The National Population Commission (NPC) has said the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census was for the sake of peace and unity and not due to insufficient funds, as widely believed by critics. The Commission explained that contrary to such insinuations, the NPC postponed the census exercise to save Nigeria from a national crisis. The Federal Commissioner in Anambra State, Mr. Chidi Ezeoke, made this disclosure on Friday during a one-day breakfast meeting...
President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, suspended Godwinfrom office as the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, governor with immediate effect. A statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation disclosed that the suspension is “sequel to the ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms in the financial sector of the economy.” Tinubu has been critical of the naira redesign policy and during his inauguration on Monday, May 29, he said...
Nine A-list African artists have bagged nominations for this year’s BET Awards, according to the list of nominees released on Thursday. The artists are Nigeria’s Burna Boy, Asake, Tems, Wizkid and Ayra Starr; Libianca from Cameroon; Camidoh from Ghana; and Ko and Pabi Cooper from South Africa. Burna Boy, Ayra Starr and Ko were nominated for the “Best International Act” category alongside Aya Nakamura (France), Central Cee (UK), Ella Mai (UK), L7nnon (Brazil), Stormzy (UK),...
A 300L student of the Federal University Oye Ekiti, FUOYE, identified as Damilola Adeparusi, has embarked on a cooking marathon hoping to become a Guinness World Record holder. Dammy, as she is popularly called, began the cook-a-thon at exactly 12:01 p.m. on Friday. Dammy’s attempt to make it to the Guinness World Record book is coming on the heels of Hilda Baci’s 100-hour cooking stint. Between 11 and 15 May 2023, Hilda Baci, born Hilda...
Organizers say participants with bright pitches can win as much as $10, 000 Mark Okoye, the Managing Director- MD, of Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency – ANSIPPA, on Friday during a media roundtable at the ANSIPPA office in Awka, announced that Anambra Investment Summit 2023 would hold in three months time, precisely on September 7 and 8, 2023. During the summit he said, participants with bright pitches can win as much as $10,...
It was melodramatic as some men later to be identified as officers of the Department of State Services – DSS, stormed the premises of Anambra State House of Assembly in Awka, around 2pm on Thursday, and attempted to abduct Sir Onyedikachukwu Ike, House of Assembly member-elect, Nnewi North constituency. But luck ran out of the abductors when the House of Assembly security, the clerk, members of the House, media, staffers, and others withn the complex...
It was a day of glowing tribute and eulogies as Anambra State 7th House of Assembly draws its curtains after its final plenary session on Thursday. The session which started at about 11am with a Church service presided over by Rev. Raphael Onyekwelu of Government House Chaplaincy and other priests, was immediately followed by plenary at the legislative chambers. The plenary commencement time was a bit disrupted by attempted abduction of Nnewi North House Member-Elect,...
The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah invites stakeholders to a town-hall meeting to chart the way forward in ending the Monday sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, all over the 5 states of the South East geographical region of the Nigeria which includes Enugu state. In a public service announcement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, the meeting scheduled to hold by 10:30am on Saturday...
To implement the recommendations of the 2023 State of the World Population Report in the country, the Federal Government has promised to work with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), National Population Commission (NPC) and other critical stakeholders The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Engr. Adebiyi Olufunso stated this on Thursday in Abuja on the occasion of the launch of the State of the World Report [SWOP], 2023 edition. Olufunso said the launch of...
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State on Thursday, met with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, and sought the release of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Mbah, while addressing journalists after the meeting noted that his discussion with the President was in agreement with the demand by the South-East, which according to him is in tandem with Tinubu’s promise in his inaugural address to engender national healing...
