Published on March 14, 2023 By Advocate News Nigeria The Obidients Movement has resolved to throw its support behind the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, in the March 18 election directing all its members in the state to come out en masse to vote for him….
Pensioners in Rivers State have threatened a mass protest over what they term the failure of the state government to look into their welfare, despite repeated efforts to get the attention of the government. Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners in Rivers State, Collins Nwankwo, handed down the threat during the South-South Zonal meeting…
Following the directive of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State insisting that all ongoing urban road projects must be completed immediately, the state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Gerald Otiji, has read the riot act to all the construction firms, warning that failure to meet the deadline given to them would attract sanctions in…
*Describes action of states as satanic against Fulani age-long tradition ABUJA–FULANI cattle breeders in the country have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to do anything possible to frustrate anti-open grazing laws being passed by some states across the country, describing the laws as satanic against their age-long tradition. The cattle breeders…
The lawmaker representing Nsukka/Igbo Eze South in the House of Representatives, Hon. Patrick Oziokoja Asadu, speaks with Humphrey Onyima, the Publisher of Leadership SCORECARD about the challenges he faced during his bid for a another stint in the chamber and the things he would get a better handle on, having earned another chance. When you…
The Indigenous People of Biafra has urged governors in the South-East and citizens to apprehend and deal decisively with criminals enforcing sit-at-home in the region by prosecuting them. This is as the group alleged that the senseless shooting witnessed in Enugu, on Monday, was carried out by miscreants recruited by politicians, whose stocks in trade…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday approved the appointment of eight Special Advisers. A statement by Abiodun Oladunjoye, Director of Information in the Presidency said those appointed and their portfolios are ; Mr. Dele Alake Special Adviser, on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Mr. Yau Darazo, as Special Adviser on Political and Intergovernmental Affairs and Mr….
The Economic Confidential has released the Annual States Viability Index (ASVI) which shows that seventeen (17) Nigerian states are insolvent, as their internally generated revenues (IGR) in 2018 were far below 10 per cent of their receipts from the Federation Account Allocations (FAA) in the same year. The index carefully and painstakingly computed proved that…
It’s a question many people have asked in passing, sometimes with curiosity, sometimes with confusion: Why doesn’t the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) offer Chemical Engineering? The answer isn’t just a matter of curriculum or policy—it’s a story buried in the ashes of a war that changed everything. Before the Nigerian Civil War, UNN had…
As violent operations occasioned by unknown gunmen returned to the southeast, accusing fingers have been pointed at a disciple of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, a relatively unknown Simon Ekpa who posts issues of Biafra and signs off as: “Simon Ekpa, Nnamdi Kanu’s Disciple on Biafra Restoration”. Indeed, he seems cast in the…
