EFCC REDEPLOYS 470 OFFICERS FROM ABUJA TO REGIONAL OFFICES The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has redeployed no fewer than 420 of its investigative officers from its national headquarters in Abuja to regional branches. According to a top source within the agency who spoke to SaharaReporters, the anti-graft authorities took this measure to curb the escalating corruption within the …

POLICE REACTS AS KIDNAPPERS OPENLY DISPLAY BUNDLES OF MONEY COLLECTED AS RANSOM The Nigeria Police Force has reacted to the shared images on X of terrorists, disguised as bandits and kidnappers, flaunting their ransom money on social media. The police force spokesperson, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Friday responded that all criminals could not be arrested in one day, adding that …

CHRISTIAN GROUP WORRIES OVER IDOL WORSHIP AMONG IGBO YOUTHS The Christian Association of Igbo Ministers, CAIM, has expressed worries that youths of Igbo extraction are jettisoning their Christian faith and returning to idol worship, saying that the trend does not portend well for the Christian faith and the Igbo nation. The international president of the group, Solomon Chukwuemeka Okorie, said …

Former President of an Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Aka Ikenga, Chief Goddy Uwazurike, in this interview, says it has become an official policy to marginalise the Igbo in Nigeria. Tínubu simply followed suit. Excerpts: What was the reasoning behind the decision for Ndigbo not to participate in the #EndBadGovernance protest, despite the widespread discontent with the current state of governance in …

STATUE OF VIRGIN MARY “BLINKS” IN US CHURCH Worshippers in Ohio have been left stunned after a statue of the Virgin Mary commissioned more than 75 years ago appeared to blink as they gazed upon her – with photos capturing the mysterious moment. The International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima was making its way across the region …

HOW BUHARI, LATE ABBA KYARI HINDERED ME FROM PURCHASING $2.5BN OIL FIELD – TONY ELUMELU Chairman of Heirs Holdings and UBA Group Plc, Mr Tony Elumelu has disclosed how Former President Muhammadu Buhari and his late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari hindered him from purchasing a $2.5bn oilfield. Elumelu made this known in a chat with Financial Times. Speaking on …

NO PRESIDENT MAKES REFORMS THAT WILL LEAD TO HIS DOWNFALL, EXCEPT JONATHAN – SHEHU SANI Former federal lawmaker and activist, Shehu Sani, has said that no politician has ever made electoral reforms that led to their downfall apart from former President Goodluck Jonathan. Sani spoke in Abuja on Thursday as one of the discussants at the first Roundtable of Inter-Party …

HUNGER PROTEST: WE’RE COMING BACK – TIB VOWS The Take It Back Movement (TIB), one of the organizers of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest has vowed to return to the streets for another round of protest if President Bola Ahmed Tinubu fails to address their concerns. The group said this on Saturday, as the hunger protest entered its 10th day. In a …

WHY IGBO SHUNNED NATIONWIDE HUNGER PROTEST It is no longer news that Igbo, especially in the five Southeast states, did not participate in the End Bad Governance protest that started in other parts of the country on August 1. However, why the Igbo shunned the protest and the implications for the country are raising issues in the polity. Across other …

Barring any last-minute change, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun of the Supreme Court is set to emerge as the next chief justice of Nigeria (CJN). If she assumes the office, Kekere-Ekun would become the second female justice in Nigeria to hold the exalted position after Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, who was CJN between July 2012 and November 2014, spending 28 months in office. …

IFEANYI UBAH TO BE BURIED OCTOBER 11 – FAMILY SOURCES The family of late senator, Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah has announced his burial date. According to family sources, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain will be buried on Friday, 11th October 2024. Recall that Mr Ubah, who represented Anambra South Senatorial District, died aged 52 at the United Kingdom on July …

WE’RE LEAVING STREETS TODAY BUT WILL RETURN STRONGER UNTIL TINUBU LISTENS – ABUJA PROTESTERS Protesters thronged the Lokogoma expressway in Abuja on Saturday morning to cap the 10-day protests organised by the Take It Back movement. They marched to Galadimawa and ended the parade at Apo, chanting, “We are hungry.” Members of the Take It Back movement, which declared 10 …

HUNGER PROTEST RESUMES OCTOBER 1 – ORGANIZERS Organizers of the nationwide hunger protests have announced that the demonstrations will resume on October 1. Nationwide hunger protests were held from August 1st to 10th over the increased cost of living in the country. Omoyele Sowore, the Action Alliance Congress (AAC) presidential candidate and a key organizer, made the announcement in an …

MANY NIGERIAN LEADERS Should BE IN JAIL – OBASANJO Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said most of those occupying public offices in Nigeria lack the character to lead the country rather they should be behind bars or gallows. Obasanjo spoke at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while receiving six members of the House of Representatives who are co-sponsors of …

NO LEADERSHIP TUSSLE IN OHANAEZE NDIGBO – PUBLICITY SCRIBE Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide hasdismissed claims of leadership tussle in the group following the recent death of its President-General, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. National Publicity Secretary of the Igbo socio-cultural group, Alex Ogbonnia, in a statement issued in Enugu, described the speculation of leadership tussle as untrue. Ogbonnia said the group’s National Executive Committee, …