A Nigerian human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, has made it clear that her support for Peter Obi, the former Labour Party presidential candidate, isn’t absolute. In a recent interview on the podcast “Mic On” with Seun Okinbaloye, she stated that she’d be willing to switch allegiance if a better candidate emerges for the 2027 presidential…
Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, spokesperson for the coalition of opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives, has criticized a court order preventing the removal of Umar Damagun as Acting National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The order, issued by the Federal High Court, restrained the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the Board of Trustees…
Peter Obi, the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the 2023 general elections, has described the increment of fuel pump price by the President Bola Tinubu-led government as “unfortunate and insensitive” considering the wide-ranging negative consequences for economic survival and well-being. It was reported on Wednesday that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company…
Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, spokesperson for the coalition of opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives, has criticized a court order preventing the removal of Umar Damagun as Acting National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The order, issued by the Federal High Court, restrained the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the Board of Trustees…
A private hospital, Olivia Specialist Hospital and Maternity, located at No. 57 Obioma street, Achara Layout, Enugu, has been deserted. The hospital was deserted on Thursday when police operatives swooped on its compound over alleged child trafficking, Blueprint has gathered. It was alleged that a girl gave birth in the hospital but the child was…
The Enugu State Government has approved the relocation of Agu-Owa and Ugbo-Lawrence slums in Enugu metropolis to enable the administration to develop the areas into modern dwellings in line with its urban renewal agenda. The government also approved the development of relocation sites at Akpuoga Nike Estate to resettle the occupants of the slums, noting…
Air Peace has assured the public that the ongoing legal case involving its CEO, Allen Onyema, and Chief of Administration and Finance, Ejiroghene Eghagha, will not disrupt its daily operations. The airline confirmed that both executives remain innocent of the charges levied against them by the United States Department of Justice, with the case still…
The national assembly is considering a bill proposing an increase in the value-added tax (VAT) from 7.5 percent to 10 percent. VAT refers to a consumption tax on goods and services levied at each stage of the supply chain where value is added. In the executive bill, the national assembly is seeking to raise the…
The Enugu State Government has denied an upward review of mortuary tax to N40,000 (Forty Thousand Naira) per day as broadcast by some bloggers and unprofessional media houses, saying that it remained N40 (Forty Naira) per night for unclaimed dead bodies as originally specified in Section 34 of the Birth, Deaths, and Burial Law Cap…
Kevin Moody, a roofer from Ellesmere Port, has recently cleared out his ‘man draw’ looking for a key to the shed when he stumbled upon his old Nokia 3310 mobile phone. The phone was still switched on, and had been forgotten about for 20 years. Incredibly the phone still had just over 70% battery remaining….
