Arrest Kanu now or we shut government activities in Abuja – Northern Group

Following the lapse of its 10-day ultimatum to the federal government to order the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, a northern youth group on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest in Abuja.

Scores of members of the group, Arewa Youth Assembly, AYA, gathered at the Unity Fountain in the Central Business District at about 9 a.m. and marched to the junction of the Presidential Villa.

They warned the federal government that it risks their wrath if it delays in meeting the demand to

Arrest Nnamdi Kanu now or we will shut down Nigeria - Arewa youth threatens FG

- Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA) has asked the Federal Government to re-arrest the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu

 - The group also threatened that it would shut down the country if Kanu is not rearrested - It said that it came out after ten days ultimatum it gave to the government in its letters earlier addressed to the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA), on Wednesday August 9, threatened to

Kanu tackles Osinbajo, says his view on Biafra agitation faulty, misconceived

……demands immediate withdrawal of charges against him, others By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—-Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, tackled the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, for declaring the Biafran agitation as unconstitutional. Kanu, in a world press conference he held through his team of

Nigeria will not survive if anything happens to Nnamdi Kanu - Igbo group threatens

- Igbo Renaissance Agenda says Nigeria would not survive if anything happens to Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)

 - The group was said to have declared this in reaction to the calls made by the Arewa Youth Assembly to the Acting President to arrest Nnamdi Kanu

 - IRA said the calls proved that the real enemies of Nigeria are the several Arewa groups being used to achieve some sinister agenda by their elders An southeast group known as

Nnamdi Kanu is not an Igbo leader - Buhari's aide Onochie

- Onochie says Kanu was not invited alongside other Igbo leaders to Aso Rock because he was not considered one - The aide to President Buhari on social media mocked Kanu as being more of the creator of a new religion than an Igbo leader

 - She was reacting to reports that Kanu is reportedly angry at not being

COVER Anthony Joshua Will Embark On A 3-Day Tour In Nigeria Before Christmas

World Boxing heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, is set to visit Nigeria on a three-day tour in August, during which he would pay courtesy calls on Acting President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja; and the governors of

‘Not meeting Israeli’s Netanyahu at ECOWAS Summit marks beginning of the end for Buhari/Osinbajo govt’

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode criticised the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, for not attending the 51st ECOWAS Summit of Heads of State and Government, which took place on

OSINBAJO BLASTS JUDGES FOR UNLAWFUL DETENTION OF NNAMDI KANU...OTHERS

A slight drama played out yesterday at the two-day Stakeholders’ Summit organized by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice.
The event which held at the Eko Convention Center attracted lots of dignitaries.
During the summit, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo accused the Nigerian Police Force and judges for unlawful detention of suspects.
Osinbajo said keeping suspects in prison custody longer than is legally permissible without trial is wrong.
He queried why judges and security operatives refused to release those granted bail by constituted courts.
The Vice President said others are kept in prison custody for as long as 3 years without being charged to court
The situation, he explained, has left over 47,000 suspects still awaiting trial in prisons across the country.
“As at 2017, we have 47,229 ‘unsentenced’ detainees awaiting trial out of a total prison population of 67,586.
“It may interest you to know that Lagos State has the highest number of unsentenced detainees in Nigeria.
“We agree that these problems are against our collective interests as practitioners and stakeholders.
“We must make a firm commitment to tackle the problems by changing our attitude and standing up for what is right,” he said.
The Vice President also accused some judges of sitting for less than three and half hours.
“They will not sit on time and before 3:30 pm, they would rise. Such behavior from judges must stop” he said.
Osinbajo’s call for the release of unlawfully detained prisoners is in sharp contrast to how the President sees it.
There have been high-profile political detainees who, according to Osinbajo, ought to have been released but is still kept behind bars.
Prominent among these include Col. Dasuki Sambo, Nnamdi Kanu, Shiekh El Zakzaky, and many others.

STOP HARASSMENT OF CLERICS - CAN TO OSINBAJO

CHAIRMAN of South South chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Archbishop God-Dowell Avwomakpa has called on the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, (SAN) and a professor of law to stop security operatives from going after men of God who preach hard messages. Avwomakpa, the General Overseer of Christ Missionaries Crusaders, Warri in Delta State also urged the Acting President to forward the name of the acting  Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen to the Senate for confirmation. The CAN helmsman expressed confidence in the judiciary, noting that it remains the last hope of the common man. Avwomakpa argued that the National Judicial Council has recommended the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria to President Muhammadu Buhari about two months ago as the most senior justice of the apex court for confirmation as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. The cleric commended the silent reforms introduced by the acting CJN aimed at quick dispensation of justice in Nigeria, noting that the country is in dire need of such a man and his reforms in order to ensure better and faster dispensation of cases. Accordingly, the CAN chairman called on the Acting President to forward the name of  Justice Onnoghen to the Senate for confirmation without any further delay. Avwomakpa also charged the Acting President to instruct the nation’s security officials especially the DSS to stop going after men of God who preach hard messages. He described recent attempt to arrest Apostle Johnson Suleman by DSS officials as a bad omen, warning that if the DSS attempts to gag Christian leaders, Christian leaders  will mobilise Christians across the country, for peaceful protests to register their displeasure to the government. Avwomakpa noted that people are living in fear and hunger and sufferings in the land despite the efforts by the administration to tame the economic, religious and political challenges in the country. He then called on the Acting President to be bold to take decisions that will better the lot of the Nigerian citizens.