By Casmir Igbokwe His admirers called him the hope of Imo. Even the miraculous way he emerged as governor appeared to give credence to that. The Supreme Court had given an incredulous judgement, pronouncing him governor from his fourth position in the state’s governorship contest. People mumbled some protests. But it was to no effect. Today, ironically, Hope Uzodimma is ...

Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has announced that Nigeria’s allocation of four million doses of the COVAX vaccine which is at no cost to the country will arrive in the morning of Tuesday. The Chairman of PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, and Chairman PTF on COVID-19, made the disclosure Saturday night in ...

Humaira Mustapha made no effort to wipe away the tears rolling down her cheeks, as she spoke about her two kidnapped daughters. “Whenever I think about my daughters, I’m filled with indescribable grief,” Mustapha told AFP. Seated against the plastered mud wall of her bare sitting room, her tears left damp spots on her navy blue hijab (Islamic veil). Hafsa ...

The queues for petrol grew worse in some parts of the country on Sunday following the shutdown of many filling stations amid heightened expectations of an increase in the pump price of the product. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, had on February 9 said Nigerians should prepare for the pain associated with the increase in ...

The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Sunday said he had many revelations to make about  the attack on Government Girls’ Secondary School, Jangebe on Friday, when over 300 students were abducted. The governor, who stated this when 17 Emirs in the state paid him a sympathy visit over the abduction of the schoolgirls, said Nigerians would be shocked to ...