Author: Damilola Olufemi

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Aloy Ejimakor, lawyer to Nnamdi Kanu, has revealed that the IPOB leader has been relocated from the Department of State Services (DSS) detention facility in Abuja to a correctional centre in Sokoto following his conviction. Earlier, New Daily Prime reported that Omoyele Sowore, has alleged that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been secretly moved from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to a correctional facility in Sokoto State. Reacting to the development, Sowore said in a statement on his Facebook page that the Federal Government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu…

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Reports claiming that students were kidnapped from St. Peter’s Foundation Secondary School in Nasarawa State have been firmly refuted by both the school proprietor and the state police command. In an audio conversation arranged by the Nasarawa state Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhel Nansel, and shared with TVC News Digital on Friday, proprietor Peters Ezegwoya clarified that the alarming messages circulating online were unfounded. Ezegwoya explained that a group of students heading to the field for a Physical and Health Education session had encountered armed local hunters. Their teachers immediately led them back to school, but the sighting caused panic.…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Nigeria to represent President Bola Tinubu at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa “This followed the decision of stay back in Nigeria and attend to security concerns in the country,” a statment by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, made this known on Friday. The New Daily Prime earlier reported that Tinubu had postponed his earlier scheduled trip to Johannesburg, South Africa to await further security briefings on the recent security incidents in Kebbi and Kwara states. President Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African leader who also…

Kidnappers who abducted about 35 worshippers from the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke-Igan, in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, have reportedly asked for ₦100 million for each hostage. Sources within the community, including relatives of those taken, told The PUNCH on Thursday that the abductors were reaching out using phones belonging to the victims. The attack occurred during a church programme on Tuesday evening. The church secretary, Josiah Agbabiaka, confirmed that families had started receiving calls. “It is true that the bandits have started contacting family members using the victims’ phones to demand ransom. “From what we were…

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court has handed down a life sentence to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, bringing an end to a legal battle that has stretched for ten years. The ruling, delivered on Thursday, comes four years after Kanu was seized in Kenya under controversial circumstances and returned to Nigeria to face a seven-count terrorism charge. Kanu was not present for the final judgment. He had insisted the court would not proceed with the case, prompting a scene in the courtroom. Justice Omotosho ordered security operatives to remove him for what he…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced that it will launch a major enforcement drive next week targeting property owners who have failed to settle various land-related charges, including ground rent, land use change and conversion fees, as well as Right of Occupancy (R-of-O) and Certificate of Occupancy (C-of-O) payments. The announcement was made by Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, in a statement issued on Thursday. According to Olayinka, the crackdown will focus on owners who have ignored payments for ground rent and other statutory fees, or…