Group faults urhobo inclusion in Biafra map
By Festus Ahon ASABA-URHOBO Peoples Integrity Group, UPIO, has condemned in strong terms the inclusion of Urhobo Nation in Biafra map, insisting that the Urhobos have never be part of Biafra conceptual baggage at any time. UPIO in a statement by its President, Olorogun Ebenezer Okorodudu, however said; “we believe that they (Ibos) have the […]
Unions, students threaten to shut UNIMAID over terrorists’ attacks
Following series of suicide attacks and loss of lives and properties, the Joint Unions of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU; Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU; Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU; National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, and students of University of Maiduguri, UNIMAID, yesterday in Bornu State, threatened industrial unrest.
4 Nigerians face trial for £10m fraud in UK
Four suspected fraudsters, who are Nigerians, are being prosecuted for allegedly using the identities of civil servants to commit a £10 million scam in the United Kingdom, UK.
65-yr-old bags 25 years sentence over drug trafficking
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, sentenced 64-year-old Odeyemi Omolola, who is charged before the court alongside a Lagos socialite, Mrs. Funmilola Ogbuaya, also known as Funmilola Ogundipe, popularly known in social circles as Ariket, to 25 years imprisonment, for attempting to export 1.595 kilogrammes of cocaine to Saudi Arabia.
Residents storm AEDC over prolonged power cut
By Chris Ochayi ABUJA — Residents of AMAC/ACO Housing Estate along the Airport Road, Abuja, yesterday, stormed the premises of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, to protest protracted power outage in the estate. The angry residents, who thronged the AEDC office, located in Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, in the afternoon accused the distribution company […]
Meet Evans lawyer, Ogungbeje, known for ‘unpopular cases’
Just when Nigerians thought no lawyer will step out to defend notorious billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans, Voice Olukoya Ogungbeje has proven an exception.
