The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the abduction of Cassidy Ikegbudu, Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Ahoada East Local Government Area. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmad Muhammad, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt that Mr. Ikegbudu was abducted in the early hours of Saturday. Mr. Muhammad said the police received […]
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Igbo leaders a disgrace, since Ojukwu died, Ndigbo have been like sheep without a shepherd
April 18, 2015 
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Etcetera writes : I was told that every Igboman who heard Ojukwu’s speech after the Biafran war was filled with a renewed sense of pride and hope. A hope that one day the Igbo nation will rise and become a force of reckoning not just in Nigeria but in the entire black world. I have […]
Continue reading APC rejects May 28 handover date
April 18, 2015 0 Comments
There are indications that the All Progressives Congress is uncomfortable with the May 28 handover date proposed by the out-going administration. Investigation by Punch revealed that the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) are set to clash over a proposal by the Jonathan team to hand over the mantle of […]
Continue reading Why I conceded defeat to Buhari – Jonathan
April 17, 2015 6 Comments
President Goodluck Jonathan spoke for the first time, yesterday, on why he conceded defeat to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), in the March 28 presidential election, saying he did so to avert a collective tragedy. Mr. Jonathan said Thursday that he needed to check his ambition, as […]
Continue reading Rivers Elections: Observers demand arrest, prosecution of Resident Electoral Commissioner
April 16, 2015 1 Comment
Independent observers, under the aegis of the Coalition of INEC Accredited Election Observer Groups, have demanded the arrest and prosecution of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Rivers State, Dame Gesila Khan, over the fraudulent general elections. They also insisted the April 11 governorship and House of Assembly elections […]
Continue reading Buhari denies snubbing government officials in Katsina
April 16, 2015 1 Comment
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has dismissed as fictional and uncharitable, a report by an online medium that he walked some government officials out of his residence in Daura, Katsina State. A statement by the Director of Media and Publicity of the APC presidential Campaign, Garba Shehu on Wednesday denied that any such incident took place as […]
Continue reading Ex Militants Now Lawmakers in Rivers State
April 15, 2015 1 Comment
Some of the dreaded Niger Delta militants, who accepted the Federal Government’s Amnesty, have been elected into the Rivers State House of Assembly… But based on the result of last Saturday’s election released by the state Returning Officer, Faraday Orumwense, a professor of Material Engineering, the ex-militants are among the 25 candidates of the Peoples […]
Continue reading May 29 Handover: Nigerian govt directs Ministers, Service Chiefs, others to prepare handover notes
April 15, 2015 1 Comment
The Federal Government has directed all ministries, agencies and extra-ministerial departments to prepare their handover briefs ahead of the May 29 inauguration of the incoming administration of Muhammadu Buhari. Also asked to prepare handover notes are the service chief, the police inspector general and the Central Bank of Nigeria. The directive was contained in a […]
Continue reading International observers call for cancellation of Rivers result
April 13, 2015 3 Comments
International election observers on Sunday called for the cancellation of the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Rivers State. The leader of African Centre for Leadership Strategies and Development, Mr Humphrey Bekaren, who spoke on behalf of the observers, made the call in Port Harcourt. He said the observers were shocked that INEC disregarded […]
Continue reading A repeat of history: INEC declares Imo governorship election inconclusive
April 13, 2015 3 Comments
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the governorship election in Imo state inconclusive. Due to the number of cancelled votes (144,715) in relation to the margin of win (79,529) by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Rochas Okorocha, the Returning Officer, Professor Ibidapo Obe, declared the election inconclusive. He said a new date […]
Continue reading Agbaje Concedes Gubernatorial Race, Ambode Is Next Governor Of Lagos State
April 12, 2015 2 Comments
The APC opposition candidate, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode received a call from Mr. Agbaje at 6:50pm Sunday evening. In the call Mr. Agbaje promised to work with his administration for the prosperity of Lagos State in the next four years.
Continue reading My death threat worked in Lagos, Mbu boasts
April 12, 2015 1 Comment
Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, Joseph Mbu, has said the threat he issued to kill 10 people for every policeman killed made the conduct of the Lagos State election peaceful. Mbu spoke on Saturday at the state’s Command Headquarters after monitoring the election in some parts of the state with some journalists. At […]
Continue reading APC denounces defections, says PDP politicians should stay in their party
April 12, 2015 3 Comments
John Oyegun, the national chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC), said on Saturday that the gale of defections by politicians was not good for Nigeria’s political development. Mr. Oyegun, who spoke to newsmen in Benin shortly after casting his vote, advised those defecting to the winning party to rather form a formidable opposition to enrich […]
Continue reading Rift between Obiano, Obi deepens as duo engaged in a war of words
April 10, 2015 0 Comments
The rift between Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, and his predecessor, Chief Peter Obi, yesterday, took another dimension as the duo engaged in a war of words. There has been a cold war between the duo even before the inauguration of Obiano a year ago. But yesterday, the jinx of silence on Obiano’s side […]
Continue reading Oba of Lagos’s threat: DSS to take appropriate action
April 8, 2015 0 Comments
The Department of State Security is taking appropriate action to tackle the threatening speech against the Igbos by the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, the service has said. Answering questions at the National Information Centre in Abuja on Wednesday, Spokesman for DSS, Marylyn Ogar, said the service was handling the matter without giving details of […]
Continue reading REVEALED: The men, and woman who pressured Jonathan to concede defeat
April 8, 2015 2 Comments
As Nigerians and the international community continue to praise President Goodluck Jonathan for conceding defeat to his main challenger, Muhammadu Buhari, in the March 28 presidential election, Premium times has received exclusive details of how the president took the decision of making the historic concession telephone call to Mr. Buhari. Reliable officials, knowledgeable about the […]
Continue reading What If Oba Akiolu is working for Jimi Agbaje and is counting on our reactions — Don Jazzy tells Igbos
April 8, 2015 4 Comments
Don Jazzy has raised a poser that Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, might be working for the emergence of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jimi Agbaje and was counting on the reactions of the Igbo population in the state to actualize his plan. Don Jazzy took to his Twitter page, which boast […]
Continue reading Forgive Akiolu and move on for the sake of peace, Buhari tells Igbos
April 8, 2015 4 Comments
The President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has urged the Ndigbo and other non-indigenes in Lagos State to forgive all that has been said against them and move on for the sake of peace. Buhari said this during a rally in Lagos to address the comments made by the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu. Akiolu […]
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