In the late 1960s when the vicious war between India and Pakistan ended, India faced a severe drought. A grave food crisis became its lot. The country depended on international philanthropy to feed its citizens. An exasperated Indira Gandhi who…
EFCC releases Obiano 6 days after arrest
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the evening of Wednesday 23 March released former governor of Anambra State Willie Obiano on an administrative bail. An official at the commission, who did not want to be identified, disclosed that…
*I was invited from Lagos to burgle cement shop in Osun – Suspect (Vanguard)*Sanwo-Olu celebrates women impacting Lagos (Punch)
I was invited from Lagos to burgle cement shop in Osun – Suspect (Vanguard) A suspected member of a robbery gang, Uchenna Alom, 42, has disclosed that he was invited to Osun from his Lagos base to be part of…
EFCC grants Obiano bail, says nothing political about arrest
After spending four nights in its custody, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has granted administrative bail to the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano. EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who disclosed this to journalists on Monday in…
Bianca vs Ebele Obiano: When a Queen meets an Mgbeke.
It has become a slapstick classic and viral meme on the internet; the slap Bianca Ojukwu, delivered to Ebele Obiano, wife of the former Governor of Anambra state at the inauguration of Charles Soludo, the new Governor of Anambra state.…
All eyes on Charles Chukwuma Soludo -Ehi Braimah
After the November 6, 2021 Anambra State gubernatorial election which Charles Chukwuma Soludo, a professor of economics and candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), won convincingly, he did not hide the fact that he would be a man on…
Obiano’s wife slaps Bianca Ojukwu at Soludo’s inauguration
Drama ensued on Thursday at the inauguration of Prof Chukwuma Soludo as the governor of Anambra when wife of outgoing Gov. Willie Obiano, Ebelechukwu, slapped Mrs Bianca Ojukwu at the event. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who was…
*Bamise: Sanwo-Olu warns Lagosians against spreading ‘false narratives’ (Punch)*LIRS reaffirms March 31 deadline for filing individual annual tax returns (ThisDay)
Bamise: Sanwo-Olu warns Lagosians against spreading ‘false narratives’ (Punch) The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has warned Lagosians against using the death of Bamise Ayanwole, who died after boarding a BRT, to spread false narratives against the government. Sanwo-Olu added…
Zik deserves November 16 to be national holiday – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria’s foremost nationalist and first president, deserves his birthday, November 16, to be slated as a national holiday. It is deserving honour for the pivotal leader who led the charge for Nigeria’s independence on October 1, 1960. …
