Just In: Awkunanaw Traditional Rulers visit Jim Nwobodo; discuss Enugu 2023 Guber Race As the race for who occupies the exalted position of the Governor of Enugu State in 2023 continue to gather momentum, some Royal Fathers under the auspices of Awkunanaw Traditional Rulers Council, led by the Chairman of the council, HRH Igwe Dan … [Read more…]
Abuja division of the National Industrial Court (NIC), Abuja, will, today, hear an alleged contempt suit filed by medical doctors operating under the platform of Association of Specialist Medical Doctors in Academics (ASMEDA). The doctors filed the action against the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, over alleged disregard to court order. Also joined … [Read more…]
The court, in a fundamental rights suit brought by Kanu’s lawyers, held that the IPOB leader did not voluntarily choose to be absent from his trial, but that he was forced to flee the country because his fundamental rights to dignity of the human person and personal liberty were wantonly violated by agents of … [Read more…]
Governors and top leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, are split over the presidential aspiration of the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The division is affecting zoning of National Working Committee, NWC, and National Executive Committee, NEC, offices ahead of the February 26 National Convention. A top party source told … [Read more…]
MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has said he is making consultations with political leaders and would make his intentions on the 2023 presidency known by Easter. The minister who spoke at the Anambra office of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in Awka at the weekend also distributed empowerment materials … [Read more…]
Enugu State Government yesterday, reiterated that the administration will continue to support the Nigerian Army and other security agencies in the state to ensure that they effectively discharge their duties. Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi gave the assurance during the 82 Division Nigerian Army West African Social Activities, WASA 2021, held yesterday at the 82 Division … [Read more…]
First Republic Aviation Minister and foremost nationalist, Chief Mbazulike Amechi has said that his appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari concerning the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu and the Igbo question, was still attainable. In an interview with DAVID ONWUCHEKWA, the respected statesman expressed the abundant hope that … [Read more…]
Justice Charles Agbaza of an FCT High Court in Friday rejected evidence by a witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the trial of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal. Lawal is charged alongside his younger brother, Hamidu, who is a director of Rholavision Engineering Limited; an … [Read more…]
Uncertainties within the All Progressives Congress, APC as to the direction ahead of the 2023 General Election was at the weekend beginning to clear with postulations of Nigeria’s powerful governors increasingly emerging to drive the process. The coming out of the governors, it was gathered, and the seeming unwillingness of President Muhammadu Buhari to … [Read more…]
All is set for the launch of the private sector-led N62.1 Billion (US$150 Million) HIV Trust Fund of Nigeria (HTFN). Recommended by Nigeria’s National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) and driven by the Nigeria Business Coalition Against AIDS (NiBUCAA), the HTFN is a sustainable financing mechanism for the mobilization and deployment of … [Read more…]
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State yesterday called for immediate assessment of the cause of the petroleum product tanker explosion, which razed no fewer than 25 houses and destroyed valuables worth millions of naira in Ohoror community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. The incident, which occurred on Wednesday night in the community … [Read more…]
Leader of Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has disagreed with the claim by President Muhammedu Buhari that his administration has succeeded in improving the state of security and bringing peace in the North East and South-South from what he inherited. Clark who is also the Chairman, Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, in … [Read more…]