……….declines defendants’ plea for bail By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—–The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed the appeal that was lodged before it by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu and two other pro-Biafra agitators, David Nwawusi and Benjamin Madubugwu, had gone before the appellate […]

Earlier this month the Senate approved a proposal to introduce a bill that will make kidnapping punishable by death. Many commentators have welcomed the decision arguing that the death penalty will deter the increasing number of kidnappings in the country. They are wrong.

The Minister for Information and Culture with the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Monday, said the Federal Government is considering opening a robust dialogue with the Niger-Delta militants on the need to stop militancy in the oil rich region.

Video: Fayose commissions hunters to curb herdsmen attacks

Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode was Monday ordered to be remanded in Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC by a Lagos State Magistrate court sitting in Ikeja for 21 days.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has banned grazing and rearing of cattle in the State, saying those interested in cattle farming should get their own private cattle ranch.

The Senior Pastor of Champions Royal Assembly, Kubwa, Abuja, Joshua Iginla on Sunday, gave out 32 cars out of which were 16 SUVs to celebrate his birthday.

Founder,United Progressives Party, UPP, Chief Chekwas Okorie, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to release detained Director Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, as a panacea to dialogue with the aggrieved members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and other affiliate groups demanding for Biafra secession.

Armed men have again struck in swamp of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State blowing up a section of the Tebidaba-Brass pipelines along the Azuzuama- Ikienghenbiri creek.

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos in a landmark judgment has ordered former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Federal Government to “provide information on the spending of the alleged missing N30 trillion which represents some accruable income to the Federal Government during the last four years of the Administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.”