Swearing-in: Igbeke faults Senate over clearance

Anambra North Senator-elect, Senator Alphonsus Igbeke, has picked holes in the Senate leadership’s refusal to swear him in over alleged non-clearance. Igbeke  was first denied swearing-in on June 6, 2011 and later, last Thursday, in spite of a Federal High Court’s order of September 26 ordering the Senate leadership to swear him in with immediate […]

Police shoot 23-yr-old in Bayelsa

Despite the success that characterised the nation 51st independence anniversary, residents of Yenagoa, the capital city of the Bayelsa State trembled in fear, as a police patrol team attacked some youths on Imgbi Street, off popular Punch Road around 8.00 p.m, on Saturday, firing shots at close range at youths who were celebrating. A source told the […]

23 killed in Zamfara •As police declare gov’s CSO missing

TWENTY-THREE persons were reported to have died on Sunday, when suspected gunmen, numbering about 70, stormed the small village of Ligyado in Daraga District in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The attack came barely  two months after a similar attack took place in Guru and Tungar villages in Dansadau district in the same […]

Arms inflow from Northern borders intensifies: Boko Haram members relocate to Kano

AS security services struggle to combat budding terrorism, a fresh alarm has been raised about the inflow of sophisticated arms of various types into northern Nigerian cities from the vast northern borders of the country with Niger and Chad. Nigerian Tribune was told that arms and ammunition taken by loyalists of ousted Libyan president, Moammar […]

Opinion: Imo: 100 days after Ohakim

The character of any government is defined by its vision. Encapsulated in the vision are the needs of the people purposely sifted from the wants of the society. Thus, the tradition of celebrating 100 days in office, which we copied from the Americans, is rooted in establishing the vision and focus of a government. The […]

Gunmen kill 23 in Zamfara community

IT was just one attack apparently. But at the end of it, a community in Zamfara State lost 23 people to gunmen. The attackers who were about 70 raided Ligyado village in Maru Local Council of the state with offensive weapons like AK47 rifles, daggers, machetes and sticks. The sad development was the second of its […]

Imo govt suspends royal father for alleged kidnapping

OWERRI—Imo State Government has suspended the traditional ruler of Lagwa Okwuato autonomous community in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area, Eze Cosmas Onyeneke, following the shocking discovery that his factory premises had been turned into a safe haven for kidnappers. Government’s directive was made through a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Professor […]

Anniversary shocker: C/River SEC members barred from state box

Calabar—Some members of Cross River State executive council, including commissioners, special advisers and special assistants, were, Saturday, barred from sitting at the state box at the U. J. Esuene Stadium Calabar, venue for the 51st independence anniversary celebration for coming to the event an hour late. The state box is always reserved for the governor, […]

2012 guber poll: Plot to stop Imoke, Sylva thickens

Barring last minute change of mind by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), two of its state governors currently enjoying tenure extension courtesy of an Appeal Court order may not seek re-election. The governors are Liyel Imoke of Cross River State and his Bayelsa counterpart, Timipre Sylva. The appellate court had extended the tenure of […]

Imo State:From Democracy to Autocracy – By Kenneth Uwadi

By Kenneth Uwadi, Imo, Nigeria – October 1, 2011 – Since I started pointing out the     autocratic behaviours   and lack of arithmetic knowledge of governance of embattled   Governor Rochas   Okorocha, I have been   branded so many unprintable names by a selected group of unproductive, uninformed, money hungry, favour seeking, paranoid supporters of the government and   […]

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