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The federal government of Nigeria has vowed that it would soon come up with a final decision on the on going terrorism trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. This was one of the resolutions at the National Security Council (NSC) meeting held at the State House, Abuja presided by President Muhammadu Buhari. A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Hanatu Sankey, discharged Kanu on Thursday. According to the ruling, the federal government flouted the Terrorism Act, Extradition Act and also violated international conventions and treaties guiding extraditions, thus, breaching the…
A Nigerian lady, Alice Mulak, have stabbed her lover to death in Maraba, Karu local government area of Nasarawa state. Preliminary investigation revealed that the incident happened in a residence behind the ever busy City Rock Hotel, Maraba. The accused had used a knife to commit the crime during a fight with the deceased. The suspect was later arrested and the knife used in perpetrating the offence was consequently recovered based on the directives of the State Commissioner of Police, CP Adesina Soyemi. Confirming the incidence, Force PRO of the state, DSP Ramhan Nansel, said the suspect has been transferred…
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action. Resolve of the suspension was disclosed by a member of the Union’s National Executive Committee (NEC) in the early hours of Friday. The union resolved to suspend the strike during a meeting of its leadership that started on Thursday night and lasted into Friday. The meeting was called by the Union to determine its next line of action after its state branches met over the Court of Appeal ruling last week. Recall that the Court of Appeal had ordered ASUU to suspend the strike before its appeal…
Nigeria’s Female Team, the Super Falcons has scored high by moving up in the new FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World ranking released on Thursday by the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA). A total of 187 national teams are now included in the ranking, according to FIFA. The Super Falcons moved one position from 46th to 45th in the world. The former African champions lost their last three games twice against world champions, the United States of America and the Nadeshiko of Japan. The Super Falcons maintained top position in Africa ahead of Banyana Banyana of South Africa, Indomitable Lioness of Cameroon,…
Operatives of the Lagos Police Command have arrested one Laenenae Halicani for allegedly beheading a four-year-old child. Laenenae was arrested on October 8, after a missing person report was filed by the child’s mother, Talwa Shode. The woman, a resident of 7, Mangoro Street, Agege, it was gathered, reported her son missing at Isokoko Division, only for the child to be found headless hours later in a canal at Ashade area of Agege. A source told The Nation that the suspect, who was rescued from a lynch mob that accused him of kidnapping the child, later confessed that he killed…
Troops of the Nigerian Armed Forces successfully aborted an ambush by Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) Terrorists in a fresh attack. Troops of 21 Armoured Brigade, Bama aborted the ambush during a fighting patrol between Kumshe and Banki axis of Borno State in the early hours of Tuesday. An intelligence source, who confirmed the incident, said soldiers repelled the terrorists after the non-state actors detonated an Improvised Explosive Device and followed it with rapid gunshots. The special forces were said to have repelled the attack, killing 19 insurgents, with no casualty on…
Nollywood filmmaker and producer, Olajide Kareem, aka Seun Egbegbe, has been freed from prison after spending three years and six months in detention. Seun Egbegbe who is an ex lover of Nollywood actress, Toyin Abraham was remanded on February 10, 2017, after he allegedly obtained money by false pretence from no fewer than 40 bureau de change (BDC) operators in different parts of Lagos from 2015 to 2017. Egbegbe, who is the boss of Ebony Production, allegedly swindled the BDC operators by claiming he had naira to change into foreign currencies and vice versa. He had been arraigned by the…
The opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) has been barred from holding any political rally in the Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State. Chairman of Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State, Abdulraheem Ohiare barred members of the PDP from holding rallies shortly after meeting with traditional rulers and heads of security agencies on Wednesday. Ohiare allegedly accused members of the PDP in his Local Government of singing songs he tagged to be abusive against Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. A statement signed by his media aide, Ochiji Obojo, confirmed the ban of the PDP from holding rallies on Wednesday…
Nigeria’s golden athlete, Oluwatobiloba Amusan has been nominated for the Women’s World Athlete of the year award. The World Athletics released nominees for the award on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. Amusan is the first Nigerian athlete in history to be nominated for the prestigious award. Nine other athletes were also nominated for the award by the World Athletics. The other nominees are; Shanuae Miller-Uibo, Kimberly Garcia, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Shericka Jackson and Yulimar Rojas. Faith Kipyegon, Shelly-Ann Fraser- Pryce, Chase Ealey and Sydney McLaughlin will also vie for the individual price. Amusan won gold medal in the 100m hurdles…
NSCDC officials decry lopsided promotion Some officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Ogun State have decried what they tagged a ‘lopsided promotion exercise’. The personnel called on the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, to come to their aid by correcting the abnormally. The officials lamented that they have only been promoted once since they enlisted into the corps in 2010. It was gathered that no fewer than 150 officials of the corps in Ogun State are affected by the alleged lopsided promotion. The officials accused the corps of fraudulently promoting other personnel who could afford…