THE Anambra State government has dissolved the controversial caretaker committees of 30 markets in the state with immediate effect and replaced the leadership of two other ones whose elections were flawed. Most markets in the commercial city of Onitsha, Nnewi, Ogbaru, Idemili and Uga were affected. The new Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Dr […]
An Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission a seven days’ notice to summon serving ministers and All Progressives Congress presidential aspirants. The lawyer said the anti-graft agencies must summon the ministers and other government officials who […]
A former Senate President Ken Nnamani has joined the race to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Disclosing this while speaking with Journalists in Abuja, Nnanami said Nigeria needs a man of tested integrity and competence to mobilise citizens to overcome tough challenges. He noted that his pedigree as the President of Senate and […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila has advised political appointees seeking elective positions to resign, saying their elections might be annulled if they refused to do so. He made the call on Thursday while speaking to Channels Television in London on the sidelines of a paper he delivered at the Royal […]
Aspirants vying for the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential ticket are being screened at Legacy House, Abuja, the alternate National Secretariat of the party. The screening began at about 11:00 am and so far, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Senate Presidents Bukola Saraki, and Pius Anyim, have appeared for the exercise. At the time […]
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says terrorists and bandits are denied access to telecommunication services with the ongoing implementation of National Identity Number, SIM linkage policy in Nigeria. The Director, Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement NCC, Mr Ephraim Nwokonanya, represented by Head Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement, NCC, Mr Alkasim Umar made this disclosure at the One-day […]
Uche Edochie, Nigerian artist and brother to Nollywood star, Yul Edochie, has spoken out about his family’s stance on the actor’s decision to marry a second wife. On Wednesday, Yul went public about his second marriage with colleague, Judy Austin, adding that she already had a son for him. On his Instagram page on […]
By Frederick Nwabufo A plus ca change. Leadership fails, followership fails; society atrophies and nothing changes. Why? We keep reinventing purgatory because we are either too complacent or too self-absorbed to interrogate the real issues of leadership, divorcing provincial proclivities. We want change and good governance but have refused to levitate above the insular […]
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has faulted the N100m presidential nomination form fee set by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as “immoral” since the country’s minimum is N30,000. Falana made the comment on Thursday, days after the APC fixed the prices for nomination forms for those vying for seats in the […]
Governor of Delta State and Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has told his former boss and ex-governor, Chief James Ibori, the reasons he would not support his preferred candidate for the party’s 2023 governorship ticket. A party leader from Delta Central senatorial district told Vanguard that […]
