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By Zainab Suleiman Okino This is not the best of times for the embattled APC chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. It is also not the right time to be in opposition in a place like Kano state. We know politics is an endless cut-throat battle, but the intrigues and volatility of Kano politics is something else. However ever since the two former governors of the state, Rabiu Kwankwaso and Ganduje parted way and started their political roforofo, Kano has never been the same. Everything around and about them are politicised and twisted to fit certain narratives. Ganduje was recently suspended from…
By Owei Lakemfa This year’s May Day was an opportunity for Nigerian labour centres to examine how workers are faring under the laws and their general well-being in a stifling socio-economic society. It was an occasion which revealed that even their quest for justice, in a supposed arbitration system, can be quite problematic. Justice Benedict Bakwaph Kanyip, President of the National Industrial Court, NIC, presented the first paper on ‘Labour Laws and Trade Unions in Nigeria,’ while the second presentation on ‘People First In National Affairs’ was by Mr Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN. The former began by…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Gunmen on Friday invaded Umuihe autonomous community, Akaeze in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and killed the traditional ruler of the community, HRH Umazi Ibo Ubani. It was learned that there were heavy shootings in the community by the gunmen during the invasion which caused pandemonium in the area as the people scampered for safety. The Coordinator of Akaeze Development Centre, Chinasa Okorie, confirmed the incident. He noted that the attack on the community occured at about 10:pm on Friday over the weekend. He condemned the killing of the monarch, stressing it will be very…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu A Labour Party Chieftain in Enugu State, Mr. Onuora Odo has called for an urgent reorganisation of the activities of neighborhood watch and forest guard in Enugu State. Odo, who is also a Chairmanship Aspirant for Igboeze North Local Government Council in the much anticipated October election in the state, made the call in a public statement released to Journalists in Enugu. The human rights lawyer said the call became necessary following the recent avoidable killings of innocent citizens by officers and men of Neighbourhood Watch security outfit in Igboeze North. Odo expressed his disappointment over the…
By Nnedinso Ogaziechi Many might claim that it is too early to assess performance of cabinet members but the former minister cited the example of a Malaysian Power minister that challenged himself to fix the power problem of the region in six months or resign and he achieved his target. That to Dr. Usman should be the mantra of active cabinet members. Governments succeed or fail based on so many variables. Leadership is important, capacity and teamwork from cabinet members matter. In democracies around the world, Presidents always insist on the capacity of the people they would want to work…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Archbishop, Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger and Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Reverend Alexander Ibezim, has condemned the continued detention of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, describing it as a “national embarrassment.” Kanu, a British-Nigerian citizen, since his re-arrest in July 2021, has been detained at the DSS facility where he is facing terrorism trial at a Federal High Court, Abuja. Bishop Ibezim while delivering his presidential charge at the second session of the 13th diocesan synod held at the Church of Pentecost, Awka, Anambra State capital, urged the Federal…
By Press Release Your Excellencies, It is a common knowledge that the American and French governments have been desperately lobbying the governments of Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Ghana to agree to sign new defense pacts that would enable them to redeploy their soldiers expelled from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. Some of the troops have been redeployed to Chad but France and United States prefer countries of the Gulf of Guinea that are more strategically located to serve their interests in the central zone of the Sahel. Of the countries in the Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria turns out to be the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Igga Community in Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State on Saturday allegedly came under heavy attacks as some persons wearing Police and Army uniforms invaded the farming community burning houses and destroying whatever was on sight. It was learnt that the entire community was engulfed on fire while the people of the communities ran to the bushes leading to many of them sustaining injuries while one aged man, Mr Richard Okoye, hit himself on a tree and died. As at the time of this report the whereabouts of the Traditional ruler of the community Igwe Ukuta alongside his…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Commissioner of Police, Abia State, CP Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, has clarified that the kidnap of Bishop Uka Uka Osim of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, his wife, son and others, did not occur in Abia State contrary to reports in the social media. The CP who made the clarification in a statement Sunday, said that investigation revealed that the alleged abduction happened in Anambra State. Onwuemelie in the statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Maureen Chinaka, advised media practitioners to always verify their facts to avoid misinforming the public. According to the statement, police in synergy…
By Chidi Anelm Odinkalu “Fools at the top would cause damage to any system not to talk of the fragile institutions of a fledgling democracy.” – Charles Archibong, A Stranger in Their Midst: A Memoir, 97 (2021) In the last week of April, 2024, Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN) Olukayode Ariwoola, co-convened and chaired a “National Summit on Justice” in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital. Addressing the participants “with a profound sense of responsibility,” the CJN invited them “on a journey of comprehensive reform to ensure that justice is not only dispensed but also perceived to be dispensed fairly and impartially.” More…