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The Department of State Services (DSS) has asked the Lagos State Police Command to transfer the 49 arrested Yoruba Nation protesters to its custody in Abuja. A senior DSS official, who asked not to be named, disclosed this to Daily Trust on Sunday. The suspects were arrested at Ojota in Lagos on Friday. The police had warned […]

A Brazil-based Nigerian woman, Mrs. Anita Ugochinyere Ogbonna, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, with 100 pellets of cocaine concealed in her private part and handbag. Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA , Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement, yesterday, said the […]

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said he is not interested in the 2023 presidency because he is too old to cope with the demands of the office. The 62-year-old governor disclosed this during an interview with BBC in Kaduna. El-Rufai, who is yet to conclude his second term in office, said age is […]

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says he withdrew Abubakar, his son, from a public school because bandits were targeting him for abduction.  In September 2019, el-Rufai enrolled Abubakar, who was then six years old, as a primary one pupil of Kaduna Capital school. According to the governor, his decision to send Abubakar to a public […]

One of the close aides of the Yoruba freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, Friday, narrated the scene at Igboho’s Soka, Ibadan residence during the raid of the operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS, and army, describing it as a Commando operation. He also disclosed how Sunday Igboho, sensing the mission […]

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said bandits or Boko Haram terrorists cannot be compared with Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). After the arrest of Kanu, some critics of the Federal Government alleged that the Buhari administration was pampering bandits. They also demanded that the Federal Government arrest bandits […]

Kenya government on Friday denied involvement in the arrest of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, saying “it does not want to be dragged into Nigeria’s internal affairs.” The government also challenged anyone with facts of Kenya’s involvement in the alleged arrest and extradition of Nnamdi Kanu, the self-claimed leader of IPOB to come forward. Kenya High […]

The Federal Government has explained how the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was re-arrested on Sunday and extradited to Nigeria. Kanu, who jumped bail in 2017 and fled Nigeria, was re-arraigned before Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday. The Minister of Information and Culture, […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) has called on Sunday Adeyemo ‘Igboho’ to turn himself to security agencies as the agency confirmed it has launched a manhunt for the Yoruba nation agitation.  DSS spokesman Peter Afunanya said this in a press briefing on Thursday evening in Abuja while confirming a raid on Igboho’s house in […]

The Department of State Services, on Thursday, paraded 12 of Sunday Igboho’s followers, saying one other was being profiled. The DSS said a joint team of security operatives had raided Igboho’s residence early on Thursday based on an intelligence report. Parading the suspects at the national headquarters of the secret police, its spokesman, Peter Afunaya, […]

A native doctor has emerged as People’s Redemption Party (PRP) flagbearer in Anambra governorship election. Dr. Nnamdi Nwanwuo returned unopposed after his two co-aspirants, Chidebere Mba and Humphrey Anaso stepped down for him. National Secretary of the party, Babatunde Ali who announced Nwanwuo as the winner of the primaries, described the election as credible and peaceful. He also expressed […]

More facts have emerged on the true identity of the 300 level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, Chidinma  Ojukwu, who was arrested last week Wednesday over the  murder of Chief  Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in a Service apartment in Lekki area of Lagos State. This followed startling  revelations  by family […]

Indications have emerged that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, was arrested in Kenya. The Spokesperson for IPOB, Emma Powerful, revealed this in a message sent to Punch on Wednesday. The message quoted Kingsley Kanu as saying, “My brother has been subject to extraordinary rendition by Kenya and Nigeria.” Whilst visiting Kenya, Nnamdi […]

The United Kingdom has said it will seek clarification from the Federal Government on the circumstances and legality of the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. The Head of Communications, British High Commission, Mr Dean Hurlock, who stated this while responding to enquiries from one of Punch’s correspondents, said […]

At least three children of President Muhammadu Buhari attended the graduation of one of the president’s daughters, Hanan, from the Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom.  Hanan, who graduated with first class honours from a UK university in 2019, recently bagged a Master’s degree in Fine Art Photography from the prestigious institution. She got […]

Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Tuesday, gave reasons why he abandoned his trial and escaped out of the country in 2017. Kanu, who was re-arrested and brought back to Nigeria last Sunday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that he fled the country to save his life. […]

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu has been rearrested and brought back to Nigeria. He was intercepted on June 27. Kanu is expected to be re-arraigned before the Federal High Court for the continuation of his trial. This was made known at a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday by the Attorney-General of […]