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AHEAD of the 2023 governorship tussle in Abia state, the founding fathers of the state have said that the the people of Isuikwuato District, in  Abia North Senatorial Zone, are the rightful people to produce the Governor of Abia state in 2023. The elders said this would engeder peace, justice …

The same controversy trailed Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala during President Goodluck Jonathan’s era, when she was nominated as Finance Minister, before she was eventually confirmed. In both cases, it took the combined and persistent efforts of all persons of goodwill to extricate the nominees from the web of needless controversy. Onochie’s case …

The Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum yesterday said that the alleged appointment of a governor over some territories in Borno state by Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), was not authenticated. Governor Zulum also declared that he was fully in charge of the state and …

Iwuanyanwu who spoke in Abuja when the National Association of University Students (NAUS) conferred on him the ‘Ambassador of University Students,’ said it was better for Nigeria to remain one than to be divided. He noted that in the past few years, there have been a lot of clamour for …

Residents of Adamagu Akpawfu in Nkanu East Local Govenment Area and Ndiagu-Akpugo in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State are currently on the run as soldiers swooped on them, burnt houses and arrested a yet to be determined number of youths. It was gathered that the soldiers who …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned the raid on popular Yoruba activists house,  Sunday Adeyemo’s ,also known as Igboho. In a statement by IPOB  spokesperson, Emma Powerful, it also warned the federal government of plunging the country into crisis by such raid. He said “Sunday Igboho has not …

The Ogun State Ministry of Environment has sent an alert to residents of the state to relocate ahead of impending flash floods that will affect many areas.   The ministry, in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Environment, Ola Oresanya, on Tuesday informed members …

The General Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-West region, Rahman Owokoniran, has appealed to party members to respect institutional mechanisms to address issues, close ranks and share the party’s vision of liberating Nigerians from misgovernance. The PDP zonal scribe said this in an internal memo to members, noting that it …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has raised alarm of Nigeria’s population becoming a big issue in 2050 if things are not done rightly now. Speaking at an event in Ogun state on Sunday June 27, the former President called for population management to ensure we have a population that won’t become a …

• Soludo wins the factional ticket, ‘suspended’ • Journalists barred at the venue of accreditation, voting According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which dropped the hint, yesterday, in Abuja, APGA’s disqualification followed the party’s failure to comply with Section 85 of the Electoral Act. The commission disclosed that APGA …