By Emmanuel Nzomiwu – Correspondent Awka As the country marked its 54th anniversary on Wednesday, two pro-Igbo groups, Umuada Igbo and Umuigbo United Assembly (UUA), have expressed happiness with the journey so far.Speaking with journalists in Awka, the Anambra State capital, President-General of Umuada Igbo Nigeria and Diaspora, Lolo Kate Ezeofor, said in spite of…
By Nwabueze OkonkwoONITSHA—Anambra State Police Command has uncovered a baby factory where women with unwanted pregnancies are harboured till delivery, after which the babies are sold to interested buyers, with or without their mothers’ consents. Consequently, the suspected owner of the baby factory has been arrested and detained by the police for allegedly selling one…
Nigeria responded with fury Monday after South African authorities confiscated a second tranche of funds meant for arms purchase to fight the extremist Boko Haram sect, denying the deal was unlawful and warning South Africa of its investment in Nigeria.The warning came after the South African government seized US$5.7 million wired by the Nigerian government…
The South-East chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has commended a socio-cultural group, Ohaneze Ndigbo, for avoiding the issue of the adoption of President Goodluck Jonathan as the Igbo candidate in the 2015 presidential election during its meeting at the weekend.The group’s President-General, Gary Enwo-Igariwey, had promised last month that it would take a…
Dan Etete An anti-corruption group, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate Nigerian politicians indicted by Italian investigators in the acquisition of a OPL 245 oil field by Eni, the parent company of Nigeria Agip Oil Company. In the petition signed by its chairman, Debo Adeniran, CACOL,…
by PREMIUM TIMES South African authorities have confiscated yet another US$5.7 million arms money from Nigeria, nearly three weeks after seizing $9.3 million in cash transported by two Nigerians and an Israeli for arms purchase, South Africa-based City Express reported Monday. Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) As with the…
By Daniel Abia Snr. Correspondent, P/HarcourtInternational Ministers Forum (IMF) has appealed to the Nigerian Army and the Federal Government to avoid the temptation of killing the 92 soldiers alleged to have committed various degrees of offences following their refusal to confront the Boko Haram terrorist sect in the battle of Konduga.The forum said killing of…
By DAVID MOLOMO, YolaThe father of the former Special Adviser on Political Matters to President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak has lost his father to the insurgency in his hometown, Gulak, in the Northern Senatorial District of Adamawa State.The decomposed body of late Alhaji Ali Gillari ,who was among those trapped in the community when the…
LALALooks like things are not going to get better anytime soon for the enstranged couple Chris Oyakhilome and Anita.PremiumTimes reports exclusively that, Mr. Oyakhilome is no longer a trustee of the United Kingdom’s branch of the church.With Mr. Oyakhilome’s removal, his wife, Anita, now presides over a seven-man Board of Trustees of the N8.2 billion…
by: Yusuf Alli, •Orders massive air strikes on sect•To take delivery of Cobra gunships soon•Friends identify pilotVengeance: That is the warning from the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, to Boko Haram following claims by the sect to have beheaded a pilot of the Nigeria Air Force.Although the DHQ on Friday disputed the claim that any pilot was…