Presidential elections in any nook and cranny of the world always generate special interests because of the need to know the likely attitudinal disposition of a potential or a would-be new president. Put differently, will the new president be policy Read more…
Month: January 2023
Nigerian Breweries Plc (NB) and CrossBoundary Energy has announced the commencement of two renewable energy (solar and battery storage hybrid) projects for NB Plc’s Ibadan and Ama breweries in Oyo and Enugu states. Valued at the sum of $10 million, Read more…
Hours following the funeral for the former Pope Benedict XVI, an Italian publisher released advanced copies of a tell-all book that has apparently revealed years of tension in the Vatican, Reuters first reported. Pope Benedict’s unprecedented 2013 resignation and subsequent Read more…
More than 600 of Kiev’s troops have been eliminated in a Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian-held city of Kramatorsk in the Donbass, Russia’s Defense Ministry has claimed. The bombardment on Sunday was a “retaliation operation” carried out in response Read more…
A Ukrainian drone was destroyed near Sevastopol in Crimea, Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said on Saturday morning. His statement comes after reports of the continued shelling of cities in Donbass by Ukrainian troops. Earlier, Kiev rejected Moscow’s proposal for a temporary Read more…
Russian troops are observing a 36-hour Orthodox Christmas truce despite attacks by Ukrainian forces, the country’s Defense Ministry has confirmed. The statement came after Kiev rejected Moscow’s declaration of a unilateral ceasefire, due to expire at midnight on Saturday. The Read more…
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has threatened his Commissioner for Works, George-Kelly Alabo, with termination over delay on a road construction project in the Abua/Odual Local Government Area (LGA) in the state. Wike gave the commissioner a 24-hour ultimatum Read more…
Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Professor Pat Utomi, has expressed concern and worry over incessant intolerance exhibited by political gladiators ahead of the general elections, which start next month. Utomi, the Convener of The BIG-TENT Coalition of Political Parties, Social Movements Read more…
The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has urged Nigerians to cooperate with Labour Party to destroy killer structures both the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, bragged over. He also stressed the need for Read more…
John Cardinal Onaiyekan has cautioned politicians planning to rig Nigeria’s 2023 elections. Onaiyekan spoke on Saturday at the Holy Trinity Church in Maitama, Abuja. The Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of the nation’s capital marked his 40th anniversary as Bishop. Onaiyekan told Read more…
Dr. George Obiozor gave me the opportunity to serve as a youth corps member at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos, when he was the Director General of the institute. He was, however, enraged and displeased with me Read more…
THE Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), and two-term governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, recently visited Akwa Ibom State for his campaign. Speaking with newsmen before the campaign rally, he revealed his plans for Nigeria if elected president Read more…