Following the release of Dr Stephen Ezeh, an Ihiala-based medical doctor by kidnappers, the Anambra State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has called off the indefinite strike. In a statement signed by Dr. Princeston Okam and Dr Ifeanyi Obiaeli, Chairman and Secretary of the Association said the decision followed Ezeh’s release on Saturday. The NMA while appreciating everyone who contributed towards securing the release of Ezeh, directed its members to resume clinical services...

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance – APGA, Chief Edozie Njoku, has said that Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Ikemba Nnewi, played a major role in the party’s acceptance across the Southeast. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the West African Pilot News, after a visit to Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu Jnr, Chief Njoku said that his visit with the members of his National Working Committee – NWC, to Ojukwu Jnr, signifies respect and recognition...

The Kogi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the violent attacks on supporters of the ruling party and destruction of vehicles belonging to party members at the Supreme Court premises on Friday by members of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Hon. Kingsley Fanwo, Director, Media and Publicity, Kogi APC Campaign Council, in press release noted that the attacks reportedly began when supporters of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) started hurling stones,...

Hon Kingsley Fanwo, the Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications has described the victory of the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Usman Ododo at the Supreme Court as an affirmation of the choice of the people of Kogi State at the November 11, 2023 Governorship Elections. He stated this in Lokoja during a chat with journalists, stressing that the Supreme Court affirming Ododo as the duly elected Governor was in line with the laws...

The Supreme Court has affirmed the victory of Ahmed Usman Ododo and Douye Diri as the duly elected governors of Kogi and Bayelsa States. This was disclosed on Friday at the ongoing final hearing of the governorship election cases by a five-man panel presided over by Justice Garba Lawal. Ododo’s victory was challenged by Social Democratic Party’s (SDP) governorship candidate for Kogi State, Murtala Ajaka at the Tribunal. Though the Tribunal ruled in favour of...

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has charged the Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development for the state, Barrister Chimobi P. Okorie to improve efficiency in property registration and sustainability of the Land-Based Investment Process in the state. Expressing confidence in the Commissioner’s capabilities to judiciously carry out the reform given his background in the ICT sector, Governor Mbah before administering the oath of office on the Commissioner on Friday reiterated that the...