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The Yoruba Global Alliance has faulted the arrest of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, in Benin Republic. The group in a press statement on Tuesday by its Director of Public Communication, Taju Tijani, cautioned the Federal Government not to brutalise Igboho. The group regretted that in the 21st century “Nigerians are recording a muscular form of democracy” under the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s regime. The Yoruba group accused Buhari of “retreating into a dangerous dictator bent on grounding Nigeria in shame among the comity of nations”. Part of the statement read, “We are witnessing…

Britain has asked Nigeria to explain where and how Nnamdi Kanu, a separatist leader who holds British citizenship, was arrested after Kanu’s lawyer alleged he had been detained and mistreated in Kenya before being sent back to Nigeria. Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group which wants part of southeastern Nigeria to secede, was on the run outside Nigeria for four years until he was brought to court in Abuja on June 29 and told he would face trial. “We are seeking clarification from the Nigerian government about the circumstances of the arrest and detention of Nnamdi…

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has pleaded with residents of the state to adhere strictly with the COVID-19 protocol, as the third wave of the pandemic is already raging in the country. According to the governor, the state has reopened it pandemic centres as new patients are being admitted daily, adding that red alert has been placed on Lagos, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and five other states by the federal government. The alert followed the confirmation of the Delta variant of COVID-19 and the rising number of infections and hospitalisation in the country. Sanwo-Olu made the disclosure during the…

The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon Ndudi Elumelu, has called for faster democratic procedures for the removal of office holders who manifest incompetence or abuses in the delivery of the mandate vested on their offices. Elumelu made the call while delivering a public lecture at the weekend during the 5th biennial convention of the class of 84 of his school, St. Pius Grammar School, Onicha Ugbo in Delta State. Speaking on the topic: ‘The Role of Enhance Electoral Awareness in Improving the Quality of Leadership In Nigeria’, Elumelu said the desired quality of leadership can only be…

The passage of the 2021 electoral amendment bill, especially clause 52(3) by the National Assembly has continued to generate controversy among Nigerians seeking electronic transmission of election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as one of the ways of ensuring free, fair and credible elections. Specifically, Clause 52(3) stated that the electoral body may transmit results of elections by electronic means where and when practicable at its discretion became the bone of contention. But Senator Sabi Abdullahi representing Niger had sought for the amendment to the clause to read, “The commission may consider electronics collation of results provided the…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has assured Nigerians that the Nigerian Army would remain focused in tackling the myriad of security challenges bedevilling the country. Yahaya gave the assurance in his goodwill message to officers, soldiers and their families on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir celebration 2021, on Monday in Abuja. He said that Eid-el-Kabir festival highlighted the virtues of loyalty, obedience and sacrifice which were the hallmark of professional soldiering. According to him, “Eid Festival therefore provides a unique opportunity for us to reflect and redouble our efforts towards fulfilling our constitutional roles of defeating our…

The Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, on Sunday urged Nigerians to give maximum support to President Muhammadu Buhari, saying “his success is our success.” Prof. Gambari, visiting his ancestral home, Ilorin, for the first time after his appointment as Chief of Staff to the President, made the call while speaking with Journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara capital. “This period is an opportunity to reflect on the state of our country and to give maximum support to our president, Muhammadu Buhari, because his success is our success. “By the grace of God, all the programmes and projects…

Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi on Sunday disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has mandated seven North-West governors, including himself, to end banditry in the zone. Bagudu, who is also the Chairman, APC Governors’ Forum, made the disclosure at the continuation of a Fulani Stakeholders’ Peace, Security and Unity Meeting held in Birnin-Kebbi. The governor said the president’s directive was to ensure the urgent restoration of normalcy in the region. He stated that the President was fully committed to adequately protecting the lives and property of all law abiding and peaceful citizens of the country. Bagudu acknowledged the relentless efforts of…

Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, accused of beating up one Clement Sargwak in March this year, has initiated a legal action against the Sargwak and the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions investigating the matter. Included also in the suit as defendants, according to the originating summons dated July 13, 2021, are President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, chairman and members of the panel, as well as the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. Umar, in the case numbered FHC/ABJ/ CS/671/2021, is challenging the upper legislative chamber’s powers…

As the race for the 2023 presidency gains momentum, members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State have called on the national chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, to zone its presidential ticket to the North-central region. The PDP members, under the auspices of Sarakiyya 2023, said in the spirit of fairness, the leadership of the main opposition party under Secondus should support the North-central geopolitical zone to produce the next president of the country. National Coordinator of Sarakiyya 2023, Abubakar Nuhu, made the appeal on Saturday in Katsina, the state capital, while inaugurating the state, zonal,…