IGBOHO CAUTIONS TINUBU OVER BADENOCH

Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known Igboho, has asked President Bola Tinubu to caution the Vice President Kashim Shettima over his alleged attacks on the leader of the British Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch. Igboho made this appeal in a statement obtained in Osogbo on Sunday, responding to Shettima’s remarks about Badenoch following her…

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COURT STOPS SALE OF FAROTIMI’S BOOK

A high court in Oyo state has issued an interim order restraining further publication or sale of Dele Farotimi’s book, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’. Adebayo Adenipekun, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) with Afe Babalola & Co, filed the suit marked I/1442/2024 on Monday. Farotimi and Dele Farotimi Publishers were listed as the…

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OONI VISITS BUHARI

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Wednesday, paid a courtesy visit to former President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State. A former media aide to the ex-president, Ahmad Bashir, disclosed this in photos shared on X on Wednesday. Before leaving the town, the Ooni, alongside Buhari, was also said to have visited the…

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REPS TO PROBE CBN

The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the circumstances that led to the mass retirement of 1,000 staff members of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The House also resolved to ascertain the N50bn payoff earmark for the settlement of the disengaged staff members of the apex bank. The…

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FESTIVAL TRUSTEES TO CELEBRATE OSUNDARE

The Trustees of the Niyi Osundare International Poetry Festival in collaboration with the Department of English, University of Ibadan will be holding a one-day programme of literary and cultural activities to celebrate the poet whose literary prowess continues to make Nigeria proud across the globe. The event with the theme: Niyi Osundare, Ten years after…

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SIMON EKPA REMAINS IN CUSTODY

The Finnish police have confirmed that Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), will remain in custody until his trial, as the country’s legal system does not allow for bail in cases like his. Ekpa, a dual citizen of Nigeria and Finland, was arrested on November 21 by Finnish…

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