Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana has written to the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, asking to meet with the detained traditional ruler of Ewu in Ughelli South Local Government Area Clement Ikolo, who recently turned himself in after he was declared wanted by the military in connection with the killing…
The Abia State Government plans to implement a Pension Contributory Scheme for its civil servants, revealed Mr. Okey Kanu, the Commissioner for Information and Culture. This announcement was made at a press briefing following the State Executive Meeting in the Government House, Umuahia, on Tuesday. Kanu noted that significant strides have been made in preparing…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has dismantled a bunkering site at Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State. In a statement signed by the NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, on Wednesday, the operatives also impounded 9,000 litres of automotive gas from oil thieves in the state. According to Afolabi, the operations were conducted…
A 13-year-old girl, Miss Tochukwu Johnson, has been declared missing in Umuahia, Abia State, after she was allegedly flogged by her mother for pouring the family’s soup away. According to a statement by the Abia State Police Command, Tochukwu Johnson, a resident of Afara Majestic in Umuahia North LGA, went missing on March 22, 2024,…
The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that it is not bothered by the defection of some of its members to the rival All Progressives Congress, APC. It said the defectors realized that they were no longer useful to the PDP. The party has also disclosed that most of those…
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has said that he is not weak and that his action of implementing the Presidential resolution is a mark of respect for Mr. President and should not be taken as weakness if not he will surprise those thinking in that direction. Governor Fubara stated this on Wednesday at Government…
The family of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has written an open letter to South East Governors, seeking their immediate action and intervention to secure his release. This is coming barely one month after the family had accused Igbo political elite of abandoning the IPOB Leader to…
The first man to receive a genetically modified kidney transplant from a pig has been discharged from hospital. The 62-year-old was sent home on Wednesday, two weeks after the ground-breaking surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Organ transplants from genetically modified pigs have failed in the past.But the success of this procedure so far has…
A group Concerned Igbo Citizens Council has appealed to the Federal Government to release all pro-Biafra activists and other Nigerians incarcerated for self-determination agitations in fulfillment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s promised commitment to a free society. The group made the call in a statement signed by its interim National Coordinator, and interim National Secretary,…
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has advised all those declared wanted in connection with the killing of military personnel in Okuama to surrender themselves Speaking on a television programme, he commended the traditional ruler of Ewu-Urhobo Kingdom in Delta State, His Royal Majesty Clement Ikolo, for turning himself in after being declared…
