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Ebem Ohafia To Hold Crucial Interdenominational Prayer Meeting Today
The people of Ebem Ohafia in Ohafia LGA of Abia state has concluded arrangements to hold an important interdenominational prayer meeting in their community. The spiritual exercise coming up today Monday, November 14, 2022 is organised by the Ohafia Traditional Rulers' Council in conjunction with the Ezie Ogo and Ebem-in-Council. A release signed by Chief Kalu Iroha, Palace Secretary on behalf...
President Buhari Returns To Abuja From London (PHOTOS)
President Muhammadu Buhari has on Sunday returned to Abuja from London after a routine two-week medical check-up. Buhari’s jet landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, a few minutes ago. Buhari left for London on October 31, 2022, after attending a security council meeting and a Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers in Owerri, Imo...
NYSC DG Cautions Members Against Flouting Electoral Laws, Accepting Free Rides
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, General Muhammad Fadah, has cautioned corps members to be security conscious and to discharge their electoral assignments with integrity. The NYSC boss gave the advice while addressing the 2022 Batch ‘C’ corps members at the orientation camps in Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara states. In a statement signed by the Director Press and Public...
Presidential Candidates Not Attending Debate Should Be Disqualified — Utomi
Foremost political economist, Professor Pat Utomi has called for the disqualification of any candidate found missing at the election debates. Utomi made this call while addressing journalists in Abuja during the weekend. He also asked the Nigerian electorates to use their power to vote against candidates who fail to make themselves available for the debate. Utomi explained that debates provide the electorates...
2023: Do Not Spoil South East Chances, Ohanaeze Begs IPOB
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has urged members of the proscribed secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB to sheathe their swords and allow peace to reign in the South-East. This is as Kanu in a Friday statement by his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, urged his followers to be ‘circumspect’ because ‘the enemies were relentlessly exploiting vulnerable means to blackmail IPOB.’ Ohanaeze’s spokesperson, Chief...
Justice Mary Odili Gets New Appointment
Retired Justice Mary Odili has been appointed as Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Journal editorial board. Inaugurating the board, the Executive Secretary of the commission, Mr Tony Ojukwu, SAN, said the journal serves as a useful resource for human rights research. He said the journal is a collection of scholarly full-length articles on contemporary issues on human rights. According...
Shettima’s Comment On Peter Obi Irresponsible, Disappointing — Labour Party
The Labour Party has called on the All Progressives Congress to caution its vice-presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, over his utterances on its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and other candidates. The party, on Saturday, expressed dissatisfaction with the conduct of Shettima in a statement signed by the Director-General, Labour Party Campaign Organisation, Dr Doyin Okupe. Okupe noted that the vice-presidential candidate of...
Union Of Journalists Set To Honour Sen. Orji Kalu
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), is set to honour a former governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu with its "Media Icon Award". Kalu, a Senator representing Abia North senatorial district at the National Assembly was the governor of Abia State between 1999 to 2007. A statement issued by the chairman of the Lagos...
I’ll Revive ECOMOG For Adequate Border Patrol If Elected President — Atiku
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that if elected president of Nigeria in 2023, he will reactivate the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) to help tackle the insecurity that has been bedeviling the country. Atiku stated this at a Business Breakfast meeting tagged “Nigeria’s Time to Recover” which held in Abuja...
Okorocha Asks Court To Dismiss N2.9bn Fraud Charges Against Him, Says It’s Baseless
A former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to quash a N2.9B billion money laundering charge brought against him by the Federal Government. The former governor is claiming that the fraud charges initiated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on behalf of the Federal Government constituted a gross abuse...
