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Nnamdi Kanu An Abia State High Court presided over by Hon. Justice Benson Anya in Umuahia, the state capital on Wednesday awarded N1bn damage in favour of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu against the Federal Government. Kanu, through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor had …

Mai Mala Buni The leadership of the All Progressives Congress may have decided to zone the National Secretary position of the APC to the South-East while the North-Central will get the chairmanship of the party. The deputy national chairman (South) is expected to go to the South-South, The PUNCH has …

  The former Director General of Progressives Governors’ Forum of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Salihu Lukman, has broken his silence over his resignation even as he hailed has he hailed the National Leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, for his intervention. Lukman, who had been a thorn in the …

Senate President Ahmed Lawan has assured Nigerians that subsidy on Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) will not be removed for now as being reported by some social and conventional media. Lawan stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday …

The four wedding guests abducted on Sunday by hoodlums around the Isara area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, have regained their freedom. Our correspondent learnt that their families, however, paid N7.5m for their release. The hoodlums, who were dressed in army uniform, abducted the seven wedding guests on Sunday. …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken into custody a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Mr Olasupo Shasore, SAN. Sashore is being grilled by EFCC operatives over his roles in the Process & Industrial Development (P&ID) scam. He had earlier been questioned by the …

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has pleaded not guilty to the 15 charges brought against him by the Federal Government in the case of alleged treasonable felony. He pleaded not guilty before Justice Binta Nyako when the case resumed at the Federal High Court in …

  The Court of Appeal on Tuesday ordered a former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, to open his defence before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court Abuja. Abang had on July 19, 2021, ordered Nyako to enter defence in his ongoing trial. Unsatisfied with the judgment of …

The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has said although Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is his political leader, he will not support him to be president of Nigeria. Ojudu, who represented Ekiti Central Senatorial District at the 8th Senate, said his position did not amount to …

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has released the timetable for the conduct of 2022 concurrent legislative bye-elections across four states in the country. The party’s approved timetable and schedule of activities for the election was signed by the National Secretary, APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, Mr John James Akpanudoedehe. …