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FINLAND’S TOUGHEST PRISON WHERE SIMON EKPA SHARES WING WITH KILLERS, RAPISTS Remanded leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, is being held at the Kylmäkoski vankila (Kylmäkoski prison), one of the world’s toughest prisons, findings have shown. The high security prison is in Vanhamaantie, Akaa, Finland (pictured here). The Finnish police confirmed that Ekpa, who described himself as …

IGBO LEADERS REACT TO EXPECTED RELEASE OF NNAMDI KANU The news of Nnamdi Kanu’s imminent release from detention has elicited mixed reactions from Igbo leaders and various groups, with a blend of optimism and indifference marking the response. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, had a fortnight ago, announced that President Bola Tinubu was set to …

OPPOSITION IN DISARRAY Last week, five members of the House of Representatives,consisting of four Labour Party (LP) and one Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members renounced their membership of the party that gave them the platform to contest to win their seats and defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in one fell swoop. Then this week, two other members …

TOBY OKECHUKWU, FORMER REPS DEPUTY MINORITY LEADER DUMPS PDP A former Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and ex-Chief of Staff to the Deputy Speaker, Toby Okechukwu has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Naija News reports that Okechukwu was recently appointed Executive Director of Projects for the South East Development Commission by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. …

I WOULD RATHER DIE THAN APPEAL TO WIKE OR TINUBU OVER ABUJA LAND – 84-YEAR-OLD WIDOW The widow of late Col. Paul Ogbebor, Mrs Rita Lori Ogbebor, has stated that she prefers to die than beg President Bola Tinubu or the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike over a land dispute in Abuja. Mrs Ogbebor made the …

NOBODY IN HIS RIGHT SENSES WOULD QUARELL WITH WIKE – AKPABIO Senate President Godswill Akpabio has described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, as a man of peace. Wike has been heavily criticized over the ongoing demolition of structures in Abuja. Speaking on Friday at the Public Lecture and Book Launch organised to mark the birthday …

HOW TINUBU MUSCLED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, BY SENATE PRESIDENT, AKPABIO Senate President Godswill Akpabio says President Bola Almed Tinubu muscled the two chambers of National Assembly with the conferment of GCON on them. Akpabio, who was the Special Guest of Honour at the Public Lecture and Book Launch organised to mark the birthday of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory …

PROFESSOR BENE MADINAGU LIVESON, BY SEGUN AYOBOLU Nigerians have become amazingly numb and inured to shock as regards the astounding and ever increasing scale of corruption in the country and this is understandable. Hardly have we been dealt heavy blows by revelations of monumental theft of public funds by those in positions of trust who are custodians of such resources …

FG PROCURING ESSENTIAL MEDICINES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES, SAYS PATE Ali Pate, coordinating minister of health and social welfare, says the federal government is pool-procuring essential medicines in public hospitals. Pate spoke in Abuja on Thursday at an event marking Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day. This year’s commemoration had the theme, “Health on the house of government”. “We recognise the …

REMOVE FAROUNBI FROM LAWYERS’ LIST – AFE BABALOLA PETITIONS LPDC Afe Babalola’s law firm has petitioned the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) seeking the removal of Dele Farotimi, a lawyer and human rights activist, from the roll of Nigerian legal practitioners. The firm in a 90-page petition dated December 6, 2024, and signed by Ola Faro, a partner in the …