Amnesty Intl Urge FG To Investigate Killing Of “60 Biafra Protesters”
Amnesty International, a human rights group, has asked the federal government to investigate the killing of “over 60 Biafra protesters” in 2016. In a statement on Saturday, Osai Ojigho, country director of the organisation, accused the military of being behind the killings. Ojigho said the protesters, who were commemorating Biafra Day, were shot dead by soldiers at Nkpor community in Anambra...
Hon. Onuigbo Weeps As MOUAU Final Year Student Dies In Failed Portion Of Umuahia-Ikwuano-Ikot Ekpene Road
Memeber Representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/South Federal Constituency, Hon. Sam Onuigbo has expressed sadness over the death of Miss Chidinma Ogbonna, a final year student of the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. Miss Ogbonna passed on on Sunday, October 3 along the Umuahia-Ikwuano-Ikot Ekpene Road, over what we lawmaker described as 'reckless action of...
OPEC To Mark 50th Anniversary Of Nigeria’s Membership
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will on July 12 mark the 50th anniversary of Nigeria’s membership of the organization. OPEC’s Secretary-General, Dr Mohammad Barkindo, made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria was unanimously accepted as the 11th Member of OPEC on July 12, 1971. According to Barkindo, that day has...
How Ikpeazu’s Proactiveness Saved Abia From COVID-19 Invasion — Ijiriji
Hon. Emmanuel Ndubuisi popularly known as Ijiriji has commended the Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu for his intervention in ensuring that the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic does not invade the state. Ijiriji is the member representing Bende South Constituency, Abia State House of Assembly. The lawmaker said the low number of confirmed cases in Abia State is a testimony that the...
Shock as Nigerian Activist Esther Uzoma Passes on After Surgery
Many Nigerians have been thrown into shock and mourning mood following the announcement of the death of a vibrant activist and gender advocate, Barr. Esther Uzoma. She was said to have died after surgery in Abuja. Some civil society organizations have express surprise over the sudden demise of Barr. Uzoma. The Convener, Concerned Nigerians, Prince Deji Adeyanju in a statement described her...
2014 Immigration Recruitment Tragedy: Abba Moro Has No Case To Answer — Court
A Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted Senator Abba Moro and two others in charges of fraud over the 2014 Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment exercise. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba on Thursday held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) failed to establish the allegation of procurement fraud against the defendants. Moro, who was Minister of Interior at the...
FG Satisfied With Conduct Of Soldiers During #ENDSARS Protests – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government has spoken highly of the roles played by the military, police and other security agencies during the End SARS protests. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this during a televised press conference in Abuja on Thursday. Mohammed claimed six soldiers and 37 policemen were killed during the “#EndSARS crisis”, but insisted no protester died at...
Allen Onyema Gifts Super Eagles N10m For Defeating Egypt, Pledges N50m For AFCON Title
Allen Onyema, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, has gifted the Super Eagles N10 million for defeating the Pharaohs of Egypt in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. Speaking with the team at halftime in their opening game on Tuesday, Onyema, who expressed optimism that the team would make Nigerians proud, pledged to gift them N50 million if...
It’s Political Assassination – IPOB Reveals Killers Of Chike, Late Dora Akunyili’s Husband
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says those who killed the husband of late former Minister of Information, Prof Dora Akunyili, are the ones contesting for Anambra governorship elections. The group revealed that the killers who poisoned the former Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) did so for exposing the death of former President Umaru...
Count Me Out Of Alleged Plan To Attack Sen. Kalu’s Home — Chukwuma Obidike
A UK-based lawyer, Barr. Chukwuma Obidike has dissociated himself from an online publication in which his name was mentioned in relation to a planned attack in Igbere, home of Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, Chief Whip of the Senate. The name Chukwuma Obidike was in the said publication referred to as a member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB...
