Immediate past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has accused his successor, Emeka Ihedioha of being arrogant, anti-masses and mismanaging over ₦48 billion he left behind barely three months in office. In this interview with STANLEY UZOARU, he also spoke on the alleged attacks on his family and government properties recovered from his wife as well as daughter’s shops. He also attacked his party, the APC for lying against him before President Buhari during the last general elections.
What do you think about the idea of a panel set up by the Imo State government to probe …
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has mandated a branch of his organisation in Japan to ascertain that the alleged impostor, Jubril Al-Sudani who is believed to be President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, “is arrested and handed over to the authorities when he sets foot on Japanese soil.”
The purported president is scheduled to be in Japan on Sunday according to an earlier report by Daily Post, Nigeria.
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Kanu who who informed the members of organisation on Friday, August 23, via his verified …
Senator Dino Melaye said on Friday that he will appeal the judgment of the Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal which nullified his election as senator representing Kogi West in the Nigerian Senate.
It would be recalled that Melaye was declared the winner of the Kogi West Senatorial election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in February but the tribunal nullified it on Aug. 23 (Friday) and ordered for fresh election.
A three-man panel led by Justice A. O. Chijioke in a unanimous judgment ruled in favour of Adeyemi’s petitions and ordered for reelection into the Kogi West senatorial …
In a statement in Abakaliki by its National President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the OYC said the attack on Ekweremadu and threat to attack South-East governors was being sponsored by politicians outside Igboland who want to smack the images of Igbo presidential hopeful ahead of 2023.He called for immediate ceasefire between South-East governors and IPOB, noting that the
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Chairman of the party in the council, Mr. Samuel Adigun, who spoke with newsmen at the entrance of the Assembly, said the people of the council were not satisfied with the nominee as he is seen not to be a member of the party.
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But while Fakorede said it was an internal matter that would be settled in due course, the Speaker, Adebo Ogundoyi, said that
Immediate past Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Joe Nworgu, in this interview talks about Igbo presidency in 2023 and other national issues.
How would you describe President Buhari’s stance towards Southeast in the past four years in relation to your earlier position that his presidency won’t serve the interest of Ndigbo?
Four years ago, I was Secretary-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and I recall making public statements on how best it suited the Igbo and I did not factor President Buhari into it. I had followed President Buhari when he was head of state in 1983 through 1985, when he took power …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during its final submissions before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) said Atiku Abubakar and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the petition that it transmitted results electronically and abandoned its pleadings by not calling any witnesses is “worthless.”
“This is a worthless petition. INEC did not abandon its pleadings. It only extracted salient evidence from their (petitioners) witnesses,” INEC’s lawyer, Yunus Usman (SAN) said on Wednesday.
“We urge the court to dismiss this petition, which was meant to test the water with two legs, and they are now falling.”
PDP and Abubakar …
“We wish to warn that should any Southeast person be attacked anywhere in the world, we shall, by all means, bring back Kanu to Nigeria to face the wrath of our people,” the governors said.
Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu Saturday was assaulted in Nuremberg, Germany where he was
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The Indigenous People of Biafra has issued a statement explaining why its members attacked former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu in Nuremberg, Germany.
The group said the attack was due to the role Ekweremadu and others played during the Nigerian Army’s, “Operation Python Dance” exercise in the South-East.
The group alleged that Ekweremadu and others like Nnia Nwodo, David Umahi, Okezie Ikpeazu, Rochas Okorocha, Willie Obiano and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi plotted to kill the IPOB dream.
A statement by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, on behalf of the group’s leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, accused the leaders from …
Babatunde Fashola
Fashola born June 28, 1963 in Lagos State is a lawyer and a politician. He won the governorship election of Lagos State in 2007 and 2011 on the platform of the defunct All Progressives Congress (APC). He was appointed the Minister of Power, Works and Housing by President Buhari in 2015 and has been re-nominated as minister.
Olorunnibe Mamora
Mamora, a medical doctor, is a former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. He was elected senator for the Lagos East constituency in 2007. He was appointed Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) in …
The sentence was confirmed by a lawyer for the separatists, Joseph Fru, who condemned what he called a “parody of justice”.
The defendants refused to recognise the right of the military tribunal in Yaounde to try them.
Their lawyers have yet to say whether they will file an appeal.
Ayuk Tabe,
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The Federal Government has called on German authorities to unmask the identity of and try the Aug. 17 attackers of Sen. Ike Ekweremadu in Nuremberg, Germany.
In a statement issued on Monday by Nigerian Embassy in Berlin, the embassy also demanded that the attackers be tried in accordance with German laws.
The embassy stated that investigations would help identify the attackers with a view to bringing them to justice.
The Nigerian embassy, which said that investigating the perpetrators would discourage any individual or group from carrying out acts of violence against Nigerian government officials on German soil, cited the threat …
