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A security expert, Col. Hassa Stan-Labo (rtd), has averred that further incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, would only make him more relevant and heighten the “heroship” over him. He said this on Wednesday while featuring on Arise Television’s Morning Show programme, discussing the recent visit by the service chiefs to President Bola Tinubu over the week. Stan-Labo advised the government to start a conversation with some agitating groups as it would go a long way to addressing security issues. He said, “One major priority area in the southeast, which I think will cool…

The leader of the Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, has warned Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State against interfering in the leadership issue of the sociocultural organization. Adebanjo made the remark while stressing that he has no issue with his predecessor, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. He also warned Makinde not to meddle in issues he knows nothing about. Addressing reporters yesterday, Adebanjo cautioned Makinde against any attempt to split Afenifere. “What Governor Makinde does not know about, he should not interfere. I have no dispute with Baba Fasoranti. He should not be one of those who want to split Afenifere, and that is…

According to a World Health Organisation, WHO, health report released last year, over 20 million Nigerians suffer from various mental illnesses or disorders. More worrisome is that it revealed that those affected are without psychiatric healthcare. Similarly, the WHO, in its 2019 report “Suicide in the World: global health estimates”, disclosed Nigeria has become one of the epicentres of suicide in the world, with a suicide estimate of 17.3 per 100 000. It said this is higher than the global (10.5 per 100,000) and African (12.0 per 100,000) estimates. On a frequent basis, suicide cases continue to flood social media…

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) and World Bank have called for advancement in trade negotiations for developing economies, including Nigeria. They made this call in ‘Trade in Services for Development’, a quarterly report jointly released on Monday during a virtual meeting monitored by The Guardian. The advancement, they said, would help developing countries gain more from expanded trade and investment in services. They noted that trade, economic diversification and deeper integration provide key channels through which broader developmental aims could be pursued. The growth of developing economies’ services exports has exceeded the global average in the past two decades. But…

• Says election most prepared for, BVAS recorded 98% success• 427 lawyers to prosecute 215 electoral offenders• Police conclude investigation on Adamawa REC, present case file to INEC  Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said “despite divergent opinions about outcome of the (2023) election, overall outlook suggests it is a fair reflection of a complex multi-party democracy.” Yakubu also said, compared to previous elections, it was one of the most meticulously prepared for in recent times. The INEC boss disclosed this, yesterday, while addressing Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Yakubu said…

As PEPC admits President’s Chicago varsity records, visa as exhibit President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will, today, open their defence in the petition by presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, and his party, challenging their declaration as winners of the February 25 presidential election. The five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) had fixed the date after Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which conducted the disputed poll, closed its case. This came as the court admitted as exhibit, educational documents of President Bola Tinubu from the Chicago State University. The documents, which were…

• Bamidele emerges Senate Leader, Ndume Senate whip• Bamidele denies any list from Presidency, says 38 minority senators signed• Tambuwal loses Minority leadership to Davou • Adamu distances ruling party from appointments• APC governors back NASS principal officers • Reps Speaker rues hardship over fuel subsidy removal The selection of principal officers of the National Assembly, yesterday, blew open the cold war between President Bola Tinubu and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, as he was blanked out in the decision on how offices were zoned by the lawmakers. While Adamu distanced the ruling…

Nigeria’s 2023 general elections comprising the presidential, National Assembly, governorship and state houses of assembly elections might have come and gone, but the echoes have continued to reverberate; they are not in a hurry to fizzle away. Following the outcome of the elections, particularly the presidential election, and the Independent National Electoral Commission’s eventual declaration of the then candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the winner, tongues have been wagging and discussions have continued around the process. The two major opposition parties- the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the Labour Party, LP, and their presidential…

The European Union Election Observation Mission has listed a former Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, for propagating fake news during the 2023 general election in Nigeria. EU accused Keyamo and Fani-Kayode of misleading Nigerians by spreading fake news during the 2023 general elections. In its latest report, the EU Observers cited instances where both APC chieftains propagated fake news while campaigning for their candidates. The report reads partly: “There was an increased incidence of misleading information in the days leading up to and during the…

The President, Asteven Group, Council on Renewable Energy in Nigeria (CREN) and Founder, Asteven Renewable Energy Institute, Dr Sunny Akpoyibo, has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on practical solar energy training for at least 500 youths across all the local governments in the country in the next four years. Akpoyibo, who made the call in an interview with journalists in Abuja Monday, said that the idea would not only address energy challenges in the country but would also provide more than 20 million jobs for Nigerians. He said this can be achieved through proper…