Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, has openly condemned the Yoruba community for allegedly betraying the Ijaw and Niger Delta people despite their support for President Bola Tinubu in the recent 2023 election. His remarks were conveyed in a widely circulated video, sparking significant public reactions. In the video, Dokubo expressed regret for once doubting past decisions by former Ijaw leaders, including ex-Governor Melford Okilo, to align with the North. Addressing the Ijaw people, he pledged to form a renewed alliance with the northern region, stating, “I apologize to…
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11 Year-old Girl Survives US Home Shooting By ‘Playing Dead’ As Brother Guns Down Five Family Members
15-year-old boy has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder after allegedly killing his parents and three siblings in a tragic shooting at their home in eastern Seattle. The victims, identified by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office as Mark Humiston, 43, his wife Sarah Humiston, 42, and their children Katheryn, 7, Joshua, 9, and Benjamin, 13, were all found dead at the scene. According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by King County Sheriff’s Detective Aaron Thompson, the family’s 11-year-old daughter survived the massacre by playing dead…
Read MoreAbia LG election: Otti’s LP camp collapse into ZLP
The Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) on Thursday, flagged off its Local Government Area (LGA) election campaign for the 17 LGA councils of the State. The campaign rally which attracted a mammoth crowd at the Enyimba Stadium, caused heavy gridlock around East Street and other major roads in Aba South LGA. Our correspondent gathered that Abia LP has been divided into two camps with one loyal to Governor Alex Otti while the other is loyal to the Julius Abure led National Working Committee. Information available to this medium has it that…
Read More‘Illiterate Population’ – Soludo Speaks On Failed Campaign Promise Of Making Anambra Dubai-Taiwan
The Anambra State Governor, Charles Chukuwma Soludo, has explained why he is yet to fulfil his campaign promise of making the state ‘Dubai-Taiwan of Nigeria.’ Naijaonpoint reports that Soludo, while speaking at a recent event, said some people feel making Anambra ‘Dubai-Taiwan’ is being able to see skyscrapers spring up everywhere overnight. However, Souldo said that is not the case, as he cannot do that with an ‘illiterate population.’ Soludo emphasized that education is needed to bring his campaign promise to reality. In other news, the ongoing crisis between Anambra…
Read MoreOru East LG Boss Swears in Councillors.
By Joseph Nwachukwu The new Executive Chairman of Oru East LGA, Imo state, Chief Nnamdi Okwaraigwe last Tuesday, October 15, swears in the ten newly elected Councillors of the ten wards in Oru East. Performing the ceremony,Hon Nnamdi Okwaraigwe thanked the executive Governor of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma for conducting the Local Government election that ushered them in. He assured the people of Oru East of adequate dividends of democracy as he urged the new Councillors to make good bye laws that would improve the economy, social and political…
Read MoreAfter 5 Months In Maternity: Imo Journalist, Takes Twin Babies Homes, Donates Cash, Food Stuff To Family.
An Activist journalist and a Human Rights defender, Chidiebube Okeoma, has helped a set of twin boys to go home after their delivery since May 4, but were unable to go home because their parents’ inability to pay the hospital bill. Okeoma, in a statement in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Saturday, said that the state Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, should be commended for his professional and fatherly intervention which ensured that the twin boys who were delivered over five months ago went home despite the doctor’s insistence…
Read MoreTrigger –Happy Policeman Kills Popular Ogene Musician, Igbo Jah In Enugu
Tension has escalated in Enugu, the Coal City capital, after a police officer from the Anti-Cult Unit of the Enugu State Police Command allegedly shot and killed popular Ogene musician Igbo Jah. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that angry youths are staging protests by setting bonfires in the Obiagu and Asata areas of the city. Reports indicate that the incident occurred Friday night when the musician, who had attended an event at the Anti-Cult Unit office, was shot by a police officer as he was leaving. Igbo Jah was rushed…
Read MoreBIAFRA: Kanu’s Reps Member- Aguocha Meets Him, Resolves DSS Restriction On Lawyers.
…Kanu has now received private medicare,lawyers now see him” The House of Representatives member from Ikwuano, Umuahia North and South Federal constituency, Obi Aguocha,in response to the blockade imposed by the Department of State Security,DSS has met with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Hon. Aguocha physically met with Kanu on Thursday, October 24,at the DSS facility in Abuja. Recall that Kanu had challenged his trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court to recuse herself from his trial. Kanu had expressed…
Read MoreA Tale Of Two Different States In South-East Of Nigeria.
The difference between fiction and reality in Enugu State and in lmo state under the current administration. What did the current administration in lmo state do with the millions of naire that were given to the good people of lmo state by the federal government through their governor to cushion the effect of hunger and food shortages across the state. Other states in the southeast of Nigeria make good use of their fund by purchasing tractors for mechanised farming whilst the lmo state government keeps hanging handouts palliatives by so…
Read MoreIPOB: Nigeria Has An Igbo Problem,Says Sowore On Kanu’s Detention
Omoyele Sowore, Sahara Reporters’ publisher, has accused some Igbo elites of complicity in Nnamdi Kanu’s prolonged detention. He said that Kanu’s incarceration proves “Nigeria has an Igbo problem,” showcasing post-civil war marginalization. Speaking on 90Minutes Africa, Sowore stated, “Nigeria has an Igbo problem. It’s like when a father is dying, they will tell their children, I have a problem with Igbo people; please continue from there.” Sowore expressed disappointment in President Bola Tinubu’s administration for not releasing Kanu. “I expected Tinubu’s first act to be Kanu’s release. But the worsening…
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