Beyond the Headlines
BY FREDRICK NWABUFO We hear ‘’strong man’’, and the visage of a rotund, bumbling African dictator in Khaki and jackboots comes to mind. But permit me to appropriate the word and re-contextualise it for the purpose of this column. In my context, a ‘’strong man’’ embodies discipline, audacity, courage, and character. Nigeria needs a ‘’strong […]
An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced Friday Imoh, a 43-year-old auto-mechanic to life imprisonment for defiling his 10-year-old neighbour (name withheld). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye sentenced Imoh after finding him guilty. He was found guilty of a two-count charge of defilement of a […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), on his victory at the gubernatorial election in Anambra State. The President, in a statement issued by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, enjoined him to rally other stakeholders to tackle the enormous challenges confronting the State and the […]
The governor-elect of Anambra State, Professor Charles Soludo, has stated that he is not coming on the job to learn. Soludo, who emerged as the next governor of Anambra State on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, made this statement during an interview on Arise TV. He revealed that after the handover in […]
Pastor Chris Simon Amadi and his late wife Chris Simon Amadi, a Pastor of a new generation church; Shalom Mercy Ministry, located in Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area, of Rivers State is now cooling his heels in police custody after he allegedly strangled his 30 years old wife, Solution Amadi to death and attempted to […]
Many people are feared killed and properties burnt down in fresh attacks on communities in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State, DailyTrust is reporting. The attack, which reportedly began Tuesday evening and lasted into the early hours of Wednesday, saw dozens of houses including government structures and vehicles set ablaze. Witnesses said no fewer […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says no political party has the right to impose its processes on another. The party was reacting to the passing of the electoral act amendment bill by the national assembly. TheCable had reported that the national assembly, earlier on Tuesday, approved the conference committee report on the electoral act amendment […]
The national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Victor Oye, has revealed that a former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, vowed never to leave the party till death do them part. However, Obi, who emerged as the governor of the state in 2006 and spent two terms in office, later defected to the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will “take a second look” at the functionality of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) after the technological glitches experienced at the November 6 Anambra election. Advertisement Reacting to the development on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Wednesday, Festus Okoye, INEC commissioner for information and […]
The security situation in Imo State is far from getting better as no fewer than three people were killed in Anara in Isiala Mbano local government area when gunmen attacked the community. The deadly attack took place on Tuesday, in the dead of the night and the entire community was thrown into confusion and the […]
