By Steve Oruruo When the erudite Dan O. Chukwu , Ph.D, Professor of History, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka in his lecture at the Government House titled “ ENUGU STATE AT 31: SUSTAINING THE DREAMS OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS” on the 31st anniversary ceremony organized by the Enugu State Development Association (ESDA) in conjunction with the…
The defects of the McPherson Constitution and fall out from the Enahoro 1953 motion for Independence resulted in several developments regarding the Nigerian Constitution. Motion For Nigerian Independence By Chief Anthony Enahoro, 31st March, 1953 – “Mr. President, sir, I rise to move the motion standing in my name, “that this House accepts as a…
Nigerian born Professor of Pure Mathematics, Oghenetega Ighedo, is the first black woman to obtain a PhD in Pure Mathematics from the University of South Africa (UNISA), in its 149-year-long existence. She also holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Pure Mathematics from the University of Ibadan and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Industrial…
A political pressure group in support of the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi and his running mate, Datti AHMED, on Saturday grounded Enugu in a mother of all rally, tagged “Charity Begins at Home.” The rally which was organised by Chief Evarestus Nnaji, aka, Odengene, a potential governorship candidate of…
By Christian Enebe “Abia Ike na – eti” – A great and powerful is beating in Enugu West Senatorial District. Anyone who cares to listen, will definitely hear the thundering sound of the great drum and the rhythmic message it utters with piercing eloquence. The drum resoundingly announces the emergence of the youthful and dynamic…
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…
A former Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has blasted the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over his attitude towards the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Shittu is the Director General of the Asiwaju Tinubu-Shettima Coalition for Good Governance. In an interview with The Punch on Thursday, Shittu said the former minister had…
Some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are pushing for a probe of the party’s finances. It was gathered that some PDP NWC members are angry that the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, has failed to give an account of some funds that accrued to the party. A…
Following the intervention of stakeholders in the industry, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has temporarily suspended its order on the revocation of licenses to some media outfits. This development was made known in a statement on Friday by the Director-General of the NBC, Balarabe Shehu.He said the NBC has taken a decision to temporarily suspend the…
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olabode George, has warned former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, against attacking Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. It was gathered that Lamido has constantly attacked the Rivers State Governor over his rift with former vice president Atiku Abubakar.Speaking on Channels Television on Tuesday, Lamido said:…
