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We’ll vote anti-Buhari politicians out in 2019 –Northern group Governors and members of the National Assembly from the North, who worked against the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari during his 103 days of medical vacation in London, have been told to await their political waterloo in 2019. In a position letter to President Muhammadu Buhari during the North West Special Prayer / Grand Solidarity Rally in his honour by the members of  the Conference of Patriotic Nigerians, the group held that the people of Northern Nigeria were waiting eagerly to sanction saboteurs of the Buhari administration during the next election. The Secretary General of the Conference, Ambassador Ibrahim Waiye, who presented their position letter yesterday in Kano to  Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, for onward transmission to President Buhari, declared that the people o...

Arewa youths suspend quit notic RACHEAL ANYASO, Abuja The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) also known as Arewa youths, yesterday, announced suspension of the quit notice it handed Igbo to vacate the North. The group, which gave the ultimatum which was expected to expire on October 1, in the infamous Kaduna Declaration last June, also pledged its commitment to the unity and indivisibility of the nation. At a press conference in Abuja, spokesman of the coalition and Chairman, Northern Emancipation Network, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, said the group was 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 southeast to return home. The Arewa group also said it was mindful of its commitment to the unity of the nation and immediately opened channels for dialogue and interaction ...

Biafra: US probes agitators’ killing ,  • American attorneys to storm Nigeria From Aloysius Attah , Onitsha Two United States Attorneys,  Bruce Fein and Bruce DelValle of  Fein& DelValle PPLC  have met with ten Nigerian witnesses on the suit filed in the United States District court of Columbia against 14 Nigerian defendants for their complicity in the 2016 torture and extra-judicial killings of pro Biafran agitators during their peaceful protests. The two attorneys who arrived Nigeria three days ago met with the families of the victims at an undisclosed location and also extracted various statements from them which were deposed as affidavits of facts to the suit. Ten Biafran plaintiffs are seeking millions of dollars   as damages to compensate for their grievous losses and suffering following the alleged gruesome killings of pro Biafra agitators in ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has called on the Minister for Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, to desist from cheap blackmail in the handling of the ongoing strike called by the union. The President of the union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, in a bulletin on the strike, asked members of the union to disregard the comment by the minister that the strike was illegal. He said, “Our national struggle to revitalise the Nigerian university system is comprehensive and total. Remain resolute and steadfast as victory is certain.” Also, the ASUU Chairman at the University of Ibadan, Dr Deji Omole, who condemned the tactics employed by the Federal Government over the demands of the union, said it was deceitful for the minister to insinuate that the N23bn earned allowances, which the Federal Government promised to pay soon, were only for lecturers. He said the earned allowances were for both deserving academic and non-academic staff, stre...

At least 500 dead, 810 missing in Sierra Leone disaster The death toll from the flood and mudslide disaster that struck Sierra Leone’s capital in mid-August now exceeds 500 and 810 people are listed as missing, the government said Thursday. “The death toll has risen slightly above 500,” Vice President Victor Bockarie Foh said at a ceremony to receive relief supplies provided by Japan. Separately, government spokesman Abdulai Bayratay said 810 people were listed as missing, a figure that concurs with estimates by NGOs in the past few days. The city of Freetown — capital of one of the world’s poorest countries — was struck by devastating floods and a mudslide on the night of August 13-14. The previous toll, given by the city’s central morgue, stood at 499 dead, 156 of them children. Vandy Rogers, a senior official with the country’s national emergency services, said the number of people who had been “directly affected” b...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received the United States amd united Kingdom ambassadors, W. Stuart Symington and Paul Arkwright at the State house. See photo:

NAF plane crashes in Kaduna A Nigerian Air Force (NAF), aircraft has crashed in Kaduna, killing the pilot, said to be an instructor and only occupant of the aircraft. The Director, Public Relations and Information Air Commodore Adetokunbo Adesanya, who made this known, said the aircraft, an Air Beetle, was on a mission when it crashed.