Four people were burnt to death on Tuesday while 12 others were seriously injured following an explosion at the Chemical Market in Onitsha Head Bridge, Anambra State. According to a witness, corpses of the dead persons were pulled out of the market, while injured persons were rescued. Goods worth millions of naira were also destroyed … [Read more…]
An Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama has convicted the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, for contempt of court. The EFCC chairman was convicted on Tuesday in relation to the anti-graft agency’s failure to comply with an earlier order of the court. The court had ordered the EFCC to … [Read more…]
…Jim Nwobodo, Okwesilieze Nwodo, others named as Campaign Advisers The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State on Tuesday constituted its State Campaign Council. The Director-General (DG) of the State PDP Campaign Organization for the 2023 general elections, Chief Ikeje Asogwa who disclosed this at a press briefing at the campaign headquarters in Enugu, said … [Read more…]
THE Federal Government, yesterday raised the alarm that another devastating flooding would occur in Nigeria next year, if proactive actions were not taken by government at all levels. According to the government, early warnings given to the states in 2022 by NEMA were ignored and led to the devastating effects all over the affected areas. … [Read more…]
The Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, yesterday, promised to turn around the Agricultural sector in the country, if voted into power in 2023. Tinubu, who spoke during a town hall meeting with Farmers and the Northern Agro Commodity Groups, held at Idris Legbo Kutigi Conference Hall, Minna, Niger State, informed … [Read more…]
The lives of no less than 19 million children have been thrown off course in Nigeria, Pakistan, India, Chad, and South Sudan, as extreme floods rage globally between August and October this year Save the Children International, SCI, is calling on governments at COP27 to support the creation of a new loss and damage climate … [Read more…]
The Office of former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has been inundated with calls since the endorsement of the governorship project of the Enugu State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Dr. Peter Mbah, by Ekweremadu’s political structures, notably Ndi Oganiru Enugu. The attention of the Office has also been drawn to various … [Read more…]
By M.O Ene Two months ago, September 8, 2022, we met with PDP gubernatorial candidate Peter Mbah in New York. It was the third leg of an outreach to abroad constituents in America—after California and Texas. We were wowed by his presentation and answers. Any story after that was preaching to the choir. Alas, not … [Read more…]
The Central Criminal Court in London, the United Kingdom, has moved the trial of Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu over alleged organ harvesting from May 2023 to January 31, 2023. The Old Bailey agreed that arguments will be heard on the 16th or 19th of December 2022 before the commencement of the trial in January. … [Read more…]
The Director General of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe says the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi will no longer show up for debates if his counterparts in other parties do not show up. Okupe made this known at a press conference in Abuja on Monday. Okupe also said Obi will no … [Read more…]
Students of Federal University Lokoja (FUL) on Monday pleaded with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) not to resume its strike until after their second semester exams. The students’ plea came on the heels of ASUU’s Congress meeting on Monday, deliberating on Federal Government’s alleged failure to pay its members’ salaries after resuming work … [Read more…]
Spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council, Dino Melaye has described an outburst by presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi on Sunday night as unpresidential and unacceptable. Melaye in a video posted on his Twitter page on Monday, said he “did not do anything to” Obi. Recall that Obi had an … [Read more…]