By George Onmonya Daniel Mujahid Dokubo-Asari who has been excited over National Dialogue has warned against provocation. The leader of Niger Delta People Volunteer Force (NDPVF) who is currently resident of Benin Republic because he rejected the entity called Nigeria has been talking on social media about the National dialogue. Asari Dokubo as he is…
The Founder and Chairman of Stanbic IBTC Bank, Atedo Peterside, has said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation must give adequate explanations about the alleged missing money, which it was meant to remit to the Federation Account. The Central Bank of Nigeria and its suspended Governor, Lamido Sanusi, he said must also give appropriate response to…
Chibuzo UkaibeFormer head of state, General Abdusalami Abubakar, yesterday warned that the clamour of the North to reclaim power in 2015 and the ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan to seek another term in office could spell doom for the country if Nigerians do not close ranks and put the interest of the nation first.Speaking at…
Osa OkhominaThe extended family of President Goodluck Jonathan has resorted to prayers for the release of the 70 years old foster father of the president, Chief Inengite Nitabai, following the alleged rejection of N30million offered by the family to the kidnappers.The septuagenarian was kidnapped last week from his home in Otuoke community of Ogbia local…
The House of Representatives has uncovered another alleged scam where N29 Billion Police Pension fund kept in a commercial bank was diverted for other capital projects.To this end, the House committee on Pension has summoned the minister of Finance and coordinating minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the accountant general of the Federation, Mr…
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the Biafrans as “people who’d been abused, who’d undergone genocide, and who felt completely rejected by the rest of the community, and therefore decided to break away and form a nation of its own.” Soyinka who disclosed this in an interview published in The Telegraph of London on…
The Concerned Igbo Leaders of Thought on Monday said that the proposed national conference represented a vehicle for genuine transformation of Nigeria. The CILT, which is led by constitutional lawyer, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, stated this in Enugu, through its strategy committee. Deputy Secretary of the CILT, Rev. Elliot Ukoh, spoke for the group. Elliot said…
The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Adesola Amosu has assured that the Nigerian Armed Forces have the capacity to crush the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeastern part of the country as soon as possible. Amosu gave the assurance yesterday while receiving the Commandant of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Air…
A former counsel for ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr. Tunji Abayomi, has asked an Abuja Federal High Court to stop the Federal Government from going ahead with the national conference scheduled to commence in the Federal Capital Territory this month. In the suit numbered FHC/ABJ/CS/167/204 and dated March 3, 2014, Abayomi argued that President Goodluck Jonathan…
The Federal Government has resorted to recruiting forest guards to assist the Joint Task Force in combating Boko Haram insurgents in the northern part of the country.Most of the insurgents are believed to be using routes cutting through forests in states like Borno, Yobe, Taraba and Adamawa to smuggle arms into the country from Cameroon…