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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Ahead of the September 28 Local Government election in Anambra State, Governor Chukwuma Soludo has commended the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) for their efforts so far in preparing for the local government election in the state. Governor Soludo gave the commendation while interacting with the candidates of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the election in Awka, the state capital. The interactive meeting was attended by Local Government and party chairmen, members of the state working committee and members of the State Executive Council. The governor, who also commended his party hierarchy for their efforts,…
…N950 in Lagos, N1019 in Borno Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, has said the petrol it lifted from Dangote Refinery, would sell at different prices in different parts of the country. Lifting of petrol from Dangote Refinery began on Sunday where several trucks had been loaded for distribution of the essential commodity to different parts of the country. Following the loading of petrol from Dangote Refinery, NNPC Limited has released new pump price across the country with additional cost for consumers. According to a statement by the NNPCL, in Lagos, petrol will now sell for…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Police operatives in Imo state have successfully repelled an attack on the Njaba Divisional Headquarters by suspected hoodlums. The attackers, arriving in three SUVs, launched a violent assault on the headquarters with sporadic gunfire. In response, the operatives swiftly took up defensive positions and engaged the assailants, resulting in the neutralisation of three attackers, while some others who sustained various gunshot injuries, fled into nearby bushes. During the operation, the police said they recovered one General Purpose Machine Gun, one AK-47 rifle, and three vehicles: a Toyota Lexus 470, a Mercedes GLK, and a Toyota Venza. An…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Fire has burnt down the house of a physically challenged man, Mr. Linus Eji, in Ebonyi State rendering him homeless. The incident happened in his Ododokpa Ndubia Igbeagu residence in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Mr. Eji while narrating his ordeal said that the mysterious fire gutted his house in the early hours of Wednesday, 11th September 2024 when he was sitting outside with his two children, preparing breakfast. He lamented that because of his condition and inability of help to come, he was unable to evacuate any property form the house. He lamented that he…
By Owei Lakemfa The addresses by world leaders speaking for eight billion human begins, began flowing at the United Nations headquarters in New York, on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. The focus is on peace; how to save humanity from itself. That same day, a debate raged in the host country between its two leading presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Inevitably, they had to address the issue of peace, especially in the Palestine which houses symbolic cities of peace like Bethlehem and Jerusalem. It is a Holy Land where the blood of the innocent waters its fields, mountains and valleys.…
By Azu Ishiekwene I don’t get involved with what the security services do or how. Their ways are so complex and their motives so unsearchable that sometimes you’ll be forgiven for thinking that working from the answer to the question is the standard operating procedure. Of course, you are told that whatever happens in between is in the public interest. As far as fiction imitates life, there is a striking resemblance between the recent hyperactivity in Nigeria’s security services and what happened in a novel set in mid-17th century England. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, has been released minutes after his arrest. Sowore was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, on Sunday morning at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State. This is coming barely one week after the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja. Sowere wrote: “I had just arrived in Nigeria from the USA at MMIA in Lagos; upon reaching Nigerian Immigration, my passport…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Governor Peter Mbah, has directed the Nigeria Police to produce killers of Chairman of Ogbete Market Traders Association (OMMATA), Mr Stephen Aniagu, on Saturday night, within 48 hours. The governor vowed that no one would commit such heinous crime in the state under his watch and go scot-free. Mbah also commiserated with the family of the deceased and OMMATA. Aniago was gunned down by yet to be identified assailants at Topland area of Amechi Awkunanaw, a suburb Enugu metropolis, at about 8:20 pm on Saturday. Reacting to the development on Sunday, Mbah said, “My heart grieves over the brutal…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Gunmen suspected to be assassins on Saturday night reportedly shot and killed the chairman of the Ogbete Main Market Traders’ Association (OMMATA) in Enugu, Mr. Stephen Aniagu. Multiple sources said that, Mr. Aniagu was shot at Moses Ogbodo Junction near Topland Market in the Amechi area of Enugu South Local Government Area. According to one of the sources close to the scene, the deceased was on his way home after the market closed for the day when he was gunned down around 7 PM on Saturday, 14th September, 2024. “We heard gunshots and everyone ran for safety.…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “A historian ought to be exact, sincere and impartial; free from passion, unbiased by interest, fear, resentment or affection; and faithful to the truth, which is the mother of history the preserver of great actions, the enemy of oblivion, the witness of the past, the director of the future.” Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar History is endangered in Nigeria and those who research or teach it as their vocation are at risk of extinction. Every opportunity to celebrate or learn from history or historians in a country like this, therefore, is not one to be spurned. When the Usman Dan…