CALABAR — A total of 122 people are seeking Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) tickets to contest for the 25 seats in Cross River House of Assembly. The Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Mr. Mike Ojisi, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, on Tuesday in Calabar. Ojisi added that 36 PDP aspirants were jostling for the state’s 11 seats in the National Assembly – Senate and House...
JOS — The State Coordinator, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) Plateau Office, Mr. Gambo Dimka, says the organisation has seized expired and substandard products worth N 2 million in Plateau. Dimka said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Jos. The state coordinator revealed that the items seized were mainly food items and fairly used tyres which were either expired or substandard and not safe for human consumption...
By Emmanuel Chigbata ( Staff Reporter) Suspected arsonists have burnt down Idemili North Local Government secretariat in Ogidi and a Magistrate Court in the area too. Sources said the arsonists entered the premises on Sunday night to perpetrate the act, burning down all files, and properties in the secretariat, including the secretariat building. Videos and pictures circulating online also showed that the entire buildings were reduced to rubbles, while vehicles parked inside the local government...
By Emmanuel Chigbata (Staff Reporter) According to Anambra Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu has described killings of innocent people, destruction, and unlawful restrictions of movement in the Southeast as senseless, insisting that such heinous acts are perpetrated by groups masquerading as Indigenous People of Biafra to give its struggle a bad identity. Mazi Kanu stated this when the Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo...
What in the world is God waiting for? Why is He not Pissed-off as I am? ―Don Okolo Lay Deborah Yakubu among the lilies. Bury her with a ton of roses. Let the barren State of Sokoto, her sullied, morally bankrupt denizens, her faithlessness in that certain faith dry out into the sands that work her hills. Let her valleys, and the bedrocks roiling and steaming with the hellish brand of fire remain unquenchable. Let...
By Emmanuel Chigbata, Staff Reporter Friday, 6th of May 2022 was a historic day for Oxfordshire Cherwell District Council as Dr. Chukwudi Okeke became the first-ever black ethnic minority Councillor to be elected to the Council. Dr. Okeke, during his acceptance speech, thanked members of the Labour Party in Banbury, especially the leader of the opposition, and others helping to achieve the dream. Dr. Chukwudi Okeke, who was twice elected as the Vice-Chair of Oxford...
By Anastasia Mbabie and Emmanuel Chigbata (Staff Reporters) It appears an age-long political feud between former Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi and former Anambra Central Senator, Chief Victor Umeh has now come to an end, with a recent call by the latter, for Igbos and indeed Nigerians, to support Mr. Obi as Nigeria’s next president. The feud between the duo had started during the second term of the former governor and escalated during the...
By Emmanuel Chigbata (Staff Reporter) The Archbishop, Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger and Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Reverend Alexander Ibezim has pleaded with the federal government to grant freedom to the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Archbishop Ibezim, made the plea during his charge at the Third Session of the Twelfth Synod of Awka Diocese, held at Saint Peter’s Anglican Church, Abagana. According to the Archbishop, “it is my...
By Emmanuel Chigbata (Staff Reporter) Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has commended the techniques deployed by his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari, in tackling insecurity in the country, saying that he has done well. VP Osinbajo said that his boss had held more security council meetings than his predecessors and that the President had procured security gadgets for the armed forces to enable them to fight terrorism and other violent crimes to a standstill....
President Hassan’s emphasis on economic growth and political liberalization in Tanzania are especially compelling to the United States in the context of a generally troubled East Africa. Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan made the most of her recent trip to the United States, signaling a desire for an improved relationship and deeper bilateral economic ties. Given U.S. interests in a peaceful, prosperous, and democratic East Africa, and the worrying trends in the region, her charm offensive should...
