In 1954 Sir John Verity lost his job because he won an argument. It was in his ninth year in office as Chief Justice of colonial Nigeria. Sir John arrived in Nigeria in October 1945 from the British Guyana, where he Read more…
Month: February 2025
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has made it clear that he does not need any clemency from the executive but rather requires the government to uphold the rule of law. In a statement Read more…
The people of the Urum community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State have expressed concern over the activities of some land grabbers who operate within the area. According to them, there is a need for the state Read more…
..as She marks 60th Birthday By Uzo Ugwunze The Children of Prof Kate Omenugha, the Acting Vice Chancellor Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, COOU, Igbariam have celebrated her by donating various categories of academic endowment to the Alma maters where the Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor It was a show of class, affluence and determination as Anambra Patriots for Soludo (APS) on Sunday inaugurated ten man local government committee for each of the twenty one LGAs in the state. The inauguration ceremony which Read more…
In a historic milestone for Nigeria’s telecommunications sector, Vitel Wireless (Vitel) has announced that it has become the first Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) in the country to be issued a mobile number series by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Read more…
More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations spokesperson has said. Read more…
No fewer than nine suspected kidnappers and killers of Hon. Justice Azuka, a member representing Onitsha North 1 Constituency in Anambra state House of Assembly who was kidnapped in Onitsha on December 24, 2024 have been arrested by joint security Read more…
Nasir El-Rufai’s eldest son, Mohammed El-Rufai has voiced his approval of a probe into his father’s administration by the Kaduna State government. Mohammed, who disclosed this in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Saturday, added that he supports Read more…
Northern ministers in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet have started throwing their weight behind the administration in the face of growing criticism from opposition figures. Sunday PUNCH noted that some of the ministers and senior officeholders recently became vocal following criticisms of the Read more…
May the heartbeat of love always be felt in your work, Pope Francis said to the Executive Committee of the II International Congress of Confraternities and Popular Piety, in Casa Santa Marta on Saturday. The Holy Father began his remarks Read more…
From Ijeoma John,Nnewi. A leading candidate in the forthcoming Nzuko-ora President General election, Hon Jude Okwudiri Osumuoh has vowed to restore whatever his community lost in the past if he becomes their PG. The Chief of staff and Protocols to Read more…