President Muhammadu Buhari has honoured the immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Ibrahim Tanko, with the national award of Grand Commander of the Order of Niger, GCON. The award is coming barely 24 hours after Tanko’s resignation as CJN was confirmed in a letter. Tanko was honoured with the prestigious award at the swearing-in…
The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) yesterday 29th day of November, 2018 held her 48th Convocation Lecture tagged “INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT: A KEY TO ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA” presented by Engr. (Dr) Emeka Okwuosa, and Award/Prize winning night both held in Princess Alexandra Auditorium and Unity Hall. The lecture started at about 11:45am. The…
Benjamin Netanyahu is suspected of having committed bribery, fraud and breach of trust, Israeli police have confirmed. The Israeli Prime Minister is accused of offering commercial favours to a newspaper owner in return for positive coverage and of accepting bribes from a Hollywood billionaire. Investigators have secured a gagging order as they try to persuade…
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH BY THE GOVERNOR OF ENUGU STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, RT. HON. IFEANYI UGWUANYI (GBURUGBURU) FOLLOWING HIS VICTORY IN THE MARCH 9, 2019 GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION PROTOCOLS Ndi Enugu, Enugu State is, truly, in the hands of God and in all that we do, we give God due glory, honour and adoration, for He is, indeed,…
Interesting, Pastor Poju Oyemade blocked this lady because of the response below: “Dear @pastorpoju I too I’m a Levite and very careful and skeptical to call out Pastors. I read with keen interest your analysis of Patriotism using football as an example.I beg to respectfully disagree with your analysis as it does not correlate in…
It is exactly 73 years ago today since the British Police shot dead 21 defenceless Igbo workers of Enugu coal/Iva Valley Miners for no reason. Their crime was that they demanded for a pay rise. 21 died instantly, 37 were severely injured. Today at New Market Roundabout Enugu, an everlasting monument can still be seen…
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa OFR, received Humphrey Onyima, the CEO of Leadership Scorecard magazine and his team at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja, who were on a courtesy visit in solidarity with the Chief of Defence Staff as the Nigerian Army celebrated her 161 years of existence and was ranked…
Your Excellency! The 21st century Enugu State political landscape, courtesy of your methods, have witnessed a codification of some of the rules of politics and power application conventions. From the milestones so far attained by your noble administration, it is already obvious that you have placed Enugu State on a global spotlight from the prospects…
The Executive Director, North and Public Sector Directorate, Keystone Bank, Lawal Ahmed, at an investigative hearing by the committee in Abuja on Wednesday, told the lawmakers that the bank had remitted all the funds belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. In his presentation, Ahmed said, “Our position, as confirmed by the CFO of NNPC,…
An Abuja-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC), has called on politicians to rally support for President Bola Tinubu to rebuild Nigeria. Ugochukwu Nnam, president of the group, made the call in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Saturday. Mr Nnam advised politicians to close ranks and support Mr Tinubu…
