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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

Defiant Atiku Visits Obasanjo, Says He’s Confident About Winning PDP Ticket

Atiku visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State to seek support for his presidential aspiration.
Despite the clamour for power to shift to the South after President Muhammadu Buhari’s two terms of eight years, former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said he is confident thatRead More

Dankwambo Welcomes Gwamna Back To PDP

Ex-Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo
Immediate past Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo and a former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant during the 2019 party primaries, Dr. Jamilu Isyaku Gwamna may haveRead More

2023: Edo North APC Chieftain Wants Oshiomhole To Contest Senatorial Seat

Edo State
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Mr. Vitalis Oshokene, yesterday called on the former National Chairman of APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to vie for theRead More

El-Rufai, Umahi, Bagudu Storm C’River For Ogoja/Yala, Akpabuyo By-elections

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State
Three Governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, namely Nasir el-Rufia of Kaduna State, Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State and Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State stormedRead More

2023: CBN Governor, Emefiele Brings In Three Airplanes For Presidential Campaign, Asked To Resign By Buhari Government Cabal

CBN Godwin Emefiele
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, who is preparing for the 2023 presidential election has brought in three aircraft for his campaign, Flavision canRead More

Just In: Mutawalle Picks Senator Nasiha As Zamfara Deputy Governor

Governor Bello Mutawalle
Following the impeachment of Zamfara State Deputy Governor, Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Gusau, Senator Hassan Nasiha representing Zamfara Central in the National Assembly has been confirmed by the Zamfara State HouseRead More

Again, APC Moves Convention, Now To Hold March 26

All Progressives Congress (APC)
Keeps mum on zoning of party offices Lukman: Buni, Bello, Uzodinma, two other govs frustrating convention Says Akpanudoedehe active in ‘ponzi scheme’ The All Progressives Congress (APC) has resolved toRead More

Tinubu Floors Aregbesola As Oyetola Wins Osun APC Primary

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State
Minister cries foul, Adeoti heads to court Buhari, APC govs to decide new date for national convention Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State yesterday won the governorship primary of theRead More

INEC Allays Fears On 2023 Elections, Says No Plan To Shift Polls

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
Electoral Bill 2022 still inchoate, commission clarifies The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that the 2023 general election is not encumbered and will hold as planned, beginning withRead More

Obasanjo: Nigeria Needs More Rebels To Challenge Government

Ex- President, Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday declared that Nigeria would require “more rebels” to speak the truth to power for the country to move forward. Obasanjo also stated that NigeriaRead More