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South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma handed himself in to police late Wednesday to begin serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court, his foundation said. “Please be advised that President Zuma has decided to comply with the incarceration order. He is on his way to hand himself into a Correctional Services Facility in KZN” (Kwazulu-Natal province), the foundation tweeted. The […]

Haiti President Jovenel Moise was assassinated and his wife wounded early Wednesday in a gun attack at their private residence, tipping the impoverished and crisis-hit Caribbean nation into a renewed state of political uncertainty. Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph declared a national “state of siege” and said he was now in charge of the country, […]

The Senate has approved the Federal Government’s request for a $6.1 billion (N2.343 trillion) loan request. The Senate gave the approval on Wednesday after it considered a report from its Committee on Local and Foreign Debt which it earlier directed to work on the loan request. Presenting the report on the floor during plenary, the […]

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation, has narrated a rare encounter with Prophet TB Joshua, late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN). Fani-Kayode, who been tried severally for alleged corruption and abuse of office, said in 2016, Joshua told him that he would be released from prison and it happened. Fani-Kayode spoke […]

A bill to alter the constitution to allow for the creation of state police and other state government security services has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives.  The bill was sponsored by Onofiok Luke representing Etinan/Nsit Ibom/Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency. In leading the debate on Tuesday, the lawmaker highlighted that the bill will […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commended the nation’s security and intelligence agencies for their work in arresting secessionist Nnamdi Kanu and raiding the home of ‘Yoruba Nation’ activist Sunday Igboho. The President’s praise was contained in a statement signed by his spokesperson Garba Shehu. According to the statement, President Buhari said the security agencies demonstrated […]

Students of the Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta University have staged a peaceful demonstration against plans by the institution’s management to introduce uniforms. It was gathered that the students marched round the campus at Amassoma on Monday, chanting solidarity songs and demanding the stoppage of the plan. The NDU management was said to have come up […]

The United Kingdom Parliament is set to commence a debate on the repatriation of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from Kenya to Nigeria today (Wednesday). The British government had clarified that Nnamdi Kanu, who was travelling with a British passport, was not arrested within its shores. IPOB had accused the Buhari […]

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 […]