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Many people are willing to die for Nnamdi Kanu – IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra, has urged the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to tread carefully on the issued of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB says Kanu, who’s currently in detention, will stop accepting food that goes through the Department of State Security, to avoid the possibility of being poisoned. IPOB had a few days... Read More

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Radio Biafra resumes transmission

In spite of the continued incarceration of founder, Nnamdi Kanu, pirate radio station, Radio Biafra, has started streaming live across the Nigerian airwaves, as stated by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). According to TheCable, the station is now live on Tune In, a radio service which operates on the Internet. The report further stated... Read More

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Wike suspends Works Commissioner… days after discarding Amaechi’s monorail project

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has suspended his Commissioner for Works, Kevin Wachukwu. The Works Commissioner was suspended with immediate effect on Friday, April 1. Wike’s Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, disseminated news of the suspension. Wachukwu’s Special Adviser on Special Projects has been asked to take over the responsibility of supervising projects... Read More

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13 hours after outbreak, firefighters ‘quench’ Kano market inferno

In the wee hours of Friday, an inferno gutted Gwarzo Market in the Gwarzo Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano state. As the fire raged on, properties worth millions of naira were destroyed as 30 shops bowed to the inferno. The fire which began at about 1:45am was put out almost 13 hours later at... Read More

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Did T.B Joshua predict Jacob Zuma’s woes? (WATCH)

How specific are prophecies meant to be? It would appear that Malawian President, Peter Mutharika claimed a prophesy made by Pastor T.B Joshua -which was not meant for him. The question is why did Mutharika swiftly claim a prophesy that was at best very vague? Paranoia maybe or a deep rooted superstitious fear? The leader... Read More

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Nigerians are suffering, yet Buhari attends a summit he knows nothing about – Fayose

Governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose has called on Nigerians to implore President Muhammadu Buhari to cut back his incessant foreign trips. President Buhari is presently in the United States of America for the 4th Nuclear Security Summit. Fayose on Friday, urged the President to pay attention to the suffering of Nigerians rather than travelling... Read More

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‘This war between us will not stop’ – Boko Haram leader says in new video

These words: “This war between us will not stop”, were uttered by Abubakar Shekau, leader of extremist group, Boko Haram, as he affirmed in a video released on Thursday, that the terror group will not surrender . This is coming on the heels of last week’s video, wherein a thin looking and dejected Shekau had... Read More

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Northern Nigeria has more primary schools than South

Nigeria’s population is estimated at about 170 million, and is expected to grow beyond that in the coming years. Nigeria also has an estimated 61.3 percent literacy -with males accounting for more than half of this figure. According to a UNESCO report, about 10.6 Nigerian children are said to be out of school, with Northern... Read More

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Buhari has travelled out of Nigeria ‘only 20%’ of the time he’s been President

President Muhammadu Buhari arrived at the United States of America on Wednesday, March 30 for the Nuclear Security Summit -making it his 26th journey out of the country since he assumed power in May 2015. Despite the frequency of his travels, according to statistics provided by BudgIT Nigeria, a civic tech organisation, the President has... Read More

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‘Send corrupt officials to Kirikiri, Ijebu Ode Prisons, not EFCC cells’ – Falana

“Since victims of grand corruption including armed robbery and kidnap suspects are not usually admitted to bail, those who are charged with looting the treasury should no longer be granted bail,” says popular human right lawyer, Femi Falana. Falana, who spoke at two different events on Thursday, stated this while giving a keynote address at... Read More

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‘Ooni of Ife is the father of everyone in Yorubaland, except…’

The Deji of Akure Kingdom, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi says the Ooni of Ife is the father of everyone in Yorubaland, except the non descendants of Oduduwa. Oba Aladelusi said this on Thursday, while hosting the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, at his palace at Akure, Ondo state. A statement was released to this... Read More

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‘Monthly environmental sanitation is still in force… for now’

On Thursday, a statement put out by the Lagos state Commissioner for Environment, Babatunde Adejare inferred that the state government had cancelled the mandatory monthly environmental exercise. However, the Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration has come out to clear the air, saying the exercise has not been struck out. In a new statement released through the Commissioner... Read More

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‘Timi Frank is not authorised to speak for us, disregard him’ – APC

In a swift reaction to the comments made by the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, Timi Frank, the National Secretary of the party Mai Mala Buni, on Thursday, emphatically declared that the ruling party is in good shape. He dismissed Timi Frank’s utterances as “bogus and misleading allegations.” Buni noted that... Read More

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‘Buhari, Benue governor aren’t taking Agatu killings with seriousness’

A recent meeting of Benue state socio-cultural and religious groups condemned President Muhammadu Buhari, the Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, the army and the police chiefs for their insensitivity to the killing of Agatu people by armed Fulani herdsmen. The groups expressed bitterness over the fact that neither the President nor any other federal government... Read More

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Buhari has not refused to sign 2016 budget – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says President Muhammadu Buhari has not refused to assent to the 2016 Appropriation Bill. Mohammed also said that there is no bickering between the executive and legislative arms of government over the passage of the 2016 budget. During a visit to the office of Leadership Newspapers in Abuja,... Read More

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‘SGF has vowed that Saraki must go down’ – APC Senator

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy and a member of the ruling All Progressive Congress, Senator Isa Misau, on Thursday, accused the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), David Lawal, and others in the Buhari administration, of being behind the plots to remove Bukola Saraki as the Senate President. Misau, who stated this... Read More

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IPOB declare the resurgence of Radio Biafra

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared that the Radio Biafra, which was blocked by the Federal Government in 2015 has resumed broadcasting. The announcement is contained in a statement released by IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful. Powerful revealed that the radio station operates on short waves and its satellites covers all the Southeast geopolitical... Read More

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I have to study the 2016 budget before assenting – Buhari

In line with the aim of his journey to the United States of America, President Muhammadu Buhari has began talks with United States Secretary of State, John Kerry. President Buhari travelled to the USA on Wednesday, March 30, to attend the Nuclear Security Summit, which also has in attendance about 60 different world leaders. John... Read More

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‘Jonathan refused to work with people who know the game’ – Ibrahim Mantu

In an interview with Premium Times, Ibrahim Mantu, a former Deputy President of the Senate and a close associate of former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, speaks on the reasons why Jonathan lost the 2015 general elections. Mantu noted that Nigerians were tired of the Peoples Democratic Party and that the PDP was ‘over drunk with... Read More

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Ambode puts an end to ‘environmental sanitation’ in Lagos

The Ambode led administration has cancelled the compulsory environmental sanitation of the last Saturday of every month held between the hours of 7am to 10am in Lagos The Commissioner for Environment, Babatunde Adejare in the state made this known at the ministry’s monthly media chat in Lagos on Thursday. Adejare said the exercise was scrapped... Read More

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‘A jihadi element in the Nigerian Army wants to wipe us out’ – Shiite sect

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria has uncovered an alleged plot by the Nigerian Army to attack members of the Shiites sect in Katsina. The leader of the IMN, Ibraheem El Zakzaky has been in the custody of the Nigerian government since December 2015, after over 300 of their members were killed in an encounter with... Read More

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‘Wike’s destination is destruction’ – APC

The Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to act decisively in the crisis and political violence currently prevalent in Rivers state. In a statement signed by the chairman of the APC Rivers state, Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, the party asked the president to look into the violence... Read More

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‘We support Buhari’s anti-corruption war’ – John Kerry (WATCH)

The Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama, on Wednesday, held a joint press conference with the United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, at the White House. Kerry, while speaking, said his country was happy with the ongoing anti-corruption war of the Nigerian government, noting that the US government has never had a “Holier... Read More

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Africa is not a total failure – Obasanjo

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has charged African leaders to set their sights on good governance that would effect growth and development in the continent. Obasanjo, speaking at the recently concluded Commonwealth Week in London, the United Kingdom, said there are good things in Africa and therefore, the people of the continent should be trained... Read More

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‘You bought your ministerial position, resign now’ – Bayelsa APC tells Minister

It would appear that the Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressive Congress are finally tired of fighting the Peoples Democratic Party governor of the state, Seriake Dickson and have turned on themselves instead. The state chairman of APC, Timipa Tiwei on Wednesday, March 30 asked the Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri,... Read More

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AGF, EFCC boss travel to the US… not for the Nuclear Summit – Here’s why

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami and Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, have traveled to the United States of America to hold talks on the anti-corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari. Among the topics likely to be discussed are the war against corruption, repatriation of looted funds stashed abroad,... Read More

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Alas! ‘3 Ekiti lawmakers’ weren’t abducted by DSS… they went into hiding

Embattled members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, resolved to shun any invitation from the Department of State Services (DSS), following the 19 days detention of their colleague, Afolabi Akanni. During a pressing briefing held by the Speaker of the House, Kola Oluwawole and Information Committee Chairman, Gboyega Aribisogan, three members of... Read More

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‘If Saraki is removed, PDP will produce the next Senate President’

Peoples Democratic Party members of the Nigerian Senate have began to put measures in place that will see the party produce the next Senate President if the present SP, Bukola Saraki is removed as a result of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. According to Punch Newspapers, the All Progressives Congress senators are... Read More

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‘Fayose is running away from his shadow… he’s a Judas’ – Tope Aluko

Dr. Tope Aluko, the Peoples Democratic Party chieftain who blew the whistle on the alleged rigging of the June 21, 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State, says Governor Ayo Fayose cannot deny the allegations he’s made thus far. Aluko, the Ekiti state Secretary of the PDP, had on January 31, appeared on Channels Television, where... Read More

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‘I’m being persecuted’ | Nnamdi Kanu writes British govt… to save him from detention

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has called on the British Government to lean on President Muhammadu Buhari to release him from prison. Kanu alongside two other Biafra proponents, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, are facing treason charges. The IPOB leader wrote a letter dated March... Read More

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