The Movement for Revolutionary Change (MRC) a non-government organization (NGO) has advised the Federal Government to immortalize the late Biafran warlord and national leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Odumegwu Ojukwu by renaming the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) as Odumegwu Ojukwu University (OON). The group said renaming a university of the UNN’s […]
Ojukwu, who was the National Leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, died on Saturday morning at the Hospital between 1am and 2am local time. Prior to that trip, he was on admission at the Intensive Care Unit of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu following a cerebra-vascular accident otherwise called stroke. There had been rumours […]
The removed Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes, Mrs. Farida Waziri, on Wednesday said she heard the news of her sacking on the television. In a brief telephone chat with one of our correspondents late on Wednesday, Waziri also said she was yet to be formally communicated. She, however, added that she would determine […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday, approved the appointment of new chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC , Ibrahim Lamorde who takes over the leadership of the commission in acting capacity. Lamorde’s appointment takes immediate effect and effectively relieves Mrs Farida Waziri of her position. More details later.wp_posts
A serving Nigerian senator, Ali Ndume has been arrested following confessions of a Boko Haram extremist currently in custody of the State Security Services (SSS). The Boko Haram suspect Ali Sanda Umar Konduga, confessed yesterday to agents that a certain serving Senator, ex-governor and some politicians in the North were sponsors of the radical Islamic […]
The Chairman and Publisher of the Guardian, Chief Alex Uruemu Ibru is dead. According to a statement by the paper, Ibru gave up the ghost at about 2.30pm today. He had been sick for a while and was aged 66. Ibru was born on March1, 1945, the youngest of the famous Ibru brothers who hailed […]
By CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, Deputy Political Editor – THERE are many definitions of politics. One of them is the art or science of determining who gets what, where and when. In any government, there are men and women who have the ears of the ruler and can influence allocation of resources, appointments, projects and day-to-day decisions […]
LAGOS- (AFP) – The Nigerian Airport Authorities have fined British Airways $135 million and Virgin Atlantic $100 million amid a dispute over ticket prices, the head of the Nigerian Airport Authorities said Thursday. Harold Demuren told AFP the fines were “$135 million against BA, $100 million against Virgin Atlantic …,” alleging overcharging in ticket prices. […]
Crack Nigerian Army commandos, who just concluded a special training in the United States, have been deployed in the North to combat the terrorist attacks, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondents gathered that the commandos were part of the personnel of the Nigeria Army who left the country for a crack training programme on counter […]
Deeply concerned by terrorism believed to have been orchestrated by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has assured President Goodluck Jonathan that over 78 million Nigerian Christians will not relent in their prayers at this period of security challenges in the country […]
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