The President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Fegalo Nsuke, has assured the Ogoni people that despite efforts by some private interests to forcefully resume oil production in Ogoni, he is confident that Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not trigger an oil related crises in Ogoni just to satisfy […]
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Edo State Police Command on Wednesday barred a group, Joint Action for the Advancement of Democracy in Edo (JAADE), from protesting the crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly. JAADE is a coalition of groups across the state, including Benin Youth Council (BYC), Esan Progress and Unity Forum (EPUF), Edo North Democratic Frontiers (ENDF), […]
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Frustrated by the lingering impasse in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senators Suleiman Hunkuyi and Shehu Sani are considering dumping the party. Their faction of APC in Kaduna State says it was considering defecting to another political party barely few months to the 2019 general elections. The faction, known as APC Akida, said in […]
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the issues of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be resolved. Osinbajo said he does not think there’s a “major problem” in the party. He described the APC as a strong party that is committed to offering hope to the electorate. Laolu Akande, the vice-president’s spokesman, quoted him to have said this […]
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Legendary Nigerian musician, Innocent Idibia,polularly called 2face or 2Baba, has called on the Nigeria Copyright Commission to urgently intervene in the lingering crisis rocking the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON). He made the plea in a letter addressed to the Director General of the Nigeria Copyright Commission, Afam Ezekunde, on Monday. President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice […]
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The death toll in the crisis, which erupted at Kasuwan Magani in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna on Monday, has risen to 12. The state police command on Monday night confirmed that seven people were killed and 15 injured in the violence. Kasuwan Magani is 30 kilometres away from the Kaduna metropolis and […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is far from exiting its crisis, as a new faction of the party called ‘Fresh PDP’ has emerged. The new group led by one Emmanuel Nwosu has opened an office at 10, Tito Bros street, opposite Bon Hotel (former Protea Hotel) in Asokoro, Abuja. Speaking at a press conference on […]
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Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed at least six people in Taagbe, a village in Bassa local government area of Plateau state. Sunday Yari, a witness, said among those killed were five adults and a teenager. He said the attackers, who came with sophisticated weapons, moved from one house to another. “They razed down […]
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A suspected herdsmen and farmers clash in Kajuru local government of Kaduna state, has claimed the lives of about 37 people. It was gathered that trouble ensued when some youth stormed a village in Ungwan Uka to avenge the death of a suspected herdsman. The man, accused of harassing people in the area, was said […]
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The crisis rocking the Ondo State House of Assembly looks to be deepening, taking a new dimension on Thursday as some protesters attacked the convoy of outgoing Governor Olusegun Mimiko, in Akure, the state capital. Suspected hoodlums smashed the side screens of two vehicles in the governor’s convoy. It took the timely intervention of the […]
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