By Clifford Ndujihe Apart from the agitators, there seems to be an unanimity in opposition to the creation of more states in the country among some eminent Nigerians. Senate President David Mark, Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and House of Representatives Speaker, Dimeji Bankole, had on various occasions assured that the Sixth National Assembly would […]

More facts have now emerged on the circumstances which led to the adoption of zoning by the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) after several equivocations on the constitutionality of the matter.

Former Group Chief Executive Officer of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr Erastus Akingbola, was yesterday ordered remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, after he was arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on a 22_count charge fraud, granting reckless credit facility, abuse of office and mismanagement of depositors’ funds.

FRESH leadership crisis is brewing in the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, following alleged plot by the Ambassador Ralph Uwaechue led executive to elongate her tenure in office by another two years.

Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has announced that the proposed South East Political Summit scheduled for 16th August 2010 has been postponed, saying that with the resolution of the zoning debate by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the summit is no longer necessary.