Republicans have picked Tom Emmer as their third nominee to be House of Representatives Speaker, three weeks after their last leader was ousted in a right-wing revolt. The full chamber will now vote on the Minnesota congressman’s candidacy, though it is unclear if he can win. Mr Emmer emerged as the nominee in a series…
A man identified as Bem Mathew in Korinya city, Konshisha local government area of Benue State, has been arrested for stabbing his pregnant wife, Mngusonun Bem, to death. Eyewitnesses say Bem stabbed his wife, a mother of five children, when they had a misunderstanding around 7am on Tuesday morning Northern Elders Disown Gumi Over Attack…
Barely twenty four hours, after Governor Charles Soludo launched the Anambra State Anti-Touting Squad (SASA) at Onitsha, the squad has swung into action and arrested 64 suspected touts and a one-chance suspected robber in various parts of Onitsha. Parading the suspects in Onitsha, on Tuesday, the SASA Director of Operations, Mr. Solomon Onwuemene said that…
A member of the House of Representatives, Sada Soli, on Tuesday warned that the lifting of the ban on foreign exchange for 43 items by the Central Bank of Nigeria may ruin local economy This is just as the House invited the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Yemi Cardoso, to appear before it…
Some retirees in Anambra State have protested the nonpayment of their gratuities by the state government for four years. They, therefore, asked Governor Chukwuma Soludo to pay the backlog of their gratuities which had accrued since 2019. The angry retirees said it was the Administration of the former governor of the state that owed them…
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), has been told to beam its searchlight on the former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano’s eight years reign. Executive Director, Human Rights, Liberty Access and Peace Defenders Foundation and Chairman, Campaign for Democracy, South East, Uzor, A Uzor, in a statement in Awka said the former…
Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has threatened to sack market and park leaders in the state following the activities of touts and miscreants, known as Agberos. This is coming a few days after commercial drivers in Onitsha protested against the activities of touts in the Anambra commercial capital and called the governor unprintable names….
A High Court sitting in Enugu State has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to replace Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the party’s National Secretary. Anyanwu is the PDP governorship candidate for the forthcoming election in Imo State. The order was granted while ruling in a motion on notice filed by Nwabueze Ugwu seeking the court…
The Northern Elders has Forum has disowned Ahmed Gumi for his utterances against President Bola Tinubu and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike. In a public speech made in Abuja, the Northern Elders criticised Gumi’s remarks as harmful to the country and treacherous. They said “Gumi’s attacks were unprovoked, malicious, inciting and a…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has called for a peaceful election in the November 11 governorship polls in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the call at the quarterly meeting with political parties on Tuesday. Yakubu noted that free and fair elections can be conducted in a peaceful atmosphere, urging…
