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Governor, Martin Elechi has dethroned Four traditional rulers in Ebonyi State for allegedly sabotaging government program-mes. The Monarchs who are from Ishielu Local Government Area are being accused of sabotaging the efforts of government towards reclaiming the Nigeria Cement Company (NIGERCEM) Nkalagu.

The senators had accused the Governor of being indifference over the incident. In a swift reaction yesterday, shortly after receiving the federal government delegation led by the Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro on a sympathy visit to the Governor, Kwankwaso berated the legislators of ‘talking rubbish.’ He said “They are just senators sitting in Abuja, they don’t know anything but they have to speak rubbish and absolute nonsense.

 Nigeria has lost one of her most talented and celebrated writer and author of the timeless novel, Things Fall Apart, Professor Chinua Achebe. The 82-year-old, who also recently released a new book titled ‘There Was a Country’, passed on last night in a a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. It can be recalled that the Professor Achebe, who was the David and Mariana Fisher Professor of Literature at Brown University, has been ill for a some time Related articles Nigerian Policemen Chase Bike Rider To Death FG to transfer UNIABUJA Students To Other Varsities NSCDC, DPR arrest illegal petrol marketers in Abuja

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has declared that the Kenyan players and officials, who were stranded in Lagos upon their arrival, only have theirselves to blame, as they did not co-operate with them regarding their travel arrangements. The Harambee Stars trained in a dilapidated primary school on Wednesday and their officials blamed the Nigerian football authorities for the shabby treatment.

A coalition of civil society organisations thursday rose from a meeting on the general situation in the country with a call that former governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Diepreye Alamieyeseigha , should be extradited to the United Kingdom to face trial for money laundering offences. While the coalition expressed misgiving over the pardon, former militants in the Niger Delta said President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to grant pardon to Alamieyeseigha and others was in the interest of the nation and indeed one of the best decisions taken by the president.

Fresh crisis between the Itsekiri and Ijaw in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State is looming as about 300 passengers on board a thug boat, heading to the riverine communities have been reportedly waylaid while the waterways have also been blocked by armed men  suspected to be Ijaw youths.

 Evangelist Eucharia Anunobi has shown interest of joining in partnership with the Imo State government and other well-meaning Imolites to make the State drive developmentally for the general purpose of all. The Imo born thespian disclosed this shortly after she paid a courtesy visit to the Imo State Liaison office in Lagos State with her team of top Nollywood movie practitioners.