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The apex Igbo socio-cultural group in Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide on Tuesday said that Northern governors are planning to break-up Nigeria. The Igbo group’s comment comes one day after Northern Governors’ Forum rejected the position of the Southern Governors Forum that power must go to the South in 2023. In a statement signed by its Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Osiguzoro the group described the move by the NGF as ‘weakness’ towards sustaining the unity of the country. The statement read in part; “Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide maintains that attempts to jettison the rotational presidency in 2023, and the North insisting to succeed President…

No casualty recorded, 57 suspects in custody, weapons, bags of stones, others, recovered The Federal Capital Territory Police Command says no Shiite protester was killed following a faceoff with security operatives on Tuesday, adding that, 57 protesters who were causing unnecessary hardship to motorists were arrested. DSP Adeh Josephine, police public relations officer for the FCT said miscreants were intercepted by security operatives so that they do not cause public unrest. “The FCT Police Command in a joint intervention with the Nigerian Army and other security agencies have restored normalcy to the Gwarinpa area of the FCT and other parts…

Guinea’s junta said on Monday its members are barred from standing in the next national or local elections, and that it will agree on the length of transition to elections with an 81-member Transitional National Council (TNC). Earlier this month the leader of the Sept. 5 coup, Mamady Doumbouya, shrugged off asset freezes and travel bans imposed by the ECOWAS regional bloc aimed at pressuring a swift transition to constitutional rule. Over the past two weeks the junta has held consultations with public figures and business leaders to map out a framework for a transitional government. African Union suspends Guinea…

Several people were feared killed after soldiers and policemen opened fire on Shiite protesters in Abuja on Tuesday. The protesters under the aegis of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, popularly known as Shiites, staged the annual Arbaeen trek along 3rd Avenue, Gwarimpa district of Abuja. It was gathered that security operatives stormed the area around 8am, shooting sporadically to disperse the protesters. Eyewitnesses who spoke on condition of anonymity revealed that over eight persons were shot dead during the attack by security forces including passersby. “It was around 8:00 am we started hearing gunshots along the road. The shooting…

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 adjourned till October 15, 2021 for hearing of all applications in respect of the Kogi State N20bn salary bail-out account domiciled in Sterling Bank Plc. On August 31, 2021, Justice Tijani Garba Ringim had ordered the freezing of the account, following an ex-parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The EFCC, in a 13-paragraph affidavit in support of the ex-parte application, had stated that it received a credible and direct intelligence, which led to the tracing of the funds…

The Senate on Tuesday resolved to investigate allegations of fake COVID-19 test result to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians in Ghana and the use of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards in Nigeria. The decision to investigate the allegation against the Ghanaian authorities was an outcome of a motion, following numerous allegations and complaints made by Nigerian travelers isolated at Ghanaian isolation facilities. The motion titled, “Urgent need to conduct investigation on allegation of fake COVID-19 test results being used to defraud Nigerians in Ghana and the obtainment of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards” was sponsored by Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe (APC, Kwara Central). Oloriegbe recalled…

Justice Mohamed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced Akinrodolu Sunday and George Tobi, who were posing as United States of America Military Officers, to various jail terms over offences bordering on love scam and other internet-related fraud. Akinrodolu and George were jailed alongside one Oluwajobi Victor on separate charges of fraud brought against them by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The convicts were among the 34 suspected internet fraudsters arrested in different locations in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State on March 8, 2021. While Akinrodolu and George were posing…

The Senate has urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, consider an Emergency Intervention Fund to the tune of N300 billion for critical roads in Niger state linking economic corridors in the North and South. This was just as Senators bemoaned the deplorable state of critical roads across the country. According to the upper chamber, doing so would facilitate the infrastructure rehabilitation efforts of government to support ease of business and economic recovery. These formed part of resolutions reached following a motion brought to the floor during plenary by Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi (APC, Niger North). Senator…

The councillor representing Ward 6 Central in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Samuel Ben, has been reportedly abducted by unidentified gunmen on Saturday. Confirming the abduction, SP Odiko Macdon, the Police Public Relations Officer, stated that the victim was kidnapped at his filling station premises on Saturday, September 25, at about 8 pm. SP Macdon confirmed the incident to newsmen in Eket on Tuesday. The PPRO described the incident as “very unfortunate and unacceptable’’, adding that Mr. Andrew Amiengheme, the Commissioner of Police, has ordered an investigation into the incident. Macdon said, “Yes, we’ve received a…

Throughout last week in New York, the United Nations General Assembly – the congress for the world – gathered for its annual re-affirmation of the principles upon which the organisation was founded. These are the principles of territorial integrity of nations, of sovereignty, and the rights of all peoples to be treated equally; and of the unacceptability of tribalism, ethnic bias, racism, and fascism – the poison which twice caused World War to be fought, and saw the United Nations founded to uphold the principles which would ensure one would never be fought again. They are also the principles upon…