Point of No Return: Pro-Biafra Aggitators Tear Nigerian Passports in Protest
Some Biafra secessionists have torn their Nigerian passports to press home their demand for the breakaway of the South-East from the Nigerian state. As of Saturday, no fewer than three videos were seen on the online video sharing platform, YouTube,…
How Kwankwaso Built Houses Pensioners Can’t Afford With N4.1bn Pension Fund
The immediate past Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, spent N4.1 billion of pensioners’ funds building houses the retired workers could not afford, an official has said. The Kano State Commissioner of Information, Mohammed Garba, stated this on a Hausa discussion…
Why Rivers, Akwa-Ibom Tribunal Verdicts Cannot Stand – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the judgment of the River State governorship election tribunal sitting in Abuja, which showed clear bias against Governor Nyesom Wike and the PDP, as completely bizarre, unacceptable and part of the script…
Fayose Cautions Buhari, APC Over Rivers, Akwa Ibom Tribunal Verdicts
Written By Chukwudi Ogana Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has condemned the tribunal judgments which nullified the governorship elections in Rivers and Akwa Ibom States. Governor Fayose expressed concern over what he described as an attempt by President Buhari and…
Rivers Tribunal Orders Governorship Election Rerun, Wike Vows To Appeal Verdict
The Rivers State Governorship election petition tribunal has sacked Governor Nyesom Wike of the State, ordering a rerun of the governorship election. This came as the sacked governor said he will appeal the court ruling. In a judgement delivered by…
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…
Your Screening Not a Confirmation – Senator Tells Amaechi As Screening Resumes October 27
Senator George Sekibo, who is one of the Rivers senators opposed to the nomination of the immediate past governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi as minister has stressed that it is one thing to be screened and another to be…
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…
Accept Election Outcome If You Lose, Jonathan Urges Tanzanian Politicians
Leader of a delegation of Commonwealth election observers to Tanzania, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has urged contestants in country’s presidential election to promptly accept the outcome should they be defeated in the October 25 election. The former President of Nigeria told…
Buhari Names New INEC Boss, Appoints 5 Commissioners
President Muhammadu Buhari on has announced the appointment of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), even as he also named five new national commissioners for the electoral umpire. Their appointments were consequently approved…
