Chief Yomi Aliu, the lawyer to Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has given reasons his client cannot be extradited to Nigeria. Aliu argued that Igboho cannot be extradited because of a treaty with Benin Republic on political offenders. He noted that the treaty states categorically that any political offender unlikely to get…
“This Governor has not only mitigated the chasm in Rural- Urban dichotomy with flurry of projects, but has left Enugu state comparatively safer”.–Dr Ifeanyi Ojobo, Chairman NIPR Enugu chapter. July 16 was earmarked as the WORLD PUBLIC RELATIONS DAY. Different continents, nay countries of the world participated in this momentous global fiesta. In Nigeria, the…
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), rejected a move by Catriona Laing, UK high commissioner to Nigeria, to discuss the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, Biafra separatist leader, when they both met on Thursday, TheCable understands. Kanu, who is also a British citizen and leads the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was repatriated to Nigeria…
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has told the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) to desist from linking him to the re-arrest of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Ngige, in a statement by his media office on Saturday, insisted he does not have the time to involve himself with security and diplomatic matters. The Minister…
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has accused Bishop Mathew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, of misrepresenting facts and deliberately exploiting the nation’s diversity to further his undisguised agenda against President Muhammadu Buhari administration. The organisation said this while reacting to the cleric’s virtual testimony at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. Congress. BMO…
~Brought to you by the Leadership of ODENGENE PEOPLES MOVEMENT (OPM) Consistency and collaboration with relevant stakeholders in an Administration are prerequisites not just only in the policy making but vital for effective and efficient leadership. On most issues, Governor Ugwuanyi’s administration has moved beyond a set of attitudes to specific thought-out positions and glorious…
The House of Representatives is considering making a president or governor lose their seat if they defect from the political party on whose platform they were elected to another. Presently, the constitution only prescribes such for National Assembly and state House of Assembly members. A member of the Peoples Democratic Party from Taraba State, Rimamnde…
Popular Northern Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Gumi has taken to his Facebook page to react to the outcome of the meeting between the Southern Governors. Recall that 17 notable Southern Governors met in Lagos yesterday to deliberate about issues affecting the country. In one of their resolutions, the Governors agreed unanimously that the next President should…
An NGO, Advocacy for Advancement of Peace and Harmony in Africa Initiative (ADAPHAI) has raised the alarm over what it termed a divisive tendency of the Northern region of Nigeria. The group, through a press statement signed by it’s National Coordinator, Comrade Sulaimon Suberu, the copy which was made available to newsmen on Tuesday, alleged…
The Southern Governors Forum at the end of the meeting held on Monday, 5th July, 2021 reviewed the situation in the Country and focused on the current security situation, constitutional amendment, Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Rising from the meeting, the Forum agreed on the following: Re-affirmed their commitment to the unity of Nigeria on the…
