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Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has slammed the Federal Government over the invasion of the residence of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, and the manner of the re-arrest of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Soyinka, who spoke on Monday during an interview on BBC Pidgin, said instead of declaring […]

Nigeria and Kenya broke international law in abducting Nnamdi Kanu and bringing him to Nigeria. This was the verdict of Nigerian-Canadian, Kelechi Madu, who is the Minister of Justice and Solicitor General of Alberta, Canada. In a statement at the weekend, Madu said the arrest fell below international standards and advised Nigeria to release Kanu. […]

Lagos Assembly has passed an amended version of the Criminal Justice Law of the State barring the police from parading suspects before the media henceforth. The bill was passed at a sitting presided over by Deputy Speaker, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni, on behalf of Speaker Mudashiru Obasa. Section 9(A) of the newly passed bill states: “As from […]

The Minister of State for Industry Trade and Investment, Ambassador Maryam Yalwaji Katagun, who slumped at an official function in Bauchi State on Monday, has been stabilized and moved to amenity ward at the Trauma Centre of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBU-TH). A source in the hospital confided to Daily Trust that […]

Two persons are said to have lost their lives after bandits invaded Bethel Baptist School, a private college in Kaduna State, kidnapping an unspecified number of students.  The kidnappers in the early hours of Monday attacked the private school located at Maraban Rido within the Chikun Local Government Area of the state. Sources say the […]

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 […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday called for prayers for the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, as he goes in for surgery of the colon. In a get-well message to the Pope, reported in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, Sunday night, President Buhari prayed […]

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 […]

Mexico have defeated Nigeria 4-0 in their friendly match at the imposing Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, simply known as LA Coliseum. The Mexicans scored two goals in four minutes to record the lead in the game played at the 77,500- capacity LA Coliseum on Sunday (Nigerian time). The match is one of the most-attended game […]

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has emerged near the bottom of a list of past presidents ranked by effectiveness. Trump ranked number 41 in the list, sharing the same score (312) as President Franklin Pierce. Only Andrew Johnson and James Buchanan ranked worst with scores of 230 and 227. In contrast, President Barack Obama, the […]

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 […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says the agriculture policy of his administration is paying off as crude oil can no longer sustain the country. Speaking on Friday at the presidential villa in Abuja while receiving Hailemariam Dessalegn, former prime minister of Ethiopia, Buhari noted that his administration reverted to agriculture, owing to the fluctuating prices of crude […]

The Methodist Church Nigeria has passed a vote of no confidence on the British Methodist Church, over the latter’s approval of same-sex marriage. This was disclosed on Friday, in a statement issued by the Director, Media and Public Relations, Oladapo Daramola of the Nigerian variant of the church. According to Daramola, the position of MCN […]

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 […]

Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Hakeem Odumosu, yesterday, handed down a warning to self-acclaimed Yoruba freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, not to stage any rally in Lagos,  threatening to deal with decisively with anyone who violates the directive. The planned rally slated for tomorrow at the Gani Fawehimi  […]