***Says reluctance to allow Igbo Presidency in 2023 is against the spirit of “No Victor No Vanguished” Former Senatorial Candidate in Anambra South on the platform of United Patriots (UP) Party, Barrister Chukwudi Ezeobika has indicated that the calls for secession by a larger majority of Igbos in Nigeria are due to the resolve by the Nigerian State to unjustly and perpetually alienate the Igbos and deprive them of their rights and privileges. Ezeobika who is aBarrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria said the persistent deceit, distrust and hatred for the Igbo race by the Nigerian State…
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A Pro-All Progressives Congress (APC) on the platform of the Emefiele Solidarity Vanguard (ESV) has warned against campaign of calumny against the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Dr. Godwin Emefiele.The APC group said the CBN governor will win presidential election and succeed President Muhammadu Buhari if he eventually declare his intention to run for the forthcoming election.Addressing a press conference Monday in Abuja, the group led by Patriot Daniel Enyi, said the CBN governor has nothing to do with hundreds of Sharan branded buses aimed at dragging him into the race for the exalted seat of the…
By Ehichioya Ezomon Many polity watchers, and party members, even across the political divide, hold President Muhammadu Buhari as lacking the requisites for politicking, simply on account of his not perceptively involved in “fixing” party members in elective positions.Save for his aspiration to be president, Buhari has been overly un-interfering, and noncommittal in party affairs, and the choice of candidates in the four political platforms he’s been involved in, viz: the All Peoples Party (APP), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) and the APC.But the Saturday, March 26, 2022, national convention of the APC has changed…
Nigeria will be taking part alongside other 71 Nations and territories in the 2022 Commonwealth Games billed to take place in Birmingham, United Kingdom from 28th July to 8th August, 2022.Director Press and Public Relations Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Mohammed Manga in a statement issued on Sunday said, Nigeria will participating in the Games with Athletics, Boxing, Judo, Para Athletics, Para Powerlifting and Para Table Tennis.Others according to the statement are, Table Tennis, Weightlifting andWrestling “Having recently participated in the Chef de Mission Open Day Visit in Birmingham, the Ministry is taking strategic steps in ensuring that all…
The Accord Party (AP) has described the recent attack on a Kaduna bound train along Abuja-Kaduna railway as barbaric and condemnable, as it challenged security agencies to up their game in the protection of lives and property of Nigerians. The National Legal Adviser of of the party, Barr. Maxwell Mgbudem, in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday said the party sees the attack by the bandits, as one too many to be wished away. He said the incident left nine persons dead, many others wounded and abducted. While the party condoled with victims and families of the bereaved, it…
Apparently piqued by the rejection of the gender inclusive bills by the National Assembly, former Governor of Enugu state, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani has urged Nigerian women not to give up the struggle but be further spurred to mobilize towards its actualization in due course. The senator in a statement he personally signed and made available to the Guardian on Sunday expressed the view that Nigerian women should rather begin the sensitization and mobilization towards the passage of the bills from the grass root rather than making the battle an elitist struggle. Senator Nnamani who is the only male Senator in…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and the Nigerian Customs Service, (NCS) have seized More than 9.5 million tablets of pharmaceutical opioids—Tramadol and Exol 5 worth over N5 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and Edo state. A breakdown of the seizure indicated that out of the figure 214 cartons of Tramadol 225 under 10 different brand names, which translate to 9, 219, 400 tablets weighing 6, 384.5kg, with an estimated street value of N4, 609, 700, 000. The sizes exhibits were transferred on Tuesday 29th March alongside…
The Association of Nigerian Women Business Network (ANWBN), has rolled out an advocacy for interventions in Housing development and policy change in property rights for women so as to bring about their freedom from cultural, religious and financial barriers hindering them from owning property. A wide gap occasioned by cultural believe that the woman’s place is in the kitchen and not to drag Property Rights Ownership with their male counterparts has been limiting their capacity to own properties. A communique Presented by the Advocacy Committee Chairperson, Mrs. Olakitan Wellington after a one day conference on property rights for women in…
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has inaugurated a Panel that will investigate the remote causes and the level of vandalism at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.Director Press and Public Relations Mohammed Manga in a statement issued recently said angry spectators had resorted to vandalisation of facilities in the Stadium after the 2022 World Cup second leg playoff between Nigeria and Ghana which ended the Nigerian dream of featuring in the next world cup finals.He quoted Dare, during the inauguration, to have stated that Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup is…
Deaf E3 programme is a laudable venture which will triger and accelerate the level of Education among Deaf persons in Nigeria, the Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Mr. James David Lalu has said. Head Media and Publicity of the commission Mbanefo JohnMichaels in a statement made available to the National Update quoted the commission’s boss to have spoken recently in Abuja during a courtesy visit by the delegation on the Deaf E3 project. Lalu in the statement indicated that one of the key mandates of the Commission is the provision of quality education to persons with disabilities…