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Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Wednesday, condemned, in its entirety, the suit purportedly filed by an activist against 50 prominent members of the #EndSARS protesters at a Magistrate’s Court in Abuja. Frank in a statement in Abuja, insisted that while the plaintiff claimed to be an activist, he has credible intelligence that the APC’s administration is behind the suit which aims to indict the peaceful protesters and pave way for their unlawful incarceration. He called on Nigerians to hold President Muhammadu Buhari and the Department of State Services (DSS) responsible…

The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim on Monday said, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Youth Service Corps to ensure the enrolment of corps members in the National Health Insurance Scheme. Ibrahim disclosed this during a media chat with Bureau Chiefs, Media Executives and Correspondents which held in Abuja. He also assured that the NYSC has intensified liaison with security agencies for to ensure the security of corps members wherever they are serving in the country. According to him, with the annual mobilisation of over 300,000 corps members, the NYSC no doubt, “remains the most critical platform for…

President Donald Trump’s chief of staff,  Mark Meadows has tested positive for Covid-19, US media reported late Friday. Meadows, 61, told people he had coronavirus after the election, CNN reported. He first tested positive on Wednesday, a day after the poll, according to the New York Times. Meadows was part of a crowd in a room at the White House early on Wednesday when Trump spoke to around 150 of his top aides and supporters, the Washington Post reported. Several senior Trump administration officials have contracted the virus in recent weeks, including the president and his wife Melania. Press Secretary…

Following the deplorable state of federal roads in Abia State, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has called on the federal government to urgently intervene as the roads has brought untold hardship to users. The Governor made the call in a series of tweets via his official twitter handle @GovernorIkpeazu. The governor noted that almost all roads linking Abia to other states are in total disrepair. He expressed concern over the untold hardship this has caused road users and business owners. “Abia as a State bordered by seven other States is replete with a number of federal roads cutting across the State into…

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, Worldwide, has declared that the political career of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is in serious danger following his battle with Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The OYC believes that Wike, whom it described as an Igbo of Ikwerre stock, will be haunted by the killing of residents in Oyigbo Local Government Area by soldiers. The group said the killing was a political eyesore that will surely be used to haunt Wike’s future political aspirations. “Nnamdi Kanu is a messenger and a pawn in the hands of Northeast and…

Former Attorney-General of the Federation, Michael Aondoakaa, SAN who said former President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua can lead from anywhere including the moon is the lawyer representing the Central  Bank of Nigeria(CBN) in their quest to punish the promoters of EndSARS protest. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had  earlier obtained a court order freezing the accounts of 20 #EndSARS promoters till January 2021. The order was pursuant to a motion ex parte filed by the CBN before a Federal High Court. The certified true copy of the order obtained by an online medium, Peoples Gazette, showed that the CBN…