Alleged organ harvesting: Ebonyi govt wades into Ekweremadu’s ordeal Ebonyi State Government, Sunday, stated that it decided to wade into the alleged “organ harvesting” case involving the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, in order to unravel all the facts surrounding the matter. Disclosing this in a statement signed by Dr. Kenneth Ugbala, Secretary to … [Read more…]
Labour Party’s Ernest Ike Ugwu in Enugu North senatorial zone race, promises excellent representation Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu As the politics of 2023 continue to gather momentum in different states of Nigeria, a chieftain and senatorial candidate of the Labour Party in Enugu state, Ernest Ike Ugwu, has promised excellent representation in the Red Chambers of … [Read more…]
In the South East and in many other parts of Nigeria, the presidential aspiration of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi is arguably becoming a religion and residents of the region are not making pretences about it. The Obi gospel is spreading like wildfire and is propelled with Pentecostal zeal. … [Read more…]
The All Progressives Congress may not have candidates for the Yobe North and Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial Districts in the 2023 elections because of controversies over primaries, Saturday PUNCH learnt on Friday. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, were contesting for Yobe North and Akwa … [Read more…]
Bread producers and caterers on Friday threatened to withdraw their services nationwide due to the unprecedented increase in bakery materials and the neglect of the Federal Government to this matter. In a communiqué issued by their national body – Association of Master Bakers and Caterer of Nigeria, they stated that the cost of flour, sugar … [Read more…]
Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu Rising from a largely successful party primary elections, the Enugu State Honorable Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Hon. Ugwunta, David Okelue Ph.D., has congratulated the Executive Governor of Enugu State, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on his emergence as the PDP candidate for Enugu North Senatorial zone, describing Ugwuanyi’s leadership style as … [Read more…]
Ekweremadu: Passport, NIN, other documents surface; reveal age of would-have-been donor as above 21 Helen Okoro, Abakaliki Some documents believed to belong to the proposed organ donor in the allegation of organ harvesting leveled against a 3 time Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate and Senator Representing Enugu West Senatorial Zone, Ike Ekweremadu, and wife, … [Read more…]
June 28 court outing: We are not comfortable with Buhari’s statement – IPOB The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday said they were no longer comfortable with the statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari, which he made at Rwanda, regarding the issue of the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, that he could likely “jump … [Read more…]
Supreme Court strikes out Buhari, Malami’s suit against new Electoral Act The Supreme Court, on Friday, struck out the suit President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, filed to void section 84(12) of the Electoral Act, 2022. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by … [Read more…]
Rivers ADC gov candidate nominates Tonto Dikeh as running mate The Rivers State African Democratic Congress governorship candidate, Tonto Ibraye, has nominated popular actress, Tonto Dikeh, as his running mate. The actress announced her nomination on Instagram on Friday, while sharing their government’s plans if elected into office during next year’s election. When elected, she … [Read more…]
Indications emerged, yesterday, that more senators elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), may defect in the coming days. This is coming despite Wednesday’s intervention by APC’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, who pleaded with the lawmakers to halt further defections to the PDP. … [Read more…]
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has instructed its members not to sell Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, for more than the approved pump price of N165 per litre. This comes as a reversal of its earlier directive to its members to sell petrol at N180/litre. Recall that the Lagos … [Read more…]