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2023 presidency: I’ll contest if Igbo leaders fail to indicate interest — 102-year-old grandma * 247ureports.com
Advertisement By Favour Goodness At 102 years old, High Chief Iyom Josephine Ezeanyaeche has seen the bad, the good, the ugly and the most beautiful aspect of life. At 102 and still counting, she has 12 biological children, 10 males and two females with seven of them still alive and kicking. She has gone through pains and agonies of watching five of her children die, including the recent one that passed away in November last year.
Obiano didn’t give me conditions before making me governor – Soludo * 247ureports.com
Advertisement By Favour Goodness The Anambra State Governor-elect, Prof. Charles Soludo has cleared the air on the allegations that Governor Willie Obiano gave him conditions which he accepted before for him to be elected as governor. Soludo said Gov. Obiano had no interest in any condition and had not discussed such with him, during and after the primary or the governorship election. The governor-elect made the clarification on Sunday, during a thank you visit to Gov.
Mkpuru mmiri: Season of madness in South East
Advertisement By Favour Goodness The Yuletide is around the corner and, for the Igbo of the South East in Nigeria, it is their season of homecoming. In this period, population naturally shifts to the communities in the region with the majority of their people emptying Nigerian towns and cities, while many others would be returning from overseas.
IPOB slams El-Rufai for comparing it with Fulani bandits
Advertisement By Favour Goodness The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described as shameful a statement by Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, where he made a comparison between IPOB, Fulani terrorists and bandits rampaging Southern Kaduna.
Buhari swears in Sambo as new Works, Housing minister of state
Advertisement By Favour Goodness President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over a security meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting, which started at about 10:20am, was preceded by the swearing-in of the newly-appointed Minister of State for Works and Housing, Muazu Sambo, by the President.
Fulani herders never invaded Anambra Airport -- Govt * 247ureports.com
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Anambra state government has said that Fulani herdsmen never invaded the Anambra State International Cargo and Passenger Airport, Umueri as being speculated recently. C. Don Adinuba, Commissioner for Information & Public Enlightenment made the refutal in a statement on Friday.
NANS decries deplorable state of roads in South East, South South
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Nigerian students have urged the Federal Government to fix the roads in the South-South and South-East in order to reduce the spate of accidents experienced by commuters. The students stated this under the aegis of National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS), Zone B comprising the South-South and South-East decrying the deplorable state of federal roads in the two zones.
Peace returns to Anambra APC
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Following the lingering crisis that bedeviled the Anambra state chapter of the All progressive congress (APC), occasioned by the rift between the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and Senator Andy Uba, over who control the state affairs, has been finally laid to rest, according to the state chairman. Chief Basil Ejidike.
High cost of food, transport hike dampen Christmas celebrations
Advertisement By Favour Goodness As the Christmas and New Year celebrations kick off from this weekend, prices of food are marginally on the increase, compounding challenges of the resource-poor citizens. A survey revealed that prices of rice, vegetable oil, eggs, chicken (live and dressed), yam and whole grain wheat, among others, have increased marginally in the last three months, despite periodic figures by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) claiming there has been declining inflation.
Petrol subsidy rises, hits ₦1.16 trillion in 11 months
Advertisement By Favour Goodness The amount spent on subsidising Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, rose to N1.16tn between January and November this year, the latest data from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited show. The data also revealed that NNPC’s remittances to the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee in the 11-month period dropped by N1.78tn.
Breaking: Ozigbo, Chicason Boss emerge Anambra man of the year
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Corporate czar and PDP candidate in the last governorship election in Anambra state, Mr Valentine Chineto Ozigbo and Anambra’s foremost industrialist and largest employer of labor, Chief Dr. Alexander Chika Okafor OON have at the same time emerged Anambra Man of the Year, 2021. The duo came top in a rigorous voting process that featured about seven other equally prominent and successful nominees.
Imo Assembly suspends 3 lawmakers, declares Ngor Okpala seat vacant
Advertisement By Favour Goodness The crisis rocking the Imo State House of Assembly took a new turn earlier today as the House suspended three lawmakers The suspension took place on the floor of the house following the announcement made by the speaker, Kennedy Ibeh. The suspended lawmakers were Arthur Egwim (Ideato North) Ngozie Obiefule (Isu) and Obinna Okwara (Nkwerre) The reason given was that when “The governor presented the 2022 budget, the house promised to give it an accelerated hearing.
Awka City Stadium opens on December 28
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Plans are in top gear to ensure the inauguration of Awka City Stadium on Dec. 28. Inspecting the progress of work on the stadium, the Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra announced that it would be inaugurated on Dec. 28. This is contained in a statement signed by James Eze, the Chief Press Secretary to the Anambra State Governor.
How Bola Ige was killed — Bisi Akande * 247ureports.com
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Elder statesman Chief Bisi Akande has recounted how Chief Bola Ige was killed. The late Ige was the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice under former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Ige was shot dead in his Ibadan, Oyo State capital, residence on December 23, 2001. Akande, who was Osun State governor at the time, recalled in his book ‘My Participations’ the circumstances in which Ige was killed.
Our vision is to be among top five teaching hospitals in Nigeria - NAUTH CMD
Advertisement By Favour Goodness The Chief Medical Director CMD of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) Nnewi, Prof Joe Ugboaja says the institution vision is to make the hospital the best top five teaching hospitals in Nigeria Ugboaja stated this in Nnewi on Thursday. He said that the developmental strides in NAUTH were to reposition it to be among the top five of such hospitals in Nigeria.
NFF woos Mourinho for Super Eagles job
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Nigeria Football Federation boss Amaju Pinnick says the federation held talks with Roma manager Jose Mourinho in its search for a coach for the Super Eagles. Pinnick, who stated this during a media parley with sports journalists in Lagos, said the Eagles would get a new coach “within the next week or so”, meaning interim coach of the team Austin Eguavoen might not take the squad to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, which begins January 9, 2022 in Cameroon.
Anambra: Fear, panic as cattle rearers, cattle invade new airport
Advertisement By Favour Goodness A group of Fulani herdsmen and their herd of cattle reportedly invaded the newly built and commissioned Anambra State international cargo and passenger airport, causing fear and panic in the area. The cattle rearers are said to have gained entry from the Umueri route to the airport, destroying farms close to the airport. The development has brought immense fear and panic among farm workers close to the airport.
Yuletide: Transportation fare soars in Onitsha
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Transportation in this year’s Christmas period in Onitsha metropolis will go down in the annals of history as the most skyrocketed, as commercial drivers increased fare by over five hundred percent.
Nigeria loses N499.32bn as Twitter ban hits 200 days
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Nigeria’s economy has lost N499.32bn to the shutdown of Twitter since it came into effect on June 4, 2021. On June 4, the Federal Government announced the suspension of Twitter after the social media platform deleted a tweet by the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Telecommunication companies had on June 5 blocked access to Twitter after receiving a directive from the Nigerian Communications Commission to that effect.
Tension, suspicion greet relocation of Anambra election tribunal to Kwara
Advertisement By Favour Goodness There is palpable tension Awka following the relocation of the Anambra Election Petitions Tribunal from Awka to Ilorin, Kwara state. The move is coming after the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, nullified the candidacy of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Andy Uba. Uba is the main challenger to the governorship election victory of the All Progressives Grand Alliance candidate, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, at the tribunal.
FG introduces digital tokens to replace NIN slip
Advertisement By Favour Goodness The Federal Government has introduced a suite of digital tokens to replace the aging National Identification Number slip and polycarbonate card. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, said this at stakeholders workshop on the NIN Tokenization Solution organised by National Identity Management Commission in Abuja.
Senate Passes 2022 Appropriation Bill of N17.13trn
Advertisement By Favour Goodness The Senate has passed 2022 Appropriation Bill of N17.126 trillion. This followed the adoption of the recommendations of the report of Senate Committee on Appropriation at plenary on Wednesday. It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Oct. 8, presented the 2022 budget proposal of N16.391 trillion to the joint session of the National Assembly for approval.
HURIWA to Buhari : Release Nnamdi Kanu to Igbo leaders before Christmas
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has reminded President Muhammadu Buhari that his integrity and credibility would be dangerously damaged should he not keep to his solemn promise and release the detained leader of the prescribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from Department of State Services (DSS) custody.
BREAKING: Titan Trust Bank takes over Union Bank
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Titan Trust Bank Limited, led by Tunde Lemo, is buying 89.39 per cent of Union Bank, both companies announced Thursday.
Breaking: Black Thursday in Awka as petrol station explodes, many feared dead
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Many people are feared dead in a fuel explosion that rocked a petrol In Awka. As at the time of filling this report, the number of casualties have not been ascertained. Several cars parked in the fuel station were also gutted in the inferno. The fire is still raging as at the time of filling this report
Electoral Bill: Dino Melaye threatens to stage protest against Buhari
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Senator Dino Melaye, has vowed to stage a protest following President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to sign the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021 into law. The president, on Monday, officially rejected the bill which was passed by the National Assembly a month ago. Buhari’s decision to withhold his assent followed the inclusion of direct primary elections in the bill.
APC crisis gets messier in Anambra, Gombe
Advertisement By Favour Goodness The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra and Gombe states got messier with warring camps engaging in war words. In Anambra, the crisis rocking the APC has assumed another dimension as the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and the party’s candidate in the November governorship election, Senator Andy Uba’s factions fight dirty over an Abuja High Court judgment.
APC, Uba appeals FHC judgment; files 8 grounds of appeal over primary in Anambra
Advertisement … Ask Court to set aside the judgement for lack of merit and jurisdiction … Insist Ekwo’s arrogation of jurisdiction to his court was in error By Favour Goodness The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate in the November 6 Anambra governoship election, Senator Andy Uba, have formally filed 8 grounds of appeal against the judgement of an Abuja Federal High Court delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo to the effect that APC had no candidate in the November 6...
Heads roll in The Villa as Aisha takes stiffer actions over pregnancy
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Amid pregnancy rumours, the wife of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, has ordered all members of her staff to proceed on indefinite leave. This was announced in a terse statement on Tuesday by the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Health and Development Partners in the First Lady’s office, Mohammed Kamal. Buhari, 79, was in Turkey with Aisha, 50, between December 16 and 19, 2021 when they attended the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit.
Onitsha Main Market vigilante plans operation zero criminality, warns traders
Advertisement By Favour Goodness As intendng customers both within and outside Anambra state rush to make last minute purchases for Christmas and Yuletide, the Onitsha Main Market, security operatives has warned criminal elements to stay clear. Chief Chinenye Ihenko (Okpompi), Chief Security Officer of the Main Market has said that it was better prepared to withstand any criminality.
Christmas: Bishop Ezeokafor clears patients’ accumulating bills in Awka
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship Most Rev Paulinus Ezeokafor has paid the hospital bills of poor patients at the Regina Caeli Hospital, Awka, the State capital. The bills which ran into millions of naira was part of the Bishop’s charitable undertakings. The Bishop was at the hospital to commission projects, including newly refurbished labour room, state-of-the-art funeral home, entrance gate as well as reconstructed Reverend Sisters’ Convent.
Andy Uba has no ground to challenge Soludo’s victory - APC chieftain
Advertisement By Favour Goodness George Moghalu, ex-National auditor of the All Progressive Congress, APC has said Andy Uba has no locus to challenge the victory of Chukwuma Charles Soludo, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the Anambra governorship election. Moghalu, a candidate in the party’s primary for the Anambra governorship election said this while reacting to the court’s judgement nullifying Andy Uba’s candidacy in the recently conducted election.
HQs of APC uphold position of Uba-led Anambra stakeholders
Advertisement …declare Basil Ejidike as authentic state chairman …shun Minister Ngige’s demand for dissolution of state caretaker committee; describing activities of his group as “dissidents” action By Favour Goodness The battle for the soul of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Anambra State has moved up a notch higher with the decision of the national secretariat of the party reaffirming Hon. Basil Ejidike as Chairman of the state chapter.
Anambra governorship election petitions tribunal relocates to Ilorin
Advertisement By Favour Goodness The Anambra state governorship election petitions tribunal has relocated its sittings from Awka to Ilorin in Kwara. Mr. Surajo Gusau, Secretary of the tribunal, disclosed this in Awka via telephone on Tuesday. Gusau said that the movement took place on Dec. 17 saying that the tribunal had already settled down in Ilorin. He, however, did not disclose the reasons for the relocation, saying it was based an administrative directive.
Obi excited as Pope appoints Nigerian Cleric Envoy to UN
Advertisement By Favour Goodness The Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has rejoiced with and congratulated the Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, who was recently appointed by Pope Francis as the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva.
Nnamdi Kanu gets new lawyer
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has said that an undisclosed senior attorney will henceforth lead the defence team of the pro-Biafra separatist leader.
Domestic violence ‘almost satanic’, says Pope
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Pope Francis has described domestic violence as something “almost satanic” in an interview with Italian television, insisting on the dignity of the victims whose numbers have risen since the Covid pandemic. He was referring to “the great number of women who are beaten, abused at home, even by their husbands,” in comments to TG5 during a special programme broadcast Sunday evening.
Buhari calls for tougher measure against bandits over Kaduna killings
Advertisement By Favour Goodness President Muhammadu Buhari has called on security agencies to take stronger and tougher stand against criminals across the country. He has condemned the renewed terrorist killings in Kaduna State, saying that the gruesome nature of recent incidents in Kauran Fawa, Marke and Ruhiya of Idasu Ward of Giwa Local Government Area, has made him particularly sad and the killings unacceptable.
Respect female soldier’s decision to marry corper, Falana tells COAS
Advertisement By Favour Goodness A civil society organisation, the Women Empowerment & Legal Aid has asked the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Farouk Yahaya, to respect the decision of a female soldier, Private Sofiyat Akinlabi, to marry a male corps member.
INEC requires N305bn to conduct 2023 elections, says Yakubu
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says the commission will require N305 billion to conduct the 2023 general elections. He disclosed this during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Appropriation at the National Assembly on Monday.
IPOB moves against Ebubeagu, vows to frustrate it
IPOBs-Eastern-Security-Network- Advertisement By Favour Goodness The proposed launch of the Ebubeagu security outfit may have hit a brickwall following threats by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to resist every attempt by the south east governors to rekindle the security outfit.
Checkpoints suffocating Southeast, CCDI cries out; petitions CDS, IGP
Advertisement By Favour Goodness A socio-cultural/political civil society organisation, Cultural Credibility Development Initiative (CCDI), has cried out over the large number of checkpoints mounted on roads leading to, and in the South-East, lamenting that they are suffocating the region.
Nigeria’s Sports Festival holds in November 2022
Advertisement By Favour Goodness The 21st National Sports Festival tagged Delta 2022 is scheduled to take place from November 2 to 15, 2022, following a resolution by the Technical Committee of the National Council of Sports. The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, disclosed this today, Monday in Asaba, the Delta State Capital during the extra-ordinary National Council of Sports Meeting and Inauguration of LOC for hosting of the National Sports Festival.
Anambra police refutes nursing mother detention, N20,000 bail allegation against DPO
Advertisement It is a lie By Favour Goodness Anambra Police Command says the N20,000 baill allegation against the DPO of ‘B’ Division in Awka and detantion of a nursing mother in police cell for one night over inability to pay the bail money was a ’lie from the pit of hell’. The DPO of the Police Division allegedly detained a nursing mother in a police cell for one night over inability to pay N20k bail money which went viral in social media recently.
Andy Uba campaign organisation reacts to his disqualification as APC candidate
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Sen, Andy Uba Campaign Organisation has reacted to the nullification of his candidature of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 6 Anambra governorship election. Hon Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High court, Abuja disqualified Uba as the candidate of APC and declared that the party had no candidate in the just concluded Anambra guber election.
Disqualification: You’re dying politically, APGA mocks Andy Uba
Advertisement By Favour Goodness The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has said senator Andy Uba, the disqualified candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Anambra November poll is dying politically, describing his efforts to remain relevant as punching the wind. The National Co-ordinator of APGA Media Warriors,Chinedu Obigwe, stated this in a statement made available to our correspondent in Awka, Anambra State, on Tuesday.
Buhari rejects Electoral Bill, gives reason
Advertisement By Favour Goodness President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill, stating that signing it into law would cause trouble among the political parties in the country. The letter of rejection of the bill, which is before the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, will be read on Tuesday (today) at plenary.
Nigeria’s Constitution Is A ‘Rotten Egg’ – Robert Clarke * 247ureports.com
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Elder statesman, Robert Clarke has described the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria as a “rotten egg”, stressing that we can never make any progress with it. Clarke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, made the statement on Monday while appearing on AriseTVs’ ‘Morning Show’. He went further to state that: “Outside the fact that it was a constitution written by the military, the whole concept of it doesn’t promote national growth.
ASUU postpones decision on strike, accuses FG of blackmail
Advertisement By Favour Goodness The Academic Staff Union of Universities has postponed its decision on strike, saying that consultations are still ongoing. This was contained in a press statement issued by the union after its National Executive Council meeting.
Fuel scarcity looms as petrol marketers threaten strike over N50bn bridging claim
Advertisement By Favour Goodness Days to the Christmas celebrations of 2021, petroleum marketers under the aegis of Northern Independent Petroleum forum have threatened to embark on an industrial strike action over N50 billion bridging claim. The forum’s chairman, Alhaji Musa Maikifi made this known in a statement in Kano State.
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