Nnamdi Kanu orders end to sit-at-home from detention

…Charges Simon Ekpa to stop acting on his behalf Following an order by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), stopping all pending or future sit -at- home in the five eastern states of Abia, Imo, Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu, reprieve may have at last come to the beleaguered Southeast region of Nigeria Kanu, in a hand written letter directed to Simon Ekpa, his Finland – based former sidekick, the...

Gov. Sanwo-Olu releases list of commissioner- nominees

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Friday sent a list of its commissioner-nominees to the Lagos State House of Assembly for ratification. Among the 39-member list are, Afolabi Ayantayo, Jamiu Alli-Balogun, Rotimi Ogunwuyi, Gbenga Oyeriinde, Lawal Pedo (SAN), Mobolaji Ogunlende, Ibrahim Layode, Dr. Dolapo Fasawe, Toke Benson-Awoyinka, Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu, Abdulkabir Ogungbo,  Abiola Olowu, Dr. Adekunle Olayinka, Bolaji Cecilia Dada,Aramide Adeyoye. Others are Idris Aregbe, Yakubu Adebayo Alebiosu, Tokunbo Wahab, Bola Olumegbon, Dr. Oreoluwa Finnih-Awokoya,...

Guess What? Here’s a Breakdown of Tinubu’s 28 Minister-Nominees

After a long wait by Nigerians, President Bola Tinubu’s nominees for various ministerial positions were announced on Thursday, a day before the expiration of his 60-day constitutional deadline. The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, presented the ministerial list to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio who the names on the floor of the Senate during plenary on Thursday. The list, with 28 nominees, comprised of ex-governors, serving and former members of...

People express emotions as Gov. Soludo shuts down Anambra Newspapers

….To use premises for amusement  park Governor Chukwuma Soludo has shut down the Anambra Printing and Publishing Corporation (ANPC),  publishers of National Light Newspaper, Ka o di Taa (Igbo newspaper) Sportslight Extra (Sport newspaper). National Light was the corporation’s flagship. In a memo dated 21, July 2023 from the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), addressed to the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, ANPC, Sir Chuka Nnabuife asked him to start the...

The Nigerian Senate has condemned in totality the observance of sit-at-home orders in the South East and the nefarious activities of Finland-based sectional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Simon Ekpa. It also urged the Chief Executive, President Bola Tinubu to collaborate with the Finnish government to extradite Simon Ekpa for prosecution. The resolutions are sequel to a motion sponsored by Osita Izunaso, the senator representing Imo West (Orlu), and co-sponsored by the...

“No apology is required”, Wole Soyinka drums support for Davido amid pressure from Muslims

Amid the raging calls from the Muslim community for Nigerian singer Davido to apologise over an alleged offensive video clip he shared on his social media pages last Friday, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says that “no apology is required, none should be offered.” Soyinka drummed support for Davido in a letter titled “The Davido Video” released on Tuesday. Although he admitted that he is yet to watch the video, Soyinka dismissed the notion that dancing...

Bayelsa Ministerial Nomination: Jonathan describes his alleged involvement as malicious

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described as malicious his alleged involvement in Bayelsa ministerial nomination. Ikechukwu Eze, Jonathan’s media aide in a press statement on Wednesday noted that their attention has been drawn to a strange allegation in the media claiming that former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is seeking to nominate a minister from Bayelsa State for the government of President Bola Tinubu. The statement read, “We would have ordinarily ignored the falsehood, given that neither the authors...

Senate To Receive President Tinubu’s Ministerial Nominees

The Senate Majority Leader, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele has announced that the Ministerial List of President Bola Tinubu will be received by the Senate in the next 48 hours. Senator Bamidele, who stated this at a Lecture to mark his Diamond Jubilee Birthday and Book Presentation in Abuja on Tuesday, said that President Tinubu personally told him on the phone wishing him on his 60th birthday anniversary. “The President called me on the phone around...

Nigerian Navy to partner Anambra govt. on security

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has disclosed the readiness of the Nigerian Navy to partner with the state government to sustain his administration’s efforts to provide security in the state. Soludo gave the assurance when he received a delegation of the Nigerian Navy led by Rear Admiral Umar S.A. Chugali, Flag Officer Commanding, Central Naval Command. The delegation paid a familiarisation visit to the Governor at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia. Receiving the team,...

Massacre Of Endsars Victims: CSOs demand independent probe

A coalition of Civil Society Orgaisations (CSOs), the United Action Front of Civil Society Organisations considers the leak of the mass burial of 103 #EndSARS victims by the Lagos State Government as a confirmation of the reckless killings of unarmed civilian protesters and citizens at the Lekki Tollgate and various locations in Nigeria in October 2020. The group in a press statement on Tuesday signed by Olawale Okunniyi, noted that the latest revelation, coming almost...

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