The run-up to the 2023 elections keeps throwing up more intrigues and subplots after the reports of an alliance between Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party,m (NNPP) and the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu. However, a refutation was issued on Tuesday by Ladipo Johnson, a spokesman … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, met behind closed-doors with the All Progressives Congress, APC, governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The progressive governors were led to the meeting by the Chairman, Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, and Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Bagudu. Also present were Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, Dr Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, Abubakar … [Read more…]
Following what they consider as attempt to blackmail and arm-twist the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and his allies, some hotheads in the party may fight back viciously to arrest the move. Sources revealed that these PDP hotheads are considering persuading the party to move ahead in the presidency … [Read more…]
A former governor of Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, has formally announced his defection from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is coming barely three months after Shekarau defected to NNPP from the All Progressives Congress. Shekarau made the declaration on Monday at his Mundubawa home in Kano. … [Read more…]
There are strong indications that members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may have declared an indefinite strike following the federal government’s failure to meet their demands. It was learnt that the lecturers made the resolution during their National Executive Council meeting, which began at about 12:15am on Monday and lasted for hours … [Read more…]
The Federal Government on Monday said Nigeria would likely borrow to finance another budget deficit of N11.3 trillion in 2023, thereby taking the country’s debt stock to N50 trillion. Zainab Ahmed, cabinet minister in charge of finance and national planning, said the regime plans to spend N19.76 trillion next year, out of which the government … [Read more…]
[OPINION] ENUGU @ 31: Governor UGWUANYI’S Imperative in the Indomitability of the WAWA Spirit By Steve Oruruo When the erudite Dan O. Chukwu , Ph.D, Professor of History, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka in his lecture at the Government House titled “ ENUGU STATE AT 31: SUSTAINING THE DREAMS OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS” on the 31st … [Read more…]
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Monday, refused to grant the extradition application filed by the Federal Government for permission to extradite the suspended DCP Abba Kyari to the United States. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, described the extradition request as “an abuse of court process” on the grounds that Mr … [Read more…]
AHỊAJIỌKỤ: Igbo New Yam Festival …Discourse at UIU Tristate 6th Annual BBQ/New Yam Festival, Saturday. August 27, 2022, Queensbridge Park, Queens, NYC M.O. ENE PREAMBLE Igbo kwenu! Umu Igbo Unite, kwenu! Igbo Tri-State, kwenu, Igbo kwezuo nu! Thank you for inviting me back from across the Hudson River. Last April, I was here in … [Read more…]
The Akutara village, Adani in Uzo-Uwani Local Government of Enugu State has been thrown into deep mourning following the sudden and unnatural death of six persons in the village at the weekend. The deceased and eight others hospitalized were said to have been found to be unconscious with foamy discharge from their mouths in the … [Read more…]
Lewandowski nets twice as Barcelona thrash Valladolid 4-0 Robert Lewandowski scored twice for Barcelona in their 4-0 victory at the Nou Camp in La Liga on Sunday. The Poland striker, netting a brace for the second time, has helped the Xavi side claim back-to-back La Liga wins. Lewandowski opened the scoring in the 24th minute … [Read more…]
The Anambra State Council of Traditional Rulers has resolved to eliminate harmful traditional practices antithetical to women’s rights. On Saturday, chairman of the council, the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Achebe, made this known in a communique issued at the end of a multi- stakeholders conference on eliminating violence against women and girls in Awka, Anambra. … [Read more…]