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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  […]

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 […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigerians are the problem of Nigeria, ruling out the influence of ethnicity and religion. Buhari said this while receiving members of the Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo (MBO) Dynamic Support Group, who visited State House, Abuja, to present a compendium of five years achievements of the administration. The president reflected on the […]

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 […]