The proposed #EndBadGovernance protest, scheduled for August 1st to 10th, has suffered a major setback in Igboland as the youth wing of the apex Igbo sociocultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndígbo Youth Wing, has unanimously decided to withdraw from the event. In large numbers, the group’s leaders and members gathered in Enugu on Monday, where they declared,…
Aggrieved members of Enugu East local government council have protested alleged imposition of a candidate for the scheduled February local government election in Enugu state. The protesters who took to the streets with placards further lamented the domination of the council by a particular family since its creation in 1996. They, therefore, appealed to Governor…
…as Reps member, Atigwe dismisses opposition in Igboeze North as inconsequential The people of Enugu North Senatorial District, also called the Nsukka Zone, have pledged to deliver over 50 percent of the total votes that will be cast in Enugu State in 2023 general elections to the governorship candidate and other candidates of the Peoples…
Hypocricy is Nigerian second name – a childhood friend told me over the last weekend, that my support for Peter Obi is due to tribalism. In response, I told him we should do a very simple test of tribalism, that we should both list out all the presidential candidates we supported since 1999 and see…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air Peace airline, Mr Allen Onyema, has donated testing kits and medical items worth millions of naira to the Anambra government, as part of his contributions to the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. The items included 1,500 pieces of hand gloves, 5,000 face masks, 900 testing kits, 240…
Transparency International is an organisation that is an anti-corruption czar of the world. Each year they brief the world with the list of countries of the world and where they fall on the corruption perception index (CPI). When I decided to check Nigeria’s ranking on the list, I didn’t delude myself on where to start….
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has stated that anyone who undermines the political value of Rivers State in the 2023 elections will be taught a painful lesson. Wike made the submission on Monday during the commissioning of the Orochiri -Worukwo (Waterlines junction) flyover bridge in the state. According to him, the people of the…
The All Progressives Congress APC in the South South has petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, demanding the dismissal of its Akwa Ibom state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini, within 48 hours. The petition which was received on July 3 by the office of the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu was signed by APC…
Enugu govt to commence operations of its Tech Hubs, Youth Innovation Centres …Advertises posts of General Managers To actualize its policy on skills acquisition and youth empowerment, the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, has called for applications from qualified candidates for appointments as General Managers of the newly established State Tech Hub…
By Edoka Itodo Nigerian disc jockey, Florence Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, has doled out £100,000 (N58 million) to the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) to support postgraduate students from Africa at the University of Oxford. The billionaire heiress made the donation through the Cuppy Africa Oxford Scholars Fund. According to the music star, “The…
