Author: Alex Enemanna

  • 2023: No going back on Igbo Presidency, Okorocha insists

    2023: No going back on Igbo Presidency, Okorocha insists

    The Senator representing Imo West senatorial district and former governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, on Monday, said that the time is ripe for a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction to emerge. Okorocha spoke in Owerri, when a group called Igbos for Rochas 2023 President, led by Jeff Nwaoha, from the five states of the…

  • #EndSARS: Court grants Eromosele bail

    #EndSARS: Court grants Eromosele bail

    The Yaba Magistrates Court, Lagos, on Tuesday, granted bail to detained #EndSARS protester, Eromosele Adene, in the sum of N1m. The magistrate ruled against an application filed by the policemen attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department seeking to remand Adene for an extra 30 days. Eromosele’s lawyer, Tunde Jinadu, told reporters on Tuesday that…

  • Uzodinma: After Umahi, more governors will dump PDP

    Uzodinma: After Umahi, more governors will dump PDP

    The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, on Monday, said, the All Progressives Congress was preparing to receive more opposition party governors after the defection of his Ebonyi State counterpart, David Umahi, in a couple of days. He said this while speaking to journalists after a closed-door meeting with the Chairman of the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National…

  • Police caution Imo youths against sponsored protests

    Police caution Imo youths against sponsored protests

    Youths of Umuasonye community in Obowo council area of Imo State have been warned against staging frivolous but sponsored protests that is capable of jeopardizing the peace in the area. The state commissioner of police, Isaac Akinmoyede; the chairman of Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) in Obowo council area, Mr. Alphonsus Ekeanyawu and the president…

  • Ugandan President meets Ethiopia minister, seeks negotiation

    Ugandan President meets Ethiopia minister, seeks negotiation

    Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday met with Ethiopia’s foreign minister to discuss the growing conflict in that country, urging negotiations between warring parties. Museveni met with Demeke Mekonnen, Ethiopia’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, to discuss the almost two-week-old conflict in the dissident northern region of Tigray. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced…

  • Omoluabi receives Gov. Bello in Kabba

    Omoluabi receives Gov. Bello in Kabba

    Senior Special Assistant to Kogi State Governor on Political Matters, Omoluabi Bode Adeyemi on Monday received his principal, the governor in Kabba. The governor, represented by his Deputy, Chief Edward Onoja was at the NYSC Orientation Camp Asaya in Kabba Bunu local government for the welcome Ceremony of NYSC Batch B Stream of the corps…

  • COVID-19: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson goes on self isolation

    COVID-19: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson goes on self isolation

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in self-isolation Monday after a contact tested positive for the coronavirus while spiralling infections in the United States saw stay-at-home measures imposed on Chicago, its third-biggest city. Global infections have soared past 54 million with more than 1.3 million deaths, spurring governments to reimpose unpopular and stifling restrictions on…

  • After rejecting his marriage proposal, man sets self, mistress ablaze in Benue

    After rejecting his marriage proposal, man sets self, mistress ablaze in Benue

    Facts emerged on Sunday that a middle-aged man, Nicodemus Nomyange, who set himself and his girlfriend, Shininenge Pam, ablaze did so over the latter’s refusal to marry him. Nomyange had on Saturday evening visited his girlfriend’s house on Inikpi Street, in the High-Level area of Makurdi, with a gallon of fuel, which he used to…

  • Pigeon sells for record 1.6 mn euros to Chinese fancier

    Pigeon sells for record 1.6 mn euros to Chinese fancier

    An unidentified Chinese buyer on Sunday paid a world record 1.6 million euros ($1.9 million) for a female homing pigeon called New Kim, online auctioneers Pigeon Paradise (PIPA) said. The sale beat the 1.25 million euros paid for male pigeon Armando last year, according to PIPA. New Kim, a well-bred two-ear-old from a renowned Antwerp…

  • Visit nooks and crannies of your wards, we will deliver K/B for APC, Omoluabi tasks APC Councillorship Candidates

    Visit nooks and crannies of your wards, we will deliver K/B for APC, Omoluabi tasks APC Councillorship Candidates

    The Director General of the All Progressives Congress Campaign Council for Kabba/Bunu LGA, Omoluabi Bode Adeyemi has tasked the Councillorship Candidates from the fifteen wards of Kabba/Bunu LGA to take their campaigns to the nooks and crannies of their respective wards, saying that the Party is determined to win convincingly in all the positions for…