Lagos: Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze condemns attack on ndigbo

Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has condemned the attack on South-East people in Akere Spare Parts market in Lagos State. The National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia in a press statement on Thursday noted that Ohanaeze Worldwide has received reports from its Lagos State chapter that Akere spare parts market was set on fire with goods worth billions of Naira  destroyed. Ogbonna said, “The report also revealed that a 65 year old...

Cash swap policy: Buhari, CBN remain silent after Supreme Court’s order

On Friday, March 3, 2023, the Supreme Court annulled the naira redesign policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) late last year with the backing of the federal government. The court ruled that the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes will remain legal tender until December 31 and compelled the CBN to issue the old notes to Nigerians. The Supreme Court’s judgment came three weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari, in a national broadcast,...

Banky W reacts to defeat at Feb. 25 polls

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Eti-Osa federal constituency seat in the House of Representatives, Olubankole Wellington, has broken his silence since losing the election. Banky W, as he is popularly known, lost the seat, contested on February 25, to Thaddeus Attah of the Labour Party (LP). Attah polled 24,075 votes to beat Banky W who had 18,666 votes. In a video that he shared of himself speaking during a church service on...

Don’t turn court to protest ground, Obi charges supporters

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has urged his supporters against protesting on court premises when the presidential election tribunal commences. The Appeal Court will today hear the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) application seeking to set aside earlier order granted to both Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to inspect the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machines. Obi and Atiku had obtained the order of the...

Soludo to OBIdients: I Created Safe Environment for Obi’s Bulk Votes in Anambra

Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has said that the secure environment created by his government was what enabled the huge turnout of voters in the presidential election in the state, which led to the bulk votes received by Mr Peter Obi. The governor who spoke through his Press secretary, Mr Christian Aburime, during an interactive session with journalists said about eight local government areas in the state which had previously been annexed by criminal...

Presidential Election Result: Atiku inaugurates legal team  

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated his legal team to challenge the controversial presidential election of February 25, 2023. While inaugurating the legal team at his headquarters in Abuja, the former Vice President, charged the team to establish the claim of illegality in the February 25 presidential election and reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian people. He also told the team that apart from reclaiming the mandate from...

Gubernatorial/HoA Polls: protect electorate, INEC officials, sensitive materials, IGP charges CPs, others

Ahead of the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections, the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has charged all the Commissioners of Police (CPs) and Strategic Commanders posted for election duties to mobilise all resources at their disposal to defend the electorate, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials,  sensitive materials and the electoral process during the conduct of elections. Alkali Baba has also ordered strategic deployments in accordance with the developed standard operating...

NLC Adamawa State Chapter Gets New Leadership

Following the expiration of the tenure of Executive members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC Adamawa State Chapter, new leaders have emerged to pilot the affairs of the union for the next four years. The new officials were elected during the 13th Quadrennial state delegates’ conference held at Nyako conference centre state Secretariat Yola, the Adamawa State capital. In his acceptance speech, State NLC Chairman who was returned, Comrade Emmanuel Fashe, while appreciating the delegates...

Italian police nab most wanted Nigerian prostitution ringleader after 13 years

A most-wanted Nigerian human trafficker in Italy has been extradited from Abuja to Rome to serve 13 years imprisonment. According to reports, the 48-year-old woman, identified as Joy Jeff, has been wanted in Italy since 2010 for crimes including human trafficking and running a prostitution ring. She had been sentenced to 13 years in prison in absentia by the Italian authorities. Jeff played a leading role in trafficking women to Italy, Spain and the Netherlands,...

IWD23 REPORT: Women still largely under-represented in Nigerian politics

As the world celebrates the 2023 International Women’s Day (IWD), it is important to take a look at women’s participation in politics in Nigeria. First observed in 1911, the IWD is marked yearly on March 8 to draw attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights and violence, and abuse against women. Since 1999, when Nigeria returned to democratic governance following years of military rule, no woman has been elected as president, vice president...

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