Ipob's sit-at-home directive records 70% success across the southeast as response is mixed

CALLS by the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) for a sit-at-home protest across the southeast yesterday to mark the 51st Biafran Remembrance Day have been described as 70% successful despite opposition to the move by some state governors.

 

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Woman to sue police for making her undress to ascertain her gender because she sported a beard

KENYAN woman Teresiah Mumbi plans to sue the country's police force after two female officers forced her to undress so they could determine her gender after disputing the fact that she was not male because she sported a beard.

 

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First lady urges African men to consider male sterilisation in the form of vasectomy

ZIMBABWEAN first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa advised African men to consider undergoing permanent male sterilisation otherwise called vasectomy as part of the drive to address population control.

 

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Omeruo tells Chelsea they must use or sell him as he is tired of going out on loan spells

SUPER Eagles centreback Kenneth Omeruo has declared that he will not be leaving Chelsea to go on loan again at the start of the new season as he sees out his final year at Stamford Bridge during the forthcoming campaign.

 

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Fayemi picks 74-year former local government chairman and commissioner Egbeyemi as running mate

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) Ekiti State governorship candidate Dr Kayode Fayemi has picked a 74-year old former chairman of Ado Ekiti Local Government Area Chief Adebisi Egbeyemi as his running mate for the forthcoming elections.

 

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Fayemi finally resigns as solid minerals minister to focus on Ekiti governorship elections

SOLID minerals minister Dr Kayode Fayemi has finally resigned his appointment in line with Nigeria's constitutional stipulations to focus on the Ekiti State governorship elections due on July 14 in which he is standing as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate.

 

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Dino Melaye causes further controversy by entering senate with surgical collar and sitting with PDP

CONTROVERSIAL lawmaker Senator Dino Melaye has created a fresh stir in the senate after he limped into the senate this morning wearing a collar around his neck and sat on the opposition benches with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators.

 

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Hull City fullback Ola Aina dropped from Nigeria's World Cup squad as Rohr prunes list to 25

HULL City fullback Ola Aina has been dropped from Nigeria's World Cup squad along with four other players as head coach Gernot Rohr begins pruning his squad with a goal of getting it down to 23 by Sunday.

 

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Sultan of Sokoto tells Ortom and Fani-Kayode to stop calling herdsmen attacks a continuation of Dan Fodio's jihad

SULTAN of Sokoto Alhaji Sa'adu Abubakar has hit out at Benue State governor Samuel Ortom and former aviation minister Chief Femi Fani-Kayode for claiming the recent Fulani herdsmen killings across the country is a continuation of Usman Dan Fodio's jihad.

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Ebonyi's Governor Umahi threatens to seize shops of traders who obey Ipob's sit-at-home order

EBONYI State governor David Umahi has threatened to confiscate the shops of any trader who participates in today's sit-at-home protest called by the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) called for today to mark the Biafran Remembrance Day celebrations.

 

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