Elder statesman and convener of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark, has reacted to the resolutions between Rivers governor Sininalayi Fubara and FCT minister Nyesom Wike after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu. Fubara and Wike have been at loggerheads over the political control of Rivers State. Earlier, President Tinubu had intervened in…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday warned the electorate against the act of vote-buying ahead of the Osun gubernatorial election scheduled for July 16. In a statement issued by Kunle Ajayi, the national commissioner supervising Ogun, Ondo and Osun States, the Commission vowed to go tough with anybody caught in the act. Ajayi’s…
The gentleman sitting to the right of Lord Frederick Lugard in this picture (see above) is Obed-Edom Chukwuemeka Azikiwe.He was the father of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the last Governor-General and first president of Nigeria. Obed-Edom Azikiwe was a very influential member of Lugard’s administration. You can see from the photo how highly Lugard regarded him….
Women’s Right, And The Implications Of The Supreme Court Judgment On, Ukeje V Ukeje Abstract: women from time immemorial were regarded to be property of their male counter part, as such they were not allowed or entitled to own landed properties because they were chattels. They discriminated against virtually in all sphere of life,…
The United States Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion in a landmark ruling recently. The conservative-dominated court overturned the landmark 1973 “Roe v Wade” decision that enshrined a woman’s right to abortion, saying that individual states can now permit or restrict the procedure themselves. “The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion;…
By Samson Ezea It is indeed another year of stock taking of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s seven years of good governance and people-oriented programmes in Enugu state that has endeared him and his administration to the people of the state. These seven years which include four years of his first term and three years of his…
By Michael Iheonukara Okpara Address at the Convocation, University of Nigeria, Nsukka by Dr. M.I. Okpara, Premier of Eastern Nigeria December 17th, 1962. INTRODUCTION:Since assuming the Premiership of Eastern Nigeria in December, 1959, Dr Michael Iheonukara Okpara, 42, has devoted his whole attention and energy to economic development of his twelve-million-people territory. Building on the…
A former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ayodele Fayose, may not back his party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The former Ekiti State governor gave a hint in the post on his verified Twitter page on Wednesday. According to Fayose, it was the turn of the South to produce Nigeria’s next president after Muhammadu…
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, says residents of the state cannot afford to stay at home for two weeks in compliance with the directive issued by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), led by fugitive Simon Ekpa. Governor Otti spoke Monday in Abuja, the Federal Capital, on the sideline of…
A Chinese envoy to Nigeria, Li Xuda, has advised the Federal Government to focus more on developing the creative industry to fortify Nigeria’s economy. Xuda, the Cultural Counsellor of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, gave the advice at a zoom meeting organised by the National Council for Arts and Culture in Lagos recently….
