Seun Opejobi 
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has dismissed claims by Finland-based Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s letter was fake. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, insisted that Kanu’s letter ordering Ekpa to end the sit-at-home in the Southeast was authentic. On Friday, Kanu had sent a handwritten letter to Ekpa, ordering him to … Read more
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State released the list of his commissioners on Friday. The list of commissioners-designate was forwarded to the Lagos State House of Assembly for screening. The 39-man list combined new and immediate past cabinet members. Full list of Sanwo-Olu’s cabinet nominees: 1. Mr Afolabi Ayantayo 2. Mr Jamiu Alli-Balogun 3. Mr … Read more
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has denied taking a picture with self-acclaimed Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa. Obi issued the denial in response to a viral ‘photoshopped image with Ekpa’. Speaking through the Head of Obi-Datti Media Office, Diran Onifade, Obi said those determined to cast his image in bad light were behind … Read more
President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government is currently meeting with representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC. The emergency meeting is holding at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting was at the instance of the negotiation committee set up by the Federal Government. This was against the backdrop of the … Read more
Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has sent a message to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the activities of the Department of State Services, DSS. Ejimakor urged Tinubu to stop the secret service from disobeying court orders. He noted that the serial disobedience of court orders … Read more
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has called on President Bola Tinubu to hold to account those responsible for the fight between the Department of State Services, DSS, and operatives of the Nigeria Correctional Service. DSS operatives and prisons officers engaged in a face-off after the trial of former Governor of the Central Bank … Read more
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has called on the Department of State Services, DSS, to apologise to Nigerians over the case of Godwin Emefiele, suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Ezekwesili said DSS took Nigerians for a ride over the charges leveled against Emefiele. She wondered why the secret police would … Read more
The Enugu State Government has urged residents to disregard the Monday sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and go about their normal businesses. The government threatened to sanction civil servants, schools, and markets that observe the illegal order. The directive was issued by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Chidiebere Onyia, … Read more
Popular Nigerian singer, Adekunle Gold, popularly known as AG Baby, has cautioned fellow singer, Brymo over slur comments about his wife, Simi. Adekunle Gold warned Brymo not to disrespect Simi and his family. Brymo had said he declined to feature Simi because she refused to “get intimate” with him. In an interview, Brymo said he … Read more
Shehu Sani, a socio-political commentator, has backed Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State on the distribution of palliative. Sani noted that some state governors might use the funds for palliative to pay contractors, pay backlog of salaries, settle domestic debt, among others. He urged the President Bola Tinubu’s administration to ensure proper checks on the … Read more