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
Nigeria’s U20 Boys, Flying Eagles will seek a place in the semi finals of the ongoing WAFU B U20 Tournament in Porto Novo on Wednesday when they confront West African arch rivals, Ghana’s Black Satellites at the Stade Charles de Gaulles. With only three teams in Group B... Read more
For far too long NDIGBO have been objects of stereotype and profiling which ended in being misunderstood and misrepresented before other Nigerians. That has been the Igbo albatross everywhere in national politics or business, academia or artisans. Negative profiling has been an Igbo cross to carry since Nnamdi Azikiwe’s... Read more
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has backed the call by its caucus in the lower legislative chamber of the National Assembly, urging Nigerians to direct their representatives, across party lines, to commence the impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari. Maintaining that the appeal was constitutional and democratic, the main... Read more
The Mutual Union of Tiv in America (MUTA) has called on Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari to urgently take measures to ensure the immediate return of thousands of Tiv people leaving in internally displaced persons(IDPs) camps(IDPs) in Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa states, to their ancestral homes. MUTA made the appeal... Read more
By: Chukwudum Ikeazor Just over a week ago, I received the news that Emmanuel Nworah Nwobosi had died -on Tuesday 24th November. He was an alumnus – St John’s College, Kaduna, Nigerian Military Training College, Zaria, Sandhurst Military Academy, England, and US Army Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma,... Read more
. Encouraged to See Positive Movement in Some Countries WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) praised the State Department’s announcement that it has named 10 “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPCs), including Nigeria for the first time, and placed four countries on its “Special Watch... Read more
Henry Nwawuba is a member of the House of Representatives, representing Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency of Imo State. He is currently serving his second term in the National Assembly, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Niger Delta. In this... Read more
