A Professor of Political Science, Bolaji Akinyemi, says the 1948 United Nations Resolution creating two states is key to the resolution of the long conflict between Palestine and Israel. He also said Nigeria should not take sides in the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas.Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Ahead of the 2027 elections, the Senate is set to amend the Electoral Act to allow for diaspora voting, at least for presidential elections, to enable citizens, especially those on essential service abroad, to vote. The Senate in a communiqué issued at the end of its retreatContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has advocated a joint celebration of the New Yam festival and unity among Ndịgbo across the South-East. Soludo made the call on Saturday at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, during the state’s maiden edition of its New YamContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A boat mishap has occured in Niger State leading to the death of two persons while many sustained major injuries. The accident occurred in Katcha, headquarters of Katcha Local Government Area, last Friday. Our correspondent, who reliably gathered that the boat, as at the time of theContinue Reading
The Nigerian Army has recruited a new set of 6,315 soldiers into the force as part of efforts to shore up its manpower and confront the security challenges confronting the country. At the passing-out parade of the recruits of 85th Regular Intake from the Nigerian Army Depot, Zaria in KadunaContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Igbo leaders in the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have mandated the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide to reach out to President Bola Tinubu with a view to securing the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra ((IPOB), NnamdiContinue Reading
Governor Sanwo-Olu of Lagos •Boast ‘We’ll soon take over Lagos, Police cannot stop us’ •‘We were getting ‘akara’ money in the East’ A Lagos businessman who was abducted in Ago Palace Way, Lagos two weeks ago has been released after paying N30 million as ransom. He was kidnapped by four hooded men whoContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Worried by the state of the Nigerian nation, a former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku, has called for a new constitution. He made the call on Friday in Ado Ekiti while delivering the 2023 Convocation Lecture of Afe Babalola University in the Ekiti State capital. SpeakingContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu has granted the waiver of ‘no work, no pay’ preferred against the members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). The doctors had commenced a 17-day industrial action on July 26 after the Federal Government failed to meet their demands. Responding, the governmentContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA President Bola Tinubu has moved to block six US government intelligence agencies from releasing documents relating to a 1993 Illinois court judgment, where he forfeited $460,000 in two of his bank accounts. The forfeiture was the outcome of an investigation that linked some money in several ofContinue Reading