Nne Okwukwe (The mother of faith), the patroness of Saint Jude religious society, etc., celebrated her 90th birthday just with the immediate family members and a bevy of priests, who celebrated a holy mass to mark the occasion in her Read more…
Month: April 2021
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has described the attack by the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) on the hijab crisis and appointment of Appeal Court Justices as evasive. NSCIA, a few weeks ago, attacked CAN for opposing Read more…
The Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes has tasked well- to-do Nigerians to emulate former Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha, who has been assisting the government to reduce the number of out- of- school children through his free education programme. The Council Read more…
• Stakeholders, prominent Nigerians give early warning The issue of national security would ever remain a talking point until the people’s aspiration for a peaceful and stable polity is achieved without fear or anxiety. For obvious reasons, the pervasive atmosphere of Read more…
• Suggests urgent restructuring of country Nonagenarian elder statesman, Elder Umah Eleazu, has warned that there may be no Nigeria to govern in 2023 going by the festering insecurity in the country. Eleazu, an economist and political strategist who once ran for the Read more…
The United Nation’s Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, on Sunday condemned the attack carried out on aid facilities in Damasak, Borno State. He said humanitarian operations in town would be reduced due to the violent attack, and Read more…
South-East governors and heads of security agencies in the region have issued a communique after the first South-East security summit held in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Sunday, April 11, 2021. The meeting was attended by the five governors, Read more…
Jordan’s King Abdullah and former crown prince and half-brother Prince Hamza made their first joint appearance since a rift shook the country, attending a ceremony on Sunday marking 100 years of independence. State media showed the monarch and other members Read more…
Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility was hit by a “terrorist” attack on Sunday, the country’s nuclear chief said, hours after reports of an electrical “accident” – and a day after new uranium enrichment centrifuges were started up. Iran reserves the right Read more…
It was a full day’s affair as the family of Chief Gabriel Chukwuma (Nnanyelugo), widely known as Gabros consolidated his daughter’s wedding to Chidi Nwanya earlier in the day at St Cletus Catholic Church with the traditional marriage (Igba nkwu) Read more…
■ ‘APC pushing Nigeria to the precipice’ The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, yesterday, said an urgent devolution of power and restructuring of the polity has become imperative, if the country does not want another civil war. The forum raised Read more…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP has approved the nomination of former Kogi State governor, Idris Wada, as the chairman of the committee to screen all aspirants for the upcoming Anambra State Governorship Election. To serve with him Read more…