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Akure the state capital of Ondo state was yesterday agog in jubilation as Chief Sunday A deyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho stormed the town to further sensitize the populace on his plan to establishing a Yoruba nation. Recall recently he was at Osun state with the same agenda, which they were greeted by large crowd of sympathizers. If the crowd during the Osun rally was huge, the Akure's is massive, to which the former minister of aviation Femi Fani Kayode could not hold his admiration at heart, but also put a call across to the 'Yoruba Nation' leader. The former minister shared this information on his twitter handle where he said a prayer to God to be with Sunday Ighoho. He also on the tweet shared a video of the rally. "Just got off the phone with my friend & brother, Chief Sunday Adeyemo (AKA Sunday Igboho). He stormed Akure in style & power today. He shook the town to its foundations! I am so proud of him! Such courage, energy& strength! God be ...

There was pandemonium today in Lagos, within Oshodi axis. Traders and passerby fled for safety as security men were seen assaulting people and damaging properties, especially commercial vehicles as alleged by eyewitness report.  The story making rounds has it that an Air Force personnel was killed within the axis yesterday. So the security men came today to avenge the death of their colleague. The Lagos police spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, has released statement on the Oshodi crisis. Though the statement did not say for sure the cause of the crisis, “We are aware of the conflict that occurred at Capa Park/Mosafejo Oshodi Lagos today Thursday, May 20, 2021 around 7.am. Normalcy has since been restored to the area." The matter is under investigation and the official cause yet ascertained until police concludes its investigation.  Meanwhile, normalcy has returned to the area as men of Nigerian Police arrived the scene as ordered by Lagos CP H. Odumosu. The police urged Lagosians to ...

It is no longer news that Cross River State Governor Prof. Ben Ayade has cross carpeted from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Party (APC). He made the announcement on Thursday in his Calabar office after meeting with APC governors led by the party's interim chairman Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State. According to the DailySUN report, t he governor cited Cross River as being emasculated economically and so needed to return back to the scheme on federal level, reason for his defection. He also cited personality of President Buhari and his commitment for the country's development as other reason, and he believes joining hands with the president would be better for the country. "I believe if everyone of us, as governors, joins hand with Mr. President, we can sit on the same dining table and fashion out a way to govern this country. Read Also: Stop Stifling With EFCC, PDP Warns Recall that the All Progressives Congress (APC), sometime last year aske...

Recently the governors of the southern region of Nigeria met in Delta state to discuss the security issues beleaguering the region.  They arose after the meeting and issued a communiqué that contained among other requests/suggestions to the federal government, they issued a ban on open grazing of animals in the region. However, this ban did not settle well with some Nigerians especially of Northern extracts, who has also openly shared their displeasure over the ban. Yesterday, Nigeria's Attorney-General was on Channels TV programme 'Politics Today' said the Southern governors ban is constitutionally illegal, and so does not hold water. He directed the governors to first go and change the constitution to grant them such privilege power. But Reno Omokri has taken to his twitter handle to slam back at the Attorney-General, demanding where he was and his constitutional legality when the Northern governors banned and empowered Hisbah to destroy such businesses of Nigerians up no...

Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu the prime minister of Israel have spoken with the foreign ambassadors in Tel Aviv about the conflict between Israel and Palestine, and Israeli stance. He shared this information on his twitter handle.  As the conflict in the Gaza strip between Israeli forces and the Palestinian Hamas led militia escalates, causing more casualties of human lives and properties. As at the last count before filing this report a total of 239 lives has lost with well over 1600 people injured. On both sides of the casualties includes women and children. Israel has lost only 12 lives, while Palestine 227. There has been calls from various world leaders for ceasefire since it broke out. President Biden of United States on Wednesday put a request call  across to prime minister Netanyahu for a deescalation of the conflict.  The NewYork Times can confirm, "President Biden has told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he expected a significant deescalation today on the path t...