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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
15 million children receive polio vaccine NIGERIA has recorded 400 per cent increase in polio cases in one year, with 44 cases in 2011 compared to 11 cases by this time in 2010. However, in the continuous onslaught against the scourge in the country, no fewer than 15 million children under the age of […]
PLANS are underway by the Senate to stamp out the scourge of gas flaring in the Niger Delta before the year 2015. Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology and Environment, Bukola Saraki, stated this yesterday in Ilorin, Kwara State. According to him, relevant bills to fast-track the process and meeting this target would soon be […]
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