Thursday, 17 October, 2024

Month: June 2023


Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Tuesday, appealed to the British government for leniency for convicted former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The Igbo group made this known when the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo received the British High Commissioner Read more…


The Federal Government has urged the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division to reverse the April 18 judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja ordering among others, the reinstatement of Ifeanyi Ararume as the Chairman of the Nigerian National Read more…


A dramatic drone video has emerged online, showing Ukrainian troops trapped in a minefield amid a counteroffensive push in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region. The dramatic footage was published on Monday by Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov, widely believed to be associated with former Read more…


The newly elected leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association, Bwari Branch was inaugurated and sworn in on Monday, June 26 at the Gadis Event Center in Abuja by Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN. The most recent elections, which were held ahead Read more…


Election is a serious matter for countries that are serious. In this regard, we are still struggling to place our country in one of the two categories: serious or unserious. In some jurisdictions, election is a charade, a make-believe and Read more…


Food giant Nestle’s businesses in Nigeria and other African countries are ramping up sourcing of local raw materials like starch and turmeric, a move that may help reduce foreign exchange exposure that has been a headache for the sector. In Read more…


Immediate past media aide to former President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu has revealed that his former boss didn’t remove fuel subsidy because he wanted the All Progressives Congress (APC) to win the 2023 presidential election. Garba who made this known Read more…


President Bola Tinubu, has renamed some federal airports after several prominent Nigerians. The renaming of the airports was announced in a memo released by the Federal Ministry of Aviation dated June 1, 2023, and signed by Mrs Joke Olatunji for Read more…


Expected results from Kiev’s ongoing counteroffensive against Russia have been “overestimated,” Ukraine’s Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov has claimed. The offensive by Ukrainian forces should be treated as “some kind of preparatory operation” rather than a decisive battle, he added. Reznikov gave an interview to Fox News which Read more…


There was palpable tension in Sokoto metropolis on Sunday over alleged blasphemy of the holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (SAW). This is even as one Usman Buda, a butcher at Sokoto Abbatoir, was lynched by a mob over the alleged Read more…


Ohanaeze Ndigbo has, again, appealed to the Federal Government to release the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The IPOB leader was arrested in Kenya and renditioned to Nigeria by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari for Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State governor, Prof Charles Soludo has been described as a generational blessing. The Convener, Soludo Solution Movement (SSM) Chief Jude Umunnakwe who was speaking with newsmen in Awka said that the governor is indeed introducing Read more…