Ogor Congratulates Esievo on Tribunal Victory, Felicitates with Uduaghan @61
The Minority Leader, House of Representatives and Member Representing Isoko Federal Constituency, Hon Leo Ogor, has congratulated Hon. (Mrs) Orezi Esievo member representing Isoko South constituency 1, on her victory at the election petitions tribunal. The petition by Hon. Benjamin…
Igbo Ekunie Initiative Press Release On The Arrest And Detention Of Nnamdi Kanu
We the Igbo Ekunie Initiative, IEI, comprised of individuals in Nigeria and the Diaspora unequivocally condemn the illegal arrest and incarceration of Mr Nnamdi Kanu the director of Radio Biafra by the DSS, and we demand his immediate release. We…
Nnamdi Kanu: Buhari’s First Political Prisoner, Says Igbo World Assembly
*Denied Access To His Lawyer Despite Court Ruling Igbo World Assembly (IWA), has said that events surrounding the arrest and detention of the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu had shown that Kanu is the first political prisoner of President Muhammadu…
Corruption: Saraki’s Trial Stalled As Tribunal Bans Cameras
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), hearing the Senate President Bukola Saraki’s alleged false declaration of assets on Wednesday, has banned the use of cameras in its courtroom during proceedings before it adjourned the trial to November 5 and 6. The tribunal’s…
Amaechi’s Screening: Hoping Against Hope Over Ministerial Clearance
Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber, the Senate on Tuesday, against all hopes, excluded the name of embattled Rivers State former Governor, Rotimi Ameachi, from the day’s screening. From the Order Paper of the Senate, it was gathered that only three of…
Tribunal Victory: PDP Mocks APGA Over Protest In Abia
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) over what it describes as “its embarrassing resort to calling out paid touts and street urchins” to attempt and/or orchestrate a cosmetic protest in Abia against the…
10th Wole Soyinka Award For Investigative Reporting: Center Fixes Oct 23 Deadline For Entries
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has fixed 4pm on Friday, October 23, 2015 as deadline for submission of entries. The centre had invited entries from Nigerian reporters for the 10th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting from the…
Fresh Maiduguri Bomb Blasts Kill 20, Many Injured As Residents Arrest Suspected Boko Haram Bomber in Birnin Kebbi
Fresh multiple explosions, which hit Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Tuesday, killed no fewer than 20 persons and left many others injured. This came even as vigilante Birnin Kebbi residents apprehended a man suspected to be a member of…
How Falae Abduction was Planned At a Wedding – Suspect
A kidnap suspect, one Abdullahi Usman (AKA Kadiri) on Monday gave a racy narration of how he helped to pinpoint Chief Olu Falae, “a big man who goes to his farm in Toyota Hilux van”, who could be kidnapped to…
Full Names Of 7 Judges Suspended in Ghana Over Corruption
The President of Ghana has suspended seven of the 12 High Court judges caught on video allegedly receiving bribes to pervert justice. A statement signed by the Judicial Secretary, Alex Opoku Acheampong and issued in Accra said Vice-President Kwesi Amissah…
Multiple Bomb Explosions Rock Maiduguri, Casualty Figure Uncertain
Amid victory songs over insurgents and negotiations by Nigerian government with Boko Haram militants, multiple bomb explosions struck a mosque and the area outside the building in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, witnesses said on…
