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IPOB Not Funded Through Sports Betting – Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer, Ejimakor Replies FG

IPOB leader, Mazi Nnnamdi Kanu and his lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor
Aloy Ejimakor, the lead counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Saturday, reacted to reports that the group is funded through sports betting and crowd-funding. He described such claims as false and laughable. The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, had revealed that global crowdfunding, online transactions, and sports betting fund terrorist organizations in Nigeria like Boko Haram, ISWAP, IPOB, bandits, and other such groups. In its newsletter, NFIU revealed how IPOB and Eastern Security Network, ESN, received funds through affiliates in 22 countries that have registered at least 27 entities under the group’sRead More

$418m Paris Club Refund: Don’t Tamper With Our Allocations, Governors Insist

Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF)
Governors of the 36 states of the federation have reaffirmed their position that the federal government should not go ahead with the planned deduction of $418 million from the FederationRead More

Amidst Death Rumour, Akeredolu Arrives Nigeria, Endorses Wife’s Bid For Senate

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and his wife, Betty Anyawu Akeredolu
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has arrived Nigeria amidst rumours of his death, just as he has declared support for his wife, Betty Anyawu Akeredolu’s aspiration to contest theRead More

Sidelined In APC, Yari, Marafa Quit Ruling Party, Join PDP

Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari and Senator Kabiru Marafa
Ruling party not Islam, we can leave anytime, says senator Maku also joins opposition party, declares governorship bid Angered by their treatment in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) inRead More

Lawan Inaugurates Projects In Abia Communities, Harps On Rural Devt

Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan
Senate President, Ahmed Lawan has said the federal government under the control of All Progressives Congress(APC) remains committed to the development of rural areas through the provision of the neededRead More

Electoral Act: Ganduje’s Aides, Commissioners Resign En Mass

Mr. Farouq Sule Garo
Warned by Clause 84 of the new Electoral Act as amended, seven commissioners in the cabinet of the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, have resigned their appointment as part ofRead More

Senate Holds Special Session For Adamu, Kyari, Nasiha

Nigerian Senate
The Senate yesterday held a valedictory session to mark the exit of three members of the upper chamber. The members included the new Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC),Read More

Presidential Ambition: Omokri Slams Osinbajo, Says Declaration Speech Empty

Reno Omokri
Reno Omokri, former special aide to Goodluck Jonathan, has said the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s declaration speech to run for president in 2023 is empty, without vision and leadership direction.Read More

Buhari: Nigeria Ready To Acquire More Maritime Territory Without Recourse To War

President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday declared that Nigeria was at the verge of extending its territory without, ‘war, litigation or purchase’ saying efforts at expanding its maritime territory, through the UnitedRead More

House Approves N369bn Budget For Customs In 2022

House of Representatives
Lawmakers okay repeal of 63-year-old Customs Act, proposed bill bans appointment of CG from outside service The House of Representatives yesterday approved the total sum of N369.136 billion budget forRead More

Tinubu Disowns Osinbajo, Says He Has No Son Grown Enough To Declare For President

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu
I’ve insight to complete what APC has started, vice president declares TSG: It’s a betrayal of trust APC Govs: We appreciate the devt Bagudu: APC may opt for consensus candidateRead More