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Late Nollywood veteran Actor Prince James Uche burial date released

Information reaching AMEBORAVE BLOG confirms that the Veteran Actor, Prince James Uche would be buried on 9th of June, 2017.

Nollywood Producer, Emeka Torino Ojukwu who is a member of the burial planning committee of veteran Actor, Prince james Uche also confirmed it.

The Veteran actor who died on the 8th of March, will be buried at his hometown in Item, Bende Local Government, Abia State.

Torino said a service of songs will be held on the 8th of June and he would be buried the next day.

His remains is still in a mortuary in Lagos and would be transported to his home state very soon.

May his gentle soul rest in peace. Amen.

Agbaso is not APGA Chairman --Imo APGA declares

10:05 POLITICS , SLIDER

Peter Ezeobi, the state Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has formerly declared that Chief Martin Agbaso is not a member of APGA, and cannot be the chairman either.

By this, Ezeobi has distanced the state chapter of the party from judgment of the Enugu State High Court which declared Chief Martins Agbaso as the national chairman of the party.

Ezeobi said he (Agbaso) was not a member of the party, having earlier defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and is yet to officially return to the party.

He said this yesterday while reacting to the judgment of the court and said Victor Oye remains the only authentic national chairman of APGA.

He further stated that Chief Agbaso was a member of the party until he left the party for PDP in 2015 where he has contested for the gubernatorial primaries of the party. He said since he left, there was no record that he had officially returned.

“It was a rude shock for the Imo State branch of APGA to hear in the news that a court of competent reckoning in this country announced his name as the national chairman of a party he is no longer a member,’’ he said.

Tinubu donates $30,000 for Late Moji Olaiya's funeral

10:04 EVENTS , News

Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress, on Monday donated $30,000 for the burial arrangements of Late Moji Olaiya.

The amount was mentioned yesterday by one of the burial commitee members.

He said:

“I may be wrong, Asiwaju who promised the committee $40k on Saturday changed it to $30k by Monday. Perhaps he had been fed Gov Ayo Fayose had helped. Meanwhile the committee had thought they will use the excess to pay Adun’s school fees and empower the grandmum who will take up the upkeep of the 2 months old the deceased left behind.”

However, an insider revealed that he released the equivalent of N11.4 million towards the ferrying of the corpse of Moji Olaiya from Canada to Nigeria, among other expenses.

One of Moji’s siblings, Femi Olaiya arrived Canada from his London base in the night of Saturday to prepare Moji’s corpse for freight to Nigeria.

Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer banned from legal practice in Nigeria

10:01 BUSINESS , CRIME

has been confirmed that the Lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Emeka Ephraim Ugwuonye has been banned from legal practice in Nigeria.

Ugwuonye, who recently joined the legal team of Nnamdi Kanu, was a former United States-based Nigerian lawyer,was disbarred in New York and Maryland for professional misconduct, and was yesterday also disbarred in Nigeria, to which he had relocated, for the same offense.

Ugwuonye’s sanction was ordered by the Nigeria’s Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, LPDC, of the Body of Benchers, a unit which punishes misconduct among lawyers.

LPDC ordered Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria to strike out Ugwuonye’s name.

Igbo World Leaders set for Igbo World Congress

09:59 News , SLIDER

Tomorrow, the Igbo World Congress will hold at Ascot Hotels, Enugu. Prominent Igbo sons and daughters including South East governors, royal fathers, members of Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo, Igbo leaders of thought, deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, are expected to attend the Igbo World Congress.

Others expected at the event include, Senator Enyinnanya Abaribe, Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonanya Onu; former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi; former CBN governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, business mogul, Arthur Eze and the founder of Centre for Value in Leadership (CVL), Prof. Pat. Utomi.

The summit, organised by World Igbo Congress (WIC), would feature lectures, life-time award presentation to distinguished Nigerians including Ebitu Ukiwe; Prof. Anya O. Anya; Mr. Arthur Eze, among others.This was contained in a statement signed by the chairman of WIC, Mr. Joe Nze Eto and made available to newsmen in Awka. According to the statement, the group is expected to discuss various issues concerning the Igbo nation and her economy and the best way to move it forward among other key issues.

Paul Pogba`s brother Florentin and Mathias cheer in the crowd as brother Paul plays

09:57 SLIDER , SPORTS

Scoring the opening goal would have been extra special for Paul Pogba, who had the pleasure of doing so in front of his big brothers Mathias and Florentin.

The twins, also professional footballers for Sparta Rotterdam and St Etienne respectively, were in the crowd to watch their youngest sibling do what he does best. They even came complete with 'Pogba 6' United shirts.