Author: David Akonuche

THE detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has opposed the request by the Federal Government for the resumption of his trial, insisting that the trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako, must recuse herself from the matter. Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, revealed his client’s position in a post on X on Tuesday, rejecting the Federal Government’s bid to reopen the trial. Kanu, who is being prosecuted on seven counts of alleged treasonable felony and terrorism, was re-arrested in Kenya in 2021 and extraordinarily rendered to Nigeria. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. At the last…

A STATE High Court sitting in Enugu has issued an interim injunction restraining apex Igbo socio-political group Ohanaeze Ndigbo from entertaining the candidacy of former Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, as an aspirant or contestant in the January 10 election to the office of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. This followed a motion filed by Chimenu Amadi for himself and on behalf of the Indigenous Igbos of Rivers State asking the court to restrain Okiro from contesting the Presidency of Ohanaeze Ndigbo for the fact that he’s an indigene of Imo State and only indigenes of Rivers State are…

AT LEAST five people have been reported dead, and several property, including two banks, were destroyed in a petrol tanker explosion that rocked Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State. The tragic incident occurred along Old Asaba-Lagos Road on Sunday afternoon, leaving a trail of destruction and injuries, with property worth millions lost to the inferno. Sources revealed that the explosion was triggered when a petrol tanker overturned while navigating a turn near First Bank in Agbor. “We were told that the petrol tanker fell by the First Bank in Agbor when the driver tried to make a…