Politics

The Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, Senator Uche Ekwunife has felicitated with Chief Charles Amilo on his 75th birthday. In a goodwill message, Senator Ekwunife obtained by The Street Reporters Newspaper described the former Commissioner for Information as a man who has remained committed to his political ideologies, and has contributed meaningfully to the advancement of democracy in the ...

…Dubs Invasion Clear and Present Existential Danger …..Wants South East Governors to Take Immediate Action The Igbo Patriotic Forum (IPF), a prominent socio-political organization, led by Chief Dr. Simon Okeke, OFR condemns in no uncertain terms, what it considers the unbridled and well orchestrated invasion of Igbo heartland by unidentified elements from the North. In a press statement the group ...

By Chris Ugwuja, Nsukka The Enugu State Ministry of Health has confirmed 3 new cases of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the state. They all have travel history. Two of the new cases are male patients admitted for other severe underlying conditions. They are being treated at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu, and those on a high index ...

…Edo Gazette Bans Gathering of Over 20 Persons The embattled Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has hurriedly signed a new gazette aimed at stopping the proposed direct primary election by All Progressives Congress in the state. Besides, the Governor in the emergency gazette, banned social gathering involving more than 20 persons in the state without his explicit approval while ...

Sequel to influx of some Nigerians to Lebanon to work, and complaints of maltreatment from some Nigerian domestic workers in the country, Amb. Houssam Diab, the Lebanese Ambassador to Nigeria said on Thursday that the Embassy has suspended issuing working visas to Nigerians seeking to work in Lebanon, particularly for domestic work. He told the visiting Chairman/CEO of Nigerians in ...

A Social Commentator and Political Analyst, Jumu’ah Abiodun has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, Secretary to the Federal Government of Nigeria (SGF) and Chairman, Coronavirus pandemic Task Force, Boss Mustapha and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to call the APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to order ahead of the party primaries scheduled for ...

Delta Government on Tuesday said Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa remained resolute in his quest to build a stronger and united Delta in spite of challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this in Asaba when he visited the Delta chapter of Association of Community Newspaper Publishers of Nigeria (ACNPN) and Delta Online ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, commiserated with victims of Ogbogonogo fire disaster, assuring that they would not bear the burden of the unfortunate incident alone. The President who spoke through the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiyar Umar Farouk, also, commended the proactive measures taken by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to curb the spread of the ...

Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has condoled the people of Olomu Kingdom in the state on the passing of former Chairman, Ughelli South Local Government Council, Chief Collins Omonemu. Omonemu reportedly passed on at the early hours of Saturday at an undisclosed hospital at Ughelli after a brief illness. He was aged 70. The deceased was elected Chairman, Ughelli South ...

There are still some, if not several Igbo Communities, Villages and other Locations including ‘Camps’ missing from our compiled list of ‘not less than 350’ released on Wednesday, 27th May 2020. Though we forensically identified 318 ‘communities, villages and other locations’, we also added ’32 dark figures’ so as to proportionally take care of those not included or ‘missing communities, ...

…Tasks Buhari Administration on Transparency, Cost of Governance The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties has urged President Muhammadu Buhari administration to show responsibility by improving on accountability and transparency level in the face of increasing Nigeria’s debt profile. In a statement issued in Abuja by its Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu the umbrella body of all registered political parties and ...