Kebbi govt denies abandoning communities ravaged by bandits
Security matters are highly sensitive, and not every strategy, intelligence-gathering effort, or operational action undertaken by government can or should be discussed publicly.
N50m suit against Orji’s aide adjourned
By Anayo Okoli Umuahia-Justice Onuoha Ogwe of Umuahia High Court has adjourned, for 14 days, hearing in a N50 million suit filed by Mr. Hagler Okorie, a law teacher, against an aide of Governor Theodore Orji, Mr. Stanford Ubani. Okorie is suing Ubani, Orji’s special assistant, for libel. The plaintiff, in the suit, said Ubani […]
Gov Orji suspends 2 commissioners in 4 days
By Anayo Okoli , Umuahia BARELY four days after the indefinite suspension of Abia State commissioner for commerce and industry, Chief Victor Ubani, Governor Theodore Orji has suspended another commissioner. This time the hammer fell on the commissioner for finance, Chief Jones Udeogu. Udeogu’s suspension came shortly after two senior officers in his office, the […]
Ohakim laments Warri bomb blasts
By Chidi Nkwopara Owerri-IMO State governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has described the bomb blasts, which aborted the Niger Delta Post-Amnesty Dialogue organized in Warri, Delta State, by Vanguard Newspapers, as “a most unfortunate incidentâ€. He also said that the blast sadly cut short the very intention of dialoguing over the apparent delay in the implementation […]
Democracy has helped army’s professionalism, says GOC
General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81 Div. of the Nigerian Army, Lagos, Maj.-Gen. Eugene Nwanguma, says the country’s 10-year-old democracy has helped professionalism in the army. “The Nigerian Army has done well under democracy and the leadership is not going backâ€, he told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.. Nwanguma, who was the special […]
Fake army Lt handed over to Plateau police
A fake army lieutenant who was arrested by members of the special task force set up to maintain peace in Plateau State has been handed over to the state police command for investigations and prosecution.
Intrigues as Ghaddafi’s tenure as AU chair ends
The recent meeting of African Heads of State and Government in Ethiopian where the Libyan leader, Moammer Ghaddafi, stepped down as African Union (AU) chairman was full of diplomatic manouvres.
Father-in-law of Delta NMA secretary abducted
THE father-in-law to the General Secretary of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Delta State chapter has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen.
Fashola: Court’s decision on probe unfortunate — Lagos PDP
By Dapo Akinrefon Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has faulted Tuesday’s decision by a Lagos High Court restraining the State House of Assembly from going ahead with the investigation of Lagos State government. Justice Habeeb Abiru of a High Court in Ikorodu had barred the state House of Assembly from probing […]
EXCOF dissolution: ‘How new minister from Edo should emerge’
By Simon Ebegbulem Edo Democratic Coalition (EDC), a socio-cultural organisation in Edo State, has described the dissolution of the Executive Council of the Federation, EXCOF, by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan as a “wise decision†and urged him to pick somebody who will be well accepted by the generality of the people of the state as […]
Jos: Distrust rules!
What would ordinarily have been a simple matter, last Friday, became another source of tension in Jos, Plateau State capital, creating fresh panic and sending people scampering into safety from another possible blood bath.
