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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

National Assembly To Resume Debate On Electoral Bill Rejected By Buhari

National Assembly
There are fresh discussions around the Electoral Act Amendment Bill rejected by President Muhammadu Buhari over direct primaries as the National Assembly resumes today from Christmas and New Year break.Read More

Northern Leaders Are Political Jobbers, Only Southern President Accepted In 2023 – Middle Belt Forum

Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF)
The Middle Belt Forum has said it was not part of the meeting held by the Northern leaders of thought at Arewa House, Kaduna State on Saturday. It described theRead More

Gbajabiamila: Nigeria Should Increase Academic Qualification For President, Others

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that it was high time Nigeria increased the minimum educational qualification for those aspiring to hold certain political offices. AccordingRead More

2023: Bola Tinubu Camp Angry Over Osinbajo’s Perceived Growing Popularity, Buhari’s Silence

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu
The camp of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has shown its displeasure over the growing popularity of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for the 2023 presidentialRead More

2023: PDP Governors Meet In Port Harcourt To Consider Presidential Candidate

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Governors who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are to meet today in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to strategise on how the party can reclaim power in 2023.Read More

2023: Pass Electoral Bill To Aid INEC’s Preparation, Ex-boss Of Electoral Agency, Jega Urges President Buhari

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega
A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to pass the electoral bill, so that the electoralRead More

2023: Northern Elders Forum Opposes Zoning Of Presidency To South

Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
The Northern Elders Forum has opposed the clamour for zoning of the 2023 presidency to the South, saying power should remain in the North. In a key note address onRead More

Pan-Yoruba Groups Identify Ethnic Conflict, Violence As Threat To Peaceful Poll

Yoruba Youth Patriotic Movement (YYPM)
Several pan-Yoruba groups have again met in Lagos with a vow to ensure that the South-west determines the future of elections in the region. The group, in a statement signedRead More

Ex-Lawmaker Condemns Suspension Of PDP Member From Kwara Assembly

PDP lawmaker, Hon. Raheem Agboola
The Forum of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) former Lawmakers in Kwara State House of Assembly yesterday described the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) 23 lawmakers in the stateRead More

Retired Military Officer: Restructuring Will Solve Nigeria’s Security Challenges

Restructure Nigeria
A legal practitioner and retired military officer, Olumuyiwa Adu has advocated the need for Nigeria to be restructured along geographical line, in order to ensure equity, justice and security inRead More