The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has announced that May 30, long marked as Biafra Remembrance Day, will now be known and celebrated as Igbo Heroes Day. This was made known in a statement issued by the group’s Deputy National President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and shared with journalists in Abakaliki on Thursday. According to Isiguzoro, the decision to rename the day is not just symbolic, but strategic. He said it is a way of...

The South East zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has vow to exit party in bloc, if Sunday Ude Okoye doesn’t emerge the National Secretary of the party. This was disclosed by the Zonal Executive Committee (ZEC) on Wednesday during the stakeholders meeting held in Enugu, which attended by Governor Peter Mbah. The zone also alleged marginalisation, stressing that despite its loyalty to the party from inception, the zone has continued to be neglected in...

Nursing mothers in the Niger state’s civil service are to enjoy six months maternity leave to adequately care for themselves as well as their newborns. Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago approved during the State Executive Council meeting at the Council Chamber of Government House, Minna. “The policy was approved as part of efforts aimed at protecting maternal and child health in line with international best practices. “The six months’ maternity leave is aimed at...

The Southeast Development Commission, SEDC, has refuted allegations that it borrowed twenty-five billion Naira from a commercial bank without due process and statutory approvals. The loan, which was reported to have been borrowed in secret, was said to have an outrageous interest rate.  Reacting to this report, SEDC dismissed it as false in entirety. In a statement signed by the Commission’s management, the allegations were dismissed as false and misleading. “This claim is entirely false,...