2023: Raymond Dokpesi Reveals Why Igbo President Can’t Emerge

Raymond Dokpesi, the founder of DAAR Communications, has disclosed how the agitation for Biafra by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has affected the chances of the southeast producing a Nigerian president. Dokpesi disclosed that some Nigerians believe that Kanu would force a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction to declare Biafra. He said the IPOB leader …

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2023: APC ready to make Tinubu presidential candidate —Lawmaker

A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Gbolahan Yishawu has said the State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is prepared to make the party’s National Leader, Bola Tinubu its presidential candidate in 2023. Yishawu said the success of Saturday’s State congress showed that they were ready to make Tinubu APC flag bearer. The lawmaker, who …

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El-Zakzaky sues AGF, DSS for N2bn over detention, passport’s seizure

The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, has sued the Department of State Services and the Attorney-General of the Federation to court over his prolonged detention and the refusal of the government to release his passport. In the fundamental human rights suit instituted at the Federal High Court, Abuja, by his lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), …

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Speaker Gbajabiamila reacts to Pastor Ojelabi’s emergence as Lagos APC chairman

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has congratulated Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi on his emergence as the new chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State. Gbajabiamila said he was not surprised at the emergence of Pastor Ojelabi, a former member of the House of Representatives and former state commissioner, whom he described as a …

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Buhari once took part in protests, shouldn’t disrupt #EndSARS – Falana

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to abide by his oath of office by calling on the police not to disrupt upcoming #EndSARS protests. Falana, who is the Interim Chairman, Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, said this in a statement on Thursday titled, ‘Nigeria Police Force lacks power …

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Meet UI’s new Vice Chancellor

The Governing Council of the University of Ibadan has named Prof. Kayode Adebowale, the new substantive Vice Chancellor of the 73-year-old university. Adebowale, a professor of Chemistry and the current Deputy Vice Chancellor, administration was announced on Thursday by the Governing Council. The Chairman, UI Governing Council, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, confirmed this to our correspondent on the telephone. He said, …

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Lagos Speaker Obasa meets Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, on Wednesday evening met with Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain, Chief Demola Seriki. The Speaker’s visit to Seriki comes few days after the king of Spain, Felipe the sixth received a letter of credence from the ambassador. A statement by Obasa’s media office quotes the Speaker as …

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Son kills father over chicken head

A 26-year-old Godwin Matthew has macheted his 64-year-old father, Matthew Audu, to death in Akure, Ondo state for giving him the head of a chicken killed to entertain his younger brother. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Funmi Odunlami in a statement made available to newsmen said that the murder incident was reported at the Ala Police …

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