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The apex socio political Organization of Ndigbo, the Ohanaeze, has appealed to President Muhammedu Buhari to revisit the recent reorganisation at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation in the interest of peace, unity and good governance. Ohanaeze said in a statement signed by its President General, Chief John Nwodo in Abuja on Sunday, that it is appalled at the consistent and unrepentant disposition of disdain for the South-East by Buhari administration as copiously displayed in the recent reorganisation at the NNPC. The apex body said that it had thought that after the President’s declaration in a broadcast recently that Nigeria unity had been settled and not negotiable, that he would take all necessary actions in his governance to achieve it, but the recent NNPC shake-up has not shown that the administration is walking its talk. Nwodo said that Buhari administration, as shown in the new managers just announced tilting clearly in favour of the North, with the South-East...

Irate residents attempted to raze the  Oke Baale Police Station in Osogbo on Sunday following the killing of a youth in the area by a team of policemen from the station. The residents gave different accounts of what led to the shooting of the victim, known as Emir. While some said the policemen chased some internet fraudsters to a playing ground in the area when an altercation between the Police and the youths playing football eventually led to the shooting to death of Emir, others told our correspondent, who visited the area, that a group of thugs led by the victim allegedly attacked some persons  on Saturday  night and the case was reported at the police station. The victim, according to one Saheed, a resident, was known for violence and some of his alleged atrocities had earlier been reported to the Police. Saheed said “Emir was an area boy and had been reported to the Police on many occasions. I heard that he led some of his boys to attack some peop...

South Africa’s Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa who is vying to replace President Jacob Zuma has admitted to an extramarital affair but lambasted as “political smear” its revelation in newspapers, media reported Sunday. Details of his alleged affairs with as many as eight women were splashed on Sunday newspapers, after the business man turned politician failed to gag media from publishing the story in a late night urgent court application. He denied cheating with eight women but admitted to having one affair. “I had a relationship with only one person and it ended. I dealt with it with my wife. We now have a professional relationship,” Ramaphosa told Sunday Times. The 64-year-old Ramaphosa and Zuma’s ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma have come out as front runners to replace Zuma when he steps down as ANC president in December. The leader of the ANC becomes an automatic candidate for president of the country. Ramaphosa said the report which is based on leaked email correspo...

President Donald Trump led international censure of North Korea’s announcement Sunday that it had tested a hydrogen bomb, saying its actions were “very hostile and dangerous to the United States”. Pyongyang’s key ally China expressed strong condemnation while South Korean President Moon Jae-In called for the “strongest punishment” against the North, including new UN sanctions to “completely isolate” it. Tensions on the Korean peninsula have spiralled in recent weeks, with North Korea testing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and threatening to fire missiles towards the US Pacific island of Guam and Trump warning he would rain “fire and fury” on the country. “North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test. Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States,” Trump tweeted. After North Korea sent a missile over Japan last week, Trump said the time for talks was over and on Sunday he tweeted that “appeasement” would not work. “N...

Oyo StateGovernor,Abiola Ajimobi,on Saturday said Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho,had 99 bank accounts. He also added that the institution’s school fees might be reviewed to make it self sustaining. The governor disclosed this on Saturday in Ibadan, while featuring on a programme, ‘Saturday Special,’ aired on the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Ajimobi said since he assumed office in 2011, his administration had paid N22bn to the institution. He described the amount being paid as school fees in LAUTECH as “abysmal.” “The default in the payment of subvention and salaries was as a result of economic downturn. When we came on board, we reduced the school fee to N65,000. “There are secondary schools that charge between N150,000 and N200,000, while some universities charge between N500,000 and N2m. To date, we have heavily subsidised LAUTECH. Imagine, the institution has 99 accounts and some could not be ...

North Korea’s nuclear test Sunday was widely felt in northeast China and rocked some cities for as long as eight seconds, according to reports and accounts on social media. The tremor was felt as far away as the city of Changchun around 400 km (250 miles) northwest of the North’s test site at Punggye-ri, according to state broadcaster CCTV. In the small city of Yanji, some 20 km from the border, some people reported the shaking was so intense that they fled their homes. Jiemiao Cangxin, a commentator on the Chinese microblog Weibo, said his building swayed so much that “I put my underpants on and I just ran, and when I reached the first floor I can say I wasn’t the only one running away with just my underpants on!” “In Yanji, we felt the shaking for ten seconds,” said Weibo user Buziranshaonv. “I was lying down and sleeping when the tremor woke me up. At first, I thought it was a dream,” said another. The test, North Korea’s sixth, was substantially larger than previous...

The Police Public Relations Officer in Imo State, Andrew Enwerem, and eight others have been decorated with the rank of superintendent of police by the state Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, Speaking during the decoration ceremony at the command’s headquarters in Owerri, Ezike said their promotion called for more dedication to duty. He said, “I congratulate you on your new promotion.  We rejoice with you and wish you more promotions. The rank of superintendent of police calls for greater commitment, responsibility and patriotism to our country. You are expected to think out of the box and initiate ideas that would develop and make our country better. You must shun corruption. “You are, therefore, advised to become change agents. You are required to be good ambassadors of our country. Don’t be part of things that questions the integrity of our country.” Enwerem, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, said they would live up to expectations. He said, “We promise to...

Kenyan judges have slammed the “veiled threats” made by President Uhuru Kenyatta after the judiciary overturned his election on the ground that it was flawed. Calling it “an assault on the judiciary”, the Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association late Saturday asked people to ignore “political rhetoric.” “The president of this country referred to the president of the Supreme Court and the other judges as “wakora”, or crooks in Swahili, it said. “He went on to make veiled threats against the same judges based on their decision. The same threats against the judiciary have been repeated at State House,” said its chief Bryan Khaemba, referring to the presidential palace. “We condemn this assault on the decisional independence of the honourable judges,” he said. Chief Justice David Maraga on Friday declared Kenyatta’s victory in the August 8 polls “invalid, null and void”, pointing to widespread irregularities in the electronic transmission of vote results. An enraged Kenyatt...