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First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, has assured that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, would soon be released. Amaechi gave the assurance while addressing journalists in Onitsha, Anambra State, ahead of Kanu’s court hearing slated for Friday. The former Minister, last year, had led a delegation of Igbo elders to a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari over Kanu’s release. Amaechi said despite Buhari’s assurances of releasing the IPOB leader, Kanu is still in custody. He said Igbo elders met with President Buhari shortly after Kanu’s arraignment in court and told him to release…
Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuf, has defected to the Labour Party. He revealed his new party just as he was unveiled as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party at its Secretariat, Osogbo, the Osun state capital. With this development, Lasun will slug it out with the ruling party in the State and the main opposition party (PDP) including other parties to contest the July 16, governorship election. The Ex-deputy speaker had recently resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Lasun submitted his resignation letter on Friday March 25, 2022 at the APC…
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Aspirant and Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has promised to assemble the best team of economists to address the nation’s economic problems, if elected president. Tambuwal at separate consultative meetings with the PDP Caucuses in the Senate and House of Representatives and PDP Board of Trustees in Abuja, also said he would make Nigeria a productive country. “It is a collective work. I am not an economist. I cannot pretend, but I can assure you that I will assemble some of the best, the best of the best economists in this country…
Leader of the Arewa Community in Southern Nigeria, Alhaji Musa Saidu, has said the North must support Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to become Nigeria’s president in 2023. He said this will be a payback for his numerous support for President Muhammadu Buhari. Saidu, also the National Coordinator, Arewa Initiative for Peaceful Coexistence in Southern Nigeria (AIPCSN), said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Port Harcourt. READ ALSO: Drama in Abuja as Ministry Officials Prevent Journalists From Speaking With Relatives of Abducted Train Passengers He also lend his support to the clamour for power…
Sen. Shehu Sani has promised to make it impossible for terrorists to operate in Kaduna State, if elected the governor in 2023. Sani made the vow in Abuja on Wednesday while speaking with newsmen after purchasing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Expression of Interest and nomination forms to contest the party’s governorship ticket. The former All Progressives Congress (APC) member, who represented Kaduna Central in the eighth Senate, said that the state needed a leader that would nip in bud the insecurity challenges confronting it. “I tend to come up with a programme that will address the issues of health,…
Daughter of the late legendary actor, Hubert Ogunde has shared a striking image of her father 32 years after his death. Dayo Akiboye-Ogunde, herself an actress and producer, said it is nostalgic feeling about her father who took the Nigerian theatre by the storm in the 50s up to some part of the 80s. “April 4th 1990 was a day the people of Ososa will not forget in a hurry as it was the day they lost one of their illustrious sons, Hubert Adedeji Ogunde,” Dayo wrote. In the 1960s, Ogunde produced his most popular play, Yoruba Ronu (Yoruba Think)…
Former Secretary General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Rev. George Ehusani, on Thursday, said Nigerians do not have a good history of what he called “sacrificial leadership.” Ehusani, who is currently the Executive Director of Lux Terra Leadership Foundation was speaking during a Sunrise Daily interview on Channels Television. Thursday points out; Ehusani described the type of leaders Nigerians have as, “a leadership of exploitation of the people.” He said, “When the righteous are in power, the people rejoice but when the wicked rule, the people groan. “This is not an evidence of good leadership. Those in power sacrifice…
South African DJ Black Coffee has always decried the pigeon-holing of African music onto the side-stage as opposed to what he called the “main stage” of music events and festivals. Now, the musician, whose real name is Nkosinathi Maphumulo, is celebrating a long-held ambition after winning a Grammy award for Best Dance/Electronic Album for his seventh studio record, Subconsciously – the first African to win this category. Most previous African Grammy winners have achieved their awards in the World Music category. “My phone went absolutely crazy the second the award was announced,” Black Coffee told the BBC.” Hearing that I…
Colombia’s Supreme Court has approved the extradition of the leader of the country’s largest gang to the US. Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, led the Gulf Clan cartel and is wanted in the US on drug trafficking charges. His capture in October, compared to the fall of Pablo Escobar by President Ivan Duque, ended a seven-year manhunt. The court’s decision, announced on Twitter, ends attempts by Otoniel’s lawyers to halt his extradition. Colombia’s Justice Minister Wilson Ruiz had pledged to extradite Otoniel to the US after his capture last year, and Justice Department officials in Washington made a…
13 Senior District Heads, 230 District Heads Get Other Exotic Cars Some Nigerians have expressed anger after Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle distributed expensive, luxury cars to traditional rulers in the state on Wednesday. Some of the cars include the Cadillac brand for the Emirs and Hyundai brand for district heads. In all, the Governor gave out 262 exotic cars during a ceremony to also commission the state secretariat of the Council of Ulamas. NPO Reports’ rough estimates of the 17 Cadillac alone may amount to N612m. A Cadillac 2019 Model currently sells for about $50,000 while the cost…