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The Federal High Court in Abuja has barred Mrs. Favour Kanu, sister-in-law to detained Biafra separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, from attending further court proceedings after she was found livestreaming the trial on social media. The incident occurred on Thursday shortly after Justice James Omotosho delivered a ruling on a “trial within trial” — a mini-hearing to determine the admissibility of statements Kanu claimed he made under duress. Raising concerns about the unauthorized broadcast, Justice Omotosho presented printed images showing live footage of the court session. He described the act as subjudice and a contempt of court, stating it undermines the…

The Anambra State Police Command has pledged to decisively confront any attempts by separatist groups to disrupt peace during the proposed Biafra Day celebration on Friday, May 30, 2025. In anticipation of possible unrest, some schools across the state have declared Friday a lecture-free day following threats allegedly issued by pro-Biafra agitators. In a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the police assured residents that strategic deployments have been made across key areas of the state to maintain peace and public safety. Popular junctions and hotspots in cities such as Awka, Onitsha, Nnewi, Ihiala, and Oraifite are…

Armed bandits launched a deadly attack on Dan Muntari village in the Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State on Tuesday evening, killing several residents and abducting more than 100 people. Among the victims were a woman who had given birth just two weeks earlier and her newborn baby, both of whom were killed during the raid. Security analyst Bakatsine revealed the incident on Thursday via a post on X (formerly Twitter), stating: “On Tuesday evening, bandits attacked Dan Muntari village in Danko Wasagu LGA, Kebbi State. They killed many people, including a woman who had given birth just two…

Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has slammed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration as a “colossal failure” on the occasion of the president’s second anniversary in office. In a strongly worded statement posted on his official X handle on Thursday, Sowore accused Tinubu of mismanaging the economy, prioritizing the interests of the elite, and allowing worsening insecurity across the country. “Today marks Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second year in office as President. A President who takes two years to build just 30km of the 700km Lagos-Calabar highway project is a FAILURE,” Sowore wrote. He criticized the administration’s…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the election of Senator Monday Okpebholo as the duly elected Governor of Edo State. In a unanimous decision delivered on Thursday, the appellate court dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo, challenging Okpebholo’s victory in the September 24, 2024, gubernatorial election. Justice Mohammed Danjuma, who delivered the lead judgment, held that the appeal lacked merit and failed to prove any miscarriage of justice in the ruling of the Edo State Election Petition Tribunal, which had earlier thrown out the petition. The court…

The embattled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Anyanwu, has vowed never to abandon his ally, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, despite mounting pressure from within the party. Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, Anyanwu criticized Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Peter Mbah of Enugu State, questioning their push for his removal from office and asking what wrongdoing he had committed to warrant such actions. Anyanwu has been locked in a leadership tussle with Sunday Ude-Okoye over who legitimately holds the office of PDP National Secretary. The dispute…

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) coerced him into making confessional statements following his 2015 arrest. Kanu made the claim on Wednesday during a trial-within-a-trial session, after the prosecution presented its third witness, identified only by the initials “CCC”. The witness, like two previous ones, testified that he was part of the DSS team that interrogated Kanu in 2015. According to CCC, Kanu was interviewed by DSS operatives on October 21, 22, 23, and 24, and again on November 4. He said each session…

A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) has filed a formal petition against activist and 2023 presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, accusing him of cyberbullying, misinformation, and character assassination. The group submitted their complaints to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), and relevant media regulatory bodies, urging them to publicly dissociate from what they described as Sowore’s “toxic tactics,” warning that continued silence would amount to complicity. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, the Independent Public Service and Accountability Watch, in conjunction with other allied CSOs, condemned Sowore for…

At least four herders and nine cows were killed in two separate attacks that occurred on Tuesday in Bokkos and Bassa Local Government Areas of Plateau State. Five other individuals reportedly sustained varying degrees of injuries during the incidents. The latest violence erupted just hours after an earlier attack in Kopmur community, Mushere District of Bokkos, which claimed the lives of seven family members. Confirming the incidents, the Plateau State Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Ibrahim Yusuf Babayo, said armed assailants shot and killed a herder while also opening fire on grazing cattle, resulting…

Intimate partner violence (often abbreviated as “IPV”) and mental health are twin topics seldom discussed openly in Nigeria either for cultural or socio- religious reasons. Meanwhile, IPV is one of the most common forms of violence against women across the globe. In its limited meaning, IPV is a form of domestic violence against women arising from intimate partnership. IPV is restrictively different from the generally used term “domestic violence” which encompasses partner violence, child or elder abuse, or abuse by any member of a household. Whereas IPV is gender sensitive and applicable only to women in intimate relationship, domestic violence…