Breaking: Court adjourns Kanu’s trial to Jan 19 …Monarchs, religious leaders, WIC, others demand Nnamdi Kanu’s release …As his lawyers stage a walk out Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned trial of detained leader of the Indegenious People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu till January 19. The adjournment … [Read more…]
APC can’t decide internal democracy for other parties: PDP The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says no political party has the right to impose its processes on another. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday in Abuja, it said PDP and other political parties had the right to decide which form … [Read more…]
APGA/Soludo victory, reward for good governance: Victor Umeh He said Mr Soludo’s victory was significant to APGA and expressed the hope that the party would spread to other parts of Nigeria. Victor Umeh, former national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), says the victory of Charles Soludo at the 2021 governorship election in … [Read more…]
Soludo: APC spoiling Buhari’s name, says APGA chieftain Sunny-Neville Uchendu, an All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) chieftain, says many APC people are spoiling President Muhammadu Buhari’s name before and during the Anambra governorship election, which produced APGA candidate Charles Soludo as the winner. “What is more remarkable is that some people were dropping the name … [Read more…]
Anambra election over; kidnappers, please release our candidate: Labour Party Mr Agbadimalo was kidnapped on September 18 while leaving a campaign ground at Ezinifitte Nnewi South local government area. Clement Ojukwu, National Organising Secretary, Anambra Labour Party, has pleaded with the kidnappers of the party’s candidate, Obiorah Agbadimalo, to set him free. Mr Ojukwu made … [Read more…]
UPDATED: Soludo wins Anambra governorship election Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has been declared winner of the Anambra Governorship Election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The Returning Officer of the Anambra Governorship Election, Prof Florence Obi, announced the result on … [Read more…]
COP26, Ekweremadu Says ‘Green Grid’ Biggest Take away …Says Nigeria many years behind …Wants Climate Change Bill signed into law Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Member of the Paris-based Climate Parliament, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, says the proposed Green Grid remains Nigeria’s greatest takeaway from the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, as the country … [Read more…]
2023: Igbo Unity Forum visits Anyim; urges Southeast politicians to run for President A socio-cultural Organization known as IGBO UNITY FORUM has urged Igbos from the South East extraction to come out and contest for the position of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria come 2023. The group led by a former member of … [Read more…]
Chadians Draw Roadmap For Democratic Return After Military Junta The dialogue involved several political actors in Chad, calling for plans to return to civilian rule. A dialogue was organised in the Chadian capital, N’Djamena, between Friday, Nov. 5 and Sunday, Nov. 7, to draw a roadmap for an impending national dialogue that would lead to … [Read more…]
Anambra Decides: APGA victory bad omen for Igbos, says APC chieftain APGA has been made to look like an Igbo party. Is there Hausa or Yoruba party?” he asked. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-East, Elvis Agukwe, has described the All Progressives Grand Alliance’s lead in the Anambra gubernatorial election … [Read more…]
Buhari should sign Unexplained Wealth Order, civil servants marrying many wives: Ndume Ali Ndume has called on President Mohammadu Buhari to urgently sign or issue an Unexplained Wealth Order to strengthen the anti-corruption fight. Ali Ndume has called on President Mohammadu Buhari to urgently sign or issue an Unexplained Wealth Order to strengthen the anti-corruption … [Read more…]
‘FG budgets N1,000 daily feeding allowance for prisoners, corpers get N650’ NYSC DG, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim The National Youth Service Corps has lamented that inmates in the facilities of the Nigerian Correctional Service feed better than corps members. The Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, who stated this when he appeared before … [Read more…]