INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has revealed that her warned senate chip whip and former Abia State governor Orji Uzor Kalu that joining the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would not save him from imprisonment.
SECURITY agencies declared war on former presidential candidate and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore today as they stormed an Abuja courtroom where he appeared today and whisked him away after a brutal and vicious struggle.
(1) So Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for embezzling $21m. Personally, I doubt if he will serve his sentence as trust then Nigerian elite, they will always find ways around the law
(2) Senator Kalu will almost certainly appeal and while the appeal is pending, he will apply for bail. While out on bail, he will most likely reach a deal with the government allowing him to return some of the money in exchange for his freedom
FORMER foreign affairs minister Professor Bolaji Akinyemi has advised Nigerian churches to stop patronising the rich within society with questionable sources of wealth who use it to purchase influence in places of worship.
GLOBAL financial ratings company Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded its outlook of the Nigerian economy to negative from stable as a result of what it termed the fragility of the country’s public finances and sluggish growth prospects.
FORMER Super Eagles Seyi Olofinjana and Finidi George have emerged as favourites to be appointed as the head coaches of the Flying eagles and Golden Eaglets respectively as the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) ponders on how to fill both vacancies.
NIGERIA'S Department of State Services (DSS) has been fined N100,000 ($275) by the federal high court in Abuja and given 24 hours to release former presidential aspirant and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore.
SENATE chief whip and former Abia State governor Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has been sentenced to 12 years in jail after being found guilty of fraud to the tune of N7.65bn ($21m) by a Lagos federal high court today.
[1] Today is December 5. It was on this day that the Alabama Bus Boycott began in 1955, the Monday after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person. I love this lady from the very bottom of my heart as she is a symbol of that desire to want a better society
GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu has renamed the Onikan Stadium after the first ever administrator of Lagos State Brigadier Mobolaji Johnson as a post-humous honour to general who passed away on October 31.
INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has revealed that her warned senate chip whip and former Abia State governor Orji Uzor Kalu that joining the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would not save him from imprisonment.
SECURITY agencies declared war on former presidential candidate and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore today as they stormed an Abuja courtroom where he appeared today and whisked him away after a brutal and vicious struggle.
FORMER foreign affairs minister Professor Bolaji Akinyemi has advised Nigerian churches to stop patronising the rich within society with questionable sources of wealth who use it to purchase influence in places of worship.
GLOBAL financial ratings company Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded its outlook of the Nigerian economy to negative from stable as a result of what it termed the fragility of the country’s public finances and sluggish growth prospects.
FORMER Super Eagles Seyi Olofinjana and Finidi George have emerged as favourites to be appointed as the head coaches of the Flying eagles and Golden Eaglets respectively as the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) ponders on how to fill both vacancies.
NIGERIA'S Department of State Services (DSS) has been fined N100,000 ($275) by the federal high court in Abuja and given 24 hours to release former presidential aspirant and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore.
SENATE chief whip and former Abia State governor Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has been sentenced to 12 years in jail after being found guilty of fraud to the tune of N7.65bn ($21m) by a Lagos federal high court today.
GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu has renamed the Onikan Stadium after the first ever administrator of Lagos State Brigadier Mobolaji Johnson as a post-humous honour to general who passed away on October 31.
