•Late Ezeife The United Igbo Elders Forum Worldwide, Anambra Chapter, has described the first civilian governor of new Anambra State, the late Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, also known as Okwadike Igboukwu, as a courageous and vigorous leader.with unwavering commitment to the Igbo cause. The forum in statement issued yesterday by its Director of Co...
•Aiyedatiwa There is tension among the newly appointed caretaker chairmen in the 18 local government areas and 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) that they might be sacked by the acting governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The fear aroused following the freezing of the accounts of the local councils by Aiyedatiwa, reports The Nation. The acting...
•Moses Siasia and David Osadolor Outgoing President of the Nigerian Young Professionals Forum (NYPF) Mr Moses Siasia, has expressed worry that Nigeria’s political class will in no distant time, face the consequences of the high rate of young people migrating out of the country in search greener pastures abroad. Siasia who stated this yesterday...
•Mrs. Gill Lever OBE The United Kingdom has appointed Mrs. Gill Lever OBE as the British Deputy High Commissioner (DHC) in Abuja, Nigeria. According to a statement from the British High Commissioner, Giil takes over from Ms. Gill Atkinson, who recently concluded four years as Deputy High Commissioner in Abuja. Gill is an experienced career [&h...
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, today urged lawmakers of the state to avoid letting their constituents down. Dr. Obasa gave the advice in Abuja at a three-day budget retreat titled: ‘Sustainability of ongoing reforms in Lagos State: prospects, opportunities and challenges’, organise...
•Nnamdi Kanu and Abaribe A former minority leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, today, Friday December 15, called for calm over the Supreme Court’s verdict against the leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, assuring that Ndigbo would vigorously pursue a political solution that would ultimately set him free. The se...
•Later Ezeife The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Soludo has mourned the demise of former Anambra State Governor, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife. The governor in a condolence message signed by Christian Aburime, Press Secretary to Soludo, reads, “It’s with profound sadness and a deep sense of loss that Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Ch...
•Governor Sanwo-Olu Lagos State Residents Registration Agency (LASRRA) yesterday said it has so far captured the data of over six million residents of the state. Its General Manager, Mrs. Bilikis Adebiyi-Abiola, who spoke with reporters in her office yesterday, advised those who have registered to get the updated version of the card, and urged...
•Scene of the incident in Akure Residents of Aiyedun quarters, in Akure South Local Council of Ondo State, were thrown into mourning, yesterday, following the death of a nine-day-old baby and her 30-year-old mother. The tragedy occurred when an overhead water tank crashed onto a one-bedroom detached bungalow housing the baby and its mother, re...
The anticipated Supreme Court judgment today on the trial of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu has sparked fears of violence in the Southeast should it not go in his favour. A verdict is expected on the appeal and cross-appeal filed by the federal government and Kanu, reports The Nation. A five-member panel, […]

