Court frees Christians from deity worship in Bayelsa community
NEMBE—A Bayelsa State High Court, sitting in Nembe, has restrained the chairman of Okoroba community Council of Chiefs, Chief Benjamin Puyatei and the acting chief priest of Ogidiga shrine, Chief Joseph Ndubueze, from compelling 442 natives, mainly Christians, to partake in Eyalikai festival and worship of Ogidiga deity.
How Xenophobic attack began In South Africa
In the period before South African independence from the Apartheid regime in 1994, the all-white dominated government in that country had instigated black-on-black violence (pitting the Zulus under Chief Buthelezi against other tribes)in order to weaken the liberation efforts of the African National Congress (ANC) led by Nelson Mandela, who was in prison then
How two brothers died inside freezer in Delta community
AGBOR—WHEN 34-year-old Mr. Andrew Oseni, a father of three, who hails from Edo State, locked up his two sons, David and Shedrack, aged six and four, respectively, at his home in Agbor, Delta State, to attend to his daily business, he never knew that calamity was lurking around the corner. It was his habit to padlock the entrance door, with kitchen door slightly opened, while he and his wife go in search of daily bread. But his very last attempt proved fatal.
Rivers’ monarch speaks from hideout
RUMUOSI—THE under-attack paramount ruler of Rumuosi community, Akpor Kingdom, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State, HRH, Eze John Chibuzor Owhortee, Nyewe Eli Rumuosi, presently in exile after a section of his subjects invaded and desecrated his palace, last month, over a land dispute, has recounted how he escaped death by the whiskers and his travails as a fugitive in a nearby community.
‘Managing the economy: Okonjo-Iweala, 70 % ministry staff, are hypertensive’
The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi okonjo-Iweal, disclosed, Tuesday, that the task of managing the nation’s economy has given her, the Minister of State, Amb. Bashir Yuguda , the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mrs Anastasia Daniel-Nwaobia and about 70 per cent of the ministry’s staff High Blood Pressure.
I didn’t betray Jonathan, too principled to join APC — Mu’azu
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, has reiterated that he did not betray President Goodluck Jonathan during the 2015 general elections and that he is too principled to defect to the incoming ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC
