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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, May 7, admitted as exhibits series of video clips showing Biafra agitator, Nnamdi Kanu, announcing the creation of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) and ordering lockdown in the South-East (SE). In the videos played in open court, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was seen issuing statements considered inflammatory by the Federal Government, upon which the terrorism charges were filed against him,reports the Daily Post. One of the videos was tagged ‘Broadcast by Nnamdi Kanu’, and Kanu was visibly seen addressing his followers on what he called “The…

Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) today alerted residents and road users in the nation's capital about significant infrastructure improvements being undertaken from Wednesday, May 7, on a segment of the Inner Southern Expressway (ISEX). It said the project involves the construction of an interchange bridge. In a statement, it said: "Road users are advised that a traffic diversion will be implemented to facilitate the bridge construction located between Herbert Macauley Way, just after the Abuja International Conference Centre, to end at the intersection just before National Defence College, at the northern axis of the Central Business District, as well as…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan House of Representatives Committee on Works has embarked on another oversight function, expressing satisfaction with the progress of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. Chairman of the committee, Hon. Akin Alabi, in a statement on Tuesday, May 6, said "during a visit to inspect the ongoing construction on Monday, we expressed appreciation for the contractor's high-quality work." They praised the Federal Ministry of Works for its diligent oversight. Alabi said: “From our part in the parliament, our job is clear. If you want N100, for instance, we give you N50. When you show us what you have done…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi As part of Benue State government's deliberate measures to generate resources, it has officially unveiled the signage for the Benue State Sports Marketing and Lottery Board (BSMLB). Performing the ceremony, the State Commissioner of Sports, Youths Development and Creativity, Terkimbi Ikyange, who unveiled the board alongside the Executive Secretary (ES), explained that the aim of the board was to generate revenue for the State. The Commissioner noted with satisfaction that "today, we are here to formally unveil the presence, commitment, dedication and new life of sports marketing and lottery in Benue State." He said that the…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, said that innovation is at the heart of President Bola Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda designed to kick out poverty from among Nigerians. Nnaji said this on Tuesday, May 6 in Enugu while declaring open a two-day Techno-Expo (Technology Exposition/Show) organised by the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI), under the Federal Miniatry of Innovation, Science and Technology. The South-East Techno-Expo 2025, which is the first edition, is themed: 'Nurturing Research and Development (R&D) Results and Innovation to Drive Nigeria's Economic Growth Using Technology Incubation as a Tool'.…

By our reporter Residents, motorists and others located between Kompanin Bobby and Wamba in Mariga Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State fled for dear life yesterday following reports of the sighting of scores of suspected insurgents heading towards the axis. Sources said hundreds of heavily armed insurgents, traveling on motorcycles, reportedly from Zamfara State, were spotted crossing the Kontagora–Minna highway between both communities. It was gathered that a local security team comprising mainly of vigilantes, mobilized to challenge and halt the advance of the stern-faced, no nonsense-looking insurgents, was worsted in an ensuing battle, with two killed and one…

By Ademola Adegoke, Abuja There has been a frenzy of activities all day in District Hospitals owned by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) as relations of patients on admission within the facilities have been evacuating their sick loved ones to private hospitals or back home. This followed information that resident doctors in the nation's capital will tomorrow kick off a three-day warning strike to protest against the dismissal of about 127 health workers by FCTA authorities last Friday. Three Managing Directors of District Hospitals, medical doctors, nurses,pharmacists, lab scientists and clinical staff were among those sacked. Ironically, the same…

The European Union (EU) is expected to lure U.S researchers looking to relocate in the wake of Trump’s attacks on universities. French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are hosting a conference in Paris to attract United States (U.S)-based academics and researchers in the wake of U.S President Donald Trump’s targeting of universities. EU commissioners on Monday, May 5, announced half a billion euros ($568million) in incentives to lure international academics to the continent at the Choose Europe for Science conference. The meeting at Paris’s Sorbonne University is targeted at academics and researchers who fear…

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has disclosed a plan to resettle 6,000 families in the state displaced by Boko Haram insurgents. The families mostly hailed from Dikwa and Mafa Local Government Areas (LGAs). Zulum announced the plan on Monday, May 5, at Muna Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, one of the largest with about 11,000 families taking refuge there due to the over a decade-old crisis in the North-East Nigerian state. Addressing journalists, Zulum reiterated that the resettlement became imperative due to the high-level of illicit activities in the camp, according to a statement released by…

Recently-resigned Political Adviser to President Bola Tinubu in the Office of the Vice President, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has thumbed down the idea of President Tinubu gunning for eight years in office. By the 1999 Constitution (as amended), a sitting president stays in office for four years in the first term, but can run for re-election for another four years. Indeed, Baba-Ahmed claimed that the practice of bidding to be in office for eight years was not in the national interest as such sitting president may have health- or age-related issues and could invariably lack the energy and zest to perform to…