Former Central Bank Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has been declared winner of the Anambra State governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Soludo won the polls with a wide margin of 112,229 votes, beating Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who pulled 53,…
The United Nations (UN) has demanded an explanation on the alleged abduction, torture and detention of the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from the Kenyan and Nigerian governments. It was gathered that the UN received information on allegations of enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention, torture, and ill-treatment of Kanu by…
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday on a seven-count terrorism charge. In the course of the session, the IPOB leader pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to him. Consequently, Justice Binta Nyako adjourned the case to November…
The spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Lagos chapter and Special Adviser to the Lagos State governor on Drainage and Water Resources, Joe Igbokwe has alleged that members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), were responsible for razing his residence in Nnewi, Anambra State. Igbokwe said this in a Facebook post on Sunday…
Images showing the gruesomely murdered Dr. Chike Akunyili, husband of the late boss of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dora Akunyili, by unknown gunmen have surface online. Reports on Wednesday confirmed that Mr Akunyili had been shot dead at Nkpor in the Idemili North Local government area of Anambra…
The Federal Government and the Anambra State government have promised to fix the dilapidated Onitsha-Owerri Road, after a portion of it was damaged by erosion. The Federal road located just before the metallurgical Institute was days back destroyed after a heavy downpour, causing gridlock and hardship for commuters and travellers plying the road. The Federal…
Despite widespread criticisms that followed series of comments made by the spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed on the protracted issue of zoning of Presidency, the NEF has insisted that the north will not be bullied or threatened into giving into the demands of Southern Governors come 2023. Speaking during an interview…
On behalf of the Excel Global Media Group Inc. USA, Publishers of Excel Magazine International, I join the good people of the South-East and Nigerians in general to congratulate Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Ararume on his recent appointment as the Board Chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC) by President Muhammadu Buhari. We reckon…
The Director of Media and Public Affairs to the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, Comrade Moses Olafare, was on Thursday alongside other media practitioners, inducted as a Fellow of the Fourth-Estate Professional Society, FPS; a professional body for reputable journalists. The induction ceremony and seminar, which took place…
With the growing spate of banditry and general insecurity in the country, Kwara and Niger states’ governments are collaborating to strengthen security efforts. The Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, who dropped this hint at the state executive council meeting in Ilorin, said that the collaboration would help to ensure adequate protection of lives and properties…