By Sentry It is only seven days to the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states, but members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are confused over the stand of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Their anxiety further heightened on Wednesday when the
The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar, Cross River state, has ordered a rerun election in Akwa Ibom north-west senatorial district which Minister of Niger Delta Godswill Akpabio contested with Senator Chris Ekpeyong. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Ekpeyong, a
The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar over the 2019 election tribunal judgements, on Thursday awarded a punitive cost, totalling N600, 000 against the former Minister for Niger Delta, Usani Usani. He is to be paid N200, 000 each to the three respondents
Mike Odiegwu, Yenagoa Former President Goodluck Jonathan was conspicuously absent on Wednesday at the grand finale of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign in Bayelsa State. The absence of Jonathan, who failed to send either a written message or a representative,
Proscribed secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday blasted the Miyetti Allah Hire socio-cultural organization for disobeying the ban on movement of cattle by foot in the South East. IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful in a statement said the group was
By Damian Duruiheoma, Owerri There was wild jubilation in Ilile Autonomous Community in Ohaji Egbema council area of Imo State on Tuesday as the Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS) Unit of the Police Command arrested a suspected killer cultist in the community, Chukwuemeka
Recently, Ahmed Gulak, the Chairman of All Progressives Congress governorship primary election commimittee, has insisted that the former Governor of Imo State, Chief Ethelbert Okorocha had offered him $2 million bribe to return his son-in-law Uche Nwosu as the party’s governorship candidate,
By Emma Elekwa, Onitsha The Police in Anambra State on Wednesday handed over two kids kidnapped in Gombe State but rescued in Anambra to their parents. The two kids, Mustapha Abdulazeez and Musa Yusuf, both aged two, were on October 20, stolen
Emma Elekwa, Onitsha An articulated tanker loaded with PMS reportedly fell into a ditch along Onitsha/Enugu expressway in Onitsha, Anambra state. The tanker was said to have split its content along the drainages, close to Chipex filling station. There was record of casualties
By Ogochukwu Anioke, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Government on Sunday threatened to close down hotels, nightclubs, bars and restaurants in the state caught harbouring criminals, including those which harbour underage girls for immoral acts. Commissioner for Border Peace and Internal Security, Stanley Okoro Emegha