FIFA Bans Samson Siasia For Life
The Federation of Football Association (FIFA) has banned former Eagle player and coach, Samson Siasia for life. Siasia, whose mother has been in abductors’ den for almost two months, was banned for alleged match-fixing with a betting firm. FIFA ordered he will have nothing to do with football-related matters again. It also imposed a ban […]
Man, 26 Threatens Suicide Over Father’s Unpaid Gratuity
A 26 year old man, Mr. Joseph Odey, threatened to kill himself on Wednesday in Calabar, the Cross Rivers State capital if the government continues to delay the payment of his deceased father’s gratuity, Vanguardngr.com reports Odey, according to the report, in a lone protest stormed the governor’s office on Leopard Road where he lamented […]
My Ordeal at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jarkata, Indonesia
By Umeugoji Emeka Raphael There is this derisive impression about Nigerian passport holders in most of the International Airports in different parts of the world, especially in Indonesia. The Immigration officers molest, exploit and forcibly take huge amount of bribes from Nigerians and threaten deportation if one refuses to give in. This happens even when […]
El-Zakzaky Aborts Treatment in Indian Hospital, Returns to Nigeria
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) says its leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky has left the Indian hospital where he was checked into for treatment and is on his way back to Nigeria. The cleric, who left Abuja Monday for a court ordered supervised medical treatment at the Medanta Hospital in India, had a spat with […]
Killing of Policemen: Confession of the Gun Supplier, Gbenga Adebowale.
How I supplied AK-47 riffles, ammunition to multi-millionaire kidnapper, Hamisu Wadume. •Hamisu Wadume and Gbenga Adebowale Hamisu Wadume, the controversial kidnapper who caused the untimely death of five officers of the IGP, Intelligence Team (IRT), in Taraba State last week was a fish trader before venturing into the kidnapping. The young man who traded […]
BAYELSA 2019: Sylva Holds The Ace In APC
As the race to Creek Haven, the Bayelsa state seat of power, gathers momentum ahead of the 16th November governorship election, the focus of Bayelsans is firmly fixed on how the main opposition party in the state, the All Progressives Congress, (APC), can create a major upset at the governorship polls. Bayelsa, the oil rich […]
El-Zakzaky Is On His Way Back To Nigeria,- IMN Spokesperson
Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, is on his way back to the country. This was revealed in a statement by the group spokesman, Ibrahim Musa According to Musa, the decision is due to a lack of a breakthrough in the impasse that ensured with regard to the treatment of […]
CACOL Calls for Repair of Dilapidated Police Barracks
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), has called on the Federal Government, the National Assembly and the Executive arm in charge of the Police Trust Fund (PTF), on the need to give police barracks across the country a face lift. In a release issued by the Executive Chairman of the Centre, Debo Adeniran, […]
HoS Oyo-Ita Under EFCC Investigation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating the Head of the Civil Service (HoS) of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, over alleged N3 billion fraud. She was reportedly quizzed by the Commission on Wednesday over alleged contract scam and abuse of duty tour allowance, money laundering and stealing of government funds. About N600million […]
Bayelsa National Assembly Members Visit Oshiomhole
L-R: Senator Biobarakuma Degi (Bayelsa East); H.E. Comrade Adams Oshiomhole (APC National Chairman); Hon Israel Sunny-Goli (Brass-Nembe Federal Constituency) and Hon Preye Oseke (Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency) National Assembly Members from Bayelsa State, under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Thursday, 15 August, met with the National Chairman of the party, H.E. […]
