We Have No Issue With Restructuring, We Want Biafra, Referendum – IPOB

AWKA — The Indigenous People of Biafra has said it is not against the restructuring of Nigeria. The Media and Publicity Secretary of the secessionist group, Emma Powerful, said this on Monday in a statement made available to our correspondent in Awka, Anambra State. The group, however, said its major demand was for a referendum to decide whether “Biafra” would continue to be part of Nigeria or not. He said, “Nigeria government must bear one...

Young People Can Help Nigeria’s Capital Market to Advance Globally – Osinbajo

ABUJA — Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that with more room to redefine the exchange for international competitiveness and the largest concentration of young people in the primary market, Nigeria is in a better position to advance its capital markets locally and globally. He stated this in his keynote speech today in Abuja at the first Capital Market Conference of the Nigerian Exchange Group. The VP spoke at the event with the theme,...

Orji Kalu Visits Nnamdi Kanu In DSS Custody, Promises To Keep Counseling Him

ABUJA  — The Chief Whip of the Nigeria Senate and former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has visited the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of the Department of State Services on Monday afternoon. Kalu, in a statement personally signed by him and made available to our correspondent in Abuja, said the IPOB leader was in good health and under proper care. The former...

Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, Steps Down After 16 Years

The Chief Executive Officer of microblogging platform Twitter, Jack Dorsey, has resigned. He announced his resignation on Monday, after 16 years of co-founding the social media company. “I resigned from Twitter,” he wrote and posted a screenshot of his resignation letter sent to Twitter. He also announced Parag Agrawal as his successor. Dorsey has not been in the good books of the Nigerian government since October 2020, over an allegation that he was complicit in the...

Lai Mohammed Kicks Against Political Solution for IPOB, ESN, Citing Attacks on Government Agencies

ABUJA — The Federal Government has said the attacks on government agencies and agents by the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Eastern Security Network oppose the call for a political solution to their issue. IPOB and ESN are separatist groups agitating for the restoration of the defunct Republic of Biafra. Their leader, Nnamdi Kanu is currently in the custody of the Department of State Services after he was arrested in Kenya and brought to...

Senate Questions Secret Recruitment by Federal Character

ABUJA — The Senate on Thursday said it had asked the management of the Federal Character Commission to react in writing, to the secret recruitment being allegedly carried out by federal ministries, departments and agencies. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Character Commission and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator Danjuma La’ah, stated this in an exclusive interview with our correspondent in Abuja. He said the FCC management was also expected to show documentary evidence that there was...

FG Begins Review of Regulating Guidelines To Ensure Stiffer Penalties for Oil Spillage

ABUJA — The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that it will embark on the process of reviewing the National Oil Spillage Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) for it to be able to mete out stiffer penalties to oil companies involved in oil spillage in the country. This declaration was made by the Minister of Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, on Thursday at the weekly ministerial briefing at the State House in Abuja. She maintained that a...

Restructuring Is the Only Hope for Nigeria’s Survival – PDP

ABUJA — Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have said Nigeria must be restructured for the nation to survive. Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, said this in an address he delivered at a retreat for newly-elected officers of the party, in Abuja, on Tuesday. He noted that the nation was currently in dire straits on virtually all...

Saraki Declares Intention to Contest 2023 Presidency

MAKURDI — A former President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has made his intention known to run for president in the 2023 general elections, Vanguard reports. Saraki made his intention known during his visit to the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday, in Makurdi, whom he called a good party man under the People’s Democratic Party. According to the report, Saraki was in Makurdi with former Governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada,...

EFCC Places Anambra Governor on Watch List as He Prepares to Handover In Four Months Time

Ahead of the March 16, 2022 change of government in Anambra State, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has placed the outgoing governor of the state, Chief Willie Obiano, on its watch list. In a letter to the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service dated November 15, 2021, the commission requested the service to place the governor on a watch list and inform it anytime he is travelling out of the country from any of...

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