The National Assembly appears to be at the end of its tether over the poor handling of national security by the executive of government and the continued spurning of its resolutions. In an interview on Thursday’s edition of Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily monitored by TELL, Dachung Musa Bagos (PDP), representing Jos South/East Federal…
Uzanu Community Faults Obaseki on Dissolution of Clan, Deposition of Monarch
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] There is a feeling of injustice and high-handedness in Uzanu community in South East Uneme, Etsako East local government area of Edo State over the dissolution of the clan and deposition of its traditional ruler, Benjamin Ikani, the Oliola of Uzanu clan, by the state government. The community described Saturday’s action by the…
Obaseki Dethrones Clem Agba’s Royal Father, Dissolves Clan
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Like his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole who deposed the Onojie of Uromi in the twilight of his administration in 2016, Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki has in a similar fashion dethroned Benjamin Ikani, the Oliola of Uzanu clan of South East Uneme. The deposed traditional ruler is the clan head of the home town…
Missing Crown: Police Grill Ayiri Emami as Crisis over Olu of Warri Stool Deepens
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] The succession tussle in Warri kingdom following the demise of the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, and the selection of Prince Tsola Emiko as Olu-designate, took a new twist on Friday with the grilling of the Ologbotsere (prime minister) of Warri Kingdom, Ayiri Emami, by the office of the Assistant Inspector General of…
UNIBEN Bursar Escapes Kidnap As Gun men Kill NSCDC Personnel, Steal Rifle
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] It was a narrow escape on Thursday morning for the University of Benin Bursar, Victor Imagbe, when some gunmen attacked his Sapele Road residence in Benin City in an attempt to kidnap him. His security aide, an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ugiagbe Alex Osaghae, however lost his…
₦5 Billion Libel Suit: INEC REC, Mike Igini, Mayaki Agree to Out-of-Court Settlement
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] The ₦5 billion libel suit filed by the Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mike Igini, against John Mayaki, former spokesman of the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) Media Campaign Council in the September 19, 2020 Edo State Governorship election, could not proceed further on Wednesday at a Benin High Court…
Obaseki Maintains Claim As FG Denies Printing ₦60 billion Currency to Augment FAAC
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Opposition Knocks Governor, Fayose Supports Him. The claim by Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki that the federal government, through the Central Bank of Nigeria, printed between ₦50 and ₦60 billion to shore up the federal allocation for March to underscore the country’s “huge financial problem”, has continued to elicit reactions with some knocking…
Appointing Southerner as IG would’ve Been Surprising – Bishop Ossai
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Warns Against Shutting Out Southeast from Presidency in 2023. The founder and Bishop of The City of Refuge Ministries International, Oscar Okwudili Ossai has warned of dire consequences if in 2023, Nigeria did not accommodate the aspiration of the Igbo nation for the presidency. Ossai also stated that it would have been surprising…
Eghosa Osaghae, former Igbinedion University VC is new NIIA DG
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] The immediate past Vice Chancellor of Igbinedion University, Okada, IUO Edo State, and a tenured professor of Comparative Politics, University of Ibadan, Eghosa Emmanuel Osaghae, has been appointed as the Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, Lagos, by President Muhammadu Buhari. The news of Osaghae’s appointment was shared by Obajide…
Security Scare: Rivers Stops Meeting of Igbo Communities
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Rivers State Government has stopped a proposed meeting of Igbo communities in Rivers State, citing security reasons. In a statement, the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, said security agencies had been directed to ensure that the meeting called by the United Igbo Communities for Oyigbo on Saturday did not hold. Nsirim…
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