The House of Representatives has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to move its local government offices to neutral, secure locations in order to preserve the commission’s integrity. This request emerged from a motion presented by Prof. Paul Nnamchi (LP-Enugu) during Wednesday’s plenary session. Nnamchi referred to Section 157 of the Constitution, which guarantees…
Ministerial nominee Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, during her Senate screening on Wednesday, recounted her challenging experience as Nigeria’s ambassador to Spain, revealing that she lived in a hotel for a year due to the dilapidated state of the Nigerian embassy in Madrid. President Bola Tinubu nominated Bianca Odumegu-Ojukwu as the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs. Speaking at…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sounded the alarm on a ‘cartel’ manipulating market prices nationwide, inflating costs for goods and services despite government stabilisation efforts. Addressing stakeholders during a one-day engagement on exploitative pricing in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, FCCPC Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Tunji Bello, revealed that the commission’s investigations in…
The Indigenous People Organisation of Biafra, IPOB have disclosed that the leadership of the group is in no order way responsible for the delay of late Sen Ifeanyi Ubah’s funeral rites. Media spokesperson and secretary of the group, Comrade Emma Powerful disclosed this to newsmen on Oct 30, 2024 in a press statement. According to…
A group under the aegis of Education for Justice and Development ( EJAD) has commended the Amb. Greg Ozumba Mbadiwe-led members of the Governing Council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University ( NAU) for their right vision to accelerate development of the University. EJAD in a statement released in Awka signed by the Executive Director, Kelvin Emeka…
The College of Nursing Sciences, St. Charles Borromeo Specialist Hospital, Onitsha, Anambra state has once again recorded another great feat as no fewer than 173 students participated in this year’s matriculation and capping ceremony. Recall that the College was said to have been established in order to contribute in filling the existing gap in the…
History was made as the Enugu-Otu community in Anambra East witnessed the construction of its first-ever general hospital since the community’s establishment. The community is 15 kilometers away from town, which made them lacked access to medical care during emergencies. This prompted the governor to initiate the construction of the general hospital. Although the hospital…
Few hours after EKWEANAEDO’s investigative report about a four-storey building that shows dangerous crack signs of near collapse in Awka, the capital city of Anambra State, the state government has officially sealed the building. EKWEANAEDO, on Tuesday, reported that one of the buildings in a 113-room popular hostel, known as Diamond Hostel, located near primary/secondary…
Few hours after EKWEANAEDO’s investigative report about a four-storey building that shows dangerous crack signs of near collapse in Awka, the capital city of Anambra State, the state government has officially sealed the building. EKWEANAEDO, on Tuesday, reported that one of the buildings in a 113-room popular hostel, known as Diamond Hostel, located near primary/secondary…
Singer, Tiwa Savage has joined the conversation about the “Big 3” or “Big 4” in the Nigerian music industry. Wizkid, Davido and Burna Boy are widely regarded as the current top three Nigerian artists and are collectively referred to as the “Big 3.” There are also conversations about adding a fourth name to the list,…
