Lawyers for impeached South Korean President, Yoon Suk Yeol failed in their court effort to secure his release on Thursday, January 16, a day after he was detained at his residence for questioning over rebellion allegations linked to his martial law declaration last month. Yoon was sent to a detention centre near the…
The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Benin City, on Thursday reserved its rulings on motions challenging the declaration of Governor Monday Okpebholo as the winner of the September 21, 2024, governorship election. The petitions, filed by Mr. Akhimie Kingston Afeare of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) and Bishop Akhalamhe Amiemenoghena of the…
CALABAR – The Cross River State Chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has publicly distanced itself from a recent protest held at the headquarters of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) in Calabar. In a press release signed by the Council’s Public Relations Officer, Comrade Melchizedek David, the NYCN clarified that…
A woman has gone on X to open up about her father’s actions towards her. She wrote: “My dad isn’t a good day, he trained me to cater for my siblings and continues to make it my duty to provide for them. I’m the one refusing to do it as I was born like them. …
The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC), has called on President Bola Tinubu to honour an alleged pre-2023 agreement to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu has been in solitary confinement at the Abuja headquarters of the Department of State…
