The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has rejected the three-year transition plan proposed by Niger Republic’s military junta. It will be recalled that the coup leader, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, had at a meeting with ECOWAS delegation, led by Read more…
Month: August 2023
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Bola Tinubu to ensure the stoppage of further collection of life pensions and other allowances of former governors who are serving as ministers in his administration from the states while they Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The traditional ruler of Awa in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra, HRH, Igwe Israel Ezue(Dike 11 of Awa) has called on the people of the state to give maximum support to Gov Charles Soludo and Read more…
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE President Bola Tinubu has approved the redeployment of Engr. Abubakar Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development. The Federal Ministry of Youth is to be re-assigned to a Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Publisher of Daily Vendor Newspaper, an online establishment, Ikechukwu Okafor has lost his sister, Chika Okafor to a ghastly road accident. A statement from the Publisher said: “With a heavy heart and great sorrow, I announce Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Omepuruchukwu Charity Foundation yesterday paid a visit to the Correctional Center, Nnewi, Anambra State as part of one year anniversary of the group. Officials and members of the foundation embarked on the visit to the Correctional Center Read more…
Burkina Faso and Mali have sent warplanes to Niger Republic in response to a potential armed intervention by the Economic Community of West Africa to restore democracy there. On Friday, a Niger television station stated that Mali and Burkina Faso Read more…
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal hearing the petitions filed by the aggrieved candidates in the February 25 presidential election is now on the verge of delivering its final judgment. Out of the deluge of petitions filed before the tribunal, the Read more…
The lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, yesterday, accepted the apology over a defamatory report against him by Simon Ekpa through a media outlet called Anaedoonline. The report was tagged “South East Insecurity: Simon Ekpa Read more…
An ECOWAS delegation in Niger for talks with the officers who seized power also met with ousted President Mohamed Bazoum Saturday, a source close to the West African bloc told AFP. Bazoum was “in good spirits”, the source added. A Read more…
Howard Hubbard, a retired Catholic bishop who acknowledged covering up allegations of sexual abuse in his upstate New York diocese and recently married a woman in a civil ceremony, has died after suffering from a massive stroke. He was 84. Read more…
A military air base in Western Russia came under attack from an explosives-laden drone on Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry has reported. Military officials added that while the attack was thwarted, one aircraft still sustained damage. In its statement, the Read more…