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Buhari plotting to arrest parents of missing schoolgirls – Fani-Kayode

  President Muhammadu Buhari-led government was plotting to arrest parents of missing students of Government Girls Science and Technical School in Dapchi, Yobe state. The former Minister anchored his claim on the fact that parents of the missing girls cried out to the world about the incident. Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on Friday alleged that.      In a tweet, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain maintained that the current administration is ‘heartless and mendacious. ‘ The PDP chieftain also insisted that Buhari’s government was empowering Boko Haram by paying ransom for the abducted girls. He wrote: “Heard they are attempting to arrest some of the parents of the abducted girls for speaking out and letting the world know the truth. We’re dealing with a heartless,mendacious govt who have empowered Boko Haram enormously by paying them huge ransoms for kidnapped girls Yobe

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has described the new report by Transparency International (TI) revealing that the perception of corruption in Nigeria worsened between 2016 and 2017, as another

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has described the new report by Transparency International (TI) revealing that the perception of corruption in Nigeria worsened between 2016 and 2017, as another vindication of his position that the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Muhammadu Buhari was not fighting any corruption. He said; “Transparency International only confirmed what I have said before that President Buhari is only hiding under anti-corruption fight to harass his perceived political foes while protecting corrupt people in his government. The governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has expressed concern over the reported abduction of 94 pupils of the Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, appealing to the federal government to ensure that the remaining girls are found and stop lying to Nigerians that the Boko Haram insurgency had been “completely defeated.” In a statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, by his Special Assistant on P...

IPOB:Nnamdi Kanu-led IPOB blasts factional group, accuses DSS of blackmail, propaganda

  The Okwudili-led IPOB disowned the elusive Kanu while throwing their weight behind Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State who has been under attack from the. Kanu-led pro-Biafra group.          The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday reacted to report by Mazi Okwudili Ezenachukwu claiming to be the new leader of the pro-Biafra group and not the elusive Nnamdi Kanu . In its reaction, IPOB said Okwudili was a pseudonym by the Department of State Services, DSS, to cause distraction within its members. A statement by IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful said DSS would continue to fail in its attempt to infiltrate its ranks. Describing the report as “propaganda and blackmail,” IPOB insisted that such reports always surfaced when the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government runs into trouble with its image. The statement reads, “We the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) view as laughable the latest attempt by the Nig...

Indigeneous People of Biafra, IPOB, has decried what it described as the worst form of judicial immorality and conspiracy, the continuous release of violent Boko Haram suspects and detention of peaceful IPOB members.

  Weekend, a Federal High Court sitting in Wawa Cantonment, Kainji, Niger State released no fewer than 475 suspected Boko Haram members to be rehabilitated by their state governments. the Indigeneous People of Biafra, IPOB, has decried what it described as the worst form of judicial immorality and conspiracy, the continuous release of violent Boko Haram suspects and detention of peaceful IPOB members. Reacting to the development, the IPOB, in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, noted with dismay the release of another group of Boko Haram suspects while innocent IPOB family members are still being illegally and unlawfully detained, some for nearly three years without trial as in the case of David Nwawuisi at Kuje prison in Abuja. It continued: ‘’To rub salt on the injury, Nigerian Police, DSS and Army rather than facilitate the release of Biafrans in their custody have instead continued with their reign of terror across the South...

David Eyo, a 31-year-old head-teacher, who allegedly defiled his 10-year-old pupil and infected her with a disease was on Tuesday

Chief Magistrate, Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi, who gave the ruling, directed that the case file should be duplicated and a copy sent to the State Director of Public ProsecutionDavid Eyo, a 31-year-old head-teacher, who allegedly defiled his 10-year-old pupil and infected her with a disease was on Tuesday remanded in Kirikiri Prison on the orders of an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.s (DPP) for advice.  The accused, a resident of Aguda in Surulere area of Lagos, is on trial for defilement. He defiled his 10-year-old pupil (name withheld) several times in the premises of the school he said. NAN reports that the case was reported by the pupil’s parents to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT). According to Mrs Titilola Rhodes-Vivour, Coordinator of the DSVRT, who was present in court, the child had informed her classmate about the defilement which had occurred several times within the school premises. The classmate who is the girl’s friend, told h...

The Federal High Court in Abuja, Tuesday afternoon ordered that the missing leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi

  Justice Binta Nyako made the order following an oral application by the lead prosecuting counsel, Mr. Shuaibu Labaran, who noted that Kanu’s continued absence from court since he was granted bail in April 2017, “has frustrated progress in the case The Federal High Court in Abuja, Tuesday afternoon ordered that the missing leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, be separately tried from the rest of his co-defendants. In the circumstance, the prosecution shall be asking for the indulgence of your lordship to separate the trial so that progress can be made in this matter, Labaran said. Other defence lawyers did not oppose the application. Kanu and others are being prosecuted on five counts bordering on treasonable felony, among other charges. He had not been seen since September 22, 2017 when his team of lawyers and family declared him missing after soldiers allegedly invaded his home in Abia State. The Federal High Court in Abuja, Tuesday aft...

The treason trial of Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu resumed on Tuesday but the defendant again failed to turn up in court.

  The former London estate agent's populist rhetoric has tapped into lingering separatist sentiment for a breakaway state among the Igbo people who dominate the region. Prosecutor Shuaibu Labaran told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the absence of the head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement was "frustrating the trial". Judge Binta Nyako ordered the trial of Kanu's three co-defendants without him on March 20 and prosecute him separately. Kanu, who also runs Radio Biafra, was first arrested in October 2015, sparking a wave of demonstrations calling for his release across southeast Nigeria. A previous unilateral declaration of independence in 1967 sparked a brutal civil war that lasted 30 months and left at least one million dead from starvation and disease. Most of them were Igbos. Kanu was given bail under strict conditions last year but did not appear for the resumption of his trial in October. He was last seen in September...