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  The death of Eze Israel Kanu, father of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Nnamdi Kanu, has been announced. This is coming four months after his mother, Ugoeze Sally Kanu, also died. Eze Kanu was the traditional ruler of Afara Ukwu Umuahia community till his...

Democratic freedom is shrinking in Nigeria, a global index report has stated. The report published by CIVICUS, a coalition of civil society groups has lamented. According to the report, Nigeria has slipped from being an “obstructed” nation in 2018 to a “repressed” nation — the second worst rating a country...

The Federal Government has raised fresh attack against the $9.6billion award made against it in respect of the alleged gas supply contracted purportedly awarded to an Irish firm, Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited. The FG, in this instance, has filed a fresh suit challenging the process leading to the...

Former Nigeria vice president Atiku Abubakar on Friday the invasion of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to arrest Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore was a violation of democratic norms. “Nigeria is not a dictatorship,” Atiku tweeted. “We are a democracy, no matter how inconvenient this fact is to the powers...

    Financial experts on Friday commended the National Assembly for ensuring early passage of the 2020 budget, just as they expressed concern on the oil production benchmark. The expert spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, while reacting to 2020 budget which was passed by NASS...

Wife of Nigeria president Aisha Buhari has said ‘bad people’ took over the country from her husband President Muhammadu Buhari. “I think that we should not allow people that are nothing to override the innocent,” Aisha said in a phone-in interview on Television Continental (TVC)’s ‘Journalists Hangout’ programme on Thursday....

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), has announced Mrs Toki Mabogunje as the Chamber’s new President, following the expiration of Mr Babatunde Paul Ruwase’s tenure. Ruwase had meritoriously served the Chamber in the same capacity in the last two years. Disclosing this in a statement, the Director General...

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has described the continuous detention of #RevolutioNow convener, Omoyele Sowore, even after perfecting his bail conditions as an act of thuggery. In the open letter titled ‘Between thuggery and state disobedience’, Soyinka accused the Buhari-led administration of treating the judiciary with disdain. He lamented the...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has deployed Ahmed Bello Umar as the new Director, Currency Operations Department, and effective Thursday. Umar succeeds Mrs. Priscilla Ekwueme Eleje, who exited the bank having reached the statutory retirement age. A statement signed by the Director, Corporate Communications Department, Isaac Okorafor said Umar,...

Convener of Concerned Nigerian, Deji Adeyanju, on Friday charged President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the country’s constitution, disband National Assembly. According to Daily Post, Adeyanju also charged Buhari to abrogate the judiciary and transform into a Military Head of State because he is a “tyrant.” He was reacting after operatives...