Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has terminated the appointment of his political aides effective from July 31. The Secretary to the State Government, Foluso Daramola, said the action, which was in consonance with state’s transition law, was also to ensure payments of entitlements and terminal benefits of the political office holders as the administration was…
Some politicians are not only committed to fulfilling the promises made to the people during electioneering campaigns but make strenuous effort to ensure that the well being of the people of their constituencies receive a key boost. Toby Okechukwu, a member representing Aninri, Awgu, Oji River Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, has…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Austin Umahi who is also the immediate younger brother to Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has rejected an appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari. Umahi said he believes the job is not for him or someone of his social status and urged any interested person to contact the…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has submitted that Nigeria must not vote along ethnic, religious or other sentimental lines in the 2023 presidential election. Obi who spoke on Wednesday during a TV interview stated that such sentiments have led the country into the current pitiable state in which it has found…
“You asked “where are the Igbo candidates?” You derisively said “the Igbo are not ready.” You challenged the Igbo to produce credible candidates with capacity. You claimed that no Igbo politician has national appeal. You say the Igbo are not united, as if the other groups that have produced presidents are united. What you didn’t…
Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, on Thursday, met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over issues he said we’re pertinent to the people of the state. Briefing Presidential Villa correspondents after the meeting, Mbah, who described the meeting as heartwarming, said partnership and collaboration with the federal government was critical to actualising his administration’s…
By Adebayo Paul In a shocking event on Wednesday evening, Ecuadoran presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio, was assassinated after a campaign rally in Quito. President Guillermo Lasso quickly took to Twitter to express his horror and pointed the finger at “organized crime” for Villavicencio’s death. “Outraged and shocked by the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio….
It was an exciting moment recently as Comrade Abbah Joe Idenyi led Igbo-Eze Youth Group (IYG-2019) carries PDP/Governor Ugwuanyi’s reelection campaign to Igboeze North. The programme began with the arrival of the IYM delegation in the company of his entourage to the Campaign arena. The event was subsequently declared open with a brief prayer led…
Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.For some, they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the same horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by time.That is the life of men… Zora Neale…
The United States has designated six individuals for their support of the terrorist group Boko Haram. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday added Nigerian nationals Abdurrahman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan, and Surajo Abubakar Muhammad to the List…
