The Rivers State Government has expressed concern about the safety of Governor Chibuike Amaechi, alleging that he is “is right now being held hostage commando style by soldiers and federal government security agents in Odudu, Ondo state.” The allegation was contained in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by Rivers State Commissioner of Information and…
A middle-aged woman, Mrs. Monica Nwakpuke, barely escaped the cold hands of death when her husband,
By Tony Edike, Enugu FORTY-four years after the Nigerian Civil War ended and the Biafra Republic which was led by the late Ikemba Nnew, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu collapsed, the agitation for the rebirth of the defunct republic has been kept alive in the minds of some die-hard believers of the Igbo secession bid. …
Umuahia — Gunmen have killed a 72-year-old businessman, Chief Alex Okonkwo, in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.Family sources said yesterday that the man was abducted on June 8. The source said after a ransom of N1.7 million was paid, the body was discovered dumped in a bush path in…
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) on Wednesday reiterated that it did not ban the movie “Half of A Yellow Sun ’’ as being speculated. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Caesar Kagho, Acting Head, and Corporate Affairs of NFVCB, in Abuja.The statement said it had become necessary for NFVCB…
BY IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI ABUJA—The Attorney- General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, yesterday, withdrew the money laundering charge preferred against the eldest son of the late military dictator, Mohammed Abacha. Mohammed was accused of concealing the sum of N446.3 billion allegedly stolen from the national treasury between 1995 and 1998.…
By SaharaReporters, New YorkThe apex socio-cultural organization of Northern Nigeria, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has condemned in strong terms any attempts to categorize Northern Nigerians as members of Boko Haram, citing the danger of arresting people on account of appearance, faith or origin.The group expressed its position through Muhammad Ibrahim, its National Publicity Secretary, in…
By David Oladimeji, LagosThe United States government has declared that only 22 port facilities in Nigeria are so far compliant with the prescribed letters of the International Ships and Ports Facility Security, ISPS, code.The US government also said its declaration was based on the United States Coast Guard, USCG, reports on the several visits and…
FORMER Minister of Foreign Affairs and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Tom Ikimi, has said that he stayed away from the party’s recent national convention in Abuja because the APC Governors Forum, AGF, and former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, had already predetermined the outcome of the exercise. He said that Tinubu…
Against the backdrop of security challenges confronting the country and insinuations making the rounds of a possible coup d’ etat, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, Tuesday, dismissed as untenable, such rumours, insisting that the military would do everything to defend democracy and its growth in Nigeria. Speaking when he received…