By Oluyemi Ogunseyin Former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has announced the death of his first wife, Mrs. Ifeoma Kalu. The Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District confirmed the sad news on Monday in a statement made available to the media. “With a heavy heart and pain, we announce the passing on to…
Former Militant leader, Asari Dokubo, says if the Federal government commissions him and his group of boys, they will go into Niger Republic and defeat the junta. In a video shared on social media, Asari boasted that he and his boys have what it takes to defeat the military officers that overtook the Nigerien government….
The gunmen in a video shared by BarristerNG on Twitter revealed how the former judge was dragged out of his car by three assailants and shot three times. Justice Nnaji was a Judge of the Enugu State High Court until he was dismissed following his role in the removal of Governor Chris Ngige, the then…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State, Dr. Peter Ndubuishi Mbah, has been commended for his dynamic, robust and progressive programmes and agenda for the people of Enugu State in 2023 if elected governor. This was even as the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state,…
A Chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Olusegun Bamgbose, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty as pure fallacy, unrealistic and tantamount to giving false hope to the people. Recall that Buhari, in his recent address, at the retreat for Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and other top…
2025 EDITION OF THE DEMOCRACY LECTURE ON THE LEGACY OF ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR IN AFRICA will hold in Abuja on May 29th, 2025. TITLED: REFLECTIONS ON DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA FEATURING: NELSON MANDELA AS MODEL OF ASTUTE LEADERSHIP IN RETROSPECT The Aims and Objectives of THE DEMOCRACY ANNUAL LECTURE ON THE LEGACY OF ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR GCFR (THE…
By Ruqayyatu Modibbo Umar I’m excited to share that I have recently qualified as a solicitor and notary public in Scotland while continuing my practice as a lawyer in Nigeria. This journey has been nothing short of fascinating, enlightening, and transformative! The Scottish legal system is distinct from Nigeria’s, as Scottish law is a hybrid…
The Chief of Staff to the President and the former Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has presented the new batch of ministerial list to the Senate. The Rules of the chamber were suspended at 3:15pm to allow for the Chief of Staff to enter the hallowed Red Chamber. Part of those…
Northern Christian leaders within the All Progressives Congress (APC) have rejected the decision of the party to field a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket in 2023. The leaders in a statement issued after their meeting on Monday described the move as a display of crass insensitivity to the plurality of Nigeria and the existence of Christians. The…
There is something about voices in the wind; it can never be heard. This is because no sane person shouts in the wind. The result is all too familiar; the wind carries the sound of the voice to and fro, without carrying it to its destination. You only shout in the wind to fulfill all…
