Enugu State residents Thursday partially observed the sit at home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to protest and mark its “holy day” in deference to those that have lost their lives to the struggle. IPOB is pushing for an independent state for the Igbo-dominated southeastern Nigeria. The …
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The Indigenous People of Biafra said on Sunday former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s comment on “Fulanisation” and “Islamisation” of the country had come too late. Obasanjo had in a recent comment decried the high level of insecurity in the country, regretting that both Boko Haram and herdsmen acts of violence were …
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The Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has urged the National Judicial Council to dismiss a petition written by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court. The judge had ruled in Okorocha’s favour in a fundamental rights enforcement suit he filed against …
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Four persons were critically injured on Sunday when a two-storey building collapsed in Owerri, Imo State. The incident, which happened at 4:34pm at Number 10, Amaram Extension Street, less than a kilometer from Dan Anyiam Stadium, where the governor-elect held a nondenominational church service ahead of his inauguration next Wednesday, …
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The ongoing political drama and power tussle at the Imo state House of Assembly today took a new twist, as the deputy speaker, Ugonna Ozurigbo tendered his resignation letter. The deputy speaker’s resignation came less than 24 hours after 21 out of the 27 state lawmakers served impeachment notices on …
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Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, and other leaders of the party of instigating the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and other law enforcement agencies to arrest and detain him. Okorocha stated this in two separate fundamental rights …
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Sequel to the mixed reactions that trailed his declaration about the age-long relationship between the Yoruba natives and the Igbo people of South Eastern Nigeria, Ooni of Ife & Arole Oduduwa, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II has charged historians to deepen their research on African history. The Spiritual leader …
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The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of implementing an economic agenda aimed at the strangulation of the South-East geo-political zone. MASSOB alleged that the President strangulated the eastern region to develop his northern origin. The group, however, charged governors in …
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Abia State Commissioner of Police, CP Ene Okon, has warned men and officers of the police in the state to be cautious with their rifles and avoid extra-judicial killings. Okon spoke while interacting with police officers from Eziama Divisional Police Headquarters and their Ogbor-Hill Division counterparts in Aba. He stressed …
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PRISONERS’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, PRAWA, has called on governments to review its criminal laws to stop jailing people for petty offences. The group made this call in Enugu following a baseline survey it conducted in the four pilot states; Abia, Lagos Enugu, Kano and FCT, saying that there are …
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