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Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has revealed why he ‘secretly’ withdrew his seven-year-old son, Abubakar Al-Sadiq El-Rufai, from Kaduna Capital school. Last year, the governor dramatically enrolled him in one of northern Nigeria’s oldest public schools. But Daily Trust had reported how El-Rufai quietly withdrew his son. However, in an interview with BBC Pidgin, El-Rufai said his son had been targeted by bandits because of the governor’s public stand against the payment of ransom. In the interview, El-Rufai said it was the first time that he would address the issue. He added that his daughter, Nesrin, was also enrolled…

President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that the agriculture policy of his administration is beginning to yield positive fruits in the country. The President who said this while receiving Hailemariam Dessalegn, former Prime Minister of Ethiopia on Friday disclosed that Nigeria fell back to agriculture because crude oil is no longer sustainable. He further revealed that Nigerians now eat what they produce because his administration also stopped the importation of many food products. “We needed to go back to farming as petroleum could no longer sustain the country. “Today, we eat what we produce and we have stopped importation of many…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has granted detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) access to his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor. Ejiofor made this known in a statement on Friday. He said: “Thankfully our effort is yielding the desired result. We have just received a communication approving our visit to our Client- Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Shall keep the world posted on the outcome, immediately after the meeting, later in the Day. God is with us.” Ejiofor had on Thursday protested an application for audience with his client had not been approved. In another tweet late Thursday, Ejiofor said…

The Department of State Security, DSS has finally approved an application filed by Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor to meet with his client, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Barrister Ejiofor announced this a while ago via his social media page on Twitter. “Update, Thankfully Our effort is yielding the desired result, We have just received a communication approving Our visit to Our Client- Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Shall keep the World posted on the outcome, immediately after the meeting, later in the Day. God is with Us”. Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra was arraigned in court by the secret police on…

...Accuses FG of lawlessness, impunity ...Urges Nigerians to brace up for worst repressive regime Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has condemned the recent attack on the Ibadan residence of Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo (popular known as Sunday Igboho) and killing of his aides and forceful abduction of his family members by Nigerian security forces. Frank in a statement in Abuja described the attack by security operatives as lawlessness, high level impunity and one in a series of state sponsored terrorist acts against innocent Nigerians. He urged Nigerians to brace up for the…

A group, Kungiyar Matasan Kano Advocacy Organization, has appealed to Nigerian courts to serve the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, a death sentence. The appeal was made in a statement issued by the Chairman of the organization, Alhassan Haruna Dambatta, on Friday. The statement said: “Kanu has proven beyond reasonable doubt that people like him belongs to the dungeon of hell where he will find his equals passing through the judgment of God. “He belongs only to the body bag because of his role in the deliberate planning, coordination, financing of terrorism that led…

Sunday Igboho, self-acclaimed Yoruba activist, has vowed to go on with the “Yoruba Nation” rally that his group scheduled for Saturday. Igboho had announced the cancellation of the rally after the Department of State Services (DSS) raided his residence in Ibadan on Wednesday. But in a Facebook live broadcast on Thursday, Igboho said the rally will hold as scheduled. He spoke through Olayomi Koiki, his media aide. “I can still confirm officially that the Lagos rally in as much as whatever news or rumours you’ve been listening to from different outlets, will go as planned.” “The 3rd of July Mega…

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has said he was 'very very happy' when the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was arrested by the Nigerian government. Governor el-Rufai said this in an interview on BBC Pidgin on Friday. el-Rufai made the comments while responding to a question bordering on Nigerians asking why the bandits and terrorists in the North are not being treated with the same swiftness agitators in the southern parts are dealt. According to el-Rufai, “I was very happy (when Nnamdi Kanu was arrested) because, first he jumped bail, jeopardising his sureties. “Secondly,…

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has said that Boko Haram terrorists and bandits are different from the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, because they don’t have a recognised and centralised leadership. He said Kanu is a visible and central leader, based abroad and calling for the dissolution of the country. Governor el-Rufai said this in an interview on BBC Pidgin monitored by Vanguard, on Friday morning. el-Rufai made the comments while responding to a question bordering on Nigerians asking why the bandits and terrorists in the North are not being treated with the same…

Kenya’s Director-General of Immigration Services, Alexander Muteshi, has dismissed the claims of the country’s complicity in the arrest and “extradition” of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to Nigeria. Also, an Official in the Kenya Ministry of Interior said that the ministry is not aware of the “extradition” of Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria. Mr. Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), had on Tuesday, said the IPOB leader was “intercepted through the collaborative efforts of Nigerian intelligence and Security Services”. He did not, however, state where Kanu was arrested. While some reports have named the United…