A 41-year-old woman, Edith Oteri, who allegedly sent fake bank credit alert of N30,000 to another, on Thursday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The police charged Oteri, with fraud and theft under Sections 314 and 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. She pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution […]

By Oguwike Nwachuku IN the build-up to the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Imo State, I wrote a widely circulated piece in the traditional national and online newspapers tagged, “Uche Nwosu: The last vestiges of Okorocha’s iberiberism.” In the said article, I had drawn the attention of our beloved Ndi-Imo to Okorocha’s desperation to […]

The Independent Investigative Panel on allegations of human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the Nigerian Police, has vowed to compel the appearance of two police officers, Mr Obiazo and Mr Uzo Emeana both of SARS Awkuzu, Anambra state before the panel.

ANIOMA Youth Forum (Worldwide), AYF-W, Thursday, told all eligible voters across the nine Local Government Areas of Anioma and the other 16 Local Government Areas of Delta State at large to come out en mass on March 6 and cast their votes for the candidates of their choices across all party lines.

By Olu Fasan THE outside world is puzzled about Nigeria. How can a country be so richly endowed and yet so utterly backward? Foreigners always lament how Nigeria is badly governed, how its resources are unconscionably squandered and how it has become a fragile state. Yet, Nigeria doesn’t only have a rich natural-resource base, its […]

By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Etinan, has nullified the ancient traditional practice in Etinan Local Government Area, which prohibits women and female children the rights to inherit their fathers and relatives’ landed property. Justice Pius Idiong delivered his judgment in the case brought before the court by eight […]

By Ikechukwu Amaechi IT was the legendary Afrobeat maestro, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, who, in one of his smash hits “Beasts of No Nation”, told us about “animal talk”. The song was the first Fela wrote to critical acclaim after serving 20 months of a five-year prison sentence on dubious foreign currency smuggling charges during the military regime […]

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Zamfara state government has imposed a curfew on the troubled Jangebe town, following civil unrest after the return of the abducted schoolgirls. A statement issued by the State Commissioner for Information, Sulaiman Tunau Anka, said the decision was taken so as to prevent any further breach of peace. ‘’Similarly, there is […]

PAN Niger-Delta Forum, PANDEF, umbrella body of monarchs, leaders, stakeholders of the coastal states of Niger Delta, has thrown down the gauntlet at the Federal Government to provide a new beginning for the country through restructuring for peace, security and development since all the geopolitical zones have accepted the intrinsic worth of restructuring and true federalism.

Conveys President Buhari’s congratulatory message to outgoing PFN President VP thankful for solidarity visits that ‘encouraged me’, honoured with award At a defining moment in the history of the country, the church must stand as the light of the nation, and Christians as the purveyors of justice and voices of peace, according to Vice President […]