FINLAND FREEZES SIMON EKPA’S ASSETS, PLACES HIM iN TOUGHEST PRISON Finnish authorities have frozen the assets of Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed Biafran agitator. Ekpa, who is facing allegations of terrorism-related activities, has been detained for several weeks. Finnish government has also frozen the assets of companies associated with Ekpa and four of his accomplices, who are also in remand. According …

INEC CHAIRMAN, MAHMOOD YAKUBU, NOT DEAD INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION PRESS RELEASE Our attention has been drawn to a fake news narrative circulated by a section of the social media claiming the purported death of the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu at a London hospital. The story first appeared on Monday, 9th December 2024. We hereby appeal to the public …

I’VE NOTHING IN COMMON WITH THE NORTH, I’M YORUBA – KEMI BADENOCH, UK CONSERVATIVE LEADER Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, says she identifies more with the Yoruba ethnic group than Nigeria. Badenoch spoke in an interview with the Spectator published on Thursday. The politician’s remarks come amid a simmering identity row, following her previous criticisms of Nigeria’s …

ENUGU, COMMONWEALTH COUNCIL SEALS DEAL ON INVESTMENTS, TRADE The Enugu State Government and the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) yesterdday signed a strategic partnership agreement to accelerate trade and investments inflow to the state. This was even as Governor Peter Mbah was named a co-chairman of the Governors Roundtable at the 2025 edition of Commonwealth Trade and Investment Summit …

NIGERIA CALLS TRUMP’S BLUFF AFTER BRICS THREAT The Federal Government has called the bluff of the President-elect of the United States of America, Donald Trump, after he threatened to sanction countries that embraced BRICS.In October, Nigeria emerged as a partner country of BRICS. This is a move towards becoming a full member in the next two years.BRICS, originally an acronym …

FINLAND’S TOUGHEST PRISON WHERE SIMON EKPA SHARES WING WITH KILLERS, RAPISTS Remanded leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, is being held at the Kylmäkoski vankila (Kylmäkoski prison), one of the world’s toughest prisons, findings have shown. The high security prison is in Vanhamaantie, Akaa, Finland (pictured here). The Finnish police confirmed that Ekpa, who described himself as …

IGBO LEADERS REACT TO EXPECTED RELEASE OF NNAMDI KANU The news of Nnamdi Kanu’s imminent release from detention has elicited mixed reactions from Igbo leaders and various groups, with a blend of optimism and indifference marking the response. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, had a fortnight ago, announced that President Bola Tinubu was set to …

OPPOSITION IN DISARRAY Last week, five members of the House of Representatives,consisting of four Labour Party (LP) and one Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members renounced their membership of the party that gave them the platform to contest to win their seats and defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in one fell swoop. Then this week, two other members …

TOBY OKECHUKWU, FORMER REPS DEPUTY MINORITY LEADER DUMPS PDP A former Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and ex-Chief of Staff to the Deputy Speaker, Toby Okechukwu has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Naija News reports that Okechukwu was recently appointed Executive Director of Projects for the South East Development Commission by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. …

NIGERIA’S FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS TO INCREASE IN 2025 – REPORT Nigeria’s foreign direct investments are expected to increase in the coming year, 2025, provided current economic reforms are sustained, analysts at Cordros Securities Limited said. The company disclosed this in its report titled, ‘Nigeria in 2025, Reform to Recovery, Navigating the Rebound.’. A firm warned that existing institutional weaknesses and …

FBI NABS MAN WHO FLED NIGERIA TO GHANA AFTER $6M SCAM The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has nabbed most-wanted fraudster Abiola Kayode who fled Nigeria to Ghana after $6 million business email racket United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced the extradition of Abiola Kayode, 37, of Nigeria, to the District of Nebraska on a Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud …

I WOULD RATHER DIE THAN APPEAL TO WIKE OR TINUBU OVER ABUJA LAND – 84-YEAR-OLD WIDOW The widow of late Col. Paul Ogbebor, Mrs Rita Lori Ogbebor, has stated that she prefers to die than beg President Bola Tinubu or the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike over a land dispute in Abuja. Mrs Ogbebor made the …

NOBODY IN HIS RIGHT SENSES WOULD QUARELL WITH WIKE – AKPABIO Senate President Godswill Akpabio has described the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, as a man of peace. Wike has been heavily criticized over the ongoing demolition of structures in Abuja. Speaking on Friday at the Public Lecture and Book Launch organised to mark the birthday …

HOW TINUBU MUSCLED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, BY SENATE PRESIDENT, AKPABIO Senate President Godswill Akpabio says President Bola Almed Tinubu muscled the two chambers of National Assembly with the conferment of GCON on them. Akpabio, who was the Special Guest of Honour at the Public Lecture and Book Launch organised to mark the birthday of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory …

PROFESSOR BENE MADINAGU LIVESON, BY SEGUN AYOBOLU Nigerians have become amazingly numb and inured to shock as regards the astounding and ever increasing scale of corruption in the country and this is understandable. Hardly have we been dealt heavy blows by revelations of monumental theft of public funds by those in positions of trust who are custodians of such resources …