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Sen. Ike Ekweremadu’s campaign group, Ikeoha Campaign Organisation, has raised concern over the persecution of their supporters in Enugu. The Director-General of the group, Chief Charles Asogwa, disclosed this on Friday in Enugu while briefing newsmen on the controversy that trailed the delegates’ congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Recall that the PDP had on April 30 held its ward congress for the election of three-member ad hoc delegates for its gubernatorial primaries across the country. However, the exercise in Enugu was marred by isolated cases of violence that led to machete cuts and confiscation of…

The Supreme Court on Friday, in a landmark judgment, resolved the ownership dispute of 17 oil wells between Rivers and Imo states in favour of Rivers. In the judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court dismissed the counter claim ownership put forward by Imo State Government. The oil Wells, located in the territories of Rivers and Imo States, have been a subject of litigation at the apex court which served as a court of first instance with seven Justices in the panel. Among the reliefs granted by the apex Court in favour of Rivers are that the boundary…

The Federal Government says it will resume its negotiations with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) next week, with a view to ending the prolonged closure of Nigerian public universities. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, said this in his opening remark at a meeting between the government side and the striking National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT). Ngige noted that the multiple industrial disputes in the education sector could have been averted if the unions in the sector took advantage of his open door policy like the health unions. He said that the open…

The Presidency has welcomed the decision by the United Kingdom to proscribe the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made this position known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. According to the media aide, the violent secessionist organisation has long been proscribed as such in Nigeria where it carries out the majority of its murderous activities. Shehu urged the UK authorities to follow up the proscription with confiscation of assets of IPOB members, shut down their communication channels and sanction the issuance of visas…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to grant state pardon to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Rev. Fr. Ibrahim Nwali made the appeal on Friday in Abakaliki while speaking on behalf of CAN members in a town hall meeting with Buhari who was on a two-day state visit to Ebonyi. The town hall meeting was attended by leaders, stakeholders and traditional rulers from the South-East among others. “We pray that he will be granted pardon, we call on all agitators to cease all forms of hostilities and demand…

Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), if he does not to resign to pursue his interest in 2023 Presidential election. Akeredolu made the call in response to a report that the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form has been purchased for Emefiele to contest the 2023 presidential election by his supporters. A coalition comprising Rice Farmers Association, Emefiele Support Group and Friends of Godwin on Friday obtained the nomination and expression of interest forms for him. The CBN governor had denied having…

The meeting of Southwest leaders of the All Progressive Congress has ended in Lagos Friday night. They resolved to present a common front for the 2023 presidential election. At the meeting which was convened to seek understanding among all those aspiring to contest for the presidency on the platform of the APC were Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Chief Segun Osoba, Governors of the South West and serving ministers. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola had arrived the venue of the meeting in company for with Osinbajo. Details later…

The Airline Operators of Nigeria has announced the shutdown of its operations from Monday due to the steady increase in the cost of aviation fuel. This was stated in a letter sent to the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, by its President, Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina. It was gathered that the cost of aviation fuel, also known as Jet A1, had risen from N190/litre and later N360/litre in January this year to N607/litre in March. The product now reportedly sells for N700/litre. The letter read, “It is with a great sense of responsibility and patriotism that the Airline Operators of…

Leaders of the All Progressive Congress in the South-West have arrived for a meeting aimed at streamlining the ambitions of various presidential aspirants in the party. The meeting was convened by former interim National Chairman of the APC Chief Bisi Akande, former Governor of Ogun, Chief Segun Osoba. Those already at the meeting include former Governor of Lagos, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. Others include Governor Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola, Governors and others. The meeting was called to douse tension said to be brewing among contenders for the APC tickets…

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday dismissed a no-case submission by Victor Aduba, charged along with kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans). Aduba, an ex-soldier and Evans are charged with kidnapping a businessman, Mr. Sylvanus Ahamonu, and collecting a $420,000 ransom from his family. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo ruled that prosecution established a prima facie case against Aduba, adding that his no-case submission dated Feb. 23 failed. “I have carefully considered the submissions of the prosecution and the defence. “The court, at this stage, is not to review evidence of the prosecution but to see whether the prosecution has enough…