The outgoing governor of Ekiti State, Peter Ayodele Fayose, is the poster boy of everything wrong with Nigerian politics. To that end, like President Muhammadu Buhari, I should be celebrating the defeat of Fayose’s candidate, Olusola Eleka of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, by John Kayode Fayemi of our party, the All Progressives Congress, APC,…
By Taiwo Okanlawon Former Los Angeles-area gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis, suspected to have killed the late US rapper, Tupac Shakur, has been granted a $750,000 bail. Keffe D was arrested in September last year and was charged with murder with the use of a deadly weapon. Davis’ arrest came two months after Las…
One of People’s Democratic Party’s ,PDP, Presidential aspirants and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, on Monday, led three other PDP Governors; Mazi Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state, Seyi Makinde of Oyo state and their Enugu state counterpart, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on a visit to two former Military Presidents, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babanbgida (IBB) and Abdulsalam…
Protesters have arrived at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in the Ojota area, the venue of the June 12 protest in Lagos State. This is despite the heavy presence of security operatives at the park. The protesters brandished different placards with inscriptions including, “Buhari must go”, “Revert electricity tariff now”, “End Bad Government”. Details later…
August 21, 2023 The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, says it has jurisdiction in the case instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to compel Chicago State University (CSU) to produce critical documents relating to Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu who is currently the President…
The Nigerian stock market extended its downward trend with a loss of N341.26 billion at the close of trading on Friday. This followed the crash of the market capitalization by -1.20% from N28.25 trillion posted on Thursday to N27.91 trillion today.Similarly, the All-Share Index was down by 633.01 basis points to close at 51,778.08 compared to 52,411.09…
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has announced the appointment of Industrialist, Ide John Udeagbala as the Mayor Of Aba City. The Governor who spoke to some stakeholders in Abia State said the era of indigenes and non-indigene is gone in Abia State. He revealed that only merit would determine who gets what in his…
The Leadership Scorecard’s Perspectives with Uzu Okagbue – an explosive media expository, depicting the Igbo political situation in Nigeria and the way forward out of the doldrums. If there is one Igbo leader who seems to be reading the hieroglyphics of the politics of times right in Nigeria, then that Igbo man is Uzu Okagbue….
Pension: Enugu govt commences verification exercise The Enugu State Government has announced the commencement of the second phase of ‘AM LIVE’ verification exercise for all state pensioners whose pension accounts are domiciled in the Office of the Accountant-General of the state. In a statement by the State Head of Service, Ken Chukwuegbo, the verification exercise…
Born on 10 May 1960, Archbishop Nwachukwu was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Umuahia, in Nigeria, on 17 June 1984, and was later incardinated into the Diocese of Aba on 2 April 1990. In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as the Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua, and made him the Titular Archbishop of…
