A British Trained lawyer, Prince Uche Darlington Okeke has advised Ndigbo to employ dialogue and woo other geopolitical zones in Nigeria rather than use of threats to secede. The legal practitioner gave the advice in Nkpor, Idemili North Local government Area of Anambra state while reacting to secession threat made by Elder Chris Eluomuno, Deputy
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A group, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has supported calls to set up special courts to try corruption cases and the imposition of death penalty for those found guilty of graft. MURIC voiced its support in a statement on Tuesday by its Director, Prof Ishaq Akintola, while reacting to the call by the Acting Chairman of
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Leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State has denied the claim that the winner of the recently conducted Imo North senatorial district primary,Frank Ibezim, left the party before the general election was concluded. Chairmen of the party, in both the local government and Ikpe-Nsu ward levels
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The suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has applied to the Justice Ayo Salami (retd)-led investigative panel to summon the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami.Magu said the AGF should be brought to substantiate his allegations against him, insisting that only the invitation of
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Speculations were rife on Monday evening that the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, had been flown to Germany for medical attention. Adamu had before his sudden disappearance, inaugurated the Special Visitation Panel, probing the leadership crisis in the University of Lagos about two weeks ago. He, however, has not been seen in the public since
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The Cross River Correspondent of Daily Trust newspaper, Mr. Eyo Charles, on Monday said he has since forgiven former Minister for Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode over the insults and abuse he received from him. Charles stated this in Calabar while receiving an award for excellence by an Abuja-based Non- Governmental Organisation, One Love Foundation International.
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A Benin High Court on Monday admitted seven men who allegedly invaded the Edo House of Assembly complex on Aug. 6, to bail in the sum of N500, 000 each. The police charged Wilfred Ogbewe,52, Igbinobono Collins, 26, Salami Osayomore, 25, Odion Osayande, 23, Morgan Uwanboe, 47, Ifeoluwa Oladele, 36, and Agbonrere Festus, 25 with
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President Mohammadu Buhari on Monday warned of dare consequences if his administration resumes the business of fixing or subsidising Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol. He said a return to the old order will force the resumption of the scenario that had characterised the country but now a thing of the past. The
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The General Overseer, Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, on Sunday had a meeting with Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, ahead of the September 19, Edo State governorship election. Governor Obaseki, now candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had said the visit to Suleman’s Church, was to receive prayers prior
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Nigerian artiste, Cynthia Morgan has again called out her former record label boss Jude Okoye over the money he reportedly owes her. The singer in her Instastory post alleged that Jude Okoye owes her N7m and also dragged in her former manager, Joy Tongo into the call-out post by attaching “RIP” to her photo. Here
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Another batch of 27 stranded Nigerian girls evacuated from Lebanon by the Federal Government and the Lebanese Government as well as its community in Nigeria arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Sunday. Receiving them , Ferdinand Nwonye , Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who represented the Minister for Foreign
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Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has said he will defeat Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and ex-governor of the state in his ward on September 19. Shaibu, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin yesterday, said this was not because he was
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The Plateau State Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), has arrested one James Dogo for falsely parading himself as military personnel. Dogo was arrested alongside one Dotun Shomoye who specialises in printing identity cards for fake security personnel. Other 20 suspected criminals, who are between the ages of 20 and 25, were arrested for
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National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have been told to bury any ambition of becoming president in 2023 presidency, because his party has failed Nigerians. Olusegun Bamgbose Esq, National Coordinator, Concerned Advocates for Good Governance, CAGG, stated that the performance of the current administration, especially the recent increase in the
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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it sacked Adams Oshiomhole and his National Working Committee (NWC) to save the party from internal crisis. The party told a Federal High Court in Abuja in response to a lawsuit by its chieftain, Kalu Agu challenging the dissolution of Oshiomhole’s led NWC of the APC, that
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