The Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA, Abia State, the Rev. Augustine Ehiemere, has said that with the victory of the party’s candidate at the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, the party is now set to claim more states in the South East including Abia come 2023.

The immediate-past President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has urged the federal government to immediately initiate talks with the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB  “and find a peaceful resolution of their legitimate grudges”.

The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) has expressed dismay over the current state of road infrastructure in the southwestern part of the country, accusing the federal government of neglecting the region in its plan.

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has expressed confidence that the state is presently safer and more secure because of the improved operational capacities of security agencies in the state amid insecurity in some parts of the country.

By Aare Afe Babalola FOLLOWING decades of military rule in Nigeria together with its attendant socio-political consequences, Nigeria reverted to constitutional democracy in 1999 which saw the advent of politically elected democratic regime. However, democracy in Nigeria has not always been a true reflection of the words of Abraham Lincoln during his popular Gettysburg Address […]

. ……As NCAC hails lawmakers, FCT, EFCC for recovering N9.8bn govt land in Abuja By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja House of Representatives Committee on Culture and Tourism on Thursday put on hold the budget defence of the national theatre, Lagos to conduct oversight on the facility to ascertain part of premises alleged being illegally sold. This came […]

By Elizabeth Adegbesan  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday called on Nigerians to embrace e-naira, the   nation’s digital currency.  The   Director Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Osita Nwanisobi, made this call at the CBN special day at the ongoing Lagos International Trade Fair.  Highlighting the benefits of the digital currency, Osita   said, “The e-Naira is […]

As you read this piece, President Muhammadu Buhari and his team are in the French capital, attending the Paris Peace Forum, a gathering of about 30 Presidents and head of governments from around the world. The Nigerian leader is among the few that were asked to deliver a speech.

By Asikason Jonathan ACCORDING to Maitama Sule, “Behind every crisis anywhere in the world is injustice.” And the antidote to any crisis anywhere in the world, the late scion of the conservative northern political oligarchy noted, just few days before his transition to the yonder realm, is “justice.” Sule’s gush over justice and enthronement of […]

The Enugu State government has raised the alarm over series of illegal connections of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) lines feeding government establishments to private offices and homes by unscrupulous individuals.