The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora (AESID) has strongly condemned the recent dastardly attacks on several communities in Ebonyi state, even as it cautioned the perpetrators to give peace a chance. The group described as “traumatic” for citizens and residents of Ebonyi state following reported cases of attacks on individuals and public facilities […]
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I wasn’t detained, had no reason to bribe EFCC boss – Akpabio
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has reacted to what he called a defamatory article written by an online medium, titled: “How EFCC detained Godswill Akpabio for two hours after attempting to bribe Agency Chairman with $350,000.” He said the report “is false.” The Minister according to a press statement signed Saturday by […]
Nigerian risks 30years U. S jail term over fraud allegedly committed by Lagos council boss
A Nigerian is on the verge of being jailed in the United States over crimes committed by a supposed local government chairman back home. Yusuf Owolabi Abdul, a Nigerian resident in Canada, extradited from Germany to the United States, will be presented on Monday in New York before Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang over crimes […]
Arrest insecurity in Ebonyi not our president, AESID tells Umahi
…Raises the alarm over plot to declare Oluchchukwu wanted Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora (AESID) has asked Governor Dave Umahi, to tackle the insecurity situation in the state instead of the plot to arrest for trial the association’s President, Ambassador Paschal Oluchukwu. The Ebonyi indigenous group said it is in possession of a […]
APC group declares Akpabio ‘natural leader’
A progressive forum of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) known as APC Advocates Forum has declared that former governor of Akwa Ibom and the Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, is the ‘natural leader’ of the party in the state being a serving cabinet member. The group, however, called on APC’s National Caretaker Committee […]
Warri-Itakpe railway: 200% increase in passenger traffic, begins freight services
The Warri-Itakpe railway has recorded over 200 per cent increase in passenger volume within the past few months. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, made this known Friday just as he conducted the official flag-off of freight service between Warri and Itakpe on standard guage rail line. In September 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), officially inaugurated […]
Ebonyi indigenes ask Police, DSS to mop up illegal arms
Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) has called on all the security agencies to urgently mop up all the illegal arms and ammunition in the hands of unauthorised persons, especially political thugs in the state. The association revealed that it has gotten information on how some top politicians have shared illegal weapons […]
Alleged forgery: Group wants Omojuwa investigated by Police
A policy advocacy group known as Society for Watchdog on Non-Governmental Organization and Good Governance (SWOGG), has called on the police to launch an immediate investigation into an on-going cyber offence and personality forgery involving a company linked to influential social media activist, Japheth Omojuwa. The group, in a press release signed Monday in Abuja, […]
Lagos-Ibadan Railway awaiting presidency’s commissioning date – Amaechi
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has announced that the Ministry is only waiting for the presidency to fix a date for the commissioning of the Lagos-Ibadan Railway. Speaking after another routine inspection of the project on Saturday, the Minister insisted that though there still remains a few finishing touches to be made, the project can […]
Railway: FG sacks ticket racketeers, four more projects underway
Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has ordered the sack of any staff of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) involved in rail ticket racketeering. Amaechi gave the order on Friday at the Federal Ministry of Transportation annual ministerial press briefing in Abuja. He said all passengers must show their means of identification which must match their […]