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  By Andrew Ojiezel   By liberty news.blog The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has criticised United Kingdom Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, over her recent claim that Nigerian law prevents her from passing citizenship to her children because she is a woman. Dabiri-Erewa, speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Hard Copy, described Badenoch’s remarks as “misleading” and “entirely untrue.” She argued that Badenoch’s claim was against Section 25(1)(c) of the 1999 Constitution, which says a person born outside Nigeria qualifies for citizenship if either parent is a Nigerian citizen. “But that is not true. Don’t divulge false information. You go on international media and spin a lie — that is a lie — that is not even true. And I’m sure people have responded,” she said on Friday. The diaspora chairman argued that denigrating one’s country publicly must be challenged, and while Nigeria supports its diaspora, no one c...

  By libertynews.blog The Ogun State Police Command says it has launched an intensive investigation into the brutal killing of a 16-year-old boy, Lawal Wahab, whose mutilated body was allegedly discovered along the Old Express Road in Igbile-Ijebu. The missing boy who had been living with his grandmother was reported missing by his father, Lawal Olumide, earlier this month. The tragic discovery was made on July 23, 2025, when residents alerted police authorities to a decomposed body in the area. According to a press statement by the Command’s public relations officer, Omolola Odutola, “Upon examination, police found that the head, both wrists, heart, and genitals had been gruesomely removed, indicating a likely ritual killing”, she said “Acting on credible intelligence, officers from the Omu-Ijebu Division swung into action and arrested suspects Salaeu Omikansola,25 and Serefusi Agemo in connection with gruesome murder of their victim.” She said, one of the suspects reportedly gave...