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Tension is mounting in Imo State following alleged plots by the government to impeach Prince Eze Madumere, the state Deputy Governor. Investigations by Vanguard Saturday revealed that a coalition of youth groups of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, has planned to stage protest to the Imo House of Assembly over the alleged plot by Governor Rochas Okorocha to coerce members of the state House of Assembly into initiating impeachment proceedings against Madumere over issues relating to his governorship ambition. However, Okorocha through Mr Sam Onwuemeodo, his Chief Press Secretary has denied plots to impeach the deputy, Madumere.…

National Chairman of the Patriots, Prof Ben Nwabueze, has said that President Muhammadu Buharis alleged islamisation agenda for Nigeria was beclouding his ability to rule the country as a sovereign nation. In a statement entitled, The quit notice, hate speeches and President Buhari’s Northernisation/Islamisation Agenda, issued in Enugu Saturday evening, Nwabueze said that Buhari was more interested in the unity of the Northern Nigeria than that of the Nigerian Republic, adding that this was why he was running a one-sided administration against the Southern part of the country. He said that the President’s undisguised, unabashed favouritism and solicitude for a united…

The stake is raised for the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) to re-brand its electioneering campaign promises and its “presidential product” in order to warm itself again into the hearts of Nigerians. The dateline: February 2019. The possibility of using the same party that came in a phenomenal manner to convince most Nigerians that its second coming would fare better is a story for another day. Nigerians could be tolerant. At times, they could also be impatient.  Take the case of a football national coach or a leader said to have goofed or performed below expectation, those Nigerians easily lose…

Investigations are ongoing to uncover more frauds perpetrated by some staffers of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) totaling N145 million in seven offices of the federation. The board had adopted sale of forms by scratch cards to intending applicants years ago and changed it to an online registration seen to be fraud-proof two years ago to stem the fraudulent practices by its staffers. Our correspondent gathered on Friday that while the board was investigating N31m misappropriated revenue in Edo and N20m in Kano, it was quizzing officials in Plateau and Gombe over N15m and N10m mismanaged in the…

Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara state has accused the security agencies for failing to stop the killings that occured in the state despite a 24-hour notice prior to the attack. Yari speaking Friday while he led a group of five Northern governors on a sympathy visit to the Palace of Emir of Zurmi said the security agencies in the area failed to to prevent the killings that occurred in the state about 48 hours ago. He said the agencies and its operatives failed to tackle the problem of cross-border banditry and terrorism affecting communities in the area. The governor noted:…

Some Nigerians see local government council entrenched as third tier of government in the 1999 Nigerian Constitution as a strange fellow to federalism in a presidential system of government. The people who were reacting to decision of members of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Wednesday to suspend voting for local government autonomy in the state described as strange the inclusion of local government as a third-tier system of government, saying “this is a laughable distortion of federalism.” In an interview with Straightnews, Dr. Effiong Edunam, an ex-university don, said “This is a federal system. And in a federal system,…

Most primary school teachers in Ukanafun local government area of Akwa Ibom State are gripped with fear following different notices of ransom pasted in their schools and compounds demanding payment of various sums of money to suspected kidnappers failure to do so they would risk being kidnapped, investigations by Straightnews have shown. Mostly head teachers of primary schools in Ikot Enang, Ikot Udo Obobo, Ikot Inyang Abia, Ikot Udombang and Ikot Ekperikpe, among others all in Ukanafun are said to be in the wanted list of the ransom-frenzied kidnappers. Some of them who are unable to meet their purported demands…

The World Bank Friday approved an International Development Association (IDA) Credit of 486 million dollars for the rehabilitation and upgrading of electricity transmission substations and lines in Nigeria. Olufunke Olofon, Senior Communications Officer, World Bank, Nigeria, made this known in a statement released on Friday. She said that the investments would increase the power transfer capacity of the transmission network. The World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Mr Rachid Benmessaoud, said the Nigeria Electricity Transmission Project (NETP) would help address key bottlenecks in the transmission network. “It will also improve access to affordable and reliable electricity service to citizens. The…

Contrary to reports making the rounds, state Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who visited President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State Friday said that their mission was not aimed at convincing the president to seek re-election in the forthcoming presidential election in 2019. The Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, who stated this while fielding questions from journalists after a closed door meeting with the president at his private resident in Daura, explained that the aim of the visit was to condole with the president over the loss of two members of…

The hope of two kidnapped teachers of Obong Christian High School, Obong Ntak in Etim Ekpo local government area of Akwa Ibom State regaining freedom is dimming following non-payment of ransom caused by inability of the school to pay their December and January salaries. Two weeks ago, two teachers of the school- Mr. Mfonobong Marcus Ukpong from Uruk Ata 2 village in Etim Ekpo and Pastor Aniekan Etim Enang from Ikot Ibekwe village in Ukanafun- said to be on their way to the school were kidnapped. Straightnews gathered that the kidnappers had earlier served Ukpong a letter demanding that he…