By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—An Imo State High Court, Owerri, has started hearing the suit involving  the mysterious disappearance of a $10,000 cheque lodged by one Sam Ononuju in an account he operates  with Diamond Bank. The plaintiff’s counsel, Mr. Don Oweregbulam, had told the court that his client lodged a $10,000 cheque in his domiciliary […]

By  Tony Edike ENUGU—THE apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, hailed the re-election of Governor Peter Obi in the February 6 Anambra State governorship election, just as it called on INEC to take urgent steps to address the numerous lapses observed during the election. It pointed out that the observed lapses in the voters […]

…condemns treatment meted to Ogbulafor By Henry Umoru ABUJA—APPARENTLY angry that having spent some days in Jeddah and were blocked from seeing ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua who has been away since 23 November 2009, the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has decided to wait and see if the six-man team dispatched by […]

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief ABUJA—The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Maurice Iwu, yesterday explained that he barred the Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, from the Anambra gubernatorial election because the organisation’s neutrality was in question. He told newsmen in Abuja, while reviewing the Anambra election, as well as, preparations for […]

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN CITY—THERE is controversy between the authorities of the Ambrose Alli University, AAU,Ekpoma and the former Presidential Aide, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, over the incident that led to the violent protest by students of the university over the increase in school fees by the Edo State government. The authorities of the university had […]