By Ochogwu Sunday Amid the prolonged face-off with the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed readiness to give peace a chance. Recall that the governor and other stakeholders entered into an eight-point agreement in Abuja on Monday in a bid to end the political crisis…
A Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has denied a Statement credited to One Alhaji Mahdi Shehu that he asked Northerners working in the State to always wear a badge as a means of identification when he (Obi) was in Office between 2006 and 2014. Peter Obi who contesting the 2023 Presidential Election under…
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, yesterday, invited critical stakeholders of Nkanu West, Nkanu East, Enugu South, Enugu North and Enugu East local government areas to an emergency security meeting on Thursday, February 24, 2022. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information, Steve Oruruo, those invited for the security…
Abia state governor, Alex Otti says an innovation park and a modular refinery will be established in Abia to accelerate economic development. Information commissioner Okey Kanu stated that plans were underway to build the park and refinery. Mr Kanu disclosed this during a news conference on the outcome of the State Executive Council at the…
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s campus to campus outreach tagged “STUDENTS ASSETS NOT THUGS” day three continued today 13th December, 2018 in Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Agbani which registered a great number of students in attendance. In attendance was Hon. Ilogebe Chidi, Special Assistant to the governor of Enugu State on student affairs;…
The recent statement made by Sadiya Farouq, the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, is rather unfortunate. She claimed at a media briefing that Bayelsa was not among the 10 states worst impacted by the flood. She neglected the empirical evidence and proceeded to rank the states according to data she had…
The court refuses to grant Zainab Yar’adua’s request for an order of injunction over the Abuja property, preferring to hearing the substantive case. A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja has declined an application by a daughter of former President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua, Zainab, for a restraining order against the Minister of the…
The Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike recently in Makurdi, Benue State capital declared his intention to join the presidential race in 2023 which has generated reactions in Zamfara State. According to some people who spoke in Gusau, the State capital, the declaration was described as a new paradigm, noting that his presidential ambition…
Frederick Lewis Donaldson, the Archdeacon of Westminster from 1937 to 1946 while rendering a sermon in Westminster Abbey, London on March 20, 1925, observed: “The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work; Pleasure without conscience; Knowledge without character; Commerce without morality; Science without humanity; Worship without sacrifice; Politics without principle.”Africa’s compounding political woes spanning the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged Nigerians to vote correctly for leaders needed to ensure the country’s future, by paying closer attention to the manifestos of the political parties ahead of the upcoming 2023 elections. This was disclosed recently by the INEC Assistant Director (Planning and Programming) in the Department of Voter Education,…
