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By Johnson Nwankwo Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, is sick, according to his lead counsel, Barr Aloy Ejimakor. Ejimakor stated this via his X handle. He lamented that the operatives of the State Security Services refused Kanu to have access to his medical doctor following his worsening ailment. Ejimakor wrote, “Yesterday, during our visitation with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, we found him ill, with shortness of breath, low BP and general malaise. "For this reason, he requested to see his doctor and we submitted a letter in this regard. Today, the doctor arrived at the…

By Johnson Nwankwo A faction of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Tuesday, called on the Igbo to boycott the planned nationwide protest against some harsh policies of the Tinubu administration. The protest is scheduled from August 1st-10th, 2024. The faction, in a release signed by its secretary general, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said the participation of Ndigbo in the protest would be counter-productive as Ndigbo might be made sacrificial lambs. Isiguzoro reflected how Ndigbo fared during such protest in the past, and called for lessons to be learnt. He referred to the 17th April, 1978 Ali-Must-Go Protests, the 24th May, 1989 Anti-SAP Riots against…

Hadiza Suleman Nigerians have come down hard on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the lopsidedness in his political appointments. He is being accused of continuing from the nepotism of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari after making 10 new appointments, six of which favoured his South West region. The trend of his lopsided appointments to favour the Yoruba ethnic nationality has been obvious since he became President on 29th May, 2023, but it has become more pronounced. Those who spoke to People&Politics on the issue describe it as act of 'extreme nepotism'. According to Mr. Silas Ezebuenyi, the act not only favours the…

By Jonathan Okpanachi The lead counsel for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Barr Aloy Ejimakor, has interrogated the tacit position of Great Britain towards the freedom of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Our correspondent reports that UK is yet to either condemn or demand the immediate release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, a UK citizen, from the custody of Nigeria's State Security Service in Abuja since 2021. Kanu is being detained over alleged terrorism. The constant reshuffling of the charges against him by the federal government has been on the lips of many analysts questioning if indeed his ordeal…

By Hadiza Suleman A Kano State High Court, Monday, issued a permanent restraining order against deposed Emir Aminu Ado-Bayero and four other deposed emirs. Justice Amina Aliyu, who presided over the judgement, forbade the deposed emirs from parading themselves as emirs of Kano, Bichi, Gaya, Rano, or Karaye. Justice Aliyu ordered the deposed Emir and four other former emirs to hand over all the Emirate Traditional Royal Artefacts to the government and the substantive Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. The State Assembly Emirate Council Repeal Law 2024 was enacted in accordance with the Law, as enshrined in Section 4…

By People& Politics The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all 25 local government chairmanship seats in the Delta local government election held across the state on Saturday. The party also clinched 499 of the 500 councillorship seats, losing one to the Allied Peoples Movement in Oshimili North Local Government Area. Jerry Agbaike, the chairperson of Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC), announced the results at the commission’s headquarters in Asaba on Sunday. However, Mr Agbaike said the election was not held in Udu Local Government Area as the PDP chairmanship candidate was returned unopposed. The DSIEC chairperson also issued…