A former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife is dead. His death was disclosed in a statement signed by Chief Rob Nwakaire Ezeife, on behalf of the Ezeife Family. The statement which noted that the elder statesman passed on at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, on Thursday evening reads in full: “On behalf of … [Read more…]
The recently constituted Enugu State LG Staff Verification Committee, in exercise of its mandate, will be visiting the 17 LGAs for Physical Staff Audit, and hereby directs all Staff in the Enugu State Local Government System, to henceforth always report for duty at their places of primary assignment (duty posts/stations), with the original copies of … [Read more…]
The political tsunami sweeping Rivers State appears unabating as three more commissioners on Thursday resigned from Governor Sim Fubara’s cabinet. The latest to pull out of the cabinet are the Commissioner for Works George-Kelly Alabo – who served in the same capacity under Nyesom Wike’s government – and the Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Commissioner Inime … [Read more…]
People in Gaza described begging for bread, paying 50 times more than usual for a single can of beans and slaughtering a donkey to feed a family as food aid trucks were unable to reach most parts of the bombarded Palestinian territory. Israel was pounding the length of the Gaza Strip in pursuit of its goal of … [Read more…]
Following the ongoing demolition of the burnt Rivers State House of Assembly complex to pave way for reconstruction of a new building, the Rt. Hon. Martins Amaewhule-led group of lawmakers have relocated their sitting to the Legislators’ Quarters in Port Harcourt. This is coming barely 24 hours after their seats were declared vacant by Speaker … [Read more…]
The Supreme Court will tomorrow (December 15th) deliver judgement on the appeal seeking to compel the Federal Government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. A five-member panel led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun had in October fixed the date after counsel for both the Federal Government and the detained … [Read more…]
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Thursday, signed into law, the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N800bn a day after he presented the budget estimates to the State House of Assembly led by Edison Ehie. Ehie and his loyalists subsequently approved the bill and the governor assented to it on Thursday. The signing ceremony was held … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has dismissed all directors of civil aviation agencies in the country following the sacking of the chief executive officers of the same organisations. In a statement by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, the Federal Government said all the affected directors should hand over to the most senior officer in … [Read more…]
Professor Zacchaeus Adangor has resigned as the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of Rivers State. In his resignation letter dated December 14, 2023, Adangor told Governor Similanayi Fubara that he opted out of the cabinet on personal principle. Adangor, who served in the immediate past administration of Nyesom Wike, Fubara’s predecessor, thanked the governor for … [Read more…]
I want on behalf of all Igbos worldwide to appeal to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR to use his good office to direct for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s case is well known to all Igbos and Nigerians. It is the … [Read more…]
President Bola Tinubu has approved the suspension, removal, and replacement of Chief Executive Officers under the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development. The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Kabir Yusuf Mohammed, has been removed from office and replaced with Mrs. Olubunmi Oluwaseun Kuku as the substantive Managing Director … [Read more…]
The Enugu State Government has inaugurated 10 Small Claims Courts to address the challenge of delays in settlement of financial disputes, especially debt recovery and other liquidated money demand. Performing the inauguration in Enugu, the Chief Judge, Justice Afojulu Ozoemena, said the courts, which will be presided by magistrates, would entertain financial disputes ranging from … [Read more…]