The Major spokesman of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, Yunusa Tanko, has putdown claims that his principal betrayed the late Odumegwu Ojukwu. The leadership of the Biafra Independence Movement and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (BIM-MASSOB) had earlier accused Obi of betraying Ojukwu when he dumped the All…
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on School Feeding, Dr. Yetunde Adeniji, has disclosed that the Federal Government plans to feed 100,000 displaced children in the North. Adeniji revealed the plan when her delegation sought the support of the Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, and the Emir of Borgu Kingdom, Mohammed Dantoro, to help…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Ilyasu Musa Kwankwaso, has called on the embattled governor of the state, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, to honourably accept defeat and accede to the verdict of the Appeal Court in Abuja, which affirmed Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna as the rightful winner of the March 18…
Popular Nollywood/Politician Tonto Dikeh demanded that the Nigerian Police Force release the body of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad, for proper burial. Tonto on late Friday night took to her Instagram page to display her dissatisfaction on the Force’s carelessness and delay in completing the investigation into the controversial death of…
The First Lady of Ebonyi State, Chief Mrs Uzoamaka Mary-Maudline Ogbonna Nwifuru, has launched her first pet project, ‘Better Health for Rural Women, Children and Internally Displaced Foundation’ (BERWO). The event which took place in the state’s capital looked promising as influential people around the country were in attendance to show support. The First Ladies…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) explains why it arrested and detained four Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officials. In a statement titled Facts of the Face-off Between EFCC and NAF Officers in Kaduna, the anti-graft agency unveils that the military officials were arrested and kept behind bars after they attempted to forcefully release suspected…
The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has initiated the disbursement of salary arrears owed judiciary workers in the state over a period spanning eight years. The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko, disclosed this in a statement, saying the concerned workers, owed since January 2015, had engaged in an indefinite strike against the previous state…
A judge in Colorado has rejected an attempt to stop former President Donald Trump from the 2024 Republican presidential primary in the state It ends a landmark trial over a lawsuit that argued Mr Trump’s actions leading up to the 2021 Capitol riot renders him ineligible to hold office again. Similar challenges, based on a…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the Kogi State polls, Dino Dino Melaye, has encouraged his allies not to surrender trust. Melaye demanded that it was not the finish of the fight and encouraged his adherents to resist the urge to panic. Recall that ekweanaedo earlier reported that Usman Ododo of the All…
The Tanzanian government has confirmed the death of its citizen taken hostage in the Hamas attack on Israel. Clemence Felix Mtenga, 22, was one of two Tanzanians taken by the group on 7 October. It is unclear how he died. Mtenga was studying agriculture in Israel before the 7 October attack Another Tanzanian hostage, Joshua…
