Professor Mahmood Yakubu has handed over leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to May Agbamuche, who now serves as the Acting National Chairman of the commission. Agbamuche, recognised as the oldest serving National Commissioner in the electoral body, assumed the role following Yakubu’s handover on Tuesday during a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners … [Read more…]
…criticizes Soludo for turning 2025 Teachers Day commemoration to political campaign Labour Party governorship candidate in Anambra State, George Moghalu, has said Governor Chukwuma Soludo is aware he will not be re-elected in the forthcoming November 8 poll. Moghalu, who recalled his first governorship contest in 2003 under the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, … [Read more…]
The Executive Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, joined Attorneys General from across Nigeria and other prominent dignitaries to celebrate the state’s Attorney General, Dr. Kingsley Udeh, on his prestigious conferment as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The event commenced with a solemn Thanksgiving Mass at Christ the King Parish, G.R.A., followed … [Read more…]
The 5th edition of the Frontier Discourse Annual Public Lecture and Awards is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at the Nigerian National Merit Award House (Merit House) in Maitama, Abuja. The event is expected to convene prominent figures from government, civil society, the private sector, and academia to engage in high-level … [Read more…]
The Enugu State Government has denied sponsoring allegations of certificate forgery against the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, urging him to “carry his cross” and clear his name before Nigerians. The government, in a press statement issued in Enugu on Monday by the Director of Information in the Ministry of Information … [Read more…]
…says controversy politically driven The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, has dismissed reports questioning his academic qualifications, insisting he duly graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) in 1985. Although he was expected to address the press in Abuja, Nnaji was represented by Dr. Robert Ngwu, who reaffirmed that … [Read more…]
By Sebastine Chukwuebuka Okafor, Ph.D Few days ago, one of the human friendly gestures was exhibited by the wife of the Governor, Mrs Nkechinyere Iheoma Mbah at Amaechara Ovoko, Igboeze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, when she gifted a fully furnished house to the family of Mr. Chisom Odoh whose wife gave birth … [Read more…]
…Says Collaboration Key to Transforming Education As the world marks World Teachers’ Day 2025, the Labour Party Governorship Candidate for Anambra State, Chief Dr. George Moghalu (Ohamadike Nnewi), has paid glowing tribute to teachers across the nation, describing them as the unseen architects of society and the pillars of national development. He said this year’s … [Read more…]
Labour Party’s presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi, has warned that certificate forgery risks normalising crime in Nigeria following media reports that a minister in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet admitted he never received a university degree. Obi urged immediate and systemic action, including the prosecution of any official guilty of certificate fraud. He made the … [Read more…]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected a request by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, seeking to stop the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, from releasing his academic records. This is also as Nigerians have reacted to the allegations of forgery of certificates leveled against Nnaji, following an investigation by Premium … [Read more…]
-By Abdul Mahmud I did not know Somnachukwu Maduagwu. I never met her in the studios of Arise Television in Abuja, where I have gone many times for interviews. But her death touched me deeply. She was young. She was bright. She was a lawyer. She was a news anchor. She was her parents’ pride. … [Read more…]
…as Tomorrow Is Here Movement inaugurates Enugu East Zone Coordinators A popular socio-political group in Enugu State, Tomorrow Is Here Movement, has declared that Governor Peter Mbah has done more than enough in his two years in office to deserve a second term in 2027, describing his performance as “unprecedented in the history of the … [Read more…]