JUST IN: James Ibori Released From London Prison, Re-Arrested
Former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori has completed his prison terms in the United Kingdom. But he is yet to be a free man, as he was immediately re-arrested. TheNEWS learnt that Ibori...
View ArticleOshiomhole’s Edo vs Mimiko’s Ondo: Healthcare In Focus (PHOTOS)
by Avann Harvey In the fields of project management and operation research, there are two broad methods of benchmarking – horizontal and vertical. In horizontal benchmarking, we erroneously compare...
View ArticleNnamdi Kanu Incarceration: Hijacked Vessel In Benin Republic – Military Source
The merchant ship, MT LEON DIAS that was allegedly hijacked by gunmen is currently off the Coast of Cotonou in the Benin Republic. Nigerian military sources disclosed that the ship which is a...
View Article$2 Trillion Recovered By EFCC In 12 Years? Nigerian Gov’t Peddling Dangerous...
The advocacy attention of the leadership of International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety) has, again, been drawn concerning a public sensitive report credited to the...
View ArticleMan, 26, Conspires With Friends To Murder Woman In Oyo
NAN – A 26-year-old man, Nasir Aminu, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, charged with the murder of one Yetunde Okogun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
View ArticleNigerian Military Will Limit Use Of Force Against Boko Haram – Buhari
Nigeria’s president says his country’s military will only use the minimum force necessary to deal with extremists after calls for an investigation into senior commanders over abuses, including the...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Governor Udom Wins At Supreme Court As Election Upheld
The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja has upheld the election of Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State. The apex court on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 upheld the April 2015 governorship elections which...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Abia Governor Ikpeazu’s Election Upheld By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja has upheld the election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. The apex court on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 upheld the April 2015 governorship elections which...
View ArticleMark Zukerberg Surpasses Jeff Bezos, Becomes World’s 4th Richest Man
Not only was Jeff Bezos bested by Elon Musk in the race to space, he has also fallen a step behind a much younger rival in the race for riches. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook and...
View Article5 Facts About Akpabio, Udom, And Umana That Will Make You Say, ‘Diaris God O!’
by Emmanuel Udoh Here are some interesting facts about about Akwa Ibom that would intrigue you. Did you know that before July 2013, former Governor Godswill Akpabio had never met Governor Udom...
View ArticlePolice Shoot Medical Doctor During Peaceful Protest In Imo
The planned peaceful demonstration by medical practitioners in Imo State, turned awry yesterday as a Consultant Family Physician in the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, FMC, Dr. Bende Azudialo, was...
View Article‘Missing Bailout Funds’: Publisher Sues Police, Imo Gov’t Official Over...
The Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Owerri, Imo state based Community Watchdog Newspapers, Comr. Precious Nwadike, has filed a lawsuit against the Nigeria Police Force for unlawful invasion of his...
View ArticleEFCC Forced Me To Refund N25 Million Metuh Paid Me – Former VP Sambo’s Aide...
An ex-aide to former Vice President, Namadi Sambo, Abba Dabo has confessed refunding N25m to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He said the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party...
View Article12 Human Trafficked Victims Rescued In Katsina Enroute Libya
A 35-year-old mother, Joy Obi, two of her siblings of 17 months and nine years old were among 12 victims of human trafficking apprehended in Katsina. The state Comptroller, Nigeria Immigration Service...
View ArticleShocking Revelations By Military Service Chiefs At Secret Briefing Exposed...
Against the backdrop of recent deadly attacks carried out in some towns in Borno State by Boko Haram, the nation’s Service Chiefs have opened up to the leadership of the Senate why they have been...
View Article‘Buhari’s Economic Policy Can’t Stimulate Growth’– Fitch
Fitch Rating Agency Thursday noted that President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent economic policy pronouncements that tended to coalesce around state-led development to blunt the effects of declining oil...
View ArticleSycophancy: ‘APC Supporters First To Congratulate Me’– Governor Udom
Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel has said there is no division among the people of the state irrespective of their political affiliations. The governor, who said this yesterday during a special...
View Article29 Billion Fraud: Court Admits Exhibits Against Nyako, Others
The trial of a former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, his son, Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako, Abubakar Aliyu and Zulkifikk Abba, who are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes...
View ArticlePDP Commends Supreme Court Ruling On Akwa Ibom, Abia Governorship Elections
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday commended the Supreme Court for reaffirming the mandates of its standard bearers in the Abia and Akwa-Ibom governorship elections...
View ArticleOver 7,000 APC Members Defect To PDP
Fresh crisis looms in the camp of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as over 7,000 members have defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It was gathered that the aggrieved members...
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