The chances of ex-Governor James Ibori of Delta State to complete his jail term for money laundering in Nigeria look remote,according to indications yesterday. It had been suggested that he could be repatriated from London to Nigeria to complete his jail term following an agreement between Abuja and London for Nigerians currently serving terms there to…
Eminent Chieftain of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Richard Ozobu threw a bombshell on Friday, calling on the present leadership of the Igbo group as well as the Igbo Leaders of Thought to stop speaking for the region.Ozobu said both groups lacked the credibility to represent Ndigbo.The two Igbo groups have been agitating for recognition in the…
He stated this at the Government house, Umuahia when he received at the Government house, Umuahia when he received a delegation of the NORINCO Group of China, investors interested in building an airport and seaport for the state. The governor said that Abia is prepared to build an airport even though it is capital intensive…
The Presidency may have put on hold its earlier directive to the State Security Service to investigate the weighty allegations contained in the controversial letter written by former president Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Jonathan in December last year. We learnt that the Presidency decided to halt the investigation of the issues raised in the…
The survivor of the attacks said, “Suddenly we heard gunshots in all directions and cries for help from women and children,”“As entered my house I was hit on leg and I fell down but I dragged myself to a nearby shack where I hid until the shooting subsided.Fighters from Boko Haram, whose campaign for a…
United Nations – The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says nearly 6,000 people have fled the northern parts of Nigeria due to the activities of Boko Haram to neighbouring Cameroon and Niger in the past 10 days.UNHCR in its reports made available at the UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, reported that several people had…
The traditional ruler of Amagu, Umulokpa in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State, Igwe Udedbor Dominic, and three others have being issued bench warrants for refusing to appear at a magistrate court sitting in Enugu.The Magistrate, G. C. Amadi of Enugu South Magisterial District gave the order in an oral application made by the…
The pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, on Friday condemned the directive issued by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to its members in the National Assembly to work against the interest of the Federal Government.The APC issued the directive in a communique issued at the end of its 8th Interim National Executive Committee Meeting, Thursday in Abuja.The committee…
The Imam of Federal College of Technology, Yaba Mosque, Imam Saeed Salmon has said that contrary to some belief by Muslims, Islam also subscribes to the widely held Christian belief that Jesus Christ will return in what has been described as his ‘second coming’, emphasising that any Muslim, who does not believe in it, is…
THE PUNCH – Nigerian leaders have cultivated the fraudulent culture of extra-budgetary spending. The latest atrocity is embodied in a report of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, detailing how the Federal Government incurred an illegal expenditure of N4.17 trillion between 2004 and 2012. The period spanned the tenure of three presidents: Olusegun…