Michael McFall, a former US ambassador to Russia, said Putin has “failed” in his Ukraine objectives. Six months into the war, Putin has faced too many failures to come back from them, he said. McFaul also referenced how Putin now lacks the troops required to achieve any substantial goals. Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador…
August 28, 2022. Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Alliance leaders led by Raila Odinga (centre) file a petition challenging presidential results at the Milimani Courts in Nairobi. What you need to know:In the petition filed by Mr Odinga and his running-mate Martha Karua, a former Cabinet Minister for Justice and a long-standing member of parliament,…
The All Progressives Congress APC Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his loyalty and commitment to the party and her victory in the February 25, 2023 elections. Asíwájú Tinubu spoke at the weekend when he received the party’s National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and the APC National Working Committee…
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…
