Questions for Peter Obi (2)
By Obi Nwakanma It appears that Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party is not only surging at the polls, but he is raking in the endorsements of key figures in the Nigerian polity whose opinions matter in very important circles. General Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria began his new year by penning a […]
Edo records Lassa Fever death, cases rise to 40
Edo State, at the weekend, confirmed one death from Lassa fever and recorded 12 new cases as the government steps up measures to contain the spread of the disease across all communities in the state.
IPoB: Bid to force US to intervene in Nnamdi Kanu’s case gets boost
The call by a US congressman, Jarvis Johnson of the State of Texas, seeking the American government’s intervention in the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has received the backing of eminent Igbo personalities.
Unknown gunmen abduct Catholic priest in Ekiti
Unknown gunmen on Saturday evening abducted the Parish Priest of Saint George’s Catholic Church Omu Ekiti in Oye Local Government, Reverend Father Michael Olofinlade
IPOB: Release Kanu to me and insecurity in S/East disappears — Soludo
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has joined other prominent individuals and groups in calling on the Federal Government to immediately and unconditionally release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
PDP CRISIS: Wike says window of reconciliation closing, warns of dire consequences
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned that the window of reconciliation in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is closing, saying there would be dire consequences if the party refuses to heed calls for the exit of its National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu.
PDP ‘civil war’ deadlocked
This report takes a cursory look at the unending drama among the Governor Nyesom Wike-led Peoples Democratic Party Governors (G5), the national leadership and the possible effect on the party’s electoral fortunes.
BOKO HARAM/ISWAP: Army orders remaining terrorists to surrender or blame themselves
The Nigerian Army has ordered the remnants of the Boko Haram/ ISWAP terrorists still in their hideouts waging war against the country in the North-East to surrender and lay down their arms like the over 83,000 of their members and families that had surrendered to troops in Borno or face the fire power of the armed forces and blame themselves.
Fellow Nigerians, get ready for real chaos
By Dele Sobowale “Wisdom in people consists in the anticipation of consequences” – Norman Cousins, 1915-1990 In the last Sunday of December, I got published an article on this page titled: ‘What if there is no credible election in 2023?’ Here is the last paragraph of that article as a quick reminder: “Just as relevant […]
Obi fires back at Tinubu: Nigeria safe in stingy man’s hands
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, has replied to his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, saying the country would be safer in the hands of a stingy man.
COVID: We are possibly throwing infected wastewater arriving with planes into airport bush — Tomori, virology prof
Renowned virologist, Professor Oyewale Tomori, says Nigeria isn’t taking action to curtail the entry of infected travellers amid raging Covid-19 in China.
