Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday recalled how his late parents suffered severe trauma after the Nigerian Army attempted to kill him at his home in Afaraukwu, Abia State.
Kanu said the trauma of the 2017 attack led to the deaths of his parents, Eze Israel Okwu Kanu and Lolo Ugoeze Sally Nmeme Okwu...
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Team OSTAPP of Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana shines bright at the 2025 National Tech Exhibition
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In a momentous achievement, Team Online Staff Appraisal (OSTAPP) championed by Mr. Okwara K. K., Mr. Gift Adene and Miss Ekpo Virtue Iniobong (ND II Student) of the department of Computer Science, Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana, has emerged as the third-place winner at the highly competitive 2025 National Exhibition on creativity and innovation in Polytechnics, Monotechnics and Innovation...
Dubai court has slammed a Nigerian billionaire, owner of Rahmaniya Filling Station, Ultimate Oil and Gas, Abdulrahman Bashar, with a one-year jail term over financial crime, according to a report.
Premium Times reports that Bashar bagged the jail term due to financial crime involving his dealings with CI Energy Company.
According to documents, the UAE court gave the verdict on 30...
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Supreme Court dismisses Gov Fubara’s suit seeking to remove 27 pro-Wike lawmakers in Rivers
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The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit filed by Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara over the re-presentation of the 2024 budget before the 27 members of the State House of Assembly loyal to Nyesom Wike.
The Apex Court on Monday dismissed the suit in a ruling delivered by Justice Musa Uwani-Aba-Aji following the dramatic withdrawal of the appeal by Fubara...
Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar on Monday met with ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Atiku led a delegation to meet with Obasanjo at the residence of the former Nigerian leader in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
The former vice president was accompanied by former Governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke and Senator Aminu Tambuwal, an ex-governor of Sokoto...
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Ebonyi: Police refute alleged abduction of Ohanaeze Youth’s President, Igboayaka
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The Ebonyi State Police Command have refuted information circulating in the media alleging that the abduction of president of Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, Igboayaka O. Igboayaka was carried out by officers from the command.
The command said based on a petition submitted to the Commissioner of Police, which alleged he disseminated false information capable of truncating peace and destabilizing communities...
The self acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has been returned to the custody of the Department of the State Service, DSS, following the indefinite adjournment of his terrorism trial.
Justice Binta Fatima Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday adjourned the matter sine die.
The adjournment of the trial indefinitely followed...
Within the past few weeks, domestic violence worsened in many Nigerian homes, with horrible scenes recorded across the country.
According to a 2019 survey by the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics, 30% of Nigerian women aged 15-49 have experienced physical violence, while a shocking 68% have encountered emotional, economic, or sexual abuse.
The figure is undoubtedly under-reported, as survivors often face...
A yet-to-be-identified group of gunmen, dressed in black and numbering up to seven, have abducted the President of the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, in Imo State.
Chilos Godsent, President of the Igbo National Council (INC), disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday morning, February 9, 2025.
According to Godsent, Igboayaka was whisked away at Works Layout, Owerri,...
The Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa, NICASA has condemned the death of a 40-year-old Nigerian, Benjamin Okoli, who reportedly died while in police custody.
Okoli’s tragic death comes less than a month after NICASA also condemned the alleged killing of another Nigerian, 50-year-old Jeremiah Okoye, in police custody on January 13.
Speaking to journalists, NICASA President-General, Dr Frank Onyekwelu, described...