Peter Obi Replies El-Rufai, Says I’m Too Cultured to Disobey the Law

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter)   The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has berated the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai over what he described as a failed attempt to incite the people of Arewa Confab against him. Reports had it earlier that Governor El-Rufai while speaking at the event organized by the Arewa Joint Committee for presidential candidates on Monday alleged that he was...

S’East Monarchs, Bishops Call for Kanu’s Release

By Anastasia Mbaebie (Staff Reporter)   Traditional rulers and leaders of religious organizations in the South East zone have made a strong call for the release of separatist leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Prominent personalities in the zone under the aegis of The South East Council of Traditional Rulers and Representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops On Peace and Conflict Resolution made the call in a press release on Tuesday. The press release which was jointly...

OPINION: A Tertiary Debacle

Nigerian universities urgently need a reboot; whether ASUU should be part of that process is an open question. When the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) suspended its industrial action last week, it found itself precisely where it was back in February when the National Executive Council (NEC) announced “a comprehensive and total strike”—exasperated, forlorn, and no closer to an agreement with the Federal Government. February’s strike was the union’s first since 2020 when a nine-month industrial action...

Anglican Prelate Cautions FG Against Interference on Court Judgement on IPOB Leader, Kanu

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) The Bishop, Anglican Diocese of Ihiala, Right Reverend Israel Okoye has appealed to the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami to use his office in the interest of Nigeria and Nigerians, irrespective of ethnicity. He made the appeal at the third session of the fourth synod of the diocese held at St  Thomas’ Anglican Church, Uli, Anambra State. Bishop Okoye, a professor of political science, said the recent...

Consolidating the South-East—Atiku’s ‘Dan Ulasi’ Move is a Smart Choice

“Dan Ulasi understands Nigeria’s electoral maps and could read them with his eyes closed” ―Anthony Obi Ogbo ________________________ Campaigns for the 2023 general election officially commenced on September 28, in line with the timetable and schedule of activities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This date signaled the beginning of a process of shaping the electioneering landscape ahead of the general election. In the succeeding weeks, all the major political parties unleashed their supporters...

Knocks for Soludo Over Demolition of ‘Illegal Structures’ at Abakiliki Street

By Anastasia Mbaebie (Staff Reporter) AWKA — Many residents of Awka have come hard on the governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, over the demolition of some structures at Abakiliki Street. The structures which were termed illegal were today (Friday) destroyed by the Anambra State government. Most of the structures demolished included shanties used as shops, make-shift chalets for fun-seeking young men who take girls in for sex, car wash stands, and beer parlours....

77 Sokoto Indigenes Under Govt. Scholarship Graduate with First Class in India, Sudan, Others

...Tambuwal offers immediate employment to graduates of medicine    About 77 Sokoto State indigenes under the state government’s scholarship have graduated with first-class degrees from tertiary institutions in India, Sudan, Ukraine, and Ghana. Muhammad Bello, the special adviser on media and publicity to the state governor, Aminu Tambuwal, said the graduates were presented to Tambuwal on Friday in Sokoto by the permanent secretary of the state scholarship board, Alhaji Bello Isah. He said the students...

BREAKING NEWS: Sit-At-Home Over as IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu Acquitted

By Emmanuel Chisom Chigbata (Staff Rporter) The Leader of the Indigenous Peoples Of Biafra, IPOB, Maazi Nnamdi Kanu has been discharged and acquitted by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. The Court ruled among other things that Nigeria is in breach of extradition treaty and laws and have breached Kanu’s fundamental human right, that the proceeding against him in the Federal High Court is tainted with illegality and that the Federal High Court breached...

OPINION: Peace Talks for Tigray Delayed

An absence of political will may prove a far harder problem than complicated logistics Nearly two years after war broke out in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the fighting is intensifying, and the interstate dimension to the conflict is as undeniable as ever. Reports indicate that some one hundred thousand Eritrean troops are assaulting Tigray, apparently in coordination with the Ethiopian military. The region has been under siege since June of 2021, with only piecemeal exceptions during the lull...

You Must Pay 100,000 To Paste Burial Posters Soludo Tells Bereaved Families

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter)   AWKA — Anambra State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has announced payments by families burying their loved ones before they can paste posters of the deceased. A letter by the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency, Mr. Tony Odili Ujubuon͂u, communicating this to community leaders. The letter stated a tax of N100,000 for the display of burial banners across the state, and varying amounts...

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