A group of prominent Nigerians, yesterday in Lagos, said Nigeria’s democracy was in deep crisis on the questions of the state of the social contract between the people and those in government. It also said Nigeria needed a few referendums at this time and that if government was accountable to the people it ought to […]

*Message, a true reflection of current situation in Nigeria – Ortom *Don’t use Kukah as sacrificial lamb, says PFN By Gabriel Enogholase & Peter Duru Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State and President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, yesterday threw their full weight behind the Christmas Day message by Catholic Bishop of Sokoto […]

…Igbo leaders oppose holding Ohanaeze poll in Owerri …Election must not hold in Govt House — Ikokwu …Polls can hold in any Igbo state — Ahamba, Ogbonna …Scribe fixes Imeobi meeting in Owerri By Clifford Ndujihe, Chinedu Adonu & Chinonso Alozie Controversy  has continued to trail the Ohanaeze Ndigbo election over the venue for the […]

…urges Gov Uzodinma to consider existing zoning pattern The Okigwe Leaders Assembly (OLA) has expressed with dismay, news making the round in the media that a new chairman of Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers (Eze IMO) has been appointment to replace Eze Samuel Ohiri. In a press release by the group made available to […]

By Luminous Jannamike The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, on Wednesday, said it had not abandoned corps members who tested positive to COVID-19 in Jigawa State as reported by some news outlet. It also said the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the State government, and the Jigawa Secretariat of the Scheme have been in […]

Guinea said it had begun administering coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday using a small number of doses of Russia’s Sputnik V, a formula that has stirred controversy. The National Agency for Health Safety (ANSS) said it had obtained 60 doses of the vaccine, which would be administered to middle-aged volunteers on a trial basis. Defence Minister […]

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and haziness from Thursday to Saturday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Wednesday in Abuja predicted sunny and hazy conditions over the northern region and North – Central cities throughout the forecast period. According to NiMet, dust haze conditions with localised visibility of 3km to […]

Ghana’s opposition leader John Mahama, runner-up in this month’s disputed presidential election, filed a case before the Supreme Court seeking a rerun of the vote which he has rejected as “fraudulent”. He asked the court for an “order of mandatory injunction directing the Electoral Commission to proceed to conduct a second election”. The petition charges […]

Four Congolese children were killed when a grenade they were playing with exploded, a local official said Wednesday in Ituri, a province in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The accident occurred Tuesday in the village of Tsoro, in Ituri’s Djugu territory, said local administrator Adel Alingi. “One of them picked up the […]

A powerful opposition coalition in Central African Republic on Wednesday called for the “cancellation, pure and simple” of weekend elections that were badly hampered by armed groups. More than a third of the troubled country’s districts did not take part in Sunday’s first round of voting for the presidency and National Assembly, according to official […]