By Prince Ejeh Josh “`When the news of the flag off of 5.4 kilometers Amagunze road by the Executive Governor of Enugu State, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuany, which is being singlehandedly sponsored and executed by a kind-hearted private citizen, Chief Evarest Nnaji Odengene, filtered into the air in the wake of this week, not many…
Lagos State led new COVID-19 infections for the second day running as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 612 new infections for Saturday. It stated on Sunday that new cases were recorded in seven states and the FCT. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 612 cases recorded on Saturday indicate…
By Okenwa Cyril When the Prof. Humphrey Nwosu-led National Electoral Commission prior to 1993 general elections chose June 12, 1993 as the date for the presidential election, little or, at all did Nwosu and his men, and indeed all Nigerians know that an epochal date of political history had been marked in the calendar of…
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972), M.S. in Educ. 1943, M.A. 1944, was born in Africa’s Gold Coast (now Ghana). As a young man, he was a school teacher before leaving his homeland to further his education in American universities. He later traveled to England where he worked for the decolonization of Africa and in the Pan-African movement…
The electoral commission will begin registration of voters in January. Nigeria’s electoral umpire, INEC, will commence the registration of eligible voters by 2021 ahead of the 2023 general elections, the chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, has said. The exercise, which will begin in January, will run for next 18 months – and stop about…
Enugu State @ 30: Situating Ugwuanyi, Quest for Equity and Justice By Louis Amoke Historically, the creation of Enugu State 30 years ago by General Ibrahim Babangida’s regime significantly transcended providence. It was largely the outcome of a tenacious struggle for the emancipation of the people of Wawa-speaking area (Enugu and Abakaliki) of Igboland, by…
Agaib, Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has come hard on his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, over his statement that Fulani herdsmen have the right to occupy any piece of land in Nigeria, including forests, adding that herders are free to relocate to Bauchi if they wish to carry AK-47 rifle. Speaking to newsmen in…
At least 14 political parties will take part in the 2023 governorship election in Kano State.The list of the parties, their candidates and deputies was pasted at the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday. The parties include the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Peoples…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has rejected the chance to pick Senate President Ahmad Lawan or Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State as his running mate. Recall that Tinubu had defeated the duo in the presidential primary of the ruling party. The former Lagos State Governor had submitted the…
Archbishop Onaiyekan‘Our attention has been drawn to a post making the rounds on the internet that His Eminence John Cardinal Onaiyekan, during his homily at Church of Assumption Asokoro urged Nigerians to “accept the result of the 2023 presidential election as announced by INEC.” ‘This is to let the general public know that such post…
