Day: July 26, 2021

Sowore arrested at Abuja High Court during Nnamdi Kanu’s trial

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Activist and founder of Sahara Reporters online news agency, Omoyele Sowore has been arrested. The convener of #RevolutionNow came to witness the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu at the Abuja High Court. As at the time of filling this report, the journalist could not ascertain the reason behind his arrest. Kanu is being charged with treasonable felony. The IPOB leader was accused of inciting violence for his agitation for an independent Republic of Biafra. Other members of the group were also arrested…

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Politicians join APC to escape EFCC or partake in looting —Senator Nwaka

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Former Senator who represented Abia North at the National Assembly, Senator Emma Nwaka, in a media briefing said that those defecting to the ruling All Progressive Congress APC are either doing so to escape prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), or to “partake in the ongoing massive looting of the country”. The former Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Abia State, also accused APC of plundering and setting Nigeria backwards. Nwaka who also dispelled the rumour of Gov. Ikpeazu’s possible defection to APC, said ” there…

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NURTW chairman, others nabbed for drug trafficking

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The Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), in Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Babatunde Babade, aged 45, has been arrested along with two others; Ilesanmi Shola, 35, and Babajide Johnson, 45, for trafficking illicit drug. The transport union leader was caught with 52.5kilograms of skunk in Akure, the Ondo State capital following intelligence that he was conveying bags of the banned drug in his 1997 model blue Mazda car with registration number: Ekiti JER194 AE from Akure to Ekiti State. Babatunde, popularly called BB,…

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Army officers arrest policeman with ammunition, grenade in Borno

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Nigerian army officers in Borno State with code name, Operation Hadin Kai have arrested a man who claims to be a police officer in possession of illegal ammunition. The suspect who gave his name as Ebenezer Odeh, was intercepted at a checkpoint by troops from 154 task battalion Ngamdu, along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway on Sunday. DY Chiwar, the commander of the battalion, was said to have ordered Odeh’s arrest, after noticing suspicious movement. “The suspect with NPF No: 456647, boarded a Borno Express bus to Nigeria’s capital, Abuja when they arrived…

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Sunday Igoho: Olubadan sends delegation to Cotonou

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The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has sent a delegation to Cotonou, Republic of Benin, to observe court proceedings in the case involving an activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho. Mr Adeola Oloko, Personal Assistant/Director of Media and Publicity to the Olubadan, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan. Oloko quoted the royal father as stating this in his palace while exchanging views with leaders of Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), led by the President-General, Mr Yemisi Adeaga. The Oba, who…

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Ooni, other dignitaries to attend Onalaja’s installation as Rotary Club President

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The Ooni of Ile Ife, His Imperial Majesty Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, will lead dignitaries from all walks of life including the business class and society big wigs to the installation of Rtn. Bamidele Onalaja as the 20th President of Rotary Club of Maryland, Ikeja, Lagos, Saturday, July 31, 2021. The installation programme is slated for high octane event centre; the Glitz Event Centre, Lekki, Lagos and will be chaired by acclaimed ICT entrepreneur, Mr. Nnamdi Ezeigbo MD/CEO, Slots System with frontline philanthropist and God’s handmaiden, Reverend Mother Esther Abimbola Ajayi…

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