The Independence National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Thursday issued a Certificate of Return to the Enugu State Governor-elect, Mr. Peter Mba, the Deputy Governor-elect, Mr. Ifeanyi Ossai, and State House of Assembly Members-elect at the Bon Platinum Hotel, Enugu. Speaking at the event, the Governor-elect called on other gubernatorial candidates in the 2023 elections to join hands with his administration for the overall interest of the state. “Today’s handing over of certificate of return to...

As Nigeria’s President-Elect Bola Tinubu marks his 71st birthday today; Uzuegbuna Okagbue has sent his congratulations to the President-Elect in a statement released on Wednesday morning. According to Okagbue a major Tinubu supporter during the electioneering campaigns, this birthday is significant because, it “marks Nigerians’ overwhelming support for the President-Elect Bola Tinubu. So, this 71st birthday is in fact enrobed by the support of Nigerians who voted for the President-Elect massively. But, by next year...

wing what looks like medicine after death, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed the Deputy National Chairman (North), Ambassador Umar Damagum, as acting national chairman. The NWC of the party, which announced the appointment after a brief meeting, explained that the action was in line with the ruling of the court, even as Iyorchia Ayu stepped aside. Recall that a Makurdi High Court presided over by Justice Wilfred...

Following the push by Salihu Moh Lukman, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly to be zoned to the South-South geopolitical region, citing the overwhelming support for the APC in the just concluded general elections as reason. A proposal has already been made to the APC leadership by Lukman who stated that the South-East geopolitical zone should drop the clamour for the National...

The Director General (DG) of Voice Of Nigeria (VON) and founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osita Okechukwu, has said that Femi Fani-kayode, the former Aviation Minister and member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, joined the ruling party from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some of his comments especially on hate speech and ethnic profiling are not the views of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, or the party. The DG who...

Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed spokesperson of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, says plans are underway to activate sit-at-home in Lagos state. Disclosing this in a tweet on Tuesday, the controversial IPOB activist said the sit-at-home was in reaction to the recent attacks on Igbos of the South East region in Lagos. His tweet reads, “I have just watched another Igbo Biafran market in Lagos being burnt down in Balogun, Lagos today, and I am...