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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected a correspondence signed by the acting chairman of the Samuel Anyanwu faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying it failed to meet the requirements of the law. Abdulrahaman Mohammed and Senator Samuel Anyanwu had written to the commission seeking to postpone the Ekiti Governorship primaries due to what they called logistical …

Fresh facts have emerged concerning the demise of the Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial zone, Chief Okey Ezea. Senator Ezea passed away on Tuesday while receiving medical treatment in the United Kingdom. However, fresh facts revealed that Ezea, who was diabetic had one of his legs amputated. Family sources claimed he died in Lagos from complications arising from the operation. …

Several soldiers sustained injuries after terrorists launched an ambush on troops heading to rescue kidnapped schoolgirls in Kebbi State. The attack occurred just 24 hours after the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, directed troops of Operation Fasan Yamma to go “all out” against the bandits responsible for abducting students of Government Girls Secondary School, Maga. “You …

President Bola Tinubu has been asked to quickly tender his resignation following the Federal Government’s inability to end the worsening security crisis. Terrorists, bandits, and other criminal elements have been on a recent rampage, killing and abducting unsuspecting citizens. There have been incidents of killings and mass abductions in Kebbi, Kwara, Zamfara, and other states. The surge in insecurity has …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has postponed his planned trips to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Luanda, Angola, as he awaits detailed security briefings on the abduction of schoolgirls in Kebbi State and the attack on worshippers at Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Isegun, Eruku, in Kwara State, Very Nigerian reports. According to a statement shared by his aide, Dada Olusegun, the President …

The Nigeria Police Force has sealed off the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following hours of a tense standoff between the rival factions engulfed in the party’s leadership crisis. Truckloads of policemen were deployed by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command to prevent a breakdown of law and order, as the two factions, each laying claim …

Ahead of tomorrow’s (November 20), judgment on the terrorism charge against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by Justice James Omotosho, the leadership of Igbo Disapora groups including American Veterans of Igbo Decent (AVID); and Ambassador for Self Determination (ASD); on Tuesday, November 18, met with US Congress at the Capital Hill, Washington DC. …

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has again declared that Christian genocide is ongoing in Nigeria, calling on the federal government and the international community to act decisively to end the relentless killings and displacement of believers, particularly in the North and Middle Belt. CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, stated this on Tuesday during the opening ceremony of the association’s …

A Catholic missionary priest based in Brazil, Rev. Fr. Chinaka Justin Mbaeri, has criticised the Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, over comments he allegedly made about Igbo people. In a post on Facebook on Tuesday, Mbaeri described Ayodele as a “tribal bigot” and urged the Federal Government to hold him accountable for statements he said were …

Senator Okey Ezea, representing Enugu North senatorial District in Enugu State, is dead. Ezeah was elected under the Labour Party, and he is the only remaining member in the National Assembly from Enugu State. Findings indicate that Ezeah passed on Tuesday in the United Kingdom while receiving treatment. A popular on-air media personality, ‘Senator’ Chijinkem Ugwuanyi, broke the news on …