The Presidency has denied claims alleging that Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma is preventing President Bola Tinubu from releasing the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, labeled the allegations as “fake news”, urging the public to disregard the misinformation. In a statement,…
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared nationwide strike next Tuesday, November 14, 2023. The two unions reached the resolution a short while ago after an extraordinary National Executive Council meeting on Tuesday in Abuja. The two major labour unions said nationwide mobilisation of members and…
The leadership of NLC and TUC are about now meeting to review the modalities of the planned strike following the brutalisation of the National President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero. The National Vice-President of the TUC, Tommy Etim, said the meeting will give room for the review of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the…
The Imo state government on Monday denied reports that it invaded the village NLC President Joe Ajaero Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Hon Declan Emelumba said, for Ajaero to be making such allegations against the state government shows that he has lost his mental balance Emelumba, who was responding to inquiries from EkweAnaedo News concerning…
A year two student of the University of Port Harcourt has been found dead in her apartment. The lifeless body of the student simply identified as Adaeze was found on Friday in her apartment in Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the Rivers state but the news only recently came to light. Adaeze’s death comes…
With just five days to go before the November 11, 2023 election and in compliance with an Appeal Court judgment, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has added the name of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva, to the final list of candidates for the poll in Bayelsa state INEC, in…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has been urged to conduct a free,, fair and credible election in Imo state. A Coalition of Civil Society Groups which made the call, said by conducting credible polls, INEC will help end the ongoing bloodletting and violence in Imo State The group also tasked the commission to guard against…
Nollywood star, Kelechi Udegbe, narrowly escaped death after he was involved in a car accident on Sunday. In a post on Sunday night the actor said, “With immense gratitude to God almighty, I write these words with a heart full of mixed emotions “I was involved in a ghastly accident that almost altered the course…
UN Agency Chiefs say 88 UN staff have been killed since the war between Israel and Hamas began last month The heads of 18 UN organizations including UNICEF and the World Health Organization said this in a joint statement late Sunday. “For almost a month, the world has been watching the unfolding situation in Israel…
Worried by the continued bombing of Gaza, the South African authorities have said that it would recall all its diplomats from Israel. A top government official Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, told a press briefing that all diplomatic staff in Tel Aviv would be asked to return for consultations, without providing further details. Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor told…
