Professor Chukwuma Soludo,The Governor of Anambra State, has mourned the passing of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, on Thursday July 25, 2024 at the age of 82 years after a brief illness. In his condolence message, Governor Soludo expressed profound sadness on the passage of the elder statesman, describing it as…
Philip Shaibu, the reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, has opened up about his decision to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shaibu, who recently paid a courtesy visit to the APC National Working Committee in Abuja, attributed his defection to the dictatorial behavior of his former principal,…
The Senate has passed, for first reading, a bill aimed at enhancing fiscal transparency in local government administration. The bill, known as the “Local Government Fiscal Accountability Bill 2024 (SB, 549),” mandates the publication of monthly allocations to all Local Government Areas from the Federation Account. Senator Saliu Mustapha, representing Kwara Central and the bill’s…
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has asked the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to provide security cover for the demonstrators ahead of the planned nationwide protest in August. The protest, scheduled to hold from August 1 to August 10, is against the current economic hardship in the country. The TUC President, Festus Osifo, briefed…
It was a moment of joy and encomium in Ebenator, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State on Wednesday, as the people of the community rained praises on the State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo; the Local Government Transition Committee Chairman, Hon. Van George Ezeogidi (Ijele Utuh); and the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA),…
Alleged bandits have stormed a prayer camp located in the Oluwalose community within the Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State. An unidentified couple from Lagos is reported to have been injured during an invasion at the camp located in Solaty village along the Okoolowo-Jebba expressway in Ilorin, around 1:30 am on Wednesday. The…
President Bola Tinubu has said that he spent his personal fortune on the election, confidently stating that he owes nothing to any cabal. The President who spoke during a meeting with a delegation of Islamic leaders led by Sheikh Bala Lau at the State House on Thursday, described his electoral victory as a result of…
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo community is mourning the loss of its President General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, who passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2024, at the age of 82. According to a statement released by his son, Jide Iwuanyanwu, the renowned leader died after a brief illness. Chief Iwuanyanwu was a highly respected figure in the…
In its bid to sanitize the working habits of the staff of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, the Ebonyi State House of Assembly Service Commission has slammed a Pro-rata system of payment of salaries starting from August 1st, 2024. Equally, as a way of keeping the Assembly complex clean and in shape, general clean-up exercises…
Meta Platforms said it had removed about 63,000 accounts in Nigeria that attempted to engage in financial sexual extortion scams mostly aimed at adult men in the United States (US). The majority of the scammers’ attempts were unsuccessful and although mostly targeting adults, there were also attempts against minors, which Meta reported to the U.S….
