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BREAKING: U.S court postpones trial of suspended Abiodun’s aide to 2022

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By Alao Abiodun The fraud trial of suspended aide to Ogun Governor Abidemi Rufai, who was indicted for alleged conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, has been postponed to 2022, The Nation has gathered. A fresh ruling of the […]

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Igboho will return back to Nigeria soon, Akintoye vows

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By Alao Abiodun The leader of the umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, Professor Banji Akintoye, has disclosed that the body, other groups are working hard to secure the release of embattled Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo […]

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Nnamdi Kanu’s brother counters IPOB, suspends sit-at-home order

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by Taiwo Adebulu Kanunta Kanu, younger brother of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has suspended the sit-at-home order in the south-east region. This is coming a few hours after the secessionist group insisted that it would […]

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Falana: US will get DCP Kyari to face trial, whether he likes it or not

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by Ayodele Oluwafemi Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says the US government will get Abba Kyari, the deputy commissioner of police, to face trial whether he likes it or not. Falana spoke on Sunday during a Twitter Spaces conversation hosted […]

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Kinsmen demand respect for Sunday Igboho’s rights

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By Bisi Oladele, Ibadan Kinsmen of the embattled Yoruba nation agitator Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho in Igboho and entire Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State have demanded respect for his fundamental human rights. Speaking under the aegis of Oke […]

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Lawyer: Igboho carrying his cross alone — no one is funding his court cases

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by Taiwo Adebulu Yomi Aliyu, counsel to Sunday Adeyemo, a Yoruba youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho, says no group or individual is funding the court cases involving his client. In a statement on Saturday, Aliu said he has […]

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EIE, other civil society groups sue telcos over Twitter ban in Nigeria

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ADEBOLA AJAYI Enough is Enough, Paradigm Initiative, and Media Rights Agenda A coalition of civil society groups has taken legal action against telecommunications companies and network providers in Nigeria for their roles in the blockade of access to Twitter in […]

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Court sentences internet fraudsters to jail, to forfeit iPhones, monies to govt

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NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA Three persons – a university graduate, an undergraduate and one other – were on Friday sentenced by a Kwara State High Court to various jail terms for committing financial crimes. The convicts included, Omotosho Olorunyomi, a […]

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Abba Kyari: U.S., foreign countries don’t trust Nigerian police, says John Campbell

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HILLARY ESSIEN John Campbell, a former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, has noted how the scandal surrounding disgraced and suspendedDeputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has reduced the trust of foreign countries in the Nigerian police. “Whatever Nigeria’s reputation, that of […]

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I won’t abandon politics for law – Izunaso

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From Romanus Ugwu, Former All Progressives Congress (APC) Organising Secretary, Osita Izunaso, Esq, has said that he will never abandon politics to practice law despite been called to Bar recently. Speaking on the sideline in Abuja at a dinner organised in […]