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The Presidency yesterday claimed that a top security agency in the country had uncovered a plot by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to ignite a war in Nigeria, “using false allegations of prosecution against Christians.”   A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, did not […]

Nigeria has recorded 260 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 12,486 the total number of confirmed cases in the country. Announcing this Sunday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Abia recorded 67 new cases, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) 40, Lagos 38, Ogun 19, Gombe 16, Edo 14, Imo nine, Kwara, Nasarawa, Katsina and […]

Disturbed by increasing cases of rape, especially of minors, the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, at the weekend, canvassed stiffer penalties for offenders. Aliyu, who spoke in Abuja shortly after distributing palliatives to the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and Nigeria Football […]

The All Progressive Congress (APC) screening committee has disqualified the incumbent governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, and two others from participating in the Edo Governorship election.  In the words of a member of the screening committee, who spoke to huhuonline.com, Obaseke was unfit to qualify on the grounds that his HSC and NYSC certificates […]

After calling and postponing the case over 10 times in open court and precipitating a strike by lawyers who joined the defence team to demand that their client be physically presented in court, Cameroon’s army on Friday finally confirmed that an English-speaking journalist, Samuel Wazizi died in detention since last year; accusing him of associating […]

Although the election of the next Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), will not be decided until next August, there are strong indications that the United States will champion opposition to the candidacy of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ostensibly in retaliation to what one US State Department official described as a “slap on the […]

By July 10 this year, Nigeria may lose 24 local councils, by way of ceding, to a new country to be known as United Nations Organisation (UNO) State of Cameroon at its borders with la Republique du Cameroun.   UN sources told Huhuonline.com that any decision to this effect is incumbent on the withdrawal of […]

*The full text of the national broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari on Democracy Day 2020 Fellow Nigerians,   1. The 2020 celebration of Democracy Day marks 21 years of uninterrupted civil administration in our dear country. This day provides us an opportunity to reflect on our journey as a nation, our achievements and struggles.   […]

Manchester United extended Odion Ighalo’s loan spell until January 2021 ensuring the Nigerian striker will be able to finish the 2019/20 season with the Premier League club. But Ighalo’s Chinese club, Shanghai Shenhua, yesterday admitted that the ‘uncertainty’ around when foreigners will be allowed to return to China after the coronavirus crisis played a key […]

The Edo State Government has assured the parents, relatives and friends of late Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, as well as the student community in Edo State of thorough investigation to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of the 100 level student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN). Commissioner for Social Development and Gender […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), after the expiration of the term of the board members appointed in 2016. Members of the new Board are: Mohammed Lawal (North West), Tajudeen Umar (North East), Adamu Mahmood  Attah (North Central), Senator Magnus Abe (South South), Dr […]

The national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday met with eight governors of the party over the impending governorship primaries for Edo and Ondo States, refusing to grant the right of first refusal to incumbents, Godwin Obaseki and Rotimi Akeredolu of Edo and Ondo; but promised to prevail on […]