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Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, has declared that there was no going back for him on the clamour for a Yoruba nation. Besides, Igboho threatened to ensure that the 2023 general elections do not hold in all the Yoruba-speaking states. Addressing a large crowd that attended a …

The remains of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, and six other senior officers, who perished in the ill-fated military aircraft that crashed in Kaduna state on Friday, May 21, will be buried today, May 22.   The burial proceedings, according to a statement signed by …

A military training aircraft has crashed at the Kaduna airport with all eight persons on board the aircraft feared dead including Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru. The crash occurred this evening May 21. The Nigeria Air Force says the cause of the crash is yet unknown.  

  Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has maintained that the current military operation in the South East is needless, rather, it noted the military operation should be in the North where, it claimed, Boko Haram has conquered some communities. While condemning the military operation in the zone, IPOB Media and Publicity …

The University of Jos UNIJOS has suspended academic activities for three weeks to stem the tide of worsening insecurity in the institution and neighboring environs, Tribune reports. The development comes just weeks after the University’s management ordered the closure of hostels in order to put in place adequate security around …

Nigerian youth, especially students in tertiary educational institutions have been challenged to use their numerical strength to make positive impact in the 2023 general election. A management consultant, Mr Akaninyene Sandy, who threw this challenge while delivering a keynote address at the National Association of  Akwa Ibom State Students (NAKISS) …

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, is currently presiding over a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Also present at the meeting are the National Commissioners, the Secretary to the Commission, the Technical Team to the Chairman, and Directors. The meeting is …

Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to call off the strike in Kaduna state. While the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have embarked on a five-day warning strike and protests in the state over the sack of over 7,000 government …

  The Federal Government yesterday disclosed that 70 per cent of corruption cases  are perpetrated by persons who use anonymous companies and  that  over $1 billion  has been recovered by governments using beneficial ownership data. Minister of Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, made this disclosure in Abuja at the media …

Global Rights (Nigeria) investigative report has revealed that a total of 1,603 Persons were killed in Nigeria from January to March as a result of cults clashes, Boko Haram, killer herdsmen, extrajudicial killings, communal clashes, isolated attacks and banditry.   A statement delivered by the Country Director, Global Rights -Nigeria …