said it received the news of the arrest and repatriation of Nnamdi Kanu with mixed feelings of apprehension and appreciation The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has said that the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is not the end of the Biafran agitation. In a … Read more
The Federal Government has since come under fire for its decision to ban the social networking service Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has faulted the Federal Government’s recent decision to hold talks with Twitter, saying it should have been the first resort. Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Wednesday, Falana said the decision … Read more
Twitter had deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari on June 2, and the Nigerian government suspended the social media giant days later. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has accused social networking service, Twitter, of providing a platform for the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to promote violence in the country. … Read more
The ECOWAS Court, on Tuesday, restrained the Federal Government from imposing sanctions or harassing, intimidating, arresting, or prosecuting Twitter users. Minister of State for Labour and Employment of Nigeria, Festus Keyamo, has lamented that some Nigerians have been taking undue advantage of the #TwitterBan in the country to blackmail the Federal Government. According to Keyamo, … Read more
Twitter had earlier written the federal government, seeking to have a sit-down with it over the suspension President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Federal Government’s team led by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed to dialogue with microblogging site, Twitter. This is over the recent suspension of the operations of … Read more
The joint caucus, therefore, called on Nigerians to use various opportunities offered by technology and continue making use of Twitter since such does not violate any law in our country The Joint Minority Caucus of the Senate and the House of Representatives has met over the ban on Twitter by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led … Read more
The Nigerian government, last week, banned Twitter operations in the country. Human Rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has said that the Federal Government strayed in suspending Twitter operations in the country. According to Falana, in a constitutional democracy, the government is not permitted to resort to self-help, which implies that … Read more
“We re-affirm our position that free access to the ability to express oneself is actually very important and perhaps more important in troubled times.” The envoys of the United States, United Kingdom and the European Union in Nigeria among others, have maintained that the Federal Government’s suspension of Twitter, is a violation of the fundamental … Read more
JUSUN and Parliamentary Staff Union of Nigeria had met with the Federal Government to smoothen the grey areas in the Memorandum of Action reached earlier The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Saturday said although there were moves to finalise the Memorandum of Action reached on May 20 on its ongoing strike, discussions were … Read more