As the rift between Peter and Paul of PSquare gains momentum, the group’s lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Festus Keyamo, has said the wives of the artistes have no hand in it. He expressed the optimism that the disagreement among them – including the elder brother, Jude – would be resolved. A statement from the Keyamo Chambers as published on PUNCH Newspaper noted that, in contrast to the public belief, the quarrel was not the fault of any of the parties – including their wives. The statement titled  The public feud by the PSquare brothers , on Tuesday evening, appealed that the public should “refrain from jumping into uninformed conclusions about this feud.” The statement read in part, “As their close friends and lawyers over many years, we have done our very best to manage their differences over time and very prominent personalities have been invited in the past to intervene. “Our attention has been drawn to the on-going feud between the Psquare brothers ...

According to the report gathered by PUNCH, The Peoples Democratic Party has told Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State not to waste his resources on his presidential ambition, saying the party’s candidate for the 2019 election will come from the North. The party said all its members were aware of the zoning formula it adopted for both its presidential ticket and the position of the national chairman. Fayose had sent letters to some leaders of the party to inform them about his decision to run for the Presidency on the platform of the PDP. The event, according to a copy of the letter will hold in Abuja on Thursday. The letter was signed by the governor under the banner of Ayo Fayose Presidential Campaign Organisation. It read in part, “My dear leader, it is with deep sense of responsibility that I write to inform you of my intention to seek the ticket/mandate of our party to contest the 2019 presidential election, considering your support and commitment towards our great part...

  Tweet    Share   Pin it   +1 Ukamaka, a 35-year-old wife has been allegedly abandoned by her husband Mr. Nwiziogo Nkwegu of Obegu Village in the Ozibo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State after she gave birth to a set of triplets. It was gathered that Ukamaka, who was Nkwegu’s third wife, gave birth to the triplets – two boys and a girl – at a traditional maternity home in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, three weeks ago. Southern City News  reported that the woman was forced to approach the traditional maternity home as opposed to going to the hospital as a result of her husband’s complaint that he had no money. Ukamaka now a mother of six, having given birth to a set of twins and another single child before the triplets does menial jobs to support herself and her children. However, since she was delivered of the triplets three weeks ago, the mother had been begging for assistance from well-meaning Nigerians as her husband had disappe...

According to the reports gathered by Premium Times, The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial Zone, Dino Melaye has stated his reason for refusing to accept the petition for his recall from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The embattled lawmaker gave his reason in a chat with journalists on Monday, September 25, in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He stated: “It is clear that by the provisions of Section 69(b) of the 1999 Constitution, INEC must act on the petition purportedly presented to it on June 23, 2017 by conducting a referendum within 90 days of receipt of the petition. “The 90 days period as provided for in the Constitution for conducting the referendum after our verification, elapsed on Sept. 23, 2017. “The time having elapsed, I cannot under the circumstance, aid and abet INEC to further infringe on the provisions of the Constitution, which I have sworn to defend.” Melaye faulted the decision of the trial judge to elongate the allotted time fr...

The Presidency has revealed that the following might likely happen to Senator Abaribe, and others that stood as Nnamdi Kanu’s sureties if he refuses to appear before the court on the adjournment day: ·          The presidency has said that the sureties of Nnamdi Kanu risk imprisonment ·          The presidency also said the bail bond presented by the sureties might be forfeited ·        And the court might also issue an arrest warrant for the IPOB leader, said The special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla "The federal government has already filed a motion to set aside the bail of Kanu. “Following the military exercise carried out in Umuahia, Abia State and the subsequent proscription of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has not been seen and may have gone underground. “So it is not likely that he will appear in court on the next adjourned da...

President Muhammadu Buhari is to order the forfeiture of assets belonging to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to the federal government following the designation of the group as a terrorist organization. Sources at the Federal Ministry of Justice told the Punch of Monday, September 25, that the president is expected to appoint an administrator, who would oversee the forfeiture of IPOB’s assets, home and abroad, to the federal government. According to the sources, the forfeiture of IPOB’s assets would no longer require any court order since the group had been designated a terrorist organisation. The federal government has also reportedly documented the order of the Federal High Court which proscribed the group as a terrorist organisation and has commenced moves to notify banks, Nigerian embassies abroad and foreign missions operating in Nigeria from further relating with IPOB. The document titled Terrorism (Prevention) (Proscription Order) Notice, 2017, notified the pu...

Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, The Special Adviser to the President on Prosecution maintained the United States’ statement that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is not a terrorist group is inconsequential. After the Federal High Court, Abuja had declared the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a terrorist group, the United States however, has said it does not see IPOB as a terrorist organization. In a statement released late on Sunday, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla insisted that IPOB’s activities certified it as a terrorist group as defined by the provisions of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013. Obono-Obla said that IPOB through its advocacy and mode of operation, terrorized and or harassed or “those who do not subscribe it to its separatists ideology and ethnic bigotry before its proscription”. He added, “So it is a terrorist organisation! This is also an organisation that was hounding and killing Nigerians in Rivers and Abia States before the military intervention! ...