Sit-At-Home Not A Criminal Offense In Nigeria Or Any Part Thereof – Intersociety Tells Gov Mbah
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has been told to stop false gallantry and state extremism to avoid Enugu becoming another Imo killing field in the South East as ‘Sit-at-Home’ is not a criminal offense with prescribed penalties in any…
Court Convicts Two for Internet Scam
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of the duo of Purity Emmanuel (aka Aisha Mansir) and Sadiq Odidi Sule (aka Jason Mulliner ) before Justice A.A. Isiaka of the Kaduna…
Tame Ekpa, Dokubo, Ohanaeze Urges Tinubu’s Government
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has condemned what they described as heinous activities of the self-acclaimed Biafra Prime Minister, Simon Ekpa and the ex-Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, urging the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government to tame them. This was as…
Curb Illegal Activities On Maritime Domain — Oborevwori Tasks Navy
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has urged the Nigerian Navy to work assiduously in curbing illegal activities on Nigeria’s maritime domain. Oborevwori stated this on Tuesday, when he received on courtesy visit, the Flag Officer Commanding Central Naval Command,…
Nigerian Army Reacts To Reports on Detaining Soldier For Religious Reasons
The Nigerian Army (NA) has reacted to the reported arrest and detention of a soldier, Lance Corporal Musa Adamu, for his religious views. In a statement signed by the Director Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, a Brigadier General, NA said…
IPOB Says Continuous ‘Illegal’ Detention Of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Provoking, But…
The leadership of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) has again reacted to the continued detention of their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by Nigeria’s secret police, the Department Of State Services (DSS). According to them, their leader is held without…
Apapa Moves To Evict Abure from Labour Party National Secretariat
Alhaji Lamidi Apapa, the acting National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), has prayed a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, to compel the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police to eject the embattled LP National Chairman, Julius Abure, from the party’s…
Enugu Ban On Sit-At-Home: Why Sealing Of Noncompliant Business Premises Is Corrective And Not Punitive
By Ohayi Ugwueze The government of Enugu State has taken measures to put paid to the illegal sit-at-home order by non-state actors and the debilitating socioeconomic circumstances it had engendered prior to its cancellation. It did appear the people had…
Bail: Emefiele Free To Go Home As Court Dismisses FG’s Objection
The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele will be free to go home if he meets his bail conditions. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos granted Mr Emefiele bail in the…
Finally, Emefiele Arraigned In Court, Pleads Not Guilty To Firearm Charges
After holding him in custody for over a month, the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has been arraigned before a Federal High Court, Lagos, to a two-count charge of illegal possession of firearms and…
PDP Raises Alarm Over Attempted Attack on Atiku Abubakar
…Demands Comprehensive Investigation The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is alarmed by the reported foiled terrorist attack on its Presidential Candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and other sensitive locations in Yola, Adamawa State. In a statement signed by PDP’s National…