Rwandan are today, Monday, voting in Polling stations across the country for presidential and parliamentary elections with President Paul Kagame set to cruise to victory and extend his rule for another five years. Rwanda’s de facto leader since the end of the 1994 genocide and president since 2000, Kagame faces only two challengers after several…
Following the expiration of the ultimatum by the Martin Amaewhule-led House of Assembly for Governor Siminalayi Fubara to resubmit the 2024 budget, there is uncertainty in the state over the next line if action of the group The ultimatum, issued on July 8, will expire today if weekends are counted, or on Wednesday if they…
A lecturer at the Benue State University in Makurdi has been caught on camera physically assaulting a student. The lecturer is identified as Mr. Ichor Tersagh. According to sources, Mr. Ichor Tersagh is a visiting lecturer at Benue State University (BSU) from the Department of Microbiology at Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi. A video obtained…
Gunmen have abducted at least three people in Anambra State, South-east Nigeria. The victims were abducted in separate attacks across the state on Saturday The first attack occurred at about 2 p.m. along Ifite-Amansea-Awka Road in Awka North Local Government Area of the state. A video clip recorded during the attack has been circulating on…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, has faulted the the agitation for the creation of additional states in the South-East, insisting it would not solve the problem of the region. Rather than create more states, Agbakoba, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, said the National Assembly should amend the constitution or…
The main Opposition party in Rivers state All Progressives Congress has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara to respect last week’s judgment of the Supreme Court, which declared it is illegal to run local government areas with caretaker committees. This was as one of the replaced LG chairmen, Olobarimate Ollor, said the Supreme Court’s judgment had…
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, says it will take over Abia and Enugu states in the 2027 general elections. The party said it has made serious inroads in the South-East zone and will take over the states in the next general election. The national vice chairman of APC, Ijeoma Arodiogu, stated this in Abakaliki,…
Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have won all 25 local government chairmanship seats in the election conducted on Saturday, July 13th 2024. The Chairman of the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, Jerry Agbaike, on Sunday, said one of PDP candidate was returned unopposed. PDP candidates contested against other parties and emerged winners in…
The State Anti-touting Squad Anambra (SASA), has said its existence is not unknown to the state government, as it is a government agency duly created by the Governor himself. The Director of SASA, Hon. Solomon Chukwuebuka Onwuemene disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Awka, in his reaction to the reports that…
The Southeast House of Assembly Caucus of the Labour Party (LP) has said the current economic crunch in the country is biting hard on Nigerians and needs to be urgently addressed, to ameliorate the sufferings of the masses. The group made the declaration in a communique made available to newsmen over the weekend on the…
