According to a report by Vanguard, the recently freed abducted 14-year-old Bayelsa-born girl, Ese Oruru, is already carrying a child of her alleged lover-turned kidnapper, Yunusa Dahiru, fondly called Yellow. It would be recalled that Ese was released in Kano on Tuesday after she was abducted in Bayelsa State in August 2015. Vanguard reports that…
Category: National/Politics
Rivers Re-Run: Dawari Addresses Wike's Allegation
By Nwaorgu Faustinus Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Akuku-Toru/Asari-Toru Federal Constituency election rerun, Dr. Dawari George, has reacted to a media statement credited to Special Assistant to the Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike, on Electronic Media, Samuel Nwakaudu, alleging that he (Dawari) connived with a lecturer at the University of Port…
Army Demotes Gen. Ransome-Kuti
Detained Brigadier-General Enitan Ransome-Kuti has been released from custody by the Nigeria Army Council after renowned lawyer, Femi Falana called for his freedom few days ago. A confidential memo obtained by SaharaReporters shows that the council also approved his demotion from the rank of Brigadier-General to Colonel. He was subsequently recommended for re-absorption into the…
Aggrieved PDP Chieftains Float New Party
Some top members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have formed a new political party. The new platform is called the Peoples Mega Party, PMP. The new party was floated by fronts of aggrieved chieftains of the opposition party, who felt their former party failed to listen to them. National Coordinator of the yet-to-be registered…
IKEDC Staff Sack: Power Blackout Looms In Lagos
Residents of Lagos may been forced to spend some days in darkness if the crisis between the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, IKEDC, and a coalition of labour unions is not quickly solved. As you read this, the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE; Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies, SSAEAC, and the Nigeria…
BREAKING: Abducted Ese Oruru Arrives Abuja
Reports reaching us have it that the kidnapped 14-year-old teenager, Ese Oruru, has arrived the Force headquarters in Abuja. She was flown in from Kano on Tuesday afternoon alongside her alleged abductor, Yunusa Yellow. Ese is expected to be re-united with her mother, who is coming from Bayelsa State, where she (Ese) was reportedly seized…
Ese Oruru's Kidnapper In Police Custody In Abuja
The alleged abductor of a 14-year-old teenager from Bayelsa State has been taken to the Police headquarters in Abuja. Spokesman to Zone 1 of the Force, Rabilu Ringim told Vanguard in a telephone conversation that the suspect, Yunusa Yellow, was flown to Abuja on Tuesday morning alongside the victim, Ese Oruru. According to him, the…
Court Orders Release Of Jonathan's Ex-ADC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been directed to free former Aide-De-Camp to ex-President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Ojogbane Adegbe, who has been in the custody of the anti-graft agency for some days now, precisely since February 11. An FCT High Court in Abuja ordered the EFCC on Tuesday to release Adegbe after he…
CCT Shifts Saraki's Trial To March 11
The commencement of trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has been postponed by one day, the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has disclosed. Saraki is facing trial at the CCT on a 13-count charge of false declaration of assets. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Head, Press and Public Relations of the…
CJN, SEC Clamour For Robust Judicial System
Local and foreign investments will thrive in Nigeria if business owners have confidence in the judicial system especially in the speedy resolution of commercial disputes, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed has submitted. Justice Mohammed made the above point last week at the annual workshop for judges on legal issues in the…