By PETRUS OBI, Enugu…As family disagrees over burialThe corpse of Chief Theodore Ezeobi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), who died about four months ago, was yesterday morning stolen from the mortuary of Mother of Christ Specialist Hospital in Enugu.Before the sudden disappearance of the corpse, the family of the deceased had been having a…
By DAVID ONWUCHEKWA, NnewiThe leader of the Movement for the Actialisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, yesterday gave what he called last warning to all Igbo resident in the northern part of Nigeria to leave the zone or face dire consequences.Uwazuruike gave the warning in Okwe near Okigwe, Imo State,…
BY ANAYO OKOLI.UMUAHIA- OHANEZE Youth Council [OYC] has given the Northern Governors’ Forum a 21-day ultimatum to take drastic action against the its youth wing, Arewa Consultative Forum over its statement concerning investments of Ndigbo in the North.The group was reported to have cautioned that Ndigbo have billions of investment in the North which be…
The imbroglio arising from the siting of the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Ogidigben-Ugborodo in Warri South West Local Area of Delta State appears still far from being laid to rest. EBENEZER ADUROKIYA writes on the angst and drum of war emanating from the Ijaw Gbaramatu, who are claiming ownership of the site, alleging a…
By FRED ITUA, Abuja• Alleges Gaddafi sponsored ex-CPC presidential election bid…It’s not true, says aide A former warlord and leader of Niger Delta People’s Salvation Force (NDPSF), Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has lambasted President Goodluck Jonathan for saying that Nigeria would have boiled if former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, had died in last Wednesday’s twin…
For the umpteenth, the city of Kano has come under the attack of the Boko Haram insurgents as another suicide bomb blast on Wednesday occurred at the Aminu Kano School of legal and Islamic studies, in Kano state killing an unspecified number of students and admission seekers. The attack which occurred at the Central Administration…
Adamawa acting governor, Honourable Umaru Fintiri, has revealed that the ousted Muritala Nyako administration plundered state financial resources to the tune of N80 billion, promising that a judicial panel of inquiry will be instituted to investigate the administration.He stated this in his maiden broadcast to citizens of the state on Tuesday, noting that “Never in…
One of the Leaders of the #Bringbackourgirls and former minister forEducation, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has said the abducted Chibok girls could bethe female suicide bombers used by the Boko Haram terrorist group.Two female suicide bombers struck in different parts of Kano on Mondaykilling and injuring several people while muslims observed theEid-el-Filtri.Ezekwesili said in series…
UMUAHIA — FORMER President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Dozie Ikedife, has described Nigeria as an inflammable commodity that could explode anytime. Ikedife, a delegate at the ongoing National Conference, warned that the country could explode, if the confab failed to handle the issue of derivation formula with honesty, seriousness and without unnecessary sentiment.According to him,…
By EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha…2 killed, DSS operatives on the run..SARS tortures bizman to coma It was a bloody weekend in various parts of Anambra State as no fewer than two persons were killed in separate incidents around the commercial city of Onitsha, just as doctors battled to save a businessman who was allegedly abducted by operatives…