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Nnamdi Kanu, the self-declared leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been found guilty of terrorism against the Federal Government by the Federal High Court in Abuja.

 LIVE Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial: Court Convicts IPOB Leader On Seven-Counter Terrorism Charge

Justice James Omotosho stated in the judgment that the prosecution had beyond a doubt demonstrated its case against Kanu on seven counts.

He claimed on Count One that the defendant intentionally refused to enter his defense in response to the broadcast accusation.

Omotosho claimed that the prosecution’s evidence demonstrated that the defendant had mandated the South-East region’s sit-at-home order.

He claimed that Kanu had terrorism plotted against Nigeria by airing a threat that the world would stop and that people would die.

The defendant, according to the judge, was aware of his actions and was determined to carry out the threats without taking into account the lives of his own citizens.

It is obvious that the defendant engaged in a preparatory act of terrorism, according to the prosecution’s uncontroverted evidence. He was expected to explain himself, but he omitted it, according to Omotosho.

The Federal Government must adhere to certain requirements before the ongoing strike can be suspended, according to the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). &nbsp,

Mohammed Suleiman, the president of Nard, argued on Thursday’s morning program on Channel Television that only full implementation of the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) would lead to progress.

The federal government must reinstate “Logoja 5,” release the implementation professional allowance table, pay promotion arrears, and pay outstanding salary arrears, make sure all conciliation decisions are made accurately, pay the specialist allowance to conmess 5 officers, and resolve the membership certificate issue.

The President stated that there are 19 demands for the Association, noting that there have already been three conciliation sessions with the federal government.

He claimed that both parties agreed on timelines for all 19 issues, stating that “there is nothing new on the table” because the issues have persisted for years and have repeatedly been violated.

There are 19 demands, according to the federal government, and of those 19 demands, the federal government has met with the federal government for three conciliations. There is nothing new on the table because these discussions have been ongoing for years, and previous agreements have been broken by the government.

According to Dr. Suleiman, Nard discussed paybacks for federal government medical officers who had been promoted up until 2018 but still haven’t received payment.

He noted that the minister of finance, who had promised to send the arrears to the association, “I can’t pay right away, but I can create a payment plan,” both sides agreed that the arrears would be compiled by Friday. He pointed out that Nard was unaware that the compilation was even finished as of Thursday.

We talked about medical officer promotions that were in arrears. These doctors who serve in the federal government have been promoted from 2018 to 2018, with no promotions due.

We agreed that these promotion arrears will be calculated, that they will be compile as at Friday last week, and that the finance minister will be able to negotiate a payment plan after one of the conciliations. As of Friday, we made the concession that was agreed to occur. Although it is Thursday, we are still unsure whether the compilation has been completed, nor whether it was even sent to the Ministry of Finance for their own input so that we can work through it.

He claimed that some doctors are owed between three and twenty months in various institutions in the area of pay arrears. Contrary to the assurances and agreement made by Finance Minister Wale Edun, he confirmed that the arrears had been completed and verified by Friday, but they have not been forwarded to the Ministry of Finance or the Budget Office for the next stage of processing.

The issues with the salary arrears are what some doctors in various institutions have between three and twenty months of salary arrears. We also agreed that the compilation would be finished on Friday, which the ministry of finance and the budget office have confirmed but that neither the ministry of finance nor the budget office have been notified. According to the misnister of finance chief wale edun, who was very willing to provide us with a pay plan that hasn’t been implemented, “we have agreed that this will be done.”

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Dr. Suleiman described the professional allowance table dispute as “an injustice of over seven years,” noting that the practice has been changed since 2014 to include adjustments to allowances as well.

He claimed that only 45 to 60% of doctors’ allowances are currently received. and added that delays persist despite the fact that calculations and tables have been completed and that everyone has agreed they should be made available and put into use.

We with the federal government agreed that the professional allowance table was an injustice of more than seven years. since 2014, the review of the basic salary. As I’m chatting with you right now, doctors only receive about 45 to 60 percent of their paychecks. Everyone agreed that the calculations had been made at the final salary that was given. You start to hear a lot of stories once the tables have been set up, they are released, and they are put into practice.

He claimed that the federal government had already called a national executive council meeting ahead of the release of the tables and other agreed items, but that another two weeks later that the document would be “required” by the president.

In light of the release of some of these tables and agreements, we even called a national executive council meeting, but we were informed that an MoU would be signed by all of us, and that it would only be available for another two weeks. What’s the plan then? The MoU was signed by us. We suspended the strike, and within two weeks, we were hearing yet another story.

In response to the Kwara State Government’s announcement on Wednesday to close schools in four local government areas due to rising insecurity in some areas.
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The Kwara State wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) released the government’s decision on Wednesday.

READ MORE: Gunmen Abduct Four In New Attack On Kwara Community.

A motorcyclist who is being detained by the Ogun State Police Command claims to have been detained by its officers while delivering a new corpse to his wife.

The suspect was detained while conducting a stop-and-search in the state’s Yewa South Local Government Area’s Ilaro.

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The Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, made the disclosure in a statement released in Abeokuta, the state capital.

The Ogun State Police Command has once more stressed the value of routine stop-and-search operations, noting that Ilaro’s proactive policing led to the discovery of a suspected murder incident.

The Divisional Police Officer in Ilaro learned on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, that a suspected felon, Godonu Lowe ‘m ‘m ‘of Omolende Village via Idogo, was traveling on a motorcycle in an attempt to escape the community, according to her report.

Police officers interrogated the suspect and tied him to a sack that was tied to the back of his motorcycle, according to the PPRO.

The adult female’s corpse was later identified as his wife, according to the report. Around the neck, the body exhibited violent bleeding, which could indicate foul play.

At the crime scene, a blood-stained cutlass was found.

The police spokesperson stated that the prime suspect was detained while the victim’s remains were transported to the State Morgue in Ilaro for preservation and autopsy.

Bulama Bukarti, a security expert, has called for a coordinated effort to address the security crisis in the nation.

Two days after gunmen attacked the government Comprehensive Girls Secondary School in Maga, Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, he made the call during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

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According to Bukarti, who is also an attorney, Donald Trump, American rapper Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, known as Nicki Minaj, and other people using Nigeria for entertainment and political purposes.

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The Director, Centre for International, Advanced and Professional Studies, Anthony Kila, has criticised the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the internal crisis that led to chaos at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.

Kila said the actions of the major actors showed that too many leaders or people aspiring to govern Nigerians were not worthy to lead.

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“If they are guided by a higher purpose of service to the state, a vision to improve society, there will be less need for this kind of thing.

” Unfortunately, they confirmed what I have always suspected a long time ago, that too many of the people ruling us, aspiring to rule us, are not worthy of being called statesmen or leaders.

“They result in thuggery and violence because they are not debating and consulting”, the professor said on The Morning Brief on Wednesday.

‘ Inevitable ‘ Crisis

He also said that the challenges facing the opposition party were unavoidable due to the anti-party activities of some of its leaders.

“I think what PDP is going through is inevitable because, for a long time, there have been people inside working for the outside, and there are people who do not share interests.

” This is the smell of rotten fish. The problem is not the smell itself, it’s the fish that is rotten that’s the problem we have here, “he added.

Kila, however, expressed displeasure over the role of the judiciary in the matter, saying that the continuous involvement of courts in party politics erodes the trust in the arm of government.

” I want our Bench and our Bar to take note that partisan politics in Nigeria is very corrupt, very debasing, very destructive, very toxic, and they should do well to stay away from it as much as possible.

“The continuous involvement of the judiciary in matters of political parties is eroding the trust that observers and the average citizens have in the judiciary”, he said.

Leadership Crisis

The crisis in the party took a twist on Tuesday when rival groups clashed at the PDP secretariat.

Chaos broke out when Taminu Turaki, who emerged as National Chairman at the Ibadan convention on November 15, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, and other members of the newly elected PDP executives arrived at the premises.

The police fired teargas as Anyanwu’s supporters tried to block the group from entering the secretariat.

Turaki later said on Tuesday that he had assumed office as the national chairman of the PDP.

During the convention, the group expelled Anyanwu, Wike, a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, and others for anti-party activities.

However, Anyanwu and his group dismissed the suspension, describing it as a “jamboree” and illegality, and in turn, expelled Turaki, Mohammed, and Makinde, among others.

But on Monday, the police cordoned off the national secretariat of the PDP following the clash between two factions of the party.