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Our Reporter, Abuja with abc NEWS The Rev. Jesse Jackson, pioneering civil rights leader, Baptist minister and two-time Democratic presidential candidate, has died at 84, his family announced Tuesday. “Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless and the overlooked around the world,” the family said, urging supporters to continue his fight for justice and equality. Jackson is survived by his wife of more than six decades, Jacqueline Jackson, and six children. A protégé of Martin Luther King Jr., Jackson rose to national prominence during the civil rights movement, participating…
Our Reporter, Abuja African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain, and former Labour Party 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over reported plans to power the Presidential Villa with solar energy, describing the move as troubling amid Nigeria’s lingering electricity crisis. In a statement posted on his verified X handle on Monday, Obi recalled a campaign promise attributed to Tinubu in which he said: “If I do not provide steady electricity in four years, do not vote for me for a second tenure.” Obi noted that 32 months into the administration, many Nigerians were still contending with…
Our Reporter, Abuja A coalition of survivors and families of alleged victims in Kaduna State on Monday called for a comprehensive investigation into what it described as widespread abuses during the administration of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai between 2015 and 2023. In a statement issued in Abuja and Kaduna, the group, operating under the banner “Kaduna Victims’ Coalition,” said it represents individuals, families and communities who endured “hardship, terror, fear and loss” during the eight-year tenure. The coalition said its membership cuts across community and business leaders, serving and retired public servants, traditional rulers, faith leaders, academics, journalists and lawyers.…
…Victims’ family members recount ordeal, solicit govt’s assistance …Otti promises help Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia It was a black Saturday in Umuahia, Abia State, as 14 guests returning from a traditional marriage and wedding ceremony in Enugu perished in a tragic auto crash. They were returning from a marriage ceremony at Amagunze, Nkanu, in Enugu State when the coaster bus conveying them collided head-on with an articulated vehicle (trailer) along the Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway. The tragedy occurred around 6 p.m. near the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ozalla, a few metres away from the popular 4-Corner Junction. Various accounts said 12…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu No fewer than 27,848 graduates of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, will participate in an eight-year combined convocation ceremony. The Rector of IMT, Prof. Gozie Ogbodo, disclosed this at a pre-convocation press briefing for the 43rd to 50th consolidated convocation, as well as an art and technological innovation exhibition, on Monday in Enugu. Ogbodo said the eight-year consolidated convocation, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 21, at the International Conference Centre, IMT Enugu, covers graduates of the institution from 2018 to 2025. He noted that Gov. Peter Mbah, top government officials, and other distinguished academic scholars…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The All Progressives Congress (APC), Enugu State chapter, has raised the alarm that some individuals it described as “secessionists” are making efforts to destabilise the second-term bid of Gov. Peter Mbah in the state. The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the APC in the state, Dr Ben Nwoye, made the allegation when he received members of the state chapter of Asiwaju Renewed Mandate South East (ARMSE), led by its leader, Chief Josef Onoh, in his office on Monday in Enugu. Nwoye, however, clarified that the secessionists were not agitators for a separate country from Nigeria, but groups within…
By Owei Lakemfa The inaugural lecture of Professor Wole Soyinka in the 1980/81 period at the then University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, was expectedly explosive. Its title, “The Critic and society: Bathes, Leftocracy and Other Mythologies,” left no one in doubt that this was an ideological offensive. It was the famous writer’s nuclear-powered intellectual attack against Leftists who had asserted themselves as a dominant force in the academic and student circles on campus. Although the missiles were targeted at the Left community led by respected historian, Dr. Segun Osoba, some were also fired at academics who seem to…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Valentine’s Day 2026 will be unforgettable for babies born on February 14 in select health facilities across Abia State, following a heartwarming humanitarian outreach by Her Imperial Majesty, Ambassador Olori Temitope Enitan Ogunwusi, wife of the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi. In a symbolic gesture widely described as a “handshake across the Niger,” the royal mother made an unscheduled visit to health facilities, distributing Valentine gifts to newborns and their mothers. The outreach underscored the power of compassion as a bridge across ethnic and regional lines in Nigeria’s richly diverse society. The initiative, which marked the…
Our Reporter, Abuja The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed criminal charges against former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, at the Federal High Court in Abuja over allegations of unlawfully intercepting the phone communications of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. According to court documents, the charges stem from comments allegedly made by El-Rufai during a live television interview on Arise Television on February 13, in which he reportedly admitted to having knowledge of the interception. Prosecutors contend that the alleged act compromised public safety and national security, and instilled fear among Nigerians. In the three-count charge, the DSS…
Our Reporter, Abuja Former Kaduna State Governor and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday kept his words by honoring an invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). El-Rufai was invited for questioning over alleged corruption linked to his tenure as governor. He arrived at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja in the morning, accompanied by hundreds of supporters. His appearance comes days after he declined to submit to security operatives at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, last Thursday. El-Rufai had in a series of interviews, accused the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, of orchestrating…