My husband is still under his mother’s tutelage, wife tells court
Akure – A housewife, Iyabo Olatunji , has told an Akure Customary Court that her husband, Ezekiel, is still under his mother’s tutelage. Iyabo, who made this known when she testified in her divorce proceeding against her husband on Friday, said that “my husband was working by her directive. “It is my mother-in-law that gives […]
Buhari begs Nigerians for support, cooperation as ministers gear up to fight recession
Alarmed by the dwindling fortunes of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, brainstormed with his key ministers and financial experts from the public and private sectors, to find ways of fixing the troubled economy
Police rescue abducted15-month-old baby in Umuahia
The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mr Leye Oyebade on Wednesday said that men of the command had rescued a 15-month-old baby girl allegedly stolen from her mother.
NUJ condemns alleged arrest of journalists over report on MASSOB
THE Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ in the South East zone, Friday condemned the unlawful and unwarranted arrest and detention of Journalists by members of the Ebonyi State Police Command.
Roads decay and South East governors
A STORY has been told of how before 1966,an Igbo National Leader needed to pay in a particular amount of money into an account in the then African Continental Bank, ACB, before a given date, or face prosecution and imminent imprisonment. Another Igbo son volunteered the said sum and as the money was being taken from Nsukka to Enugu, robbers struck to carry the money away!
UK court says Ibori’s conviction stands inspite of bribery evidence
In a dramatic turn of events, the British National Crime Agency has confirmed that Police officers, working within the elite Department for International Development funded Police Unit at the heart of the Ibori and linked prosecutions were corrupt and had withheld substantial material from the defence teams.
Biafra agitation beyond Buhari – IPOB
ENUGU—The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said the on-going agitation for the actualisation of Biafra as a country was beyond both President Muhammadu Buhari and others who pride themselves as fighting for the country’s unity between 1967 and 1970, adding that the indices were no longer the same.
Osun did not receive ecological fund under PDP- Osun Govt
The Government of Osun on Thursday described as fallacious, demand by the State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party to justify how the state spent ecological funds in the wake of the flood that affected some parts of the state capital.
Ekiti govt to build new gov’s office, High Court at N1.9bn
EKITI—The Ekiti State Government said, yesterday, that it had set aside N1.9 billion for the construction of a new governors’ office and High Court complex in Ado-Ekiti.
Why anti land grabbing law will work in Lagos — Jimoh, state lawmaker
Why anti land grabbing law will work in Lagos — Jimoh, state lawmaker
Ondo GOV POLL: Pressure mounts on APC to cancel primaries
STRONG indications emerged, yesterday in Abuja, that the three-member Election Appeal Committee appointed by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to look into complaints that trailed the September 3, Ondo State governorship election primaries is under pressure to recommend a cancellation of the exercise.
