Sunday, 12 January, 2025

Month: September 2021


To understand Andy Uba is to know a hard working man who exemplifies humility, who never blows his trumpet. Who could have imagined that as a senator that Dr Uba fought relentlessly for Anambra state to join the league of Read more…


By Ifeoma Ejiofor The president of Imo General Assembly (IGA) in Nnewi and environs, Chief Chinedu Igwe on Thursday criticized Sen Hope Uzodinma for opting out of the anti-open grazing stance agreed upon by the Southern governors. Chief Igwe who Read more…


Mustapha made the disclosure during the meeting of the Health Commissioners Forum with Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and health partners, in Abuja. He said the federal government will institute mandatory vaccination once it ensures that vaccines are available Read more…


The South-East All Progressives Congress (APC) has publicly denied that any protest took place on Thursday at the venue of its South-East stakeholders and town hall meeting in Enugu. There were reports of protests at the South-East APC zonal secretariat, Read more…


By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian at Koç University in Istanbul working on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory. He tweets under @tarikcyrilamar. The Ukrainian President’s trip to Read more…


NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has dissected Apple’s phone-scanning plan, saying it not only blurs the line between what is and isn’t private, but will eventually enable governments to meddle into intimate details of one’s life. Snowden has been among vocal Read more…


Yakubu stated this yesterday when he received a delegation from LEADERSHIP Media Group led by its vice chairman, Chief Mike Okpere, ahead of the LEADERSHIP Annual Conference and Awards ceremony slated for September 9. INEC had emerged the LEADERSHIP Government Read more…


MIXED reactions, yesterday, trailed comments made by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who described himself as the king and head of the Yoruba Nation. While some traditional rulers in the South West supported Alaafin’s position, others said he Read more…


The Imo State Government on Wednesday said it has uncovered lies about the claim of a fuel station, Sunaz oil Limited, allegedly demolished by the administration of former Governor Rochas Okorocha, which resulted in the strike embarked on by the Read more…


The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and its Directorate of State, DOS, said it totally agreed with Amnesty International reports concerning the incessant killing of Biafrans. “As we are talking now, the DSS and other security agencies in Nigeria are Read more…


President Muhammadu Buhari has relieved the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, and his Power counterpart, Engr. Sale Mamman, of their appointments. In a statement to cabinet members during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday, President Read more…


President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett reaffirmed the strategic understandings between the U.S. and Israel regarding Israel’s alleged undeclared military nuclear program during Bennett’s White House visit, a senior Israeli official briefed on the meeting tells me. The Read more…