…Says Abia, south-east will give him befitting burial Dr. Alex Otti, Governor of Abia State has described the death of Prof Joe Irukwu, a former President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide and former Managing Director of Nigerian Reinsurance Corporation, who passed on at the age of 89 as a great loss to Abia State, South-East, Nigeria as a whole. In a statement issued in Umuahia by his Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko, the governor said he...

The Senate has announced a plan to screen and confirm, where necessary, the appointments of the new Service Chiefs in 14 days. Opeyemi Bamidele, the Senate Majority leader while chatting with journalists on Tuesday said the Senate is ready for full legislative activities. This is as he admitted that the upper chamber still needs to constitute committees before the end of the month. Speaking on the creation of committees, he noted that within one week...

Pan Yoruba Yoruba Sociocultural group, Afenifere has stated that measures were already set in motion to reconcile two factional leaders of the organisation; Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Pa Reuben Fasoranti. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state, who at the meeting  addressed journalists after the closed door meeting which centered around reconciling the two factional leaders of Afenifere. According to reports, details of the closed door meeting was not disclosed to journalists but it was gathered...