Some prominent Nigerians and groups on Wednesday assessed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s, New Year speech and said it was uninspiring. The Committee for Defence of Human Rights, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia; an elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, and  the Peoples Democratic Party, said they were not moved by  ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The Catholic bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, says the uniqueness of the year 2020 will cause a great turnaround in the fortunes of all Nigerians, noting that the year 2020 sounds so sweet, lively, unique, appealing and favourable. Bishop Ezeokafor who stated this in Agulu Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra state ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The Chairman, G.U. Okeke & Sons Limited, Chief Godwin Ubaka Okeke, has appealed to President Muhammdu Buhari to open land border as a New Year gift to poor Nigerians. Okeke said that the land border closure disrupted legitimate economic activities of many poor Nigerians who engaged in cross border trade as life wire for their survival and ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Anambra state is going through very trying times under the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) led state government. The party held that the state was going through difficult times because of the style of governance of the incumbent state governor, coupled with what the party described as misappropriation of resources. The ...

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23, 2019 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has lamented that Nigeria is not where she should be. He made the lamentation in his New Year message, blaming the country’s woes on the failure of leadership. Obi asked Nigerians to use the New Year 2020 as a springboard ...

‘New Policy Against Okada, Tricycle Coming’ – CP Security strategies put in place by the Lagos State Government has yielded fruits with the reduction in the spate of crime in the State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed on Tuesday. Sanwo-Olu said some of the security challenges inherited by his administration at inception had been largely contained, but said his Government was ...

…promises transparency, over 90 per cent implementation performance Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has signed the State’s N1.168 Trillion 2020 Budget into law. The Governor assented to the Appropriation Bill at a short ceremony held in Alausa on Tuesday, pledging that the State would be open and accountable in the implementation of the budget. At the budget-signing event attended ...