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The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has stated that Anambra governorship election will not hold if Nigeria is not restructured before October 1, 2017”, He reportedly gave the condition on Monday at an event in Enugu where he received awards from three Igbo groups, including the Eastern Consultative Assembly and the Igbo Students’ Association. According to him, the election will only be held in the state if the federal government restructures the country before October 2017 and gives him a date for a referendum. “There will be no election in Anambra State come November 2017 and going forward there won’t be any election until they give me a date for a referendum. “They know what to do; convene a meeting, I will send my rep; give us a date for the referendum, that is the only way. “In which part of this earth have you ever found a measure of self-determination to be equated to war except in Nigeria because the political leaders do n

After EFCC revealed its official handler as @FshawKingFisher who seems to have resigned, Nigerians have taken to Twitter to celebrate the handler behind all the epic clap backs in recent times. While some of them are creating banters, insinuating that he must have been sacked, others are simply excited to finally meet the handler. See what they are saying below...

Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha, says President Buhari should be back to the country within the next two weeks. Okorocha who was part of some APC governors and chieftains who paid President Buhari a visit at the Abuja house in London yesterday, spoke with BBC World in the UK today where he gave an update on the President's state of health as well as when he is scheduled to return home. Okorocha in the interview said President Buhari was in high spirits and fully engaged in discussions about the Nation. President Buhari who is currently in the UK for the treatment of an undisclosed ailment left Nigeria on May 7th.

After years of all of us wondering who was behind all those funny and witty tweets from the official twitter page of EFCC, the EFCC twitter handle this afternoon revealed @FshawKingFisher as its handler. From the tweet shared and his response, it seems 'The Handler' has resigned and moved on from the job. There are those who think he may have been sacked... The tweets read...

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Innoson motors has now turned to a continental business venture, with the Mayor of Bamako leading a delegation from Mali to the automobile manufacturing plant in Nnewi, Anambra State, to purchase about 400 vehicles. According to the information released by the company yesterday, the chairman of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Co Ltd, Dr. Innocent Chukwuma, received a delegation from Mali led by the Mayor of Bamako, Mr. Harimakan Keita, for a factory tour of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Plant in Nnewi. The visit, which was facilitated by the Nigerian Export Promotion Council led by Segun Awolowo, witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing on purchasing about 400 Innoson IVM vehicles that will be exported to Mali. The Malian delegation also included The Charge D’ affaires, Nigeria Embassy, Mali, Zayyad Abdusalami, Minister of Employment and Professional Training Mali, Director of Regulation Urban Transport of Bamako, CEO o

Kwara Must Change, the group spearheading the recall of Senate President, Mr. Bukola Saraki, from the National Assembly, has alleged that its members have been receiving death threats because of their agitation. The group made the allegation in a statement issued on Monday. Signed by Mr. Yusuf Olatunji, the group’s Coordinator for Kwara Central Senatorial District, the statement said the threats have been mostly directed towards Kwara Must Change President, Mr. Abdulrazaq O Hamzat. It added that it has decided to formally report the death threats by Mr. Saraki’s aides to all the country’s security agencies and international bodies, including the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), African Union, United Nations and foreign embassies in Nigeria.  According to the group, its mission to recall Mr. Saraki is hinged on the poor representation he has provided for the people of Kwara Central Senatorial District. While admitting that the threats are real, the g

Four Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were, on Sunday night, killed when two male suicide bombers detonated explosives strapped to their bodies at Dalori 2 IDP camp in Maiduguri. The explosion also claimed the lives of the suicide bombers and left 15 others injured. The injured victims, SaharaReporters learned, were taken to a specialist hospital in Maiduguri for treatment. According to Borno State Police Commissioner, Mr. Damian Chukwu, the attack occurred at about 11.15pm when the bombers attempted gaining access into Dalori 2 IDP camp through the rear fence. Mr. Chukwu said they were sighted and chased by security personnel on duty, forcing the terrorists to detonate the explosive devices on them. He was, however, silent on the scale of the casualty from the attack. But the Police Commissioner added that he visited the scene visited with members of the Explosive Ordinance Department to sanitize and make it safe. He equally disclosed that security vigilan

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has released its mid-term evaluation of the presidency of Muhammadu Buhari.  Among other findings, the group said Mr. Buhari has a 57 percent approval rating among the Nigerian population. While the CDD acknowledged that Mr. Buhari's performance improved in his second year of office, it advised his administration to be more holistic in its governance by focusing not only on anti-corruption and insecurity, but on the health, education and other sectors instrumental to national development. Read the full press release below: The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has released its two years’ assessment report of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration today, 23rd July 2017. The report, titled Buharimeter Mid-Term Report provides independent and systematic assessment of the performance of the incumbent administration against its 222 campaign promises. Buharimeter is a trailblazing initiative to measure the pro

After the senator posted a photo of himself relaxing at home, some quickly observed the spots and marks on his legs. One wrote: ''Why so much spots? Are you related to a leopard? but it is probably spots from your thug life'' Another said 'Those legs show the scars of a thug'' See comments below...