For billionaire Aliko Dangote, these are not the best of times. Recall that the President set up a team led by former FRCN boss, Jim Obazee to look into the books of CBN and other organizations. The Obazee Committee was said to have submitted its interim report to the President some weeks ago and since…
Kenneth Okonkwo, a Nigerian Actor, Lawyer, Columnist and Politician has replied to the purported petition written by the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Ajibola Basiru, to the NBA against him for disagreeing with the judgement of the Supreme Court on the petition appeal of HE Peter Obi and the Labour Party. In…
By Monday Diamond A. Says his nexus with Gov Peter Mbah in war against insecurity is producing historical results. In a recent Courtesy Visit to the Enugu State Police Commissioner CP KANAYO UZUEGBU the Executive Director of Monday Diamond Foundation and the DG of Peace and Good Governance Group (P3G) Hon Monday Diamond Ani JP,…
Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), regained his freedom last night and was immediately picked up by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). TheCable understands that he is being interrogated and there are indications that fresh charges will be filed against him. Emefiele had been in the…
By Chijindu Emeruwa The Engr. Chidi Ibeh-led faction of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has called for the arrest and prosecution of popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi over his recent outburst on Christians in Nigeria. Gumi was quoted as saying it was dangerous to entrust Nigeria’s national security in the hands of Christians and southerners. He…
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF), comprising Afenifere, Middle Belt Forum, Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and Ohanaeze Ndigbo, rose from an extraordinary meeting, yesterday calling on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency and priority work towards the restructuring of the country and enthrone true federalism as was originally entrenched in…
By Law Mefor On the surface, the piece “Palestine & Israel – Igbo & Yoruba” published 9th October, 2023 by one Adedamola Adetayo is one of those rants that do not deserve refutation. However, some lies, if left to fester, could mislead many people. This is especially true when you consider that Adetayo’s profanity against…
IT IS TIME FOR US TO BUILD OUR GREAT NATION TOGETHER I welcome the verdict of the Justice John I. Okoro-led Panel of the Supreme Court on the Presidential Election petitions filed by the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party, challenging the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The court…
By Kalu Idika The Supreme Court of Nigeria will finally deliver judgement in the appeals lodged by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi and his PDP counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Thursday, 26 October 2023. The legal teams of both the PDP and the LP candidates confirmed to NewsBand that…
Thirty-seven years after the death of the founder of Newswatch, a public affairs analyst and public relations consultant, Mr. Deyemi Saka, yesterday, refuted claims that the veteran journalist, late Dele Giwa, died from a letter bomb. Saka, who spoke on a breakfast show, a Television Continental, TVC, programme, said no investigation or forensic analysis was…
