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CBN Governor Resumes Duty After Overseas Vacation
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has resumed duty after his annual vacation abroad. Emefiele, who proceeded on leave in December 2022, resumed work today, Monday, January 16, 2023. The Governor resumed with renewed vigour to perform his duty ahead of the first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the year scheduled for January 23 to 24, 2023. Disclosing...
2023 Election: HURIWA Backs Senator Kalu, Soludo On Release Of Nnamdi Kanu
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Monday, backed the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu and Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State on the urgent need for the Federal Government to unconditionally release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, said constructive dialogue and no use...
IPOB Replies Soludo, Says Offer To Stand As Nnamdi Kanu’s Surety Needless
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has hailed the recent call by the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo for the unconditional release of the IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has been in detention since 2021. The pro-Biafran group said while they welcome the development, they noted that the issue of granting of bail or standing surety does not...
Nnamdi Kanu Takes FG, South East Governors To Court For Proscribing IPOB As Terror Group
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government for labelling his group as a terrorist organisation. In the suit marked E/20/2023, and filed by Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, the IPOB leader is seeking an order that self-determination is not a crime and consequently cannot be held on...
Buhari Jets Out To Mauritania To Receive Award For Strengthening Peace
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, receive “African Award for Strengthening Peace” in Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of Mauritania. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement issued on Sunday, said the award would be conferred on him for his leadership role in promoting peace on the continent, through regular inventions, counsels and conciliatory...
Tinubu Appoints Two Senior Journalists To Rejig Media Team
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has strengthened his media office with the injection of two new aides. Those appointed are Mahmud Jega, Special Adviser, Public Affairs, and Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, Special Assistant on Media and Publicity. In a statement on Sunday, Mr. Tunde Rahman, Tinubu’s spokesman, said the two appointees would deploy their expertise and...
Ex-UNIBEN Media Officer, Ogochukwu Isioma Denies Fraud Allegations
Benin City, Nigeria – Former Media Officer of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Ogochukwu Isioma, alias Campus Gist, has denied allegations of fraud leveled against him by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Benedicta Ehanire. Isioma, who resigned from his position, described the allegations as false and an attempt to tarnish his reputation. In a five-page rejoinder, Isioma refuted claims made...
I’m Ready To Stand As Nnamdi Kanu’s Surety — Soludo
Anambra State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has called on the federal government to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, saying he is prepared to stand surety for him. Kanu has been in detention at the custody of the Department of State Service( DSS) since 2021 on allegation to treasonable felony after he...
Elections: Ebubeagu Must Be Disbanded In Imo, PDP Insists
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday called for the disbandment of the Imo state government-backed Ebubeagu security outfit in the state. The PDP made this call while speaking to newsmen in Owerri, through the State Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor. The main opposition party alleged that the Ebubeagu security outfit would hijack the security of the election in Imo state on...
Chief Dan Okeke’s Medical Outreach: An Elixir Of Love For Senior Citizens, Under-Privileged In Arochukwu And Ohafia
By Oti Maduabuchi Orieji Unless one is diagnosed with an eye disorder, one can easily overlook the virtue of vision. In Nigeria today, mainly in rural areas, a lot of people are faced with several eye difficulties which include glaucoma, cataract, age-related macular regression, diabetic retinopathy, or Ocular surface disease among many other common eye problems. Patients with any form...
