As early as 7.00a.m. on Monday, February 24, 2014, thousands of Imo women stormed the streets of Owerri to protest against the PDP and its leaders over the provocative statements they had made during their party’s rally last weekend, with the women saying that the PDP leaders had come to provoke Imo people.The women who…
The price of premium motor spirit, popularly called petrol has risen above the approved pump price of N97 per liter to N125 in Umuahia and its environs. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that apart from few major marketers that occasionally sell at the regulated pump price, independent marketers have hiked the price to between…
The Governors in the South East zone met in Enugu on Tuesday to discuss issues of common interest. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the meeting, which lasted for seven hours, ended without a communiqué. The meeting, which held at the Governor’s Lodge in Enugu, was attended by the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi,…
Up north in Borno the local governor and the federal government are arguing over why Boko Haram has managed to kill so many people in the last few weeks. Over 400 have died in a series of spectacular raids. The governor made headlines by declaring that the Islamic terrorists were better armed, equipped and more…
Leaders of Southern Nigeria have commended President Goodluck Jonathan for the remarkable progress made in the development of critical sectors of the country’s economy, particularly in the areas of power, transport, aviation, agriculture, as well as direct foreign investment. President Goodluck Jonathan wave to the crowd shortly after the conferment of se -lo-lia (Star of…
THE people of Odi in Bayelsa State have asked the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to summon the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi; and other officers of the CBN over their refusal to pay the people N36.7bn compensation as ordered by the court.Counsel for the Odi…
The increasing spate of intact by members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect is getting deadlier by the day. After series of attacks in Borno and Adamawa states in the past weeks where hundred of people including women and children, the insurgents are now turning their assault to highly placed government officials. According to a…
Despite the claim by President Goodluck Jonathan at the 6th Presidential Mediat Chat that the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi that he still remains the governor of the nation’s apex bank and may return to office even ‘today’ or ‘tomorrow,’ investigation has revealed that the President shortly…
In the early hours of Tuesday, Boko Haram militants stormed the Federal Government College in Buni Yadi, Gujba LGA of Yobe State, killing 29 students. The police and military have confirmed the incident. According to some reports, the militants did not use guns in order not to alert the security guards, but instead have slain…
This is not the best of times for the former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) as Igbere women in their thousands protested against their own son for what they termed ” SAY NO TO KALU’s KILLER SQUAD AGAINST WOMEN”. The women who were half nude and in their 30s and 40s marched…