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Nigeria Breaking News Today Thursday, April, 11, 2019
This is a roundup of some of the breaking news in Nigeria for Today, Thursday, April 11, 2019
Why Leah Sharibu Should Get Nobel Prize – Reno Omokri
Former Presidential media aide, Reno Omokri, says Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi schoolgirl, who was kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists last year, should get a Nobel Prize for “peacefully standing for her principles” when she is freed by her abductors.
Naija News reports that Omokri made this statement on the micro-blogging site, Twitter, on Thursday morning.
Nnamdi Kanu Sends ‘Strong Warning’ To Those Against Biafra
The self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, says “those that seek to suppress Biafra will be consumed by it.”
Naija News reports that the IPOB leader made this statement on the micro-blogging site, Twitter, on Thursday.
President Muhammadu Buhari, Security Chiefs Meet In Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari is presently in a meeting behind closed doors with all service chiefs in the Country.
Naija News understands that the meeting started at the President’s office in the State House around 11 am.
Ganduje Is A Product Of A Rigged Election – Kano PDP
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP‘s governorship candidate in Kano State, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, has asserted that the incumbent governor of the state, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, is a product of rigged election.
This he made known in a terse statement issued yesterday by his spokesman, Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa.
Rivers: Again, Malami Denies Plan To Reverse Supreme Court’s Ruling
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has dismissed reports that he is plotting to reverse the Supreme Court ruling on Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Apex court barred the APC from fielding candidates for the 2019 elections in Rivers State.
Supreme Court Strikes Out Appeal By Rivers State APC
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has canceled the consolidated appeals of the All Progressive Congress in Rivers State and Tonye Cole saying that it was lacking in merit.
In a lead judgment, acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Mohammedsustained the preliminary objection by PDP Counsel, Emmanuel Ukala (SAN).