The Enugu State Police command, on Sunday, foiled the celebration of New yam festival by some members of Ibagwa-Nike community in Enugu East local government area of Enugu state. Members of the community interviewed said that the problem started on Saturday when the preliminary activities towards the Sunday festival commenced with other cultural events which … [Read more…]
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Prophet Coming of the Lord of Paradise The Last Day Church of God a.k.a. Deliverance Ministry for the Kingdom of God, has prophesied that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu will be the next president of Nigeria. Prophet Coming of the Lord, gave the … [Read more…]
The National Bureau of Statistics has released a breakdown of the results of West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) from 2019 to 2021 in Nigeria. According to NBS, a total of 1.53 million candidates sat for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination in 2020, indicating a decline of 3.25% compared to 1.58 million … [Read more…]
For those who are yet to read Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s “Fighting Corruption is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines”, this is the best time to do so. The former Finance Minister’s account of her experience and that of her team while in office, paints a vivid picture of reasons corrupt politicians are fighting fiercely to … [Read more…]
The Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) has descended on the Fulani group, the Miyetti Allah over a recent comment by one of its leaders, Saleh Alhassan who linked the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party(LP) Peter Obi and his supporters to be members of the group. Reacting through its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, the Igbo group has … [Read more…]
PRESS RELEASE: Clarification on Electronic Transmission of Election Result “The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) attention has been drawn to a misunderstanding arising from a recent short interview granted to a national newspaper on the procedure for result management during elections. Some have interpreted the explanation on result management procedure to mean that the Commission … [Read more…]
The efforts to reconcile aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have suffered a setback as the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, has rejected the proposal by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) for him to hold a private audience with the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike. Wike’s loyalists … [Read more…]
The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Global Ambassadors (BATGA), a support group for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate of Sen. Bola Tinubu has recalled how he risked his life for Nigeria in the past. Mr Kayode Olabode, National Coordinator (BATGA), disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. Olabode said the former Lagos State … [Read more…]
Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party in some parts of the state have expressed delight over what they described as the “unexpected solidarity visits” the governorship candidate of the party, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah paid to their respective wards during the party’s monthly ward meetings over the weekend. Mbah during the solidarity visits enjoined the … [Read more…]
The Nigerian Army has said the voluntary retirement of over 200 of its personnel is a routine and not an aberration. Army spokesperson, Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on Saturday. The Army’s reaction comes a day after a media report said at least 243 soldiers in the North-east and other theatres of … [Read more…]
Today, August 20, 2022 makes it exactly one year and eleven days since the Indegenous People of Biafra, IPOB, imposed the sit at home on the entire South East geopolitical zone to protest the arrest and detention of it leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by the Nigerian government. Kanu is standing trial before the Federal High … [Read more…]
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Allied Institutions have suspended strike. It was reported that the unions went on strike in March, few weeks after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) down tools. In a chat with our correspondent … [Read more…]