A group, Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, has raised an objection to what it perceived as domination of police commands in the South-East by commissioners of northern origin. The ILT, made up of prominent Igbo leaders like legal luminary and former Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, and the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred…
The International Police Organisation, Interpol, yesterday extradited the alleged mastermind of the dual bombings of Nyanya bus station in Abuja, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, to Nigeria Ogwuche, a high-profile terror suspect, had fled to the Republic of the Sudan after the April 14 and May 1 bombings in Nyanya, Abuja. He was subsequently declared wanted with…
Pyramids, 10 in number, have been discovered in Udi, in Enugu state in Igboland of Nigeria. Known as the Nsude pyramids, these ten circular stepped pyramids were associated with the Uto deity and were made of mud. Their reconstruction is needed, some tourists and scholars, including Wikipedia have said. The discovery, made in the…
Nigeria is in trouble–Falana By Henry Umoru, Levinus Nwabughiogu & Joseph Erunke ABUJA – Former governor of Bayelsa State and delegate to the ongoing national conference, Chief Diepreiye Alamieyeisegha on Monday said that the Niger delta communities were planning to shut down oil production in the region to forestall a looming earthquake and other natural disasters.…
Ndigbo Unity Forum, A pan Igbo organization, said in a press statement, that President Goodluck Jonathan, should hold himself responsible for the high level of insurgency in the countryThe President of Ndigbo Unity Forum, Mr. Augustine Chukwudum, said this in a reaction to the Presidents assertion that some people were trying to bring down his…
By Salisu Maradun & Marie-Therese NanlongGUsau—Over 50 people were reported to have been killed in Gidandawa District of Maradun Local Government Area in Zamfara State, while many others were injured following a reprisal attack yesterday on the residents by suspected Fulani herdsmen.This came as no fewer than 10 persons were reportedly killed in the latest…
By Salisu Maradun & Marie-Therese NanlongGUsau—Over 50 people were reported to have been killed in Gidandawa District of Maradun Local Government Area in Zamfara State, while many others were injured following a reprisal attack yesterday on the residents by suspected Fulani herdsmen.This came as no fewer than 10 persons were reportedly killed in the latest…
BY HENRY UMORU, LEVINUS NWABUGHIOGU & JOSEPH ERUNKE FORTY- Four years after, the Civil War , Igbo delegates asked for N2. 6 trillion as reparation and compensation for the devastation Igbo land experienced during the 1967 to 1970 war.In an amendment to the proposed National Intervention Fund, the South East delegates said the former Eastern…
BY NWABUEZE OKONKWOONITSHA—Elder statesman and First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, has blamed the federal government for the continued existence of the dreaded Boko Haram sects in the country.“I’m disappointed in the Nigerian government for its incompetence and poor handling of the Boko Haram issue because it appeared to me that the federal…
The plenary session of the National Conference drew to a close on today following completion of debate and adoption of resolutions arising from reports of 20 committees that considered critical issues arising from the convocation of the Conference. Conference Chairman and former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Kutigi, said the next plenary session would…