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Ojukwu’s Will tears family apart

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines Sunday, December 2nd, 2012

By Tony Edike & Enyim Enyim,Enugu Widow of late Biaf-ran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odu-megwu Ojukwu, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, and her children were said to have been more favoured than their other relations in the sharing of their father’s property as Ojukwu’s Will was read at the Enugu High Court yesterday. The Will which was expected […]

Gunmen ‘burn churches, border posts’ in Borno

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Sunday, December 2nd, 2012

KANO – Suspected members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram set fire to churches and border posts in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday, residents said, but it was not immediately known if there were casualties. Around 50 gunmen in cars and on motorcycles carried out the attacks on three churches and border posts with neighbouring […]

I need pastors

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, December 1st, 2012

Pls, I want to employ the service of all the self-acclaimed Christian prayer warriors and land deliverance clerics. If it requires buying a jet, I can write to my partners in Europe for sponsorship. It’s serious! There is a strong demon in a town of Rivers State called Oyigbo. The military helped to an extent […]

Ojukwu’s Will revealed; Bianca gets lion’s share, Will discloses secret daughter

Posted by admin Biafra, National Politics, Top Stories Friday, November 30th, 2012

… Recognises new daughter The will of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, was on Friday presented to the family with his widow, Bianca, getting the lion’s share. The presentation by the Chief Registrar of the Enugu High Court, Mr. Dennis Ekoh, was witnessed by Bianca, Mr. Val Nwosu, Ojukwu’s first cousin, and Mr. […]

Boko Haram: 20 arrested as soldiers raid hideouts in Abuja

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Friday, November 30th, 2012

Barely four days after a deadly attack on the Special Anti-Robbery Squad(SARS) office in Abuja, soldiers yesterday stormed suspected “cells” and hideouts of suspected members of Boko Haram in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Some of the suspected cells and shanties were burnt in Apo and Guzape districts. Also, security agencies have arrested more than […]

Fear of bombs at National Assembly grips lawmakers

Posted by admin General Politics, House, Legislature, Senate, Top Stories Friday, November 30th, 2012

Security remained the issue yesterday, with scary lawmakers urging the executive to tackle the monster. House of Representatives members declared the National Assembly a likely target of terrorists. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) was worried that rampaging gunmen were killing people all over the country. And the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN) said […]

Violence mars PDP’s screening of aspirants for Bayelsa LG poll

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Friday, November 30th, 2012

Fierce violent clashes among the ranks of the Peoples Democratic Party marred the screening of 97 chairmanship aspirants for the local government election in Bayelsa State on Wednesday. The clash took place just as Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State tasked the Nigeria Police and the State Security Service to conduct detailed checks on […]

Flush out civilians from Army barracks, Ihejirika orders

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Latest Politics Thursday, November 29th, 2012

BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI ABUJA — IN the wake of terrorists attacks on army cantonments in parts of the country, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika, has directed that all civilians and non-military personnel residing in all army barracks be flushed out. His words: “All illegal civilians and those above 18 years should […]

Reps threaten to order Okonjo-Iweala’s arrest over police pension

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Women Politics Thursday, November 29th, 2012

BY OKEY NDIRIBE & EMMAN OVUAKPORIE ABUJA—House of Representatives, yesterday, threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, over her refusal to honour invitations from its Committee on Pensions. Members of the committee also want the Finance Minister to explain her role in the take-over of Police Pension […]

Reps split over state flags, coats of arms

Posted by admin House, Legislature, State News Thursday, November 29th, 2012

Members of the House of Representatives held a near rowdy session on Thursday as they debated a bill to enact the National Symbols Act. It took the intervention of the presiding Deputy Speaker, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha, to ensure that the situation was brought under control. Some lawmakers from the South-West states saw the bill as […]