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…
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…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan while congratulating Governor Douye Diri for winning last Saturday governorship election in the state, said that if Douye had lost, the gains made in curbing insecurity would have been lost and that he would have relocated his mother to Abuja. Jonathan, who is a former governor of the oil-rich state, spoke…
The Nigerian Army has announced its first ever Professor among serving personnel Lt. Col. Abubakar-Surajo Imam was promoted to the position of Professor of Mechatronics Engineering at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna. This marks the first time in the history of the Nigerian Army that a serving personnel has been appointed as a…
Israel has finally succumbed to pressure from the US to allow two fuel trucks a day to enter the Gaza Strip. A US State Department official says around 140,000 litres of fuel will be allowed in every two days. Most of that is intended for trucks delivering aid, as well as supporting the UN in…
