Year: 2025

  By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Permanent Secretaries in Anambra State have expressed deep admiration for Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s visionary leadership and infrastructural transformation, following their recent tour of the newly constructed Government House and Governor’s Lodge in Awka — a landmark feat that breaks a 34-year-old jinx in the state’s political and administrative…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has released new guidelines mandating a digitised, transparent, and accountable framework for electricity revenue collection. The new regulatory directive, titled Guidelines on Registration and Engagement of Third-Party Collection Service Providers, was released on Wednesday and signed by the NERC chairman, Sanusi Garba. The new regulatory directive, which takes effect immediately,…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration could see Nigeria’s total debt rise to a staggering N94.5 trillion in under two years if the latest external borrowing request of $21.5 billion, €2.2 billion, and ¥15 billion — equivalent to N45 trillion — is approved and fully disbursed. The new borrowing proposal, submitted in May 2025, seeks legislative…

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has admitted three videos in the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as evidence, including one, where he is seen inspecting a radio transmitter allegedly smuggled into the country.‎‎During the trial, Kanu alleged that he made statements to the…

A tall and large billboard collapsed on some tricycles carrying passengers in Aba, Abia State, on Wednesday, resulting in injuries to many passengers, with some feared dead. The incident happened in the afternoon at the Salad Market junction near the GIA Event Centre during a rainfall that came with strong winds. A resident who witnessed…

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, says he will commit the remaining two years of his first term in office to institutionalizing the reforms that have been initiated by his administration. Governor Otti was speaking at the special Anniversary Lecture delivered by Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu at the JAAC Building, Umuahia, as part of activities marking…

  By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a suspected member of the banned Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), as part of efforts to prevent the alleged plans to enforce an illegal sit-at-home directive on May 30, 2025. According to a statement issued by the…