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Igboho, Akintoye write Tinubu, demand Yoruba exit from Nigeria

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The Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, led by Prof Banji Akintoye and Chief Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, seeking a peaceful breakaway of Yoruba people from Nigeria. The open letter, dated April 17, 2024, was signed by both Akintoye, Igboho and one Ola Ademola. They called on the President to within the next two months set up a negotiation team to negotiate the exit of the Yoruba people from Nigeria. The letter by the Yoruba Nation arrowheads came about a week after some…

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Olusegun Alebiosu becomes new First Bank MD/CEO

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First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank Group), has appointed Olusegun Alebiosu as the Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer effective April 2024. Alebiosu steps into this pivotal role from his previous position as the Executive Director, Chief Risk Officer, and Executive Compliance Officer, a position he held since January 2022. Alebiosu brings to the helm of FirstBank over 28 years of extensive experience in the banking and financial services industry. His expertise spans various domains including credit risk management, financial planning and control, corporate and commercial banking, agriculture financing, oil and…

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Two mayoral candidates killed in one day amid political violence in Mexico

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In a wave of political violence ahead of June elections in Mexico, two mayoral candidates were reported killed on Friday, one in the country’s northeast and another in the south. In Tamaulipas, a state plagued by organized crime situated on the US border, a manhunt was launched for the person who stabbed candidate Noe Ramos, according to state attorney general Irving Barrios. Local media reported the center-right candidate, who was seeking reelection as head of the municipality of Mante, was walking through the streets to meet with residents when he…

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Rev. Sister arrested for allegedly trafficking 38 children

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A fake Rev. Sister has been arrested by the Edo Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons over the alleged trafficking of 38 children in Delta State. It was gathered that the suspect, Maryvianney Ikejimba (alias Oluchi), 40 years old, and one Chidera, now at large, handed over the children to two orphanage homes under the guise of giving them better care. The children were reportedly handed over to the suspects by their parents at a farm community in Enugu-Awka camp by the Monastery,…

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Policemen attached to Yahaya Bello withdrawn

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All police officers attached to the embattled former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, have been withdrawn by the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun. The order for the withdrawal was contained in a police wireless message on Friday. The document with reference number: “CB:4001/DOPS/PMF/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.48/ 34 read in part, “IG has ordered the withdrawal of all policemen attached to His Excellency and former Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. “Acknowledge compliance and treat with utmost importance. Please, above, for your information and strict compliance.” The Nigerian Immigration Service…

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Three toddlers locked up in Lagos home by Grandma rescued by Police

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Three toddlers allegedly locked up in a room at Agodo-Egbe in the Ikotun area of Lagos state, have been rescued by the State Police. It was gathered that the children, which included a girl and two boys between the ages of two and four years, were locked inside for some time by one Fatimo Ganiyu said to be their grandmother. Some members of the community who became curious about their whereabouts were said to have immediately alerted the police on Wednesday. Following the tip-off, a team of policemen visited the…

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Court restrains EFCC from arresting, prosecuting Yahaya Bello

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been restrained from infringing on the fundamental human rights of Alhaji Yahaya Bello, former Kogi State Governor by a High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State. In a two hour judgment delivered on Wednesday, at the High Court 4 and presided over by Hon. Justice I.A Jamil, in suit no HCL/68/M/2020, the court restrained the EFCC from arresting, detaining and prosecuting the applicant except as authorised by the Court. This is a definite order following the earlier interim injunction given. The judgment followed…

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29 Yoruba nation agitators arraigned by Oyo govt, Onitiri-Abiola’s residence demolished

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The building where Mrs Modupe Onitiri-Abiola, who declared that Yorubaland had become a sovereign nation, was yesterday demolished by the Oyo State government. The storey-building is located in the Oluyole area of Ibadan. In a viral video, it was revealed that the house was pulled down following the discovery by security agents that the house was also being used as an armoury. It was gathered that she recorded the broadcast there then left the house before sending it on social media. A source, who spoke under the condition of anonymity,…

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Cubana Chief Priest charged for Naira abuse gets N10m bail

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Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, a Businessman and socialite, who was charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been granted N10m bail with two sureties in like sum by a Federal High Court in Lagos State. Cubana Chief priest broke his silence after perfecting his N10 million bail condition with two sureties in like sum. Okechukwu claimed he was not small and that money was water in an Instagram post shortly after his arraignment on Wednesday. “Seeing all your messages and love.…

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Nigerian man shot 4 times by wife dies in US

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Michael Chidozie, a 26-year-old Nigerian man, has died of spinal injury complications after his wife shot him four times during an argument inside their Houston residence, Texas, US. Chidozie’s wife, Keaiirra Shavoiyae, two years older, shot him in the middle of an argument on March 21 in front of their two children, claiming she acted in self-defence. He was rushed to Ben Taub Hospital after police found him with gunshot wounds and his wife in a panic holding their two kids, aged three and two. Chidozie lingered 18 days on…

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