IBB on Orji Uzor Kalu: Don't Underestimate a General's Crystal ball -- UNN Don                           By        Sunday Asogwa Moses A professor of history and international studies at the University of Nigeria, Prof. Victor Ukaogo has asked Nigerians not to make little or Underestimate General Ibrahim Babangida's prescriptions for national rebirth post 2023. He gave this advise when he fielded questions last Friday from newsmen at Nsukka. He said that the General's prescription was a clearly thought out recipe of positively addressing both the leadership question and the Nigerian (equity) question.  It will be recalled that the birthday of one of Nigeria's most  foremost rulers, General Ibrahim Babangida only recently held. The celebrations may have come and gone but it left many trying to grasp his suggestion of the enigmatic Abia born billionaire Orji Uzor Kalu as a qualified and capable individual worthy of ruling the country come 2023.

ASEPP CONGRATULATES HON. BENJAMIN KALU ON HIS COURT VICTORY The Association of South East Professors and professionals (ASEPP) has congratulated Honorable Benjamin Kalu, the spokesman of the House of Representatives for his victory at the court today. In a release signed by Prof. Nwaubani and Prof. Florence Orabueze, Secretary and publicity secretary respectively,  the apex body convened by Prof. Victor Ukaogo said the lawmaker has been vindicated and wished him well in his future endevours.  It will be recalled that Comrade Okey Ezeala of APC had approached the courts with certificate forgery allegations against Benjamin Kalu and urged the court to declare his seat vacant having obtained the position through fraud. The judgement however held that change of name is not synonymous with forgery.  In the release,  ASEPP saluted the courage of the lawmaker's commitment to the service to his constituents during the period of the court process. The Ass

Seven people have been killed in an attack on a convoy transporting workers to a Shell oil and gas project in Nigeria’s southeast, police say. No group claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack, but southeast Nigeria has seen a wave of deadly violence targeting security personnel and government facilities since the beginning of the year. Police have previously blamed the violence on the Indigenous People of Biafra or IPOB, an outlawed movement seeking independence for ethnic Igbo people of the region, but the group has denied the accusation. Imo state police spokesman Michael Abatan told news men on Wednesday that gunmen opened fire on a convoy of buses heading to a Shell gas plant in the area. “We lost one policeman and six oil workers in the attack by the gunmen,” he said. He said an investigation was under way “to arrest the gunmen and determine the motive for the attack on SPDC, the Nigerian subsidiary of Shell, confirmed the attack “by unknown

Some major roads in the South-East states of Anambra, Imo, Enugu and Abia states remained deserted on Monday while some businesses were also shut in observance of the sit-at-home despite a counter-directive from the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu, the detained IPOB leader, had last Friday through a release by IPOB, suspended the sit-at-home except on court trial days in order not to affect the economic and business lives of the South-Easterners. However, most towns in the South-East still observed the sit-at-home as some major roads were deserted as businesses remained shut. “Everywhere looks deserted from busy streets to major market roads. One of them is the Aba-Port-Harcourt Road in Abia State. It is quite scanty. No movement,” an observer stated. The same was noticed along the Onitsha-Owerri Road as people deliberately chose to sit at home. “Most filling stations are shut in Onitsha, Anambra State this morning