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Press Release: NIDO-Europe mourns the passing of Dim Ojukwu

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

PRESS RELEASE | NIGERIANS IN DIASPORA EUROPE MOURN THE PASSING OFCHIEF CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU News of the passing away in London of the Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, after a protracted illness, was received with great sadness. All Nigerians in Diaspora in Europe mourn with the entire […]

Petition for the immediate release of Mr. Emeka Ugwuonyonye and others detained unlawfullly

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

November 25, 2011 H.E. Dr. Goodluck E. Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Office of the President Aso Rock Villa Abuja, Nigeria. Your Excellency: PETITION FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF EMEKA UGWUONYE, ESQ. AND OTHERS SIMILARLY UNLAWFULLY DETAINED BY THE EFCC. Again, we in The Committee for Rule of […]

S’East elders demand national honour for Ojukwu

Posted by admin Headlines, South-East, Uncategorized Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Nwazurike South-East elders on Tuesday demanded a posthumous national honour for the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu before his burial. A former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Dozie Ikedife, who spoke on behalf of other South-East elders, insisted that the national honour must come before Ojukwu’s burial. He said, “Late Ojukwu deserves such […]

Jonathan warns NDDC board members against politics

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated the newly-constituted board of the Niger Delta Development Commission with a call on its members to stay clear of politics in their respective states. He said whoever wanted to hold any political office should be ready to quit the commission as the NDDC is too sensitive to […]

Jonathan stops swearing in of ICPC chairman

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday bowed to pressure from some unnamed persons as he stopped the swearing in of the newly-appointed Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission, Mr. Francis Elechi. Elechi was initially billed to be sworn in alongside five other members at the Council Chambers of the State House, […]

Al-Qaeda wants to kidnap Westerners in Nigeria – Report

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Arrested members of the Boko Haram sect The global terrorist group, Al-Qaeda, is planning a “wave of abductions” of Westerners in the Sahel, the Algerian secret service agency has said. According to a report in Algeria’s most widely read newspaper, el-Khabar, the country’s secret service, the Department of Investigation and Security, has […]

3 dead, 100 injured as Delta community, Shell clash over GMoU

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

By Emma Amaize & Akpokona Omafuaire UZERE (DELTA) — ABOUT three persons are feared dead and 100 others, including women and children, injured in a stampede, Tuesday, at Uzere in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta, when soldiers and mobile policemen fired tear gas on protesters at a Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, flow […]

Convicted terrorists to face life jail in Lagos

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

By BARTHOLOMEW MADUKWE LAGOS— Anyone convicted of terrorism in Lagos State will now be committed to life jail, while kidnappers who demand for ransom before the release of the victim will face 21 years imprisonment, in accordance with Lagos State new criminal law. “A person who participates in terrorist activities will still be liable for […]

Tenure elongation: Suspense as 5 govs wait on S’Court

Posted by admin Governors, Judiciary Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor & Ikechukwu Nnochiri THE Supreme Court, yesterday, put five of the nation’s Governors in suspense as it reserved judgment indefinitely on the suit brought before it to determine the validity of the tenure of the five Governors whose tenure were renewed upon fresh elections. The decision of the apex court […]

It’s 14 years jail term for homosexual marriages

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA — THE Senate, yesterday, passed the Same Sex Marriage bill prohibiting all marriages between man and man and between woman and woman. The bill sponsored by Senator Magnus Abe, PDP, Rivers, prescribes 14 years jail term for anybody convicted of contracting marriage between same sex. It also prescribed 10 years for […]