Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has said that Nigerians witnessed the worst phase of corruption under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Delivering a keynote speech at the 60th call to bar anniversary celebration of legal icon, Aare Afe Babalola, in Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State on Monday, July 10,…
By Louis Amoke His ability to connect politics with morality while adhering strictly to the primary purpose of government, which is security and welfare of the people, was one of the outstanding qualities of Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi during his adroit leadership as governor of Enugu State. Ugwuanyi who transferred power to his successor, Dr….
Chief Ozioko Francis Okonkwo was born into the lineage of great men. Unfortunately for him, his own father died at a tender age and he was sentenced to a life of servitude at a very tender age. He served from one household to the other until he attained the age of maturity, at which, he…
Veteran Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekehinde, has bragged about how she and other movie stars introduced Nigerian entertainment to the world. Omotola, Genevieve Nnaji, Rita Dominic, Eucharia Anunobi, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Charles Okafor, and many others dominated the movie industry in the 90s. The outstanding performances and role interpretation of the thespians endeared many movie lovers to…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that the immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, was a victim of self-inflicted alcoholic poisoning. Atiku spoke through Phrank Shaibu, who is his Special Assistant on Public Communication, and said Wike should go for confession and not thanksgiving, given his…
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has expressed outrage over the attack on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, by ex-militant leader, Asari Dokubo. The Igbo group urged President Bola Tinubu to ignore the likes of Dokubo and invite Kanu for a round table discussion. Dokubo had…
Ms Ijeoma Osamor, a broadcast journalist with DAAR Communications Plc, testified on Friday at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). Osamor, who anchors the programme “Democracy Today” on Africa Independent Television (AIT) was subpoenaed as the 7th witness (PW 7) for Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP). Obi and LP are petitioners in the…
Kashim Shettima, vice president, has apologised to the Muslim community for his remark regarding the choice of leaders for the 10th Assembly. Shettima had stated, “Under the current dispensation, the worst incompetent Southern Christian is better than the most puritanical Northern Muslim for the Presidency of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria” in…
THIS MESSAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LEADERSHIP OF ENUGU WEST GENERAL ASSEMBLY (EWGA) GREATER AWGU CHAPTER LED BY HON. PRINCE HUMPHREY ONYIMA (EBUBE MGBOWO), FORMER SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANT ON MEDIA AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO THE EX-GOVERNOR OF ENUGU STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, RT. HON. IFEANYI UGWUANYI, CON.
The Enugu State Stakeholders Forum (ESSF) has ascribed the failure of the state government’s cancellation of the Monday sit-at-home order to the lack of legitimacy by the new Peter Mbah government that came into being last May 29. In a statement in Enugu today signed by the ESSF’s leader, Professor Joseph Aneke, and the secretary,…
