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Blessing Nwachukwu had her life ahead of her when she decided to leave Nigeria for Russia at 21. Interestingly, her rough journey to Moscow in 2009 laid the foundation for a significant success story in the United States of America, USA. Leaving her fatherland with just $65 and a plane ticket to study at the …
ABUJA: Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has asked African youths to lead the charge in promoting peaceful and credible elections across the continent. Yakubu spoke on Tuesday while delivering a lecture on “Democracy and Peaceful Elections in West Africa” to students of International Affairs and Diplomacy and those of Peace and …
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has rejected calls for reconciliation from former militant leader Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, stating that Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has not approached him for forgiveness. In a statement issued by Wike’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, the minister made it clear that forgiveness …
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Nigerians have no business being poor with the country’s vast resources. He said that the nation is abundantly blessed but is suffering from the mismanagement of its resources. Obasanjo said this at a dinner organised in his honour by Abia Government on Friday at the Government House, Umuahia. …
Ondo State Governor, Dr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has dissolved the management board of the Ondo State Football Agency (ODSFA). This was announced in a statement issued by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ebenezer Adeniyan, in Akure, the state capital. According to the statement, the Executive Chairman of the Board, Mr. Dele Ologun, along with other members, …
Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) has kicked against lopsidedness in federal or political appointments by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which, according to him, has favoured one section or ethnic group, contrary to the dictates of the Federal Character guidelines. Ndume said he was shocked when he read the endless and sectional list of …
Due to the insecurity incidents in Zamfara State, the United Democratic Coalition (UDC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately declare a state of emergency in the state. The group asked the President to nip the crisis in the bud before it snowballs into a breakdown of democratic order in the state. The demand …
Former Senate President and Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Adolphus Wabara, has expressed confidence that the PDP will reclaim the South-East in the 2027 general elections. Speaking on the recent return of Hon. Chijioke Edeoga, the 2023 Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Enugu State, to the PDP, …
Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has warned that the recent developments in Rivers State and the handling of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s allegations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio could threaten Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. George, citing historical precedents, said similar crises led to the collapse of the First and …
Former Adamawa North Senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo has accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of running the Nigerian Senate like a personal empire and targeting lawmakers who oppose his leadership. Abbo, who spoke while featuring on Arise News programme, PrimeTime show, on Wednesday night, alleged that Akpabio orchestrated the removal of senators who did not align …