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- Corruption
- May 21, 2020
- 460 views
ICPC secures bench warrant to arrest two Sri Lankan nationals
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured a bench warrant to arrest two nationals of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for their failure…
- Corruption
- May 20, 2020
- 508 views
$10m Scandal: Court stops Reps’ ‘trial’ of CUPP spokesman, orders Gbajabiamila to appear before it
The Federal High court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Taiwo Taiwo has restrained the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Clerk, other officials and privies of…
- Human Rights
- May 20, 2020
- 640 views
10 suspects in police net for flogging pastor in Ebonyi
No fewer than 10 persons are presently cooling their heels in police cells in Ebonyi state following the bizarre flogging of a young pastor, Oko Chukwu Obeni, a native of…
Many rural communities still believe COVID-19 is a ruse – Group
…Takes awareness campaign to the rural areas An anti COVID-19 advocacy group, the South-East Coronavirus Intervention Network (SCIN) has taken the awareness campaign of the pandemic to rural areas in…
- Cross-border Crimes , Terrorism
- May 19, 2020
- 559 views
“Soldiers from Niger Republic protecting Sokoto residents from bandits, not Nigerian soldiers”
Nigerians living in Sokoto state have been abandoned by the Nigerian military in a wave of violent attacks by bandits and terrorists. Premium Times reports that the Senator representing Sokoto…
- Human Rights , News
- May 18, 2020
- 564 views
For insulting elders, cleric gets 36 strokes of the cane, buys-off 18 strokes with N9,500
A cleric and social critic in Amasiri community, Afikpo North council area of the Ebonyi state, Pastor Oko Chukwu Obeni, has narrated his ordeal in the hands of his kinsmen…
- Investigations
- May 17, 2020
- 808 views
Imo: Playground of revenue syndicates
By Oge Nosike When the new Chairman of the Imo Internal Revenue Service (IIRS), Justice Remigius Okoye said he was committed to plugging all avenues of revenue leakage in the…
Durueke: A Major part of us is gone!
.Tribute to a fallen comrade By Okey Nwanguma The news of the death of Uche Wisdom Durueke on the afternoon of 14 May, 2020 hit me with a devastating suddeness…
- Corruption , News
- May 16, 2020
- 479 views
Business Rivalry: Imo Perm Sec under fire for alleged influence-peddling
A Permanent Secretary in the Imo state Ministry of Works, Engr. Egbuka E.C has come under a barrage of criticisms for allegedly taking sides in a dispute concerning two rival…
- Human Rights , News
- May 15, 2020
- 517 views
Imo: Nursing mother who sent SOS message over 3 months unpaid salaries, suspended
The Imo state government has slammed an indefinite suspension on a nursing mother, Mrs. Vivian Ottih for sending an open distress call to his kinsman who is an appointee of…
Gambari:We’ll not judge him by his past, but by his actions in his new office – CUPP
Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has said it will not judge the new Chief of Staff to the president, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari by his actions in the past but…
Madagascar’s COVID Organics: PSN kicks as FG snubs Nigerian scientists
… Says: ‘FG importing coal into Newcastle’ The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has condemned the recent move by Nigeria’s Federal Government to import the Madagascar-made herbal remedy for Coronavirus, …
- Human Rights , News
- May 12, 2020
- 1220 views
Orji Kalu: Activist demands remedy for 5-month illegal detention
An advocate for constitutional democracy and Executive Director, Legislative Watch, Hon. Ngozika Ihuoma wants the judiciary to explain what remedies there are for Senator Orji Uzor Kalu who was held…
10 years after: You were president like no other, Ibori hails Yar’Adua
Former governor of Delta state, Chief James Onanefe Ibori has praised the sterling qualities of Nigeria’s late former president, Alhaji Umar Musa Yar’Adua Ibori in remembrance of the 10th year…
Workers’ Day: Pay us our salaries, Imo workers beg Uzodinma
.Say: ’19 agencies owed since February’ Civil servants in Imo state has told Governor Hope Uzodinma that the period of COVID-19 lockdown is a terrible time to owe workers’ salaries. …
