A Igbo group, Voice from the East, has declared that Ndigbo do not want any war but a referendum to determine their sovereignty. “We are Igbo and we don’t want war again but a referendum. We don’t want what happened…
Month: June 2018
N260 million embezzlement: Anglican Church in disarray as members accuse Nigerian Bishop
Some aggrieved members of the Lagos Diocese of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) have filed three applications before a Lagos Division of the Federal High Court seeking, among other things, a relief for the judge handling the suit, Mojisola…
Kaduna Women rejoice over hike of cost of Alcohol
The prices of beer and cigarettes rose yesterday as the new excise duty rates for alcoholic beverages and tobacco began, just as many women said their husbands can now stay at home with the families. A cross section of women…
2019: APC, Buhari will win without Okorocha — VON DG
Amid reported threats by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State to dump All Progressives Congress, APC, as a result of crisis generated by the conduct of congresses in the state, Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria, VON, Mr. Osita Okechukwu,…
Fuel Importation Information: Nnpc Rejects Falana’s Request
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has declared that it has no obligation to respond to the Freedom of Information, FoI, request made by human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana(SAN), on fuel importation and sundry matters. In a letter by…
nPDP kicks against indictment of Saraki in Offa Bank Robbery
Suspends talks with Apc and Presidency The new Peoples Democratic Party bloc in the All Progressives Congress has kicked against the linking of Saraki and Ahmed to the Offa banks robberies. The group in a statement on Monday by its leader,…
PROTESTS TRAIL SARAKI’S INDICTMENT IN OFFA BANK ROBBERY
Residents of Offa and Ilorin in Kwara state have thrown their weight behind Senate President Bukola Saraki as they called on the Federal Government, Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris not to politicize the robbery incident. The protesters who had…
Prison break in Minna
Unknown gunmen Sunday night attacked the Minna Medium Security Prison in the Niger State capital freeing no fewer than 20 inmates. The gunmen were reported to have attacked the prison from its southern part hiding under the cover of darkness. It was…
Offa Bank Robbery: Saraki is reaping what He Sowed – Omokri
Reno Omokri, media aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, says the latest travails of Senate President Bukola Saraki are proof that men reap only what they sow. On Sunday, the Police said five Offa bank robbers had named Saraki and Ahmed Abdulfatah,…
Candidates to get results within 7 weeks – WAEC
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has expressed its readiness to release the results of its 2018 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) within seven weeks. The exam body which stated this over the weekend, said modalities has been put…