Day of Tribute as Anambra State 7th House of Assembly Holds its Final Session

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,...

Governor Mbah, Stakeholders To Deliberate On Sit-At-Home Order In Enugu

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...

Enugu Gov. meets Tinubu, seeks Nnamdi Kanu’s release 

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...

NASS Leadership Election: Opposition parties will deploy their strength maximally – PDP vows

…Demands transfer of Ogun, Nasarawa election tribunals to Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has vowed that the opposition parties will set the pace during the election of the leadership of the parliament on the 13th of June, and would deploy their strength maximally. While addressing journalists at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, the spokesman of the party, Hon. Debo Ologunagba said that the opposition will deploy its strength maximally during the inauguration...

APC expels its chieftain,  Cairo Ojougbo

…Insists decision is irreversible The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed its door against Dr Cairo Ojougbo, a chieftain of the party over alleged violation of provisions of the party’s constitution. Recall Ojougbo, through his counsel, FS Jimba had appealed his expulsion by the chairman of Ika South  Local Government Area of Delta State, and demanded a retraction of the decision. However, Ahmad Usman El-Marzuq, the APC National Legal Adviser who had initially sided the...

President Tinubu Raises Retirement Age Of Judicial Officers

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday at the State House, Abuja, performed his maiden act of assenting a bill to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth Alteration) (No.37), 2023 presented by the outgoing 9th National Assembly. With the signing of the Constitutional Amendment Bill, all judicial officers of superior courts of record will now retire from service at 70 instead of 65 and pension rights of judicial officers have been effectively...

Katsina State Government Spends Over N97 Million Monthly On Water 

In order to sustain water supply across Katsina State government, the state government says it spends over N97 million monthly for the procurement of 127 thousand liters of diesel. Alhaji Rabo Danmusa, Acting Permanent Secretary, State Ministry of Water Resources, disclosed this to newsmen in his office in Katsina, stated that the diesel is being supplied to the ten Water Works across the state. He listed the Water Works to include Malumfashi, Funtua, Dutsinma, Zobe...

Federal Government Declares June 12 As Public Holiday

In commemoration of 2023 Democracy Day celebration, the Federal Government has declared Monday, June 12 as public holiday. Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior in a statement made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government.Akinlade, while congratulating Nigerians on the occasion, urged them to appreciate the milestones the country has made and look forward to a better future for her democracy. The statement reads in part: “On this memorable occasion...

Soludo, Deputy Missing As Tinubu Meets Governors

Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo was conspicuously missing on Wednesday, when President Bola Tinubu met with Nigerian governors. Not even his deputy, Dr Onyeka Ibezim was at the meeting to represent his principal, fuelling argument that Soludo’s claims of wanting to connect Anambra to the centre, may be lacking action. President Tinubu in his first meeting with Governors of the 36 States of the Federation known as the Nigeria Governors’Forum (NGF) at the Presidential...

Our Pursuit of Biafra Non-Negotiable —Kanu Speaks from DSS Custody

The detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has stated that his pursuit of self-determination is not negotiable. Kanu who spoke from the DSS detention facility in Abuja, announced this on Tuesday in a tweet posted by his legal counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, in which he also greeted Biafran supporters for their solidarity. Tagged ‘Personal Message from Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’, the tweet reads “I deeply appreciate the abiding solidarity of the people...

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