The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu is insisting that he will not step down for anyone in the race for the office of the senate president. Kalu had made his intention clear about becoming the leader of the Senate a few months ago. “It is my turn to become the Senate … [Read more…]
The governor of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah has appointed Professor Chidiebere Onyia as the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG). Also, shortly after his inauguration, Mbah hit the ground running by signing three Executive Orders for the effective governance of the state. The appointment was announced in a statement personally signed by the … [Read more…]
Prominent media mogul and chairman emeritus of Daar Communications PLC, owners of Nigeria’s first private radio station, Raypower FM and AIT, High Chief Raymond Aleogho Anthony Dokpesi, is dead. Dokpesi died on Monday, May 29, 2023. According to a statement issued by his family and signed by his first son, Raymond Dokpesi (JNR), they described … [Read more…]
President Bola Tinubu deliver his inaugural speech on May 29, 2023 at the Eagle Square in Abuja Nigeria’s new President, Bola Tinubu says the era of subsidy payment on fuel has ended. He said the 2023 Budget made no provision for fuel subsidy and more so, subsidy payment is no longer justifiable. “The fuel subsidy … [Read more…]
Protocols 1. Permit me to begin this address by expressing my immense gratitude to God. I am also most grateful to the great people of Enugu State for the opportunity they have given me to serve them as their governor. I will forever be grateful to you for this honour. 2. Let me also thank … [Read more…]
May 28, 2023 My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria. 1. I address you today, in my last assignment as a democratically elected President of our great and well-endowed nation, with a deep sense of gratitude to God, a great deal of appreciation to the Nigerian people and a modest sense of fulfilment. … [Read more…]
In line with the resolve of his administration to continue to serve the people, the Executive Chairman of Nkanu West Local Government Area, Hon. Uchenna Callistus Ejim, has commenced the construction of a 3.7km road at Obinagu Uwani community, Akpugo in the council area. The road, which connects Ameke and Ogirishi villages is said to … [Read more…]
The Enugu State governor-elect, Dr. Peter Mbah, has pledged programmes and policies that would accelerate the growth and development of children in the state by enabling them to enjoy the benefits of childhood and nurture them into responsible, advantaged and happy children for themselves and the society. The governor-elect who made this known in a … [Read more…]
A former Minister for Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Friday, instituted a N100billion defamation suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The erstwhile Minister, who left the country since 2015, in the suit she filed before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, alleged that the anti-graft agency authored and … [Read more…]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has accepted to lead the Commonwealth Observer Group to the Sierra Leone 2023 general elections. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has accepted to lead the Commonwealth Observer Group constituted by secretary general Patricia Scotland to observe the Sierra Leone 2023 general elections. Mr Osinbajo’s media aide Laolu Akande disclosed this in a statement on … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari has led President -elect, Senator Bola Tinubu, on a brief tour of parts of the Presidential Villa. They had both observed their Friday prayers in the presidential villa mosque before embarking on a tour of some departments. President Buhari led the President-elect through the Council Chamber and exited at the press gallery … [Read more…]
