How 9th Senate Will Achieve Restructuring — Sen. Folarin

IBADAN — Sen. Teslim Folarin (APC-Oyo Central) has said that the 9th Senate would achieve restructuring by expunging `Exclusive List’ from the Constitution to allow devolution of powers. Addressing newsmen on Sunday during a Ramadan Lecture/Iftar in Ibadan, Folarin said that devolution of powers would allow states to develop at their own pace. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Folarin, a former Senate Leader, is a member of the Constitution Amendment Committee at the...

Channel Your Energy To Peace Initiatives-Rev Pam

The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Rev. Yakubu Pam, has admonished youths in Nigeria to channel their energy to peace initiatives and shun violent tendencies that will divide the country. Rev. Pam stated this during a two-day leadership and peace summit organized by the Christian Association of Nigeria, Plateau State Youth Wing, noted that youths are true agents of peaceful coexistence and encouraged them to work in that direction for the liberation of Nigeria....

Father Mbaka Asks For Contract as Compensation for Supporting Buhari – Presidency

The Presidency has alleged that the popular Catholic Priest, Father Mbaka, who supported President Muhammadu Buhari but has turned against the President because his request for contracts was ignored. Father Mbaka supported Buhari in his first and second term elections. He recently called on the National Assembly to impeach the President if he failed to resign over the rising spate of insecurity in the country. In his reaction on Friday, the Presidency said the cleric...

Imo-West Senator – Elect Takes Oath of Allegiance

ABUJA — The Senate has administered oath of allegiance on Mr. Frank Ibezim (APC – Imo ) as a member of the 9th Senate. This follows the Supreme Court decision affirming him as APC authentic candidate for Imo -West by-election. The oath was administered by Clerk of the Senate, Mr Dauda El- Ladan, shortly after the commencement of Tuesday’s plenary. The by-election for the Imo -North Senatorial District followed the death of Sen. Ben Uwajumogu...

Pantami Not a Terrorist Sympathiser, Gumi Tells Nigerians

Ahmad Gumi, a prominent Islamic cleric has kicked against the dismissal of Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy over his pro-terrorist comments. A video of Pantami’s Islamic teachings from the 2000s where he sympathizes with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban resurfaced last week. The recording captured the minister admitting that he considered al-Qaeda founder, Osama Bin Laden, a better Muslim than himself, and in another, he said he was happy when infidels were massacred....

Pastor Kumuyi Warns Against Unguarded Utterances

ABUJA — The founder of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi has warned against the call for secession in Nigeria. Kumuyi spoke while addressing journalists after his crusade in Abuja on Sunday warned that secession has a way of hampering God from solving Nigeria’s challenges. “The point is these people that received this divine touch they did not give up, did not think is all over, they knew that God can still do something,...

Oji-River People Pass Vote-of-Confidence on Gov. Ugwuanyi

ENUGU — The people of Oji-River in Enugu State have passed a vote-of-confidence on Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s leadership resourcefulness in the entire Enugu State. This was contained in a communiqué made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Saturday at the end of an extraordinary stakeholders’ meeting held on April 23 in the council area. It noted that the people, especially the political and community leaders of Oji-River Local Government Area (LGA),...

OPINION: The Unfolding Consequences of Idriss Déby’s Death

By Michelle Gavin The ripple effects emanating from the death of Chadian President Idriss Déby on April 20 are only beginning to be apparent. Most immediately, the future of Chad has been thrown into question. Déby reportedly died while on the frontlines fighting rebel forces, just days after cementing his continued grip on power through a staged election devoid of both integrity and suspense. On the one hand, dissolving the parliament and installing a military officer from Déby’s family at...

2023 Election: Enugu East Senatorial District Warns Other Zones To Stay Off Gubernatorial Position

Stakeholders of Enugu East Senatorial District during a meeting at the palace of HRH Igwe Julius Nnaji declared that the Governorship position of all the political parties in Enugu come 2023 be reserved for persons from their zone. The communiqué released after the meeting endorsed by seven prominent political bulwarks from the zone states, “on the premise to attain equity, sense of belongingness and social justice, we reiterate the Enugu East Senatorial zone’s commitment to...

Joshua Chigbogu Ulasi—a Pioneer in the History of Igbo Entrepreneurship

Igbo’s recognizable flair for business and free enterprise did not start overnight. This story of an industrious Igbo son of the Nnewi clan, Joshua Chigbogu Ulasi is a historical validation.  Nnewi is the second-largest commercial and industrial city after Onitsha in Anambra State in southeastern Nigeria. Nicknamed “The City of the Millionaire” the town is also a major trading and manufacturing center in Nigeria, enduring high commercial activities, and attracting millions of people from other...

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