Former Katsina South Senator Bello Mandiya dies at 62
KATSINA — Former Senator representing Katsina South Senatorial District, Bello Mandiya, has died at the age of 62. The Katsina State Government announced his death in a statement on Monday, describing his demise as a great loss to the state and Nigeria. Governor Dikko Radda expressed shock over the death, describing Mandiya as a committed […]
As Bakassi goes in 72 hrs, AGF stalls on appeal to ICJ
With less than 48 hours to the October 9, 2012 deadline for Nigeria to launch its appeal for a revision of the International Court of Justice (IJC) verdict ceding Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, is stalling on the presidential directive to revisit the issue.
Awolowo to Achebe: We are disappointed
The storm generated by renown novelist, Prof Chinua Achebe, over his claim that war-time Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, and the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo formulated the policy of genocide against Igbo during the civil war continued, yesterday.
Attack on Awo: Babatope takes on Achebe
Literary giant Chinua Achebe’s depiction of Chief Obafemi Awolowo as a man driven by an overriding ambition for power at the expense of Ibos was Friday described as nonsensical and a twist of facts.
5 private varsity students in $27,000 fraud
The Oyo State Police Command Thursday paraded some students of a private university in Ibadan who allegedly defrauded their victims of over 27,000 dollars.
Flood sacks 7,000 in Delta
…1,200 houses submerged BY FESTUS AHON UGHELLI—No fewer than 1,200 houses had been submerged and 7,000 persons displaced at Abare and Toru-Angiama in Patani Local Government Area of Delta State. Also, 46 communities across Isoko South, Ndokwa East and Ndokwa West affected by the surging flood, are now taking refuge in Ivrogbo, an upland community […]
