The Indigenous People of Biafra, on Wednesday, lashed out at the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), saying his alleged ‘sins’ against Nigerians would never be forgiven. The separatist group, in a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, was reacting to Buhari’s recent appeal that “all those that I have hurt, I ask that they pardon me.” The President, who spoke on Sallah day inside the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, when residents of the Federal Capital Territory, led by the minister, M
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The president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, departed his Asokoro residence for Defence Guest House in the Maitama District of Abuja, from where he will function until May 29 inauguration. Recall that the current President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), also lodged at the same base months before his May 29, 2015 inauguration, from where he moved into his official residence at the Aso Rock Villa. Tinubu, who was dressed in a free-flowing white Babaringa with a red cap to match, arrived at his new operational base at about
Read MoreThe Federal Government, on Wednesday, in Abuja said it has spent $1.2m to deploy 40 buses to evacuate at least 2,400 stranded Nigerians out of Sudan. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), at the Council Chambers of Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Onyeama said the high cost of the evacuation was to provide security cover for the eight-hour journey from Luxol to Cairo
Read MoreThe governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the just concluded 2023 general election in Enugu State, Chief Dons Udeh, has been reportedly found dead. Udeh, who was said to have got missing on Saturday, was reportedly found dead on Wednesday at the 9th Mile area of the state, barely four days after. Udeh, an engineer, was a former Enugu State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party and had remained a member of the party till he defected to APGA to pursue his political ambition to become the governor of Enugu State. A
Read MoreThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to file fresh proceedings against former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, over money laundering. Femi Fani-Kayode and Nenadi Usman were arraigned by on a 17-count charge in June 2016. Aside Fani-Kayode and Usman, also listed as defendants in the case are Danjuma Yusuf and Joint Trust Dimensions Limited. It was alleged that the offenses were committed by the defendants between January and March 2015 in Lagos. The defendant were alleged to have, at various times, unlawfully retain
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