Don’t link Obi with IPOB agitation, Kalu tells Gumi

Don’t link Obi with IPOB agitation, Kalu tells Gumi

By Steve Oko Two-time Minister for Finance, Kalu Idika Kalu, has disagreed with Shiekh Ahmad Gumi over his comment on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the agitation for Biafra. Gumi had in a post, said that the emergence of Obi had slowed down the agitation for Biafra by IPOB members, […]
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Don’t visit South-East, IPOB advises British envoy

Don’t visit South-East, IPOB advises British envoy

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu NNEWI —The Indigenous People of Biafra has cautioned the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, to cancel her planned visit to the South-East. The group made the call after it raised the alarm over an alleged plot to assassinate the envoy during her visit. According to IPOB, which claimed it got […]

Don’t repeat what happened in 2018 Osun guber poll  — CISCAES warns INEC

Don’t repeat what happened in 2018 Osun guber poll  — CISCAES warns INEC

Ahead of the Osun 2022 Gubernatorial election, Convener of the Civil Society Committee For Anti-Fraud Election Security (CISCAES), Comrade Kennedy Iyere, a popular humanitarian activist, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct a transparent, fair and credible poll without fear or favour.

Muslim-Muslim wahala

Muslim-Muslim wahala

I MADE myself very unpopular earlier on this week by (unintentionally!) antagonising several members of no less than three important sections of the Nigerian population! Charles Aniagolu, the distinguished international broadcaster, invited me onto PRIME TIME, his new ARISE TV show (you can catch it at 8pm on weekdays), to comment on current affairs issues. I […]

Court orders Ajetunmobi couple to pay N18.9bn to Ponzi victims

Court orders Ajetunmobi couple to pay N18.9bn to Ponzi victims

By Innocent Anaba, Lagos A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikoyi, yesterday, ordered Imagine Global Holding Company Ltd, Imagine Global Solutions Ltd, Mr. Bamise Ajetunmobi and Mrs. Elizabeth Ajetunmobi to pay N18.9 billion to victims of their alleged Ponzi scheme. Trial judge, Justice Taofiquat Oyekan-Abdullahi gave the order while delivering judgment in a suit […]

Another pilgrim, Islamic scholar, dies in Makkah 

Another pilgrim, Islamic scholar, dies in Makkah 

By Ishola Balogun, reporting from Saudi Arabia As pilgrims prepare for airlifts back home, Nigeria has recorded another loss of a pilgrim, an Islamic scholar and member of the Ulama’u Team of the National Hajj Commission, NAHCON. The scholar, Dr Abdulrahman Maigona from Gombe State, died, yesterday, according to a statement by the Head of Media, […]