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Benin Republic may reject the extradition of arrested Yoruba Nation Agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. Newsthumb has reported Igboho was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night while attempting to flee to Germany. Leader of the umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination groups, Ilana Omo Oodua (IOO), Professor Emeritus Banji Akintoye, confirmed to The Nation Yoruba Patriots are ... Read More »

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos today declined to make an order of status quo ante that would have suspended the local government elections in Lagos scheduled for Saturday, July 24, 2021. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, rather, adjourned till November 29, proceedings in the suit filed by an All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship aspirant Raheem Rasaki Alani. The judge gave ... Read More »

A pilot with the Nigerian Airforce, Flight Lieutenant Abayomi Dairo, has been rescued after intense gunfire by armed bandits grounded a Nigerian Airforce Alpha Jet aircraft in Zamfara State. The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore, Edward Gabkwet, who confirmed the crash in a statement on Monday, said Dairo was returning from a successful air ... Read More »

P+ Measurement Services, a leading Media Intelligence and Performance agency in Nigeria, cordially invites Public Relations and Communications professionals to its 17th Edition of Evaluate PR event. The event which is often convened via Twitter is set to take place via Google Meet platform due to the ban on the use of the micro blogging app in Nigeria. The event will be grazed by communications ... Read More »

Mary Daniel, the popular Lagos amputee who made headlines for Hawking sachet water on the streets of Lagos is now a proud house owner. Mary Daniel was busted for lying about her family background, and the accident that cost her one of her legs. Mary, who was a street sachet water seller in Lagos traffic, threw the housewarming party for a house ... Read More »

The Senate of the University of Lagos may shut the institution’s hostels after its emergency meeting on Wednesday, The Senate told our correspondent that the meeting was summoned to take a decision on the COVID-19 situation in the school. “It should be a short meeting. We will be deciding on whether hostels should be shut and if physical classes should ... Read More »

Civil Society groups, eminent Nigerians and opposition figures on Tuesday described the rejection of presidential aide Lauretta Onochie’s nomination as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) national commissioner as a victory for democracy. They said the Senate has restored its integrity and restored hope in democracy. The committee as reported by this newspaper recommended the rejection of Onochie because his nomination ... Read More »

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has described the new claims made by Chidinma Ojukwu, the suspected killer of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, as an “afterthought”. In a video that went viral on Monday, the undergraduate denied killing the Super TV CEO – a claim that is contrary to her initial confession. When ... Read More »

Billionaire lawyer cum antartica explorer, Prince Ned Nwoko is a joyous man at the moment. It will not be out of place to say that Prince Ned who is fondly called The Prince of Hope by his admirers on account of his philanthropy is ecstatic and his joy is thickset like an almond tree, whose boughs are bent and twisted ... Read More »

More dignitaries have indicated their interest in the 27th edition of Primate Elijah Ayodele’s annual book of prophecy titled ‘Warnings To The Nations’ hours after some African presidents exclusively requested for copies after its launch on Saturday, 10th Of July, 2021 in Lagos. Information at our disposal has it that some Nigerian governors, high-profile Nigerians, world recognized business tycoons, security ... Read More »