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SOWORE DETAINED INDEFINITELY AFTER REJECTING BAIL CONDITIONS SET BY POLICE Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has announced that the Nigeria Police Force will hold him in custody until further notice. This followed his refusal to accept their bail conditions, which he described as “illegal”. SaharaReporters learnt that Sowore will be taken to the police office located at Abattoir, which was …

2027: COUNT ME OUT OF COALITION AGAINST TINUBU, APC — PETER OBI Former Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has denied involvement in coalition against the ruling President Bola Tinubu and All Progressives Congress in 2027. Obi made the clarification on Monday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen at the sideline of a two-day National Conference on Strengthening …

I NOW FEED FROM RENTING OUT MY HOUSE IN KADUNA — BUHARI Former President Muhammadu Buhari says after serving two terms as Nigeria’s number one citizen, he relies on one of his houses in Kaduna State to raise money for feeding. Speaking at the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus meeting held at the Presidential Banquet Hall of the Government House, …

UGWU-ONYEAMA TANKER EXPLOSION WIPED OUT ENTIRE 11 FAMILY MEMBERS Jeremiah Amuche Nwaji from Ebonyi State, his wife, six children, a younger brother and two servants, have been identified as victims of the tragic fuel tanker explosion that occurred at Ugwu-Onyeama section of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway on Saturday. They were traveling in a Sienna vehicle from Anambra State to Izzi in …

MY HEALTH IMPROVED AFTER I LEFT OFFICE AS PRESIDENT – BUHARI Former President Muhammadu Buhari has opened up about his health since leaving office on May 29, 2023. Buhari said his health has improved, adding that he looks better since leaving office in 2023. While in office as President, Buhari was plagued by illness which led to him being flown …

WHY WE KIDNAPPED FORMER AIG’S WIFE – SUSPECTS Suspected kidnappers of Mrs. A. Odumosu, one of the wives of retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Hakeem Odumosu, have revealed they were contracted by a man to do the job. The suspects, identified as Agbojule Smart, 27, and Keleke Michael, 30, in a confessional video seen by The Nation, said …

ENUGU, NIGER TRAGEDIES: LAWMAKER TO SPONSOR BILL REGULATING TANKER MOVEMENT The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Ikenga Ugochinyere, has indicated interest to sponsor a legislation to regulate the movement of petrol laden tankers across the country, at night. He said the legislation when it eventually becomes a law would avert the recurrence of such tragedies …

DEFAMATION: I HAVE FORGIVEN DELE FAROTIMI – AFE BABALOLA Legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), says he has forgiven human rights activist Dele Farotimi whom he accused of defamation. Babalola, the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), who stated this during a visit by Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi and other traditional rulers, said he would also …

LET US NAME NIGERIA AFTER OUR PRESIDENT BYLASISI OLAGUNJU Two major projects were announced in Abuja last week: a polytechnic and a military barracks. Both were named after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I thought the president would say no to such fawning sycophancy. But no. He appears to love it. He actually sat and presided over the inauguration and naming …

BRAZIL PROTESTS US DEPORTATION OF 88 CITIZENS IN HANDCUFFS Brazilian officials demanded that U.S. agents remove handcuffs from a group of deportees flown to Brazil on Friday. A prominent minister in President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration condemned the practice as a “blatant disrespect” for the rights of Brazilian citizens, Reuters reports. Acting on orders from Justice Minister Ricardo …