Muhammed Ali’s letter to Mandela auctioned for 7,200 Pounds Sterling
A signed letter from Muhammad Ali to Nelson Mandela offering his condolences on the death of an anti-apartheid leader has sold for £7,200. The typed letter, signed by the boxing…
Trump taunts China on twitter, says keep the drone you stole, No, we won’t, China retorts
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump continued to take jabs at China on Twitter on Saturday after Beijing agreed to give back an underwater U.S. drone it seized this week. “We should…
Rivers election and show of people power, by Ken Ugbechie
The people of Rivers State will now have the full complement of three senators in the National Assembly as well as ample representations in the State Assembly and House of…
Barrow must be sworn in January 18, ECOWAS insists
The West African regional bloc said on Saturday it would take all necessary actions to uphold the result of a Dec. 1 election in Gambia, where veteran President Yahya Jammeh…
Six Nigerians, South African admit to massive internet fraud in US
Six Nigerians and a South African have pleaded guilty to participating in a large-scale international online fraud in the United States about 15 years ago. This was disclosed Friday by…
Police to subject alleged Wike election-rigging tape to forensic probe, investigate 70 electoral offences in Rivers election
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim K. Idris, in response to the statement credited to the INEC chairman, Prof. Yakubu Mahmud to the effect that there were seventy incidents that…
Okowa commends Nwaoboshi, urges public officers to deliver effective service
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has urged political office holders to focus on effective, accountable and result oriented service delivery. Speaking Saturday at the150 million naira Endowment Fund for Youth Development and…
More Nigerians opened bank accounts to join MMM, scheme violated SEC law on registration – Investigation
The suspended Ponzi scheme, MMM, promoted financial inclusion while it lasted, a Political Economist investigation has shown. Checks across the commercial banks showed that many people were compelled to open…
Diplomatic rows ahead as China seizes US underwater drone
A Chinese warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by a U.S. oceanographic vessel in the South China Sea, triggering a formal diplomatic protest and a demand for its return,…
INEC Chairman accuses PDP, APC of violence in Rivers rerun poll, says 70 cases recorded
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said that the commission recorded at least, 70 incidences of obstruction of election electoral processes in Dec.10, re-run…
