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Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, is dead. Odumakin died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital COVID-19 Isolation Centre. His wife, Mrs Joe Okei-Odumakin, confirmed this to The PUNCH on Saturday. Married to a fellow rights activist, Joe, in 1997, Odumakin’s voice was heard through the dark years of military despotism. He played a major role in the National Democratic Coalition that fought the regime of late military head of state, General Sani Abacha, after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election. As Afenifere spokesman, Odumakin spoke tenaciously for the rights of the Yoruba and the…

The Nigerian Air Force has spit at claims by Boko Haram sect that it brought down the missing Alpha jet on Wednesday, March 31. The sect members Friday, April 2, released a video claiming responsibility for bringing down the jet and beheading its pilot. However, the whereabouts of the missing jet still remains unknown. In an interview with journalists, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the Director Public Relations and Information Nigerian Air Force, said the viral video could be clips from a previous incident and that the force will not be going into speculations based on the videos released. “We have seen some…

Sokoto State High Court on Thursday, April 1, 2021, convicted and sentenced a fraudster to 70 years imprisonment without an option of fine. Hamzat Muhammad Bashar was found guilty of obtaining N29,865,000 by false pretense. Trouble started when the EFCC received a petition from one Imran Ahmed and several other victims, alleging Bashar had defrauded them to the tune of N29,865,000 in a phony investment scheme in which they were promised 20 percent returns on investment every month and dividends at the end of the year. However after investing various sums of money, they neither received the 20 per cent returns nor…

Fear of short-changing is gripping Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and customers of MTN in Nigeria following inability to recharge their lines with airtime and data via banks. In a recent policy flip, the South African firm did not only compel SMEs, who aggregate data and airtime sales, to push only MTN platforms, it also cut down commissions on sales. In a letter to its partners, titled NOTIFICATION OF REVISED DISCOUNT STRUCTURE, the telecommunication giant announced the reduction in discount with effect from 1st of April. A source said in spite of inconvenience to millions of Nigerian, MTN told its partners to…

US President Joe Biden revoked Donald Trump’s executive order sanctioning International Criminal Court officials, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Friday. Blinken also said the State Department terminated another Trump-era policy to impose visa restrictions on certain ICC officials. “These decisions reflect our assessment that the measures adopted were inappropriate and ineffective,” he said. The reversal of the Trump administration’s punitive actions toward the ICC was applauded by human rights organizations. In June 2020, former President Trump authorized sanctions and additional visa restrictions against International Criminal Court personnel in an attempt by the administration to strong-arm the international…

Leicester City star, Kelechi Iheanacho has been named the Premier League Player of the Month Award for March.   The Super Eagles forward has been recognised and rewarded for his remarkable goalscoring record in March.   The 24-year-old joins Jay-Jay Okocha, Peter Odemwingie and Odion Ighalo as the fourth Nigerian player to win the monthly prize after he scored five goals in three matches in the month under review.   It is also the first individual honour the Super Eagles forward clinched in the English top-flight since he made his debut appearance against Watford in August 2015.   Iheanacho saw…

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has extended the deadline for its nationwide membership registration/revalidation and update exercise. This was announced in a statement on Thursday by the National Secretary of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Senator John Akpanudoedehe. Akpanudoedehe noted that the exercise, scheduled to end on March 31, has now been extended by another three weeks. “The Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) under the leadership of His Excellency, Honourable Mai Mala Buni had done everything possible to keep to the earlier timeline. “However, it has become imperative to extend the duration of this very important party…

Boko Haram militant group has claimed it shot down a Nigerian fighter jet that went missing earlier this week and which the air force said may have crashed, according to a militant video released on Friday. The Alpha light attack jet was on a mission to support troops fighting militants in northeastern Borno state when it lost radar contact on Wednesday, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said. The tragic incident occurred a day after Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari left the country for United Kingdom for medical attention. Nigeria’s military have been battling jihadists in the northeast of the country for…

All is not well as Chioma Rowland, ex-fiance of Davido, has deleted all her remaining photographs with the popular singer on her IG page. This came days after reports of his romance with Mya Yafai, ex-girlfriend of American rapper Young Ma, made headlines in social and other media. Over the years, Chioma and David Adeleye, Nigeria’s musician, had been in a sizzling relationship with Davido while the singer once waltzed a track titled: Chioma to openly shower profuse love on her. The only post that she left has a link to Davido on her page is “A Better Time” album…

Professor Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Laurette, has been decorated as the Super Marshall of the Ogun State Amotekun Corps. Governor Dapo Abiodun decorated Soyinka when he inaugurated the State Amotekun Corps in Abeokuta on Thursday. At the occasion, Abiodun also commissioned patrol vehicles and motorbikes for the security outfit. The Deputy Governor, Naimot Salako-Oyedele; the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo and other dignitaries attended the ceremony. The Ogun State Amotekun Corps is headed by a retired Commissioner of Police, David Akinremi. Amotekun was founded on January 9, 2020 in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria as the first regional security…