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...

Bishara, Chibok girl who escaped Boko Haram abduction gets engaged to US lover

Joy Bishara, one of the Chibok schoolgirls who escaped abduction by Boko Haram in 2014, is set to be married to her American lover. Bishara announced her engagement to her lover simply identified as James on her Instagram page on Tuesday. “I said yes to love, laughter, and happily ever after with my best friend,” she captioned the photos she shared. “James exceeds everything I ever prayed for. God’s faithfulness amazes me daily. I am...

Davido loses northern fans as angry youths burn his ad billboard in Maiduguri

For refusing to tender an apology to the Muslim community over the “disrespectful” snippet of a music video he shared on his Twitter page on Friday, a group of irate youths set an advert billboard of Davido on fire in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The video, a snippet of the visuals for “Jaye Lo”, the first single by his newly-signed artist, Logos Olori, shows a group of Muslims observing prayers outsde a building while...

Court approves bail application for Emefiele, fixes trial for Nov. 14

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court has granted a bail of N20 million to Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Emefiele was arraigned in court on Tuesday on a two-count charge bordering on illegal possession of firearms. In the first count, he is accused of possessing a single-barrel shotgun (JOJEFF MAGNUM 8371) without a licence, which is contrary to section 4 of the...

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