IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Mrs. Comfort Osuabu, a middle aged woman, was on Monday apprehended by the Police Anti Robbery squad of the Aba Area Command, Abia state, for allegedly operating an illegal maternity home popularly known as “Osu Abuwa” mainly being allegedly used for child trafficking. The illegal maternity is located at Umuabuwa community in […]
Justice A. M Liman of the Federal High Court, Benin has convicted and sentenced one Larry Edomwonyi (alias Markus Erixson) to six years imprisonment. He bagged three years each on two of the six count charge of obtaining money by false pretence, preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. According to […]
By Ignatius Okpara Parents in Imo state are now living in perpetual fear, because of the alarming rate of child kidnapping in various parts of the state. The ugly situation, has also made them, especially (mothers) to now go to sleep with one eye open for fear of uncertainty. Only last week, Umuzike Autonomous Community […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has condemned in its entirety, the killing of 21 Boko Haram suspects in the custody of the State Security Services (SSS) in the Sunday jailbreak attempt. It was reported that trouble started Sunday morning when one of the suspects in the SSS custody, believed to be […]
…Says I,500 Killed In Conflict In North-East In 3 MonthsAyo Balogun, Lagos Amnesty International has accused the Nigeria’s Security forces of committing serious human rights violations in response to Boko Haram’s attack, claiming that over 1,500 people have been killed in the crisis in North-East this year alone. In its report released on Monday, the […]
Ignatius Okpara The entire Ojoto, headquarters of Idemili South local government area of Anambra state was thrown into pandemonium Monday, as over twenty heavily armed hoodlums invaded the secretariat and made away with the mace, the symbol of authority of the legislative arm of the council. A staff of the council, who do not want […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), has expressed disappointment with president Goodluck Jonathan, for not including their members in the ongoing National conference in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Besides, the body, made up of mostly octogenarians, threatened that if all entreaties being employed by them to actualize their demands fail, they […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos A group under the aegis of Izu Umunna Cultural Association, has expressed sadness over the death of foremost diplomat Ambassador Ralph Uwechue. Uwechue, who was past president of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, died on March 13, in Abuja. In a press statement signed by the President of the group, […]
Oyewale Oyelola South West is strategic to Nigeria economic being the host Nigeria economic capital-Lagos which is also former capital city of the Nigeria. South West comprises; Lagos, Ondo, Ogun, Oyo, Osun and Ekiti states. The history of south west integration dated back the pre-independence era when the country was operating region government, the regional […]
Oyewale Oyelola Osun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently in the state of dilemma over the best way to choose the party flag bearer for 2014 governorship election in the state of Osun. The tenure of incumbent Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola would end in November, 2014. Aregbesola was declared winner of 2007 governorship election […]
Jacob Oyewale, Abuja Majority of delegates at the on-going national conference in Abuja have commended the leadership of the conference for adopting 70 percent voting formula at the plenary on Monday. The voting formula to be adopted incase consensus fail led to disaffection between the North and south delegates last week. The northern delegates favor […]
A Federal High Court on Monday in Abuja asked all members of the House of Representatives, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to vacate their seats. The presiding Justice Ademola Adeniyi held that the legislators cannot “validly function as members of the House of Representatives to contribute […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has described the death of legal luminary, Chief GOK Ajayi SAN, as a huge loss to the legal profession in particular and the nation in general. In a statement issued in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Malam Imam Imam, Tambuwal […]
Kayode Adelowokan The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams, has warned the Lamido of Adamawa, His Royal Highness, Muhammadu Barkindo Mustapha, to watch his utterances over threat to secede from the present Nigeria if the country disintegrates. The Lamido of Adamawa who is one of the thirteen persons and number […]
Kayode Adelowokan The Department of State Service in Nigeria (DSS) has said the foiled jail break attempt by suspected insurgents at its detention facility in Abuja on Sunday is being politicised. Expressing worries over publications that flooded social media on the issue, the Deputy Director, Public Relations, DSS, Ms Marilyn Ogar, said that such unconfirmed […]
…Assures on Warri’s transformation Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan at the weekend stressed the need for the various ethnic groups in the country to forge a common front towards making Nigeria a great a prosperous nation. Besides, he disclosed that the state government would soon tackle the traffic and sanitation problems in some part […]
As it continues the introduction of its newly launched 3x cement of 42.5 grade to various stakeholders, Customers of Dangote Cement Plc, especially those from the South East would for the next one week purchase the commodity at a hugely discounted rate in the spirit of the 25th Enugu International Trade Fair. The Company, still […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed that 21 deaths were recorded as a result of the shootout during an attempted jailbreak at its headquarters in Abuja on Sunday. A statement signed by Marilyn Ogar, the services’ Deputy Director of Public Relations said two operatives of the DSS sustained serious injuries during the incident. […]
The Lagos Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, is currently embroiled in crisis as staffs of the agency are calling on Governor Babatunde Fashola to remove the Chairman of the organization, Tunde Fowler. Fowler was said to have resigned last week to pursue his governorship ambition, but he has denied his resignation through series of paid adverts […]
Gunmen, suspected to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect on n Sunday attacked a security location in Ngelzarma community of Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State. According to witnesses, the sect members first launched attack on a military check point in the town at about 6:00pm local time. There was gun battle […]
