Nigerian-born doctor wins ‘brain tumor research’ award in US Chibawanye Ene, a Nigerian-born US-based doctor, has won the 2019 Ronald L. Bittner Award on brain tumor research. According to the Applied Radiation Oncology, a quarterly journal on cancer, Ene received the award at the 2019 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) annual scientific meeting which held from April 13 to …

IPOB PRESS RELEASE 08/09/2019 Following the recent denial and subsequent refusal of South East Governors to apologize or do the needful towards IPOB against a background of their incessant attacks, abduction, arrest, killings and proscription of unarmed peaceful Biafrans; before, during and after Operation Python Dance II in 2017. We the global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) …

  Ikechukwu Oke, has been hospitalised after engaging in fasting and praying for 41 days. The hospitalized student’s schoolmate said he engaged in the 41-day fast because of the challenges his family has been facing lately. The man from Ebony state nearly died if not for God’s mercy and quick intervention of those who rushed him to hospital

Trump re-states warning to South Africa “Cyril” you better get your act together or else” … Donald Trump WASHINGTON- The President of the United states of America has reacted to the South African Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other Foreigners, Many have been killed, Many businesses collapsed. Mr President wrote this on his Twitter Handle @realDonalTrump. “This barbaric attacks by …

_*Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference*_ CALL FOR PEACE AND CALM It is with dismay that we take note of the recent upsurge in violence against foreign nationals, starting two weeks ago in the Johannesburg CBD, last week in Pretoria, and this week again in the Johannesburg CBD, Malvern, Turffontein and Krugersdorp. Once again we receive reports of the authorities doing …

Presidency Hawks Want FG To Seize Bonga Over $9.6bn Judgment Debt ….EFCC opened investigations into failed project 2015 …..Report shows how P&ID repudiated $600m settlement deal As the $9.6 billion arbitration award and United Kingdom Court enforcement judgment against Nigeria in favour of an Irish firm, Process & Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID), continue to generate controversy, presidency hawks are urging …

Robert Mugabe, former Zimbabwe president, dead at 95 He was in power since the end of white-minority rule in 1980 and resigned in 2017 following a military coup. In this file photo, former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe gives a surprise press conference at his home in Harare, on the eve of the country’s first election since he was ousted from …

‘Professor’, 12 Others Arraigned For Fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, arraigned Charles Jide-Oni, who claims to be a “professor” at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, for allegedly obtaining money under false pretence and engaging in advanced fee fraud. Mr Jide-Oni, 60, was arraigned alongside 12 internet fraud suspects before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of …

Media Statement 05 September 2019 *Closure of South African Missions in Nigeria* The Minister of International Relation and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, has expressed her disappointment at having to take the decision to support the closure of the South African High Commission in Abuja and the Consulate in Lagos. Both offices were closed on Tuesday, following concerns reported to the …

Press Statement In line with his evidence based leadership style, Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, will lead invited journalists on a tour of all completed and ongoing projects earmarked for the first 100 days of the administration on Saturday , 28 September, 2019. The tour is expected to cover projects in the three senatorial zones of the state as …