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The chief legal adviser to jailed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor, has accused the Nigerian government of tolerating what he called selective injustice against the Igbo people. Ejimakor who made the allegation in a post on his official X account, said previously, the Igbo did not suffer much selective injustice under the administrations of former …

Nigerian beauty pageant Miss Chidinma Adetshina was crowned Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 at the annual pageant’s grand finale in Lagos on Saturday, August 31. Chidinma who was caught up in controversy over her dual citizenship beat four other contestants in the final five of the beauty pageant to emerge as the overall winner. The 23-year-old law student also made it …

CLAIM :On Tuesday, August 28, 2024, user X Harry @chiditweets042 posted two images of people with human body parts, claiming they were arrested in Ondo State. The user also claimed that one of those arrested was an Islamic cleric, and that they had a human hand, three kidneys, three hearts, a spine, and a tongue. FULL TEXT The threat of …

Raphinha scored three goals to help Barcelona thrash Real Valladolid 7-0 in La Liga on Saturday night. Raphinha opened the scoring in the 20th minute and scored two more goals late on to see his side dominate the game from start to finish. Also Read: Napoli hand Osimhen’s No. 9 shirt to Lukaku, drop Nigerian from squad The other four …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr. Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Tajudeen Abbas over their failure to end what the group called “apparently unlawful practices by the National Assembly in setting its allowances and operating expenses, and failure to account for the monthly operating …

  Fuji music star Abass Akande, popularly known as Obesere, has expressed gratitude to God after surviving a life-threatening surgery. In an Instagram post on Saturday, Obesere revealed that the surgery nearly took his life, but that he escaped death. NCAA Investigates Alleged British Airways Flight Delays He wrote: “The Almighty Allah has been merciful to me. I escaped a …

The South-West Coalition, reportedly comprising over 100 groups under the umbrella of the Yoruba Alliance of Democratic Movement (AYDM), has warned those calling for the military to stage a coup and take over the government of President Bola Tinubu, to desist from such calls as they are baseless. AYDM who gave the warning after the Pan-Yoruba-Itsekiri Global Summit held in …

Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has called on President Bola Tinubu to do everything possible to save the country from imminent collapse. The group which voiced its concerns after its regular quarterly meeting held in Isanya-Ogbo, Ogun State, said Nigeria was on the verge of total collapse due to the policies adopted by the Tinubu-led administration since it came to power …

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. El-Rufai laments ‘jealousy’ in political circles amid corruption allegations Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna state, took to social media on Saturday to share his thoughts on what he called “envy” among Nigeria’s political class. Read more 2. Wike to PDP governors: Stay out of Rivers affairs …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed 185 deaths due to floods across the country. NEMA spokesperson Manzo Ezekiel disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He also advised people living around the Benue River to move immediately. Ezekiel warned that Adamawa and eight other states were at risk of flooding due to their proximity to the …