Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State, the Igbo community in the state has thrown its weight behind Alhaji Usman Ododo, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Igbo Community Association (ICA) in the state made the disclosure during a meeting with Governor Yahaya Bello and Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo on Monday during which it pledged support for the APC candidate. The meeting began with remarks from Hon. Moses Okezie-Okafor, the...

…Says ideals that attracted him in 1998 have receded Senator Chukwuka Utazi has dumped the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The PDP chieftain in Enugu State, and a two terms Senator on the platform of the party resigned his membership of the PDP effective from Monday. In a resignation letter addressed to Chief Rob Ezeagu, the chairman of PDP in his Nkpologu ward, Uzo Uwani Local Government Area (LGA), the senator, who was in...

Says democracy is main victim of S’Court ruling Faults INEC was incompetent in conduct of 2023 poll Peter Obi, candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election has berated the apex court’s judgment as “a total breach of the confidence the Nigerian people have in the judiciary, barely  two weeks after the Supreme Court ended the controversy surrounding the outcome of the February 25, 2023, , While addressing the press in Abuja on Monday,...

The House of Representatives has vowed to recover N100 billion unremitted oil revenues to oil companies owing the federal government. The strong message was sent to the iol companies by the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resource (downstream). Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, the Chairman of the Committee disclosed that the Committee has put modality in place to probe the abuse in the handling of fuel subsidy regime Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the committee,...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has condemned the arrest and  violent attack of the President of  Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr. Joe Ajero, in Owerri. Dr.Tony Ojukwu, the Executive Secretary of the Commission described the attack as a reprehensible act, a flagrant violation of human rights and an affront to the principles of democracy and rule of law. He stated this in a statement issued by the Director Corporate Affairs and External Linkages Department....