The Akpawfu community in Nkanu East local government of Enugu State is been reported to have come under heavy bombardments following alleged raiding by troops of secret camps of suspected members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and armed bandits in the area. The raiding is said to have been carried out by land and … [Read more…]
A former governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has extended appreciations to The Pacesetter Frontier Magazine and the public on his emergence as a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in the 2022 Frontier Discourse Annual Public Lecture Series and Awards. Ezeife made this known when he received Pacesetter Frontier Magazine’s Abuja correspondent in … [Read more…]
Spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Management Committee, Dino Melaye has described the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC as an unorganized party desperate to retain power in 2023. Melaye, in a statement on Friday, also added that APC is not ready for election or governance. The former Kogi lawmaker said the APC “remains … [Read more…]
Following Chinua Achebe’s footsteps, prolific Nigerian international author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, had rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s offer to confer her with national honours which took place last Tuesday. Albeit, the author did it quietly like Joseph in the bible when he decided to put Mary his wife away without making her a public example. This … [Read more…]
The National Security Council, on Friday, said it was “considering the appropriate action to be taken” on the recent release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. It also backed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, who clarified that Kanu’s release was not equivalent to … [Read more…]
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that if he and four other governors in his camp leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), it would lose the 2023 election. The governor said this on Friday during a live media chat at the state government house in Port Harcourt. He said that without the participation of … [Read more…]
All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) yesterday dismissed insinuations that the health status of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was responsible for the continued delay in the commencement of its campaign. APC presidential campaign has been shrouded in all manners of controversies, including the rumour that Asiwaju’s fragile health has been … [Read more…]
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu, has admitted collecting N100 million from a governor. Governor Nyesom Wike had accused the party national chairman of corruption, saying aside the N100 million taken from the governor, Ayu also collected N1 billion from a Presidential aspirant in Lagos. Answering questions from journalists … [Read more…]
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has endorsed the candidacy of Atiku Abubakar and Ifeanyi Okowa of the Peoples Democratic Party for the positions of President and Vice President respectively in the coming 2023 elections. Jonathan revealed this when a PDP delegation led by Okowa as well as Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State visited him in … [Read more…]
The Federal Government, on Thursday, gave an indication that it will approach the Supreme Court to challenge the Court of Appeal judgement that quashed the terrorism charge it preferred against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Reacting to the judgement, FG, through the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister … [Read more…]
At last, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action conditionally, paving way for immediate resumption of academic activities. The decision was taken in the early hours of Friday during a meeting of its leadership that began on Thursday night. The meeting was called by the union to determine its … [Read more…]
The Kaduna State Police Command has ordered a full investigation on the rescued 65-year-old man who was locked up in a room for 20 years in Kaduna by yet to be identified offenders. It was gathered that environmental health officers under Kaduna North Local Government Area, who had earlier visited the scene of the incident … [Read more…]