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Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has again made case for the detained former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The Igbo group is asking for clemency in favour of the former lawmaker who was jailed over organ trafficking charges.He was convicted alongside his wife and a United Kingdom-based medical doctor, Obinna Obeta. Speaking when the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo received the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency, Dr Richard Montgomery at the… Read the full article here

Igbo leaders under the umbrella of Imo Political Stakeholders Forum, have lauded the decision of the President, Court of Appeal and Imo Election Petition Tribunal Judges to relocate its sitting from Owerri to Nasarawa State. The National/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting at the old High Court premises, Owerri, Imo State capital, at the weekend, relocated to the High Court complex, opposite Shopping Malls, Mararaba in Nasarawa State. The Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian… Read the full article here

The Police in Enugu State have arrested two suspects who are said to be involved in the daily abduction of travelers along Ugwuogo Nike-Opi Nsukka Road. They were paraded at the State Police Command headquarters alongside 13 other suspects arrested for various crimes. DAILY POST reports that there has been outcry over endless kidnapping of commuters plying the ever busy Ugwuogo Nike-Opi Nsukka Road. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of the command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, who addressed… Read the full article here

Arsenal have reportedly identified two players to sign as alternatives to West Ham captain Declan Rice. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is planning a refurbishment of Arsenal’s midfield, with Granit Xhaka likely to complete a move to Bayer Leverkusen, while Thomas Partey could be sold amid interest from Italy and Saudi Arabia. Arsenal are keen to sign Rice from West Ham United this summer but face heavy competition from Premier League champions Manchester City. According to The Daily Mail,… Read the full article here

The conflict in Sudan is taking an ethnic turn in Darfur, the UN said on Tuesday, at a time when the number of people who have fled the fighting abroad exceeds 560,000 and the number of displaced persons in the country is close to two million. “560,000 people in just over two months is a huge number,” Raouf Mazou, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, told reporters in Geneva. The war that broke out on April 15th between the… Read the full article here

The Lagos State Parks and Garages Administrators have dismissed claims that the state government is responsible for the removal of Alhaji Musa Muhammed as the Chairman of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria. The secretary of LASPAGA, Abdulrahman Amusan, in a press briefing on Monday, said his removal was carried out by members of the association. He said, “In view of speculations and allegations going around and the smear of character on the Lagos state government by Alhaji… Read the full article here

Ethnic nationalities in Kogi State took to the streets in Abuja on Tuesday to protest the serial killings allegedly orchestrated by agents of politicians. By 10 a.m., the ethnic nationalities under the aegis of the Coalition of Igala/Bassa Socio-Cultural Associations stormed the Garrison Command of Defence Headquarters in Abuja, chanting anti-government songs. They carried placards with inscriptions such as ‘Stop illegal arrest and detention of Kogites’, ‘Stop… Read the full article here

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas and his Deputy, Benjamin Kalu, have felicitated Muslims as they join other faithful around the world to celebrate this year’s Eid-el-Kabir. They both congratulated Muslims on the occasion of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir, urging Nigerians to pray for the unity, peace and progress of the country. Abbas, in his Sallah message, urged Nigerians to particularly use the occasion to pray for the success of President… Read the full article here

Laura Robson thinks Andy Murray has “no reason to stop anytime soon” and could continue playing tennis for several more years because of his love for the sport.Murray, 36, has fallen down the rankings in recent years following hip surgery.But he has showed some signs of returning to form this year, especially on grass where he won 10 matches in a row and lifted titles in Surbiton and Nottingham.Wimbledon’I want to finish on my own terms’ – Murray plays down Wimbledon retirement… Read the full article here

The video game adaptations just won’t stop, and now they’re getting pretty spooky. Case in point: we just got a new trailer for Universal’s Five Nights at Freddy’s movie. Just like the games, the movie is an animatronic nightmare about possessed mascots at a pizza place. The movie version stars The Hunger Games’ Josh Hutcherson as a security guard struggling to deal with this reality. (If the premise sounds familiar, it might be because of the conceptually similar Nicolas Cage film… Read the full article here