Kogi Election Tribunal Judgment: APC Congratulates Ododo Over Victory

…Charges Opposition To Accept Verdict The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the judgment of the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal affirming the November 11, 2023 election victory of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo. The congratulatory message signed by Felix Morka, Esq., National Publicity Secretary of the party read, “We congratulate Governor Ododo on his victory at the election petition tribunal. And we thank our teeming members, supporters and the good people of Kogi State...

Aviation Minister Says Nigeria Air Project Remains Suspended 

The Nigerian government has announced the indefinite suspension of the much-anticipated Nigeria Air project. The news was delivered by Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, at a ministerial press briefing marking President Bola Tinubu’s first year in office on Monday. Nigeria Air, unveiled in May 2023 by the immediate past aviation minister, Hadi Sirika, was envisioned as Nigeria’s national airline. It was scheduled to launch operations in December 2023, aiming to revitalise Nigeria’s...

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Felicitates Edwin Clark @97

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has felicitated with the National Leader of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark as he clocks 97 on Saturday, May 25. A press statement on Friday signed by Chief Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, read, “I join numerous admirers both at home and in the diaspora to felicitate a life time achiever, a dogged and fearless patriot, pathfinder and one...

Senegalese President, Oti, Momodu, Chukwuma, others, for Africa Illustrious Award

The President of Senegal, Bassirou Doamaye Faye, will be honoured as a distinguished African political leader. President Faye who was elected on the back of popular demand for social change in Senegal, has now become a symbol of social change across Africa, especially among African youths. The Africa Illustrious Award is a biannual event that happens in June and December, where African impactful leaders in various works of life are honoured, as part of the...

Nigerian Man is First Black Chairman of Oxfordshire Cherwell District Council, UK

History has been made once again by a Nigerian who hails from Anambra, Dr. Chukwudi Okeke for becoming the first ever Black Ethnic Minority Councilor to be elected as Chairman of Oxfordshire Cherwell District Council. Dr. Okeke was elected the Chairman of Oxfordshire Cherwell District Council during the Annual Full Council meeting on 22nd of May 2024. Cherwell District Council is a local government district in Oxfordshire, England, where the Chairman of the Council is...

PANDEF Celebrates Chief Clark At 97

The National Chairman of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien, on behalf of the Board of Trustees (BoT), the National and State Executive Committees, the entire membership of the Forum, and the people of the Niger Delta, heartily celebrates the esteemed elder statesman, nationalist, and legendary nonagenarian, Chief Sen. Dr. Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, who clocks 97 on Saturday, 25th May 2024. A press statement on Friday, signed by Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien, stated...

IPOB: AGF, Fagbemi Gives Reason FG Can’t Free Nnamdi Kanu 

Prince Lateef Fagbemi, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice on Friday, gave reason that the Federal Government cannot release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Prince Fagbemi without mincing words said Nnamdi Kanu’s case is a very complex and difficult one, which should be allowed for the court to decide. Fagbemi stated this why fielding questions at the sectoral ministerial briefing to mark the one year...

National Assembly Considers Returning to First National Anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee”

The Nigerian National Assembly is taking steps to potentially change a national symbol. On Thursday, 23rd May 2024, the House of Representatives passed a bill proposing a return to the country’s original national anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.” This anthem was replaced in 1978 with the current one, “Arise, O Compatriots.” The bill, titled “Bill For An Act to Provide for the National Anthem of Nigeria, and for Matters Related Thereto,” was passed swiftly through...

First Female ECOWAS, Parliament Speaker Sworn-in

Mrs Maimunatu Ibrahima, parliament member from Togo has been sworn in as the first female speaker of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Parliament. The speaker was sworn in at the second extraordinary session of the parliament on Thursday in Kano. Under the parliament’s rotational system for the speakership, the position falls to Togo during this legislative session. Ibrahima, who previously served as the third Deputy Speaker in the Fifth Legislature of the...

Governor Yusuf Sacks Emir Of Kano, Reappoints Sanusi II

Following repealing the 2019 Emirate Councils Law that altered the state’s over 1000-year history and signing the Kano Emirates Bill 2024 into law,Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has approved the reappointment of Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II as Emir of Kano under the new laws. The Governor while signing the law that was attended by the Speaker of the State Assembly, Ismaila Falgore, Deputy Governor Aminu Abdussalam, Secretary to the State Government Abdullahi Baffa Bichi among others...

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