Abia State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Uzor Nwachukwu, has dismissed insinuation that Governor Alex Otti has a preferred candidate in the Eze Aro enthronement tussle in Arochukwu Local Government.He made the clarification while addressing reporters at the Government House, Umuahia in company with the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Prince Okey…
Anambra Governor, Chukwuma Soludo The All Progressives Congress has faulted the indefinite suspension order placed on the traditional ruler of Neni, Igwe Damian Onwuamaeze Ezeani, by the governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo. Soludo had taken the decision after the monarch conferred a chieftaincy title on the senator representing Anambra South and a member…
Hope Uzodimma It will be a huge convergence in Owerri next Monday for the second-term inauguration of Senator Hope Uzodimma as Imo State governor.He was declared the winner of the November 11, 2023 election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Uzodimma polled 540,308 votes and won in the 27 local governments.Ahead of the inauguration,…
Three persons have died in a road accident in Ebonyi The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Wednesday that three people had been confirmed dead in a road accident that occurred on Enugu-Abakaliki Highway in Ebonyi State. The accident, according to the FRSC Sector Commander in Ebonyi, Igwe Nnabuife, left three others injured.Mr Nnabuife…
Army Chief, Taoreed Lagbaja The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, has charged troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army (NA) and Joint Task Force South East Operation UDOKA to remain loyal and committed to their constitutional responsibilities in order to guarantee the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the nation, as well as…
APGA Ebonyi Senatorial Candidate, Ifeanyi Eleje The Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the Ebonyi South bye-election, Ifeanyi Eleje, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to provide a level playing field to all candidates during the election. Eleje made the call shortly after the primary election of APGA at…
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has identified the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi and the Enugu State governorship candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, as the two biggest casualties of the flawed electoral act in 2023.Aburi, however, appointed Edeoga to the team of the party’s committee that…
A Court in Iyaganku Ibadan has jailed a 50-year-old fake doctor, Olarewaju Oludele, for causing the death of a baby. Ekweanaedo News reports that Oludele, the fake doctor, was remanded at the Agodi Correctional Centre, for drowning the baby in a canal. The magistrate, Mrs. O. O. Ogunkanmi, who forwarded the case file to the…
The elder sister of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Madam Obebhatein Jonathan is dead. Obebhatein died at the age of 70 after a brief illness on Thursday at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. This was disclosed in a statement by Jonathan’s spokesman, Ikechukwu Eze. The statement said the deceased popularly known as Amissi was…
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo has ordered the distribution of Anambra State Burial Law booklet to all communities in the state. The governor said this will keep people abreast with the provisions of the law, and also help them to avoid contravening them. Soludo who spoke at the funeral mass of late Rev….
