Year: 2017

Proscribed group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), has reportedly concluded plans to attack civilians during the Anambra state governorship election on Saturday and blame it on the military. The attacks would be launched against those who stay back in their homes to comply with IPoB’s directive for election boycott.  Members of the proscribed group are said to have been issued with fake military uniforms to carry out the attacks, which would then be blamed on soldiers with the false claim that civilian deaths occurred in the course of hunting…

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Sources have confirmed that popular Socialite and Chairman of Aquilla Group, Chief Shina Peller, is currently under intense pressure by his indigenes of Oyo state particularly his constituency to run for a political office in the 2019 general elections. According to a source in Oyo politics who spoke to newsmen in anonymity disclosed that its time the people of Oyo get a youth and innovative mind in government for the overall development of the state. Peller who was recently a guest at Nigerian Union of Journalists NUJ Oyo state chapter,…

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The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, will on Monday, November 13, 2017, file an appeal against the judgment of the Federal High Court, delivered today, 10th of November, 2017, . It is important to state clearly, that the Senate respectfully disagrees with the said judgment. For the records, the Senate had challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court toentertain the matter on several grounds, portions of which are outlined hereunder for the purpose of emphasis, as follows: 1. That the Plaintiff wrongly joined several causes of action…

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Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention, a frontline aspirant vying for National Legal Adviser, Barr Sunny Odey, on Sunday, disclosed that his mission is to strengthen the party’s legal structure at all levels. Odey made the statement while reacting to the claim of the All Progressives Congress and its supporters that the party has gone deep again into another round of crisis, which he debunked and said was a midwifing process, where it is naturally characterized by disagreements, negotiations and eventual understanding. He said the party will be…

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The Coalition Of Civil Society Organizations For Transparency and Good Governance (COCSOTGG),  has called on the Presidency and the Attorney General of the Federation to act fast in designating the  Islamic Movement of Nigeria, (IMN) a Terrorists group before it’s too late. The group said if care was not taken to curb the situation, IMN might snowball into another disaster in the country. COCSOTGG was reacting to the recent clash between police and some members of the Islamic movement who had gone to the unity fountain to protest the detention…

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  … capture large cache of arms, locate tank Nigerian troops carrying out mop-up operations in the north-east under Operation LAFIYA DOLE in conjunction with the Nigerian Air Force on Operation DEEP PUNCH recorded yet another massive success when they successfully cleared elements of Boko Haram Terrorists hideouts at Talata, Ajigin, Mangzum, Abagajiri, Kafa, Dusula, Buk, Malumti and Abulam. The troops also recovered a large cache of ammunitions and a broken down tank in one of the villages. Though the ammunitions were immediately taken away, the tank couldn’t be moved…

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Ijaw youths under the umbrella of Save Ijaw Nation Group have set in motion activities geared toward celebrating former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as he turns 60 in a few days. In a release as signed by the Tony Ile for the group, they said the timing availed them to celebrate the former president whom they described as “hero per valour and a colossus of knowledge” and an “enviable leader of the country and a son of the Ijaw Nation who has made us very proud”. The statement reads in…

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…as Senate moves to investigate cause of death The Senator representing Cross River North, Dr Rose Oko, who also doubles as Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora and Nongovernmental Organisations, Thursday, condemned in strong terms the recent killing of 26 Nigerian girls in a Spanish Warship on the Mediterranean Sea heading to Italy. Sen Oko who was visibly upset and angry as she moved the motion said it was high time the government move into action to unravel the cause of death and those behind it, and also ensure the matter…

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…promises adequate protection of lives and property Following the recent attack by herdsmen on Ugaga community in Yala local government area of Cross River North senatorial district, the senator representing the area, Dr Rose Oko, has condemned the attack. Sen Oko who in a statement signed yesterday, described the act as dastardly and provocative, which was unnecessary and unwarranted. She promised that the Senate will look into the issue and ensure adequate protection of lives and property. The statement reads in part: “I condemn in strong terms the attack by Fulani…

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