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Try Junaid Mohammed for Treason – Igbo Leaders

Christian Emeka. The statement credited to the convener of the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, Junaid Mohammed, has continued to draw the ire of various...

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Ufuma resurrects Ofala, New Yam Festival

By O’Star Eze. It was an atmosphere of camaraderie in Ufuma community as their Egwu Otute (Ofala) Uvume was held again after a long time. Introducing the festival, the Igwe of the community, HRH Igwe...

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Healthcare crucial to national growth – Physician

By Raymond Udeagbara. A key player in the nation’s health sector and the MD/CEO Grafil Medical Ltd, Dr. Foster Ihejiofor, says adequate health care delivery is crucial to the sustainable growth of any...

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Okada, Keke operators stage protest over ban, extortion

By Francis Ekpone. Commercial cyclists and tricycle operators in Onitsha, Anambra State, staged a peaceful protest in collaboration with the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations over alleged police...

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More Frustrations trail Buhari’s appointments

By Uzoh Ugwueze, Enugu. Buhari’s appointment of SGF and other principal positions have continued to receive backlash across the country, even within his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC....

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Obiano recognises Ezeemo, pledges youth empowerment.

By Francis Ekpone. Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has reiterated his administration’s commitment to the empowerment of youths in the state, pledging to provide enabling environment for them to...

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Community tackles erosion

By Nwama Henry, Umuahia. In a bid to complement government efforts in rural development, the people of Umuobasiukwu Ozuitem autonomous community in Bende L.G.A. of Abia State have embarked on...

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Abuja-Nyanya highway bottleneck to ease out soon

By Jibrin Lumba, Abuja. Outraged and distressed Keffi-Abuja highway users, who spend hours every day in traffic hold-ups on the notorious Nyanya road in their effort to enter or leave the federal...

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Enugu contractors get marching order

By Uzoh Ugwueze, Enugu. Ahead of his celebration of 100 days in office, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has called on contractors handling ongoing projects in the state to speed up actions to...

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We are ready to sanitise LGAs – Lawmakers

By Uzoh Ugwueze, Enugu. Members of the Enugu State House of Assembly have vowed to tackle the decay and corruption prevalent among the 17 local government council areas of the state. Chairman, House...

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Scholars brainstorm on unified curriculum for African universities

By Okechukwu Onuegbu. Scholars across three African countries have stressed the need for the government and the governed to combine effort towards developing concrete methods of addressing numerous...

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Abia revives monthly sanitation

By Nwama Henry, Umuahia. After about four months, the Abia State Government has resurrected the monthly sanitation exercise in the state. The exercise had before the tail-end of Gov. Theodore Orji’s...

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Kuje Area Council power tussle worsens

By Jibrin Lumba, Abuja. The leadership dispute among councillors in Kuje area council of the Federal Capital Territory has worsened as feuding councillors have opened new fronts in their effort to...

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You are anti-Igbo, Ohanaeze tells Buhari

By Abba-Eku Onyekachi, Abuja. Newly elected chairman of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Odozi Elijah Nwodozi, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being anti-Igbo....

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Indian Clinic checks Cancer in Anambra, Rivers

By Francis Ekpone. Country Representative of an Indian-based hospital, Ruby Hall Clinic, Mr. Emereole Cyril, has said that the clinic is set to partner Anambra and Rivers State governments in provision...

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Massive shake-up at Immigration

…Senior officers transferred for disloyalty   By Jibrin Lumba, Abuja. Newly appointed Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr. Martin Kure Abeshi, has commenced what insiders...

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Chain Road Mishaps In Ago Palace Way, Ikorodu and Ojuelegba

By Chukwudi Ohiri. Barely forty-eight hours after an articulated forty feet container truck fell off the Ojuelegba Bridge along Funsho Williams Avenue , Lagos State killing three persons, two other...

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NOUN matriculates 300

By Nwama Henry. National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Umudike campus, Abia State, joined the rest of the 67 study centres across Nigeria to mark its 14th matriculation ceremony for 2014/2015...

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Onitsha killings: Ohaneze youths give Buhari 14 days ultimatum

By Francis Ekpone. Youth wing of Ohaneze Ndigbo has given President of Muhammadu Buhari a 14-day ultimatum to fish out and prosecute the alleged killers of the seven members of a pro-Biafra group,...

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Newly recruited immigration officers sent home

By Jibrin Lumba, Abuja. The hope of many desperate, unemployed youths to serve in the Nigeria Immigration Service [NIS] has again been dashed with the suspension of the recent recruitment exercise...

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