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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

Persistent Arson Threatens Future Elections, INEC Warns

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu
Two more offices set ablaze in Ebonyi Meets with security agencies May 24 Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday expressed concern about the spateRead More

Constitution Review: Senate Suspends Next Week’s Plenary

Nigerian Senate
The Senate will not meet in plenary next week, President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has said. Lawan, who made this known at Wednesday’s plenary, said the week willRead More

Summon Police Council Over Insecurity, State Policing, PDP Govs Urge Buhari

PDP governors
Seek executive bill on devolution of powers 24 govs now back open grazing ban Meeting a political jamboree, says APC Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors yesterday called on President MuhammaduRead More

Unease In Senate As Senators Plot To Remove Lawan

Nigerian Senate
North-west may clinch top post In an impending major realignment in the Senate, senators have started consultations on a possible leadership change that could see President of the Senate, Dr.Read More

Clark Cautions against Agitation For Nigeria’s Break-up

Former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark
An elder statesman and former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, has cautioned against calls for secession in some parts of the country. Clark told journalists in Abuja yesterday thatRead More

PDP Govs Meet In Ibadan Today Over Insecurity

PDP governors
The governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will today meet in Ibadan, Oyo State capital to further discuss the worsening state of insecurity in Nigeria.Read More

Uncertainty Trails APC Convention Scheduled For June

All Progressives Congress (APC)
There is uncertainty over the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled for June as the tenure of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the party will expireRead More

INEC: Online Voter Registration Doesn’t Automatically Imply Electronic Transmission Of Results

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
Warns burning of its offices inimical to early preparation for 2023 polls Diri: e-voting will ensure rancour-free polls The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said its decision to embarkRead More

INEC To Create Additional 4,861 Polling Units In Lagos

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State has stated that it will create 4,861 additional polling units in the state. Just as it has cancelled the used ofRead More

PDP Demands Amaechi’s Sack Over Lootings In NPA, NDDC

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday demanded the immediate sack, investigation and prosecution of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as well as the suspended Managing Director of the NigerianRead More