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An Abia lawmaker, Chief Obinna Ichita, has appealed to the Federal Government to apply political solution to the case of the Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Ichita, representing Aba South constituency, made the appeal in a statement issued in Umuahia on Thursday and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to him, solving Kanu’s lingering case through political approach will usher lasting solution and permanent peace in the South-East. He stated: “As always, I am in support of a political solution to the issues that Kanu has with the Nigerian state. “Many…

FIFA will allow countries to select up to 26 players for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, increasing the maximum squad size by three for the 21 November-18 December tournament. “The number of players to be included on the final list has been increased to at least 23 and a maximum of 26,” FIFA said in a statement. World football’s governing body said the decision to expand squads was made “given the need to retain additional flexibility due to the unique timing” of this year’s competition, which will interrupt the European club season. FIFA also took into account the “broader…

Whenever exercising is mentioned, the first thing people consider is the pain involved. Nevertheless, exercising should be part of the weekly schedule because of the many health advantages you get from it. People use exercising to get their dream bodies also and this is achieved through a consistent workout routine and proper dieting. Asides confidence building, there are other advantages of working out and they include: **It helps to control your weight: Exercise is helpful for weight loss and maintaining good body weight. Exercise can increase metabolism, It can also help you maintain and increase lean body mass, which also…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has advised Jibia border communities in Katsina State to utilise the business opportunities in the area, following the recent reopening of the border. The NCS Zonal Coordinator in Charge of Zone ‘B’ Kaduna, ACG Uba Garba, gave the advice on Wednesday during a familiarisation visit to Nigeria-Niger border in Jibia Local Government Area (LGA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Jibia border was reopened on April 25 after its closure in Aug. 2019. He explained that the reopening of the border had made a lot of businesses booming in the area, adding…

Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has urged the people of the state to shun the act of selling their votes to politicians whom he said have been boasting to induce electorate with ‘dollars and pounds’. Oyetola also explained that the state election is a pointer to the 2023 general election, and that recently, the All Progressives Congress (APC) had delivered Ekiti State, “so Osun State is the next.” The governor alleged that a gubernatorial candidate was planning to involve in the act of vote-buying, calling on the people of the state to reject the act, encouraged the electorate should collect…

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, met with senators elected on the platform of the ruling party behind closed doors, yesterday in Abuja. Speaking with journalists after the meeting with the APC caucus in the senate, Adamu said the party was worried by the gale of defections among senators. He however, said it was a usual occurrence in election periods and not peculiar to the ruling party. Two senators from Bauchi and Imo states resigned their membership of APC and PDP, yesterday, further compounding the woes of their parties. That was as other senators from…

• Show us the pipelines we vandalised in Niger Delta, IPOB demands The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari over his call on the United States, United Kingdom and other members of the international community to declare the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group. The President had, on Tuesday, in his remarks during an interview with Bloomberg, urged the international allies to take an additional step to proscribe IPOB as a terrorist organisation and block the group from the international financial network. In its reaction, yesterday, through the National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze,…

General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM), William Kumuyi, has said the controversy over choice of vice presidential candidate for some political parties along lines of religion remained a slippery slope. Nonetheless, he believes the exigencies of the time in Nigeria should be the fulcrum on which the decision of the choice should be based. He advised Nigerian politicians to consult widely and research extensively before concluding on the issue of Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian tickets for the 2023 presidential election. The pastor told reporters, yesterday, in Ilorin, Kwara State, after a meeting with Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, that the…

The last damning findings of a four-year probe into state corruption in South Africa under ex-leader Jacob Zuma, published Wednesday, suggested that President Ramaphosa could have acted against some of the allegations against his predecessor. Receiving the report Ramaphosa, who was then deputy to Zuma, described the graft as an “assault on our democracy”. The report was handed to Ramaphosa at his Pretoria offices by the head of the investigating panel and chief justice, Raymond Zondo. The pillaging and mismanagement of South Africa’s state-owned enterprises during Zuma’s nine years in office, when Ramaphosa was his deputy, has been dubbed “state…

To enforce the ban on activities of commercial motorcycles in Lagos State, the government has said it will crush about 250 power and despatch motorcycles recently seized by the task force. Chairman of the State Environmental Task Force and Special Offences, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Shola Jejeloye, said the power bikes and despatch motorcycles, whose capacity are above the required standard were confiscated for either driving against traffic (one-way), conveying of passengers on despatch bikes and riding on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor of the state. According to him, though the ban focuses on commercial motorcycles popularly known…