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Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s family has advised “desperate and mischievous politicians” against using the name of the pro-Biafra organisation to earn easy political points. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Prince Emmanuel Kanu, who spoke on behalf of the family, was responding to a viral press conference in which a group claimed that Governor Alex Otti was funding IPOB in order to “cause terror” in the state ahead of the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal’s Friday, October 6 decision. Kanu’s family dismissed the allegation as spurious, baseless and laughable”, declaring that IPOB has…

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To prevent first-term senators from running for Senate President and Deputy Senate President, the Senate changed its standing rules. During the parliamentary procedures on Tuesday, the Senate changed its order. Following a proposal made by the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, Rule 3(2) (1-3) of the Senate Standing Orders was modified. First-term senators are no longer qualified or eligible to run for the job of presiding officer of the upper chamber according to a recent revision to the Senate’s standing rules. Rule 3 of the Senate Standing Orders as amended now stipulates that any senator wishing to contest for…

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