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By Ifeanyi Olannye Asaba, July 20, 2021 Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, has congratulated former Governor of Anambra, Mr Peter Obi, as he clocked 60. Okowa’s felicitation is contained in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Tuesday in Asaba. He said that Obi’s tenure …

The World Igbo Congress (WIC) has declared Wednesday July 21, 2021 a day of protest across cities in the United States of America (US) and beyond. The WIC, a Houston-based sociopolitical organization that promotes Igbo people’s interests world-wide, declared the action, according to a broadcast by the Chairman of its Board of …

“Just over one percent of the African population has been fully vaccinated and around 2.5 percent have received at least the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination as at June 2021.”  This sad report was announced recently by Africa’s apex health agency, the Center for Disease Control(CDC) at a forum. …

By Dennis Udoma, Uyo A Civil Society Organization (CSO), the Network Advancement Programme for Disaster Risk Reduction (NAPDRR), on Monday commended the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for its commitment to addressing environmental safety and good governance in the Niger Delta. The group in a statement jointly signed by its …

The National Association of Seadogs, (NAS) has dismissed as false and untrue allegations that the association is a cult group. The Akwa Ibom Capoon, Sancta Riviera Deck of NAS, Mr Anthony Akan, disclosed this during the NAS Annual Feast of Barracuda (FoB), in Uyo last Saturday. Akan said that the …

William Attah, Gombe Gombe State Government in conjunction with the Nigeria Erosion Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) are currently planting trees and constructing waste collection points in Gombe State University (GSU). Some parts of the State capital affected by different forms of land degradation are also benefiting from the project which …

In the light of the tremendous stress laid upon the leadership role in both secular and religious worlds, it is a general principle that we can influence and lead others only so far as we ourselves have gone. The person most likely to be successful is the one who leads …

Activist Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic after being declared wanted by the Department of State Services (DSS). The Yoruba Nation agitator was apprehended by local police on Monday night at an airport in Cotonou. He was reportedly heading for Germany. A source quoted …

  By Alex Enebeli Enugu, July 19, 2021 Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress, Tiwatope Savage a.k.a Tiwa Savage has lost her father to the cold hand of death. The African super musician took to her Instagram page @tiwasavage on Monday to announce the sad news. She wrote, “Early hours of …

SUDUJE DAURA (KATSINA) President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the first National Agriculture Land Development Authority (NALDA) Integrated Farm Estate in Suduje Daura, Katsina State, with a pledge that Nigeria, under his watch, will achieve food security. Performing the inauguration on Monday, July 19, 2021, President Buhari reiterated that his administration …

  Besides its promise of revitalising the travel and tourism industry in Nigeria and, eventually, other parts of Africa, AURA By Transcorp Hotels, the new digital hospitality platform of Transcorp Hotels Plc, is also set to grow a new generation of entrepreneurs. The new platform was recently launched by Vice …

By Joan Odafe Lagos, July 19, 2021 Fans of late Olanrewaju Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan, including celebrities, gathered on Sunday for a procession and night of tributes to the musician who died at the age of 44. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that he died following …

By Nathan Nwakamma Yenagoa, July 19, 2021 Absence of Counsel on Monday, stalled an alleged contempt suit filed against rtd Col. Milland Dikio, Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme over non compliance with a court judgment. Some 147 ex-Militants, through their Counsel, Richard Turner are seeking the enforcement of the court …

Bandits operating in the North West zone of the country have shot down a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet. The jet which came under intense enemy fire on its way back from a successful interdiction mission, according to a statement by  Edward Gabkwet, Air Commodore, Director of Public Relations …

A Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra State, has Monday morning July 19, 2021 ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the name of Valentine Ozigbo as the Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 6 Anambra State Governorship Election. It would be recalled that …

Email: alex.otti@thisdaylive.com “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything” Albert Einstein One of the imperatives of democracy is that the citizens must always be able to engage their representatives in government, asking them questions and holding them …

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By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, July 19, 2021 The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, restrained the Zamfara House of Assembly from impeaching the Deputy Governor of the state, Mahdi Gusau. Justice Obiora Egwuatu gave the order while delivering a ruling in an ex-parte motion with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/650/2021 brought by the Peoples …

  We can hardly forget those that play critical roles in our lives. As a young Seminarian in 1988, Rev. Fr. Dr. Collins Okeke as our Auxiliary (then a Seminarian), came bubbling with philosophy, being a fresh graduate of philosophy at the time. He is intelligent and everybody knows that. …

The Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association, Section on Public Interest and Development Law, NBA- SPIDEL, Dr. Monday Ubani has lambasted members of the National Assembly, NASS, who voted to allow the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, to play key role in the transmission of election results in the just amended electoral …

Members of the Nigerian American Public Affairs Committee USA (NAPAC USA), led by its President, Dr. Nelson Aluya, paid a courtesy call on the Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Ambassador Peter Lot Egopija at the Nigerian Consulate, New York recently. The NAPAC team led a delegation of top officials …

 The hallmark of productivity is improvement in quantity and quality. If one of these standards is sacrificed for the other, needed development is compromised. This argument is so valid in our tertiary education sector today . The demand for higher education in Nigeria, spurred by urgent national development needs, is …

By Shuaib Sadiq Gusau, July 19, 2021 Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, on Sunday in Gusau, expressed shock at the killing of 13 police officers by suspected bandits. The police personnel were gunned down at a mobile camp in Kurar Mota community in the Bagudu Local Government Area of the …

He was noted as the village trouble maker even at a tender age. It gave his father so much worry. Sunny left for Aba one early morning. He did not inform any one. Story came one night that he was seen at Abayi. It was 1975. It was a big …

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 According to reports I read on Cable News, an online publication superintended by seasoned journalist and influential columnist, Simon Kolawole, the governors of the South-West states of Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, and Ondo have made representations regarding on-going efforts by the National Assembly to review …