By Taiwo Adesanya Abia State Government has defended the appointment of Nwankwo Kanu and John Obuh as the chairman of Enyimba and Abia Warriors, respectively. Governor Alex Otti disclosed that the appointment was based on competence and track records. Otti admitted the importance of football to his government prompted his decision to appoint the duo….
I received 19 threats during banking consolidation era — Soludo ON Attempts also made to kidnap my children By Vincent Ujumadu, Awka THE former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Charles Soludo, at the weekend in Awka, narrated how he received 19 written threats on his life following his decision to embark…
If there is one Igbo polician in recent times who seems to be reading the hieroglyphics of the politics of times right in Nigeria, then that Igbo man is Uzu Okagbue. Uzuegbuna Okagbue, more popularly called “Uzu”, was born on the 1st of October 1977, to the family of Chief Chike Okagbue, a renowned businessman…
A former Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has blasted the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over his attitude towards the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Shittu is the Director General of the Asiwaju Tinubu-Shettima Coalition for Good Governance. In an interview with The Punch on Thursday, Shittu said the former minister had…
…visits Sheikh Gumi in Kaduna Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, outlined some of his plans for the Northern region if elected next year. Mr Obi made the revelations during his talk at the Arewa Joint Committee Interactive Session in Kaduna. He noted that improving security, agriculture and education will be some of…
Hamas deputy leader, Saleh al-Arouri, has been killed in an attack on Hamas office in Beirut. Hamas’ Al Aqsa Radio and Lebanon’s pro-Iranian Mayadeen TV confirmed word from security sources that Arouri, a member of the Palestinian Islamist movement’s politburo based abroad and a co-founder of Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, was killed on…
The Lagos State Government has accepted 26 recommendations of the Toyin Ayinde-led panel that investigated the collapse of a 21-storey building in the Ikoyi area of the state. The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration also rejected two of the 28 recommendations of the panel. In a White Paper exclusively seen on Wednesday, the state government agreed…
The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Enugu State on Media And Public Affairs, the Publisher of Leadership SCORECARD Magazine at Kanu Nwankwo Heart Foundation Walk in Abuja today with Chief Friday Emeka Edeh – the CEO of Castle Majestic Hotel Enugu, Ex-Super Eagles Skipper and legends – Daniel Omokachi, Victor Ikpeba, celebrities like…
As party thanks electorate, congratulates its candidates Following successful conduct of the Local Government elections in Enugu State, on Saturday, the State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC), has declared candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winners of Chairmanship and Councillorship seats contested in all the 17 Local Government Areas and 260 electoral wards in the…
…Enjoins kindred units/villages desirous of community autonomy to avail themselves of opportunity Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Tuesday, inaugurated a committee on creation of autonomous communities in the state. The committee is chaired by Prof. Felix C. Asogwa. Inaugurating the committee, at the EXCO Chamber, Government House, Enugu, Gov. Ugwuanyi said that the…
