English Premier League side Manchester United have made an opening bid of £35m for Everton centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite The offer is way below the figure the Toffees value the defender at, which is understood to be £80m. United have already agreed personal terms with the player. The Merseyside club believe it is a matter of…
The Federal Government has declared Monday June 17 and Tuesday June 18 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-ui-Adha celebration. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Aishetu Gogo Ndayako, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He said the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of…
The Court of Appeal Abuja has refused to reverse the removal of Martins Chike Amaewhule and 26 others as members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. In a ruling which was delivered virtually on Friday, the Appellate Court says giving a verdict reversing the decision of a Federal High Court which declared their seats…
At least four fishermen have been allegedly murdered by yet-to-be-identified persons, while nine others were abducted at River Niger in Anambra State. The incident reportedly happened when the fishermen, who hail from Ibbi Local Government of Taraba State were travelling to the Ossomala community axis of the River Niger, in Ogbaru local government area of…
The investment opportunities in Anambra State are set to be on the global ecosystem for easy access by potential investors, innovators, creatives, and the general public who intend to tap into it This formed part of the discussions at the Creative Innovation Ecosystem Consultative Value Chain Mapping Workshop that kicked off in Awka, the capital…
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti has sentenced the cleric of a church in Ekiti State, Pastor Enoch, to life imprisonment for raping a minor. The victim said to be the daughter of one of the church members, was raped by the pastor during one of her visits to the cleric’s residence. The young…
President Bola Tinubu will, on Friday, receive a draft bill seeking a return to a regional system of government for Nigeria. The proposed legislation authored by a chieftain of the Yoruba socio-cultural association, Afenifere, Akin Fapohunda, and titled, “A Bill for an Act to substitute the annexure to Decree 24 of 1999 with New Governance…
The leader of the Ijaw Nation, Chief Edwin Clark, says former President Muhammadu Buhari did everything to subjugate Igbos from the South-Eastern part of Nigeria for reasons best known to him. In a letter to President Tinubu, Clark said Buhari excluded the southeast from some of his appointments during his time in office. Clark stated…
Amidst Economic Uncertainties where budgets tighten and expenses scrutinized, the Gov. Chukwuma Soludo’s Administration through Anambra State Small business Agency(ASBA),has provided succor for civil servants after retirement through the ASBA Civil Servant Solution Retirement Entrepreneurship Loan Scheme. According to the MD/CEO ASBA, Mr Clement Chukwuka during a media chat in his office complex, the scheme…
As The World Marks 2024 International Albinism Awareness Day, The Special Adviser To Governor Chukwuma Soludo On Youth Empowerment Programmes, Dr Nelson Omenugha joined the Anambra State Albinism Association, to celebrate the day. The celebration held at the Prof. Dora Akunyili Women Development Center, Awka. People living with Albinism from all parts of Anambra were…
