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The Coalition of Northern Groups today withdrew the quit notice handed down to the Igbos living in the Northern part of the country. This announcement was made in Abuja on Thursday by the spokesperson of the group, Abdulazeez Sulaiman. Part of the group's statement reads THE RELOCATION CLAUSE     Mindful of the concerns generated by the clause in the Kaduna Declaration that advised the Biafran Igbo to relocate from Northern Nigeria and for northerners in the South-East to do likewise, and our commitment to the unity of our dear country, we immediately opened channels for dialogue and interaction with government agencies, national and international groups, institutions and figures.     Admittedly, we came under intense persuasive pressure from genuinely concerned national, political, traditional, religious and cultural leaders prominent among which were: a section of the Northern Governors Forum under its Chairman, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, ...

The quality of the edifice being erected by APC chieftain, Yahaya Bello in an austerity period appears to be in sharp contrast with the lives of his people of the confluence state. Governor Yahaya Bello  Civil servants in Kogi state, both serving and retired, may be grumbling about irregular payment of their entitlements, but Yahaya Bello, the governor, is not building his hopes on their economy. On Mahmoud Atta street, GRA Okene, the governor is putting finishing touches to his state-of-the-art country home, or mansion rather, which an insider described as “a thing of beauty”. But there is a snag: residents of the exclusive residential area are complaining about the disruption the 42-year-old governor has brought upon their lives. The governor is converting the street entrance to his private gate  “He has converted the main street entrance to his private entrance and is creating another entrance for lesser mortals like us,”  a res...

A group of legal practitioners in the South-eastern part of Nigeria have berated the leader of the Independent People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu over the agitations in Anambra State.   Nnamdi Kanu  The Anambra State Lawyers in Defence of Democracy (ASLADD) have come down very heavily on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and his IPOB for attempting to affix culpability on it for the crises that occured at Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area, where the Nigerian Police reportedly had a clash with the IPOB who were said to be awaiting the arrival of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for a rally scheduled to hold in the town. Below is the press release by ASLADD as made available to news correspondents in Akwa yesterday:  EKWULOBIA CRISES: IPOB IS CONFUSING APPLES WITH ORANGES  The attention of the Anambra State Lawyers in Defence of Democracy [ASLADD] has been drawn to a statement released by Emma Powerful for the IPOB on the clash that was reported to have occurred between the...

        what a weird way to celebrate sisterhood  An IG user shared a photo of her deeply kissing a fellow lady Who she calls her sister     she caption the photo                        cheers to sisterhood love you baby sister                             

The West African Examinations Council has confirmed that about twenty-nine born-again Christians who engaged in examination malpractice have returned their certificates. Students writing examination (File photo)  Twenty-nine born again Christians who engaged in examination malpractice have returned their certificates to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) after repenting. This was made public by the examination body in a statement released after its 62nd National Examination Committee meeting recently, said that among the 29 certificates that were returned by the born again Christians, includes one that was issued 33 years ago (1984) and another one that was issued 32 years ago (1985). The statement revealed that four certificates each were returned by born again Christians who on their own confessed that they cheated while sitting for their exams between 2011 and 2013. Others include three that sat for the examinations in 2000, 2004, 2008,...