Annual IgboFest in Houston, Texas to hold July 22             

The 20th edition of the IgboFest Houston is set to hold in Houston, Texas in the United States on 22 July 2023. The annual event, which has reigned for over 15 years in the city of Houston, celebrates the rich cultural heritage of the Igbos of the southeastern region of Nigeria. This year’s event will be hosted by the Ndi-Ichie Youth Cultural Foundation and Ndi-Ichie Cultural Association. Organisers say there will be an array of...

Niger: Relatives of 57 abducted victims beg govt. to secure release of  loved ones

….As gun men issue one week deadline to victims’ relatives Abductors of 57 people from Kafin-Koro, Adunu and Kwagana villages in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State have issued one week deadline to families of relatives to pay ransom or have the victims killed. This is coming as family members of the remaining victims are calling on Governor Mohammed Umar Bago, well spirited individuals and corporate organisations to come to their aid and save...

Why Obi slams Tinubu over 124-vehicle Lagos convoy

….Asks Tinubu to prioritise bringing succor to suffering Nigerians Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), has slammed President Bola Tinubu, over a video showing 124 vehicles in his convoy during the President’s recent visit to Lagos State. Obi, while responding to journalists on Thursday, in Awka, Anambra State, stressed that “The present Nigeria requires that all those who serve and lead must do so by example. “Their behaviour and their public conduct must be...

Otti suspends permanent secretaries, head of service

The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has directed the immediate suspension of Onyii Wamah as the State’s Head of Service, HoS. The Governor also relieved all permanent secretaries in the State civil service except John Pedro Iroakazi, the clerk of the House and U. G. Uche Ikonne, the solicitor-general, of their duties. Kazie Uko, the chief press secretary to the Governor, in a press release yesterday, explained that the directive was a result of...

Naira redesign policy was targeted at me, but I was determined to win the election – Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, reflected on the challenges that erupted in the build-up to the 2023 general election, particularly the Godwin Emefiele-led Central Bank of Nigeria’s, CBN, naira redesign and cash swap policy which threatened his political ambition. Speaking in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State at the palace of the paramount ruler of Ijebu Land, Oba Sikiru Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebu Land, President Tinubu said he remained hopeful of achieving victory in the February 25...

Exhibit High Sense Of Maturity, Adamawa Speaker To People Of His Constituents

People of Hong’s local government area of Adamawa state have been reminded of the need to exhibit a high sense of maturity and bury their political differences, work in unison, and support the government for development to thrive, noting that no nation progresses in a chaotic environment. Speaker, Adamawa State House of Assembly Rt. Hon Bathiya Wesley gave this indication Wednesday in Hong during a dinner organized by Magajin Gari Hong Alhaji Ilyasu Buba Fadarake...

Eid-el-Kabir Celebration Will Usher Peace In Nigeria-Fintiri

Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has expressed the hope that the Eid-el-Kabir occasion will usher in peace and development in Nigeria. He spoke to journalists shortly after performing two raka’ats prayers at Yola Eid ground with Waziri Adamawa who is the former president Atiku Abubakar who represented Lamido Adamawa, Dr. Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa. Fintiri explained that the peace of Nigeria is worth bigger than anyone, and therefore called on the people of Adamawa to...

The Perennial Debate over Security Issues in Anambra State

” It is pretentious for anyone to pose as though there has ever been a time in Anambra State when security was never a thing of popular concern.” —Ebuka Onyekwelu At least since this week, the argument on the level of security or lack of it in Anambra State has ignited once again. Every governor of the state since Governor Mbadinuju, have been confronted with this same issue. During Governor Mbadinuju, it was so bad...

HURIWA backs Soludo’s call for Ndigbo to invest in homeland

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has backed Governor Charles Soludo’s on his call to Igbo indigenes across Nigeria and all over the world to invest in the five South-East states to develop the economy of the region. According to the civil rights advocacy group, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, it noted that it is backing the call by Anambra State Governor who recently urged indigenes of the state, who...

Sex Slavery: Couple In Police Net Over Attempt To Bribe Anambra Govt With 2M naira

A woman and her husband have been arrested for attempting to bribe Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, with two million naira to enable the woman continue running facilities where underaged girls are being forced into sex slavery. The suspect, Mrs Ekpereamaka Okonkwor, who hails from Otolo Nnewi, operated as “Madam Padded” while in Nnewi, and later relocated to Oba, where she operated as “Ukwu Venza”. While at Nnewi, the...

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