Says playing West against East has kept the country down By Clifford Ndujihe Evangelist Elliot Ugochukwu-Uko is the founder of the Igbo Youths Movement, IYM, deputy secretary of the Professor Ben Nwabueze-led Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT and secretary general of the Eastern Consultative Assembly. In this chat, he spoke on where Nigeria went wrong, […]

UGHELLI—A 14-year-old Senior Secondary School, SSS, I student of Kess College in Ekredjebor area of Ughelli, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, has committed suicide over a failed relationship with her boyfriend.

THE Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, was recently at the headquarters of the Nigerian Customs Service, Abuja, to solicit assistance for the millions of internally-displaced persons, IDPs, and other embattled citizens in the State and the North East needing urgent food support.

General Zamani Lekwot was military governor of Rivers State from July 1975 to 1978 during the military administrations of Murtala Muhammed and Olusegun Obasanjo.  He also served as Ambassador and High Commissioner to the Republics of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and the Gambia.

THE Nigerian Academy of Letters, NAL, yesterday, decried the incessant killings and violence across the country, saying that the country is now driven by pristine ideologies, inherited animosities, violent agitations and human merchandizing.

ABUJA—NATIONAL President of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Christopher Isiguzo, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately review his security strategy.

Awoyungbo Olugbenga Jackson popularly known as JacksonFierce, born on the 29th sept 1991 to the family of Late Engineer Awoyungbo Oladapo Sunday and Mrs Awoyungbo Adetutu Rasheedat. Originated from Ogun State , (Home Town – Isoyin ) Ijebu North East Local Government Of Nigeria.

Kaduna —The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN,  has told Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State that unlike him, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky can never escape from Nigeria for any reason.

Director-General of Progressive Governors Forum, Salihu Lukman, has  again blamed National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, for the diminishing fortunes of the party.

The Muslim Media Watch Grou, MMWG has condemned the protest calling for a revolution against the federal government, urging the government to unmask and deal with sponsors of the dastardly act.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, alleged that since the rejection of RUGA, and National Life Stock Programmes, NLSP, by the people of South-East, the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government of President Muhammadu Buhari has been supporting unprovoked attacks and killings in the region.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued an order to all telcos to bring down their Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services to not more than N4.89k per session.

Persons still practising female genital mutilation, FGM(girl-child circumcision) have been warned to desist from it or risk 14 years imprisonment and/or N250,000 fine.

AKURE—RAPE cases involving minors and the recent rape of a 300 level student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, AAUA, in the state by soldiers had infuriated Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, wife of the Ondo State governor and many other concerned people in the state.

WORRIED by the previous experience of violence and electoral malfeasance in Bayelsa State, some concerned stakeholders, recently converged on Yenagoa to brainstorm on peaceful way to achieve a free, fair and credible governorship election in November 16.