Monthly Archives: June 2022

Peter Obi Remains Best Candidate To Govern Nigeria — APC Chieftain

By Raymond Ozoji, Awka Chief Chris Okey Udeze a top-notch security consultant and state treasurer of the Anambra state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the presidential candidate of Labour Party Mr. Peter Obi is the best and most suitable candidate to govern Nigeria come 2023. Udeze who made his position known during an exclusive chat ...

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Supreme Court’s Naked Dance

By Casmir Igbokwe It was as laughable as it was symbolic. Describing himself as a traditionalist, Malcom Omirhobo came into the Supreme Court last Thursday in a native doctor’s attire: a red wrapper, white chalk circled around his right eye, cowry bracelets around his wrists and feathers in his wig. Walking barefooted, the human rights lawyer came to make mockery ...

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Buhari To Swear In Ariwoola As New CJN Today

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to swear Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) today following the resignation of Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad on health grounds. Justice Ariwoola who is the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court will be sworn-in today by 2pm, according to competent sources. Born on 22 August 1958, Justice Ariwoola was ...

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CJN, Tanko Muhammad, Resigns

Justice Tanko Muhammad has resigned as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Citing sources, Channels Television confirmed that he resigned on Sunday night on the grounds of ill-health. When contacted, the Special Adviser on Media and Communication to CJN, Ahuraka Yusuf Isah, said, “All I know is that he’s going to declare open a workshop this morning at the NJI (National ...

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Anambra Home Land Affairs Commissioner Accused Of Causing Crisis In Awka-North

By Raymond Ozoji, Awka Former President-General of Isuaniocha community in Awka-North local government area of Anambra state, Chief Tony Onyeagolum, has advised Governor Charles  Chukwuma Soludo to be mindful of the characters and calibre of perons he appoints into his government following the appointment of one Chief Cosmos Okonkwo as Security Adviser whom he said has been declared wanted by ...

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Soludo Denies Mocking Peter Obi

The statement allegedly credited to Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of Anambra State that he mocked the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, is totally false and unfounded. In a statement, the Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Christian Aburime, said the statement was a total misrepresentation by an overzealous reporter who was not among the journalists present when Governor ...

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Man Kills Single Mother In Anambra

By Raymond Ozoji, Awka The Commissioner of Police in Anambra state, CP Echeng Eworo Echeng, Sunday advised the public not to yield to uncontrollable anger at all times following the alleged murder of a mother of two children by a man aged 30 at Nkpor Idemili-North local government area of the state. The CP in a statement made available to ...

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Missing Nigerian-Born Diplomat Found Dead In US

Tuckahoe, New York, United States of America (USA) Police have said that a village resident who had gone missing was found dead Thursday afternoon. Ejeviome Eloho Otobo, 70, a Diplomat of long standing, educated at the Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA, was last seen on June 15 near Dante Avenue in Tuckahoe. Police posted on Facebook that they conducted an extensive search with ...

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National Grid: SERAP Sues Buhari Over ‘Missing N11trn Electricity Fund’

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over his failure to probe allegations that over N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply since 1999 may have been stolen, mismanaged or diverted into private pockets.” Nigerian cities have repeatedly been plunged into darkness as the electricity grid has reportedly collapsed at least three ...

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