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 …
Read More »Federal High Court orders INEC to publish Valentine Ozigbo as PDP candidate
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 …
Read More »Abia State’s Paris Club Refunds: Who are you to ask me questions? By Alex Otti
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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Read More »Court stops Zamfara House of Assembly from impeaching Deputy Governor, Mahdi Gusau
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 …
Read More »Obi at 60 – A Retrospect By Valentine Obienyem
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. …
Read More »Amended Electoral Bill: Ubani lambasts NASS members over legislative ‘rascality’
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 …
Read More »NAPAC USA team, Ugandan officials visit Nigerian Consul General in New York, Amb. Egopija
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 …
Read More »Nigerian Universities: Beyond quantity By Dakuku Peterside
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 …
Read More »Killing of 13 policemen: Gov. Matawalle, CP react
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 …
Read More »Short story: Ojiaka, (pronunciation oh-ji-aka) – Ritual of Justification By Oluchi Ibe
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 …
Read More »South-West governors and constitutional amendment… By Bolanle Bolawole
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 …
Read More »U.S women basketball team beat D’Tigress 93-62
Abuja, July 19, 2021 The Nigerian national women basketball team on Sunday could not hold their own against their U.S. counterparts as they lost 62-93 in a friendly at Las Vegas. In the game arranged to prepare both sides for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, the Americans were totally dominant of …
Read More »Five kidnap suspects set ablaze
By Igbaugba Ehigimetor Benin, July 18, 2021 Five suspected kidnappers were on Sunday set ablaze by angry youths along the Afuze-Uokha Road in Owan West Local Government of Edo, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The suspects were said to have attacked and abducted some travellers along the lonely …
Read More »Airtel yet to renew license, says NCC
By Jessica Dogo Abuja, July 18, 2021 The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says it is yet to renew Airtel’s Mobile Operating License. Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, made this known in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja. According to him, the attention of the NCC was drawn …
Read More »Fire guts Ebeano Supermarket in Abuja
Prince Ebeano supermarket on fire By Kelechi Ogunleye Abuja, July 18, 2021 The popular Prince Ebeano Supermarket at Lokogoma district in Abuja was on fire late on Saturday. Mr Ibrahim Muhammad, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Federal Capital Territory Fire Service confirmed the development in an interview with a …
Read More »SERAP gives Buhari govt 24 hours to withdraw gag order on reporting of terrorist attacks
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to use his leadership position “to urgently instruct Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to withdraw the directive containing a sweeping gag order banning journalists …
Read More »40th Priestly Anniversary: Obi felicitates with Archbishop Okeke, hails contributions to society, human development
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has hailed the Archbishop of Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha and Metropolitan of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province, Most Rev Valerian Okeke, on the occasion of the celebration of his 40th priestly anniversary, while commending his …
Read More »Cholera hits Enugu; State govt. confirms outbreak at new Artisan Market; 7 dead; 19 infected
By Nicholas Obisike Enugu, July 17, 2021 Enugu State Government, has confirmed the outbreak of cholera at the new Artisan Market in Enugu metropolis. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr Emmanuel Obi, who confirmed this in a statement in Enugu on Saturday, said that the outbreak had so …
Read More »Reigners Bible Church collapse: Survivors lament abandonment; Denounce White Paper; Threaten court action.
By Dennis Udoma, Uyo Five years after the Reigners Bible Church collapse in Akwa Ibom state, survivors of the tragic incident that reportedly claimed the lives of more than 100 people and and nearly claimed the life of the State Governor, Udom Emmanuel are up in arms. They are protesting …
Read More »ADF condemns killing of Igbo traders in Ladipo Lagos; Calls for sanction of perpetrators
A group, Alaigbo Development Foundation(ADF) has condemned in strong terms the alleged killing of Igbo traders at the popular Ladipo spare parts market in Lagos. The group, which described the “cold-blooded killing in broad daylight” of the traders as “a continuation of the Igbo genocide,” called on the authorities to investigate …
Read More »South South zone women advised to register to vote in elections
Dr Eno Udensi, Head of Mission, Pan African Women Project, has advised South South women to be involved actively in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise to ensure they vote in subsequent elections. Udensi gave the advice in her address during the sensitisation of women from the South South geopolitical …
Read More »Groups plan recall of South East Senators; ‘They must account for their egregious dereliction of duty’ – Anambra Professionals
Some groups in the South East geo-political zone are mobilizing to begin recall proceedings against Senators from the zone who absented themselves from the crucial vote on the Electoral Act Amendment bill which decided on electronic transmission of election results, as well as those who voted against the adoption of …
Read More »Some prophets see nothing By FEMI ADESINA
There he goes again. Troublemaker. He wants to abuse our prophets, the vessels of God Almighty. Not so. Let me state from the beginning that I believe in prophecies and prophets. Good, sincere, genuine ones. “Believe in the Lord your God, so shall you be established. Believe His prophets, so …
Read More »Group lauds Emenike’s appointment as UNN Governing Council Chair
By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, July 16, 2021 The Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders has expressed joy over the appointment of Mr Ikechi Emenike as Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). This is contained in a statement issued on Friday by the group’s President-General, Goodluck Ibem, and …
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