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Makinde Appoints Ogunwuyi As Chief Of Staff Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has named Honourable Segun Ogunwuyi as his Chief of Staff. A letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, confirmed Ogunwuyi’s appointment. The appointment takes immediate effect. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that Ogunwuyi was, in 2019, named Executive Assistant to the Governor on Investment. He was later appointed Director-General of the Oyo State Investment and Public, Private Partnership Agency (OYSIPPPA), following the passage of the law setting up the agency. As the DG…

A group, the Igbo Peace Forum (IPF), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime to charge Nnamdi Kanu with mass murder. Mr Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been calling for the secession of Igbos from Nigeria. Now facing criminal charges following his re-arrest, Mr Buhari’s regime accused the separatist leader of orchestrating the killing of 60 people. On Sunday, the IPF, at a solidarity rally to register their support for the regime and security agencies, urged the government to prosecute Mr Kanu for mass murder. IPF’s national coordinator Emeka Okpara said Igbos were concerned that…

The leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in Australia has charged all members of the group to boycott traveling with Kenya Airways. Head of membership and mobilisation of the group in Australia, Kennedy Ochi, also asked members to stop patronising any product made in Kenya and all businesses dealing with Kenyans. According to a report by The Nation, Mr Ochi said the IPOB’s decision was coming on the heels of Kenya’s betrayal, which allegedly led to arrest and repatriation of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu. “Our leader was arrested, repatriated back to a country he does not posses its…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a Nigerian woman based in Brazil, Mrs. Anita Ugochinyere Ogbonna, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, with 100 pellets of cocaine concealed in her private part and handbag. Mrs. Ogbona, a mother of three, was arrested on Friday night, 2 July, 2021 on arrival in Abuja via Qatar Air from Sao Paulo, Brazil through Doha. Upon a proper search, 12 wraps of cocaine carefully concealed in her private part were extracted while another 88 pellets stuffed in socks were discovered hidden in her handbag. In a related…

Bayelsa-born activist and former Spokesperson of Nigeria’s ruling party, APC, Timi Frank, on Saturday praised Yoruba secessionist leader, Sunday Igboho on what he terms as the success of the July 3rd 2021 Yoruba nation rally held in Lagos, Nigeria. In a Saturday interview he had with a media personality, Susan West, the activist said; “Well first of all let me commend the Yoruba people for what they’ve done today. They’ve show that they are very patriotic. They’ve show they are very reliable. They’ve shown they can be trusted.” “Despite the threat from General Buhari’s Government, despite the threat APC Government,…

Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo, former militant commander and head of the Biafra Customary Government (BCG), has broken his silence on the rearrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Kanu, who was standing treason trial, had jumped bail after a Federal High Court in Abuja released him on health grounds. He had fled to the UK from where he led his followers to demand for a referendum. However, he was rearrested abroad and extradited to Nigeria last weekend. Weeks before he was rearrested, Asari Dokubo, who had fallen out with Kanu, had vowed to destroy his…

Lawyer for the Yoruba Nation activist, Mr Sunday Adeyemo better known as Sunday Igboho has demanded N500million from the Federal Government as reparation for the destruction of cars and the home of the activist. The lawyer, Chief Yomi Aliyu SAN, in a release made available to newsmen on Saturday, also asked for public apology from the State Security Service for the unconstitutional invasion of Igboho’s residence. The release is reproduced below in full: We are Counsel to Chief Sunday Adeyemo otherwise known as Sunday Igboho Oosa and we have his standing instructions to defend and act as Counsel in all…

Yoruba Nation agitators have said that they embarked on a rally in Lagos State despite threats by police to show that they are not cowards. Maxwell Adeleye, the spokesperson for the umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, made this known. He also said that the agitators went ahead with the rally to show policemen, Nigerians, and the global community that they are peaceful demonstrators. Adeleye, however, regretted the death of drink seller during the rally, noting that police officials should be held accountable. The spokesman for the agitators, however, hailed thousands of the Yoruba people who defied…

Prince Emmanuel Kanu, younger brother of the arrested leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said that his brother’s apprehension and subsequent detention in Nigeria was going to fasten the disintegration of the country. Speaking at their country home in Afara Ukwu, Umuahia yesterday, Emmanuel said that they are not worried about Kanu’s arrest as that was going to cause problem for the nation and actualize the state of Biafra faster. “We are not in any way worried about his arrest because surely, it is going to hasten the disintegration of Nigeria, and bring about…

The Government of the United Kingdom (UK) has disclosed that its enquiries on the circumstances surrounding the arrest of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, are continuing. The Head of Communications, British High Commission, Abuja, Dean Hurlock, stated this in response to media report that the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, rebuffed the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, over Kanu’s arrest. Hurlock’s response also followed revelation on Friday by Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, regarding how Kanu was arrested and tortured in Kenya before he was brought…