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Month: June 2021


• Pledge allegiance to AlKhuraishi The Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram are back together  almost two months after their differences boiled over, resulting in the death of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. Commanders of the Read more…


■ Police in P’Harcourt nab prime suspect, 3 accomplices at large Just as the blood of the biblical Abel cried unto God after Cain murdered him out of jealousy, nemesis has caught up with 27-year-old Prince Reuben, a land dealer in Port Read more…


Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu was reported to have recently said that he was willing to dialogue with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.  He was equally quoted to have said that he would not Read more…


Through his eccentric interventions and conversations, is ex-soldier and respected Islamic cleric, Sheik Abubakar Gumi, seemingly supporting the evolution of a rogue Nigerian state? Louis Achi asks Today, many Nigerians are uncertain about their values, their leadership and their safety. Read more…


BY SIMON KOLAWOLE Funny how we hardly reach any cross-ethnic consensus in this country, but the campaign for a return to the 1963 Constitution — increasingly becoming the backbone of the “restructuring” agenda — seems popular in southern Nigeria and Read more…


Unknown gunmen have killed a pregnant woman in Offa local government area of Kwara State and kidnapped her husband. The deceased simply identified as Hauwa was said to be the wife of Lukman Ibrahim, a phone and accessories dealer in Read more…


A former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has congratulated the winner of the gubernatorial primary election conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State at the weekend, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo. LEADERSHIP reports that Ozigbo, a 50-year-old banker, Read more…


Following the death of the factional leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau, who reportedly blew up himself to avoid being captured by Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP ) fighters, Boko Haram fighters have formed an Read more…


Prof. Abisogun Leigh was the former Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University, Ojo between 2001 and 2005. The fifth Vice-Chancellor of the institution, he was brought in to curtail the unending lawlessness on the campus caused by staff unionism and cultism Read more…


Gunmen have abducted Oba Benjamin Oso, the Eleda of Eda Ile, in the Ekiti East Council area of Ekiti State. The gunmen were said to have whisked the traditional ruler away from his farm in the presence of his wife Read more…


Accreditation for a parallel primary was going on elsewhere in Awka. Ugochukwu Uba on Saturday emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election organised by the Chukwudi Umeaba-led faction held at Paul University Complex, Awka. Mr Uba polled a total of Read more…


The Imo State Police Command, on Saturday, disclosed that it had destroyed three more camps of Eastern Security Network linked to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra. Michael Abattam, who is the Media Adviser to the Commissioner of Police in Read more…