Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor, is dead. He died Thursday night at 85. Though there is no official statement, competent sources confirmed his death. A retired justice of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, Nsofor assumed office as Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States on November 13,... Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission says the court will determine the legitimate candidate of the All Progressives Congress and winner of the Imo North Senatorial Bye-Election held last Saturday. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this on Friday. Controversy has... Read more
A former Super Eagles star, Emmanuel Amuneke, says he cannot be an assistant coach under the Nigerian team head coach, Gernot Rohr. He said this while speaking on PUNCH Online interview programme, Kick&Follow, where football stars discuss topical issues in Nigerian football. Amuneke, however, said he was yet to... Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to honour the invitation by members of the House of Representatives to address them on the security situation in the country as plenary commenced on Thursday in his absence. Members of the House of Representatives had earlier on December 1st passed a resolution to... Read more
Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Wednesday passed through First Reading a bill which seeks to prohibit secret recruitment in the Federal Public Service and to make elaborate provisions for transparency in recruitment in the public service through the publication of vacancies and for related matters in Nigeria. The bill... Read more
At least, 10,000 civilians have died in Nigerian military custody since 2011 after being detained in connection with the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast region. Amnesty International made the revelation in a report, saying many of the victims died at the “infamous Giwa Barracks,” in Maiduguri. “In April 2017... Read more
Faisal Maina, the son of the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, who escaped from justice, has been rearrested. He was rearrested by security operatives on Wednesday night after he was declared wanted by the Federal High Court in Abuja. The Economic and Financial... Read more
A former chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, on Thursday, collapsed in the dock during the resumed hearing in his N2bn money laundering trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The Thursday’s sitting was scheduled for the hearing of the defendant’s no-case submission,... Read more
. Says allegations unfounded Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has condemned the reported statement credited to the leader of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Prof. Ango Abdullahi who allegedly attributed most violent acts against northerners to Igbos. In a statement issued today (Tuesday) by the Ohaneze,... Read more
By: Nwankwo Tony Nwaezeigwe, PhD, DD “Mr President you are finished,” said Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor to President Goodluck Jonathan. And President Jonathan responded: “You said what?” And Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor repeated: “I mean you are finished Mr President.” And there was a dead silence for a moment before the... Read more
