By Doris Israel Ijeoma Following the conduct of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, the family of Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has become a target of unsubstantiated claims on social media. A Facebook post circulating in Nigeria in May 2023 alleged that Yakubu’s son ran mad in Saudi…
Former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has expressed delight at the uncommon leadership style of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, in fostering peace and unity among the political class in the state irrespective of party differences. Ex-President Jonathan, who described Gov. Ugwunayi as a man of peace said the governor’s disposition in…
The Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, on Monday blamed state governors for the rising cases of killings nationwide, especially the recent incidents in Plateau, Benue and Enugu states. He cited the governors’ poor funding of security outfits in their states despite receiving humongous security votes. Bwala stated this when he…
The community of Akpugo in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State will on the 9th to 10th of January play host to an overwhelming crème de la crème that will join the Edeh’s family to celebrate the life of a quintessential Nkanu matriarch, late Mrs Elizabeth Chinwe Edeh (Mama FACO), the illustrious Mother-of-Pearl….
Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has said he will be leaving the state next month as an oil-producing state, with the capacity to produce rice that can sustain itself. Obiano said Anambra State would begin to earn 13 per cent derivation from oil production as an oil-producing state, while reading to journalists a text…
The former governor of old Enugu state and proponent of “triangular political equilibrium”, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, has affirmed that there is a subsisting agreement on rotation of the seat of governor among the three (3) senatorial districts of Enugu State.The former governor dropped the hint when members of Nkanu East Leaders Consultative Forum, NELCF, paid…
The President assented to the bill at about midday on Friday at a brief ceremony held at the Council Chamber of the Aso Villa in Abuja.The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, witnessed the signing of the bill.
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, said on Wednesday there would be no going back in the push for the Southern part of Nigeria to produce the country’s president in 2023. Akeredolu, who spoke at the one-year remembrance a professor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Ibadan, Bankole Oke, said power rotation had been…
Why is the ovation so loud wherever he appears? Church, weddings, airports, Bar Association and even market places ? It is not because he is Obi, it is because for the first time Nigerians have seen a pathway to escape from the prison of our taskmasters. All tags on Obi could not hold. They tagged…
Former American tennis player Serena Williams asserts that she does not celebrate her birthday because she belongs to the Jehovah’s Witnesses sect. Although she turned 42 on Tuesday, September 26, Williams will not be celebrating her birthday as her family does not believe in that tradition. TennisUpToDate reports that the 23-time Grand Slam champion and…
