They trailed him from the Palace ―How Okosisi Nnewi, Chief Dan Ulasi was kidnapped and eventually released

Chief Dan Ulasi “Okosisi Nnewi’; the Chairman Igwe Nnewi Royal Cabinet and the initiator of Nnewi Agenda was kidnapped Sunday evening around Amichi on his way back to Enugu after the Igwe Nnewi Royal Cabinet meeting. Chief Dan Ulasi was later released Monday morning and his car made away with. He said he noticed that the kidnappers trailed him from the Palace. They knew he was returning to Enugu. According to Okosisi Nnewi, he was...

Nothing To Celebrate – Wike Fumes Over Nigeria At 61

PORT HARCOURT — Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said it was regrettable that 61 years after independence, Nigeria was still grappling with leadership challenges. The governor noted that because of such leadership failure, Nigeria was now at a point in its history needing God more than ever. Wike made the assertion at the Interdenominational Church Service organised in commemoration of the 61st Independence Anniversary of Nigeria at the St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Port...

PDP Urges United Nations General Assembly To Query President Buhari Over Terrorism, Corruption, Others

NEW YORK — Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Friday address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, UNGA, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the world to query the President over his role in the escalation of terrorism, violation of rights, electoral malpractices, corruption, national division and economic ruin of Nigeria in the last six years. The party noted that the Buhari administration has violated the sanctity of human lives, freedom, respect...

FG is Considering Taking Rivers, Lagos to Supreme Court Over VAT Collection – Malami

ABUJA — The federal government is considering filing a suit at the supreme court to resolve the ongoing dispute about value-added tax (VAT) collection. Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in New York. According to the AGF, the federal government would like the matter to be determined once and for all. He maintained that the FIRS would continue to collect VAT following the directive...

Revealing Boko Haram Sponsors May Hinder Investigation – Malami

NEW YORK — The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has defended the decision of the government not to name the sponsor of terrorists in Nigeria at the moment. The AGF said that this is imperative in order not to jeopardise investigations. The Minister said this while addressing journalists in New York, according to a statement by his Spokesman, Umar Gwandu, on Wednesday. The Federal Government has come under fire...

IPOB Threatens One Month Sit-At-Home Protest If DSS Fails To Present Kanu In Court In October

AWKA — The Indigenous People of Biafra has threatened a one-month sit-at-home protest in ‘Biafraland’ if its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is not brought to court on October 21. The Media and Publicity Secretary of the secessionist group, Emma Powerful, made this known on Wednesday in a statement made available to journalists in Awka, Anambra State. He said IPOB got from a reliable source that the Department of State Services (DSS) would not bring Kanu to...

8,000 Boko Haram Terrorists Surrendered

MAIDUGURI — The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Brig.-Gen. Abdulwahab Eyitayo, says more than 8,000 Boko Haram terrorists have so far surrendered to troops Eyitayo, who is also the Commander, Sector 1, Operation Hadin Kai, disclosed this during a visit by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu and a team of Defence Correspondents from Abuja on Tuesday, in Maiduguri. He said the terrorists surrendered from their enclaves in Sambisa Forests, as...

FG is Uninterested in Naming and Shaming Terrorism Sponsors – Femi Adesina

ABUJA — Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesperson, has said that the naming and shaming sponsors of terrorism aren’t part of the federal government agenda. Adesina said this on Monday while speaking on the recent move by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), during an interview on Channels Television. Last week, the UAE had placed six Nigerians on its terror list. The UAE said this was an effort to target and disrupt networks associated with the financing...

Banditry: Sokoto Shuts Down Telecom Networks in 14 Local Governments

SOKOTO — Telecommunication networks have been shut down in 14 of the 23 local government areas of Sokoto state by the state government. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Governor Aminu Tambuwal, Muhammad Bello. “About three weeks after it approved an Executive Order in response to the situation of insecurity in the eastern flank of Sokoto State, Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal,...

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