The past 24 hours have recorded interesting happenings both on the local, state, national, and international scenes. Below are the top news
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom says he will rather die than surrender his land to the Fulani ‘who have made over a million homeless (people) in his state’. Ortom disclosed this on Tuesday in Markudi, the state capital, while receiving the mission team of the Medecins Sans Frontieres, also known as Doctors without Borders.
Read More: LATEST: I Rather Die Than Surrender My Land To Fulani – Governor Ortom
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, personal lawyer of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu says he will visit his client on Thursday. The legal practitioner said procedures had been taken to guarantee his visit to his client who is being detained by the Department of State Services (DSS).
Read More: Nnamdi Kanu: Ifeanyi Ejiofor Reveals When To Visit IPOB Leader In DSS Custody
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has urged political appointees to be repositories of ideas that will end poverty and social vices in the country. The governor stated this on Tuesday while inaugurating eight newly-appointed special advisers at Government House, Asaba. He noted that the times were difficult for Nigerians and that this was not the time for them to be lazy in their duties.
Read More: Okowa Urges Political Appointees To Put An End To Poverty
National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has dragged former Edo state Commissioner for Information, Prince Kassim Afegbua before a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court Abuja, demanding a N5 billion compensation for an alleged libelous publication against him.
Read More: JUST IN: PDP Chairman, Secondus Slams N5bn Libel Suit Against Afegbua
The Nigerian Law School, on Tuesday, revealed that 618 intending lawyers that sat for the December 2020 Bar final examinations, failed. The Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Professor Isah Chiroma, made the disclosure after he presented a total of 880 successful candidates that were confirmed as lawyers during day-one of the Call to Bar Ceremony.
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