A former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, might be arrested anytime he steps out of Nigeria, as he is still under investigation in some countries. This is notwithstanding the presidential pardon granted him by the National Council of State after a meeting on Tuesday in Abuja. Also granted pardon were a former Chief […]
CSNAC says the presidential pardon granted to Mr. Alamieyeseigha is an abuse of power and a great disappointment. The Civil Society Network Against Corruption, CSNAC, has vowed to resist the presidential pardon granted to convict former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Council of States had on Tuesday granted […]
BY CALEB AYANSINA ABUJA — The Prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Dr. Ola Makinde, Thursday, urged the Federal Government not to be deceived by the ceasefire declared recently by the Boko Haram Islamic sect. It also urged government to discountenance the call in some quarters for amnesty to members of the group. Makinde equally […]
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Wednesday dismissed the Federal Government’s bid to stop the execution of a judgment ordering it to pay N37.6bn as compensation to Odi community in Bayelsa State. The Federal High Court on February 19, 2013 had ordered the Federal Government to pay the money as damages […]
A security analyst in Borno State, Mr. Hussaini Monguno, tells ALLWELL OKPI that the killing of foreigners by terrorist groups in the Nigeria would get the country listed as terrorist nation What are the implications of the killing of the seven foreigners? Well, I’m yet to confirm the news, but if it is really true, […]
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Seven loud explosions shook Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Friday, witnesses said, hours after President Goodluck Jonathan ended a trip there to try to galvanize support for his battle against Islamist insurgents. Witnesses said the explosions happened within minutes of each other, suggesting the kind of coordinated strike that used to be the hallmark […]
The pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, has thrown its weight behind President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision not to grant amnesty to the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. A chieftain of the group, Ayo Adebanjo, told Saturday PUNCH in a telephone interview on Friday that the President’s stance was a step in the right direction. The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji […]
By Ndahi Marama, with agency reports Damaturu- President Goodluck Jonathan declared, yesterday, that his government will not grant amnesty to members of the Islamic militant sect, Boko Haram, as demanded by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III and some Northern groups. The president, who made the declaration while speaking in Damaturu at a […]
FORMER Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, dissected Nigeria’s economy and declared that the country was operating a voodoo economic policy that is pauperising the citizenry and urged urgent economic surgery to save the polity. For instance, Tinubu wondered why the Federal Government is maintaining a foreign reserve of $46 billion with one […]
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