…Berates LG legislative leadership ,allege blackmail against Gov. Rising from an emergency general assembly held yesterday, Sunday, June 23, the people of Obiangwu Autonomous Community, Ngor Okpala Local Government Area, Imo State, have voiced their total rejection of the interim caretaker committee recently constituted for the community by Hon Chika Ibekwe, Chairperson Ngor Okpala LGA. The community which declared its stand via a voice vote, equally condemned the Leader of Ngor Okpala Legislative Council Hon Chibuike Agbugba’s alleged reckless and provocative political statements which he quoted as belonging to the …
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Nigeria is Bleeding, Broken and We’re Tired Agbeze Onuma
I’m writing this essay in a vehicle, on the Ijebu Ode Benin Expressway, because my heart is heavy, and Nigeria is in deep pain. Today June 6th. 2025, our country is bleeding. The unusual presence of armed security men of all sorts, seemingly doing nothing more than extort, brought back to my mind: Just days ago, armed men killed 43 innocent Christians in Benue State. They shot people in their homes, chased families into wells, and hurt even pregnant women and a two-year-old child – all while soldiers nearby did…
Read More148 returnees arrive Nigeria from Niger Republic
One hundred and forty-eight returnees have arrived Nigeria from the Niger Republic, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said. The Kaduna state office of NEMA said the returnees arrived from Agadez, Niger Republic. NEMA, in a statement issued on X on Saturday, June 21, said the return of the citizens is part of the ongoing efforts to support stranded migrants. According to NEMA, the repatriated victims include 66 adult males, 22 male children, 37 adult females, and 23 female children. “The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Kano Office, supported…
Read MoreI Need 3rd Term In Office To Complete On-Going Projects—Diri
reports that following the increasing rate of abandoned projects in Nigeria, the governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has called on the National Assembly to consider amending the constitution to give governors third term in office to remedy the situation. Senator Diri stated this while addressing a large crowd at the King Koko Square in Nembe, headquarters of the Nembe Local Government Area, in continuation of his ‘Thank-You Tour’ of the eight councils in the state. Responding to demands by the people of Nembe, he said although his administration…
Read MoreLast Surviving Twin Rescued By Mary Slessor Dies In Abia
The last surviving female twin to be rescued by Mary Slessor, a Scottish Missionary in Arochukwu Ancient Kingdom of Abia, over a century ago, Madam Malinda Mgbafor Okereke, otherwise called Mama Nsu Bekee, is dead. A statement issued on behalf of the family by the only surviving son of the deceased, Bishop Okechukwu Okereke, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Thursday, disclosed that she died at the age of 115. According to the statement, the centenarian and her twin sister, Mgbokwo, were born…
Read More“No One Said Justice Okoro Went To Collect Bribe” – Odinkalu Warns Supreme Court Visit To Benin Risks “Contaminating Perception Of Impartiality
Cites Judicial Code, Warns Against “Casualisation of Judges” Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, has issued a scathing critique of the Nigerian judiciary, accusing a senior Supreme Court Justice of undermining judicial impartiality by appearing in Benin City on June 12, 2025—just two days after the Edo State governorship election petition appeal was filed at the apex court. In a series of strongly worded posts on X (formerly Twitter), Odinkalu cited the Judicial Code of Conduct and warned that “appearance of bias” is…
Read MoreLuwe Nneiri Umuduru Community Protests Arrest Of Indigenes Over Umuduru Motor park.
…Says: Courts had ruled in their favour . …Faults Isiala Mbano LG chair’s removal of indigene from park mgt. The people of Luwe Nneiri Umuduru in Isiala Mbano LGA ,Imo state on Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest over alleged arrest of their youths by the police over the issue of Umuduru motor park. One of the protesters that converged at the motor park near the Isiala Mbano LGA headquarters, Umuelemai, Duruoha Chima Iwueke who introduced himself as an indigene of Luwe Nneiri , and the assistant secretary of the…
Read MoreAmaimo Umukabia Community, Ehime Mbano LG Boils Over Imposed PG, Youth Leader.
…Govt officials fingered The sleeping Amaimo, Umukabia autonomous community in Ehime Mbano LGA Government, will soon be turned into a theatre of war if the brewing crisis in the area is not nipped in the bud. Investigation revealed that the crisis which gathers momentum, is not unconnected to the struggle for who becomes the President-General,PG, Youth Leader, Woman leader and other executive positions of the town Union of the autonomous community. Trouble started when the leadership of Ehime Mbano Local Government decided to rejig the town Union leadership of every…
Read MoreUgochinyere Marks 2nd Year In Office, With Donation Of Transformers, Boreholes In 25 Communities, Sponsors 40 Bills, Others*
…Vows to intensify people-oriented representation. The member representing Ideato North/South Federal Constituency of Imo state, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere has expressed optimism that his tenure as a lawmaker in the 10th House of Representatives will be a reference point for people-oriented representation. Ugochinyere stated this in an address in commemoration of his second anniversary as a House of Representatives member. According to him, since assuming office in June 2023, he has ensured that the dividends of democracy get to his people and he has continually strives to get them the needed…
Read MoreNigerians Will Hold You Responsible If Tinubu Wins Again in 2027–Northern Democrats Blast Atiku, Obi
On Wednesday, June 11, Leadership Newspaper reported that the League of Northern Democrats (LND) has issued a serious warning to opposition leaders such as Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi. The group said that if their inability to form a united front results in President Bola Tinubu winning re-election in 2027, the blame will rest with them. Dr. Ladan Salihu, serving as LND’s National Publicity Secretary, accused the opposition of allowing personal ambition to override the collective effort to unseat the All Progressives Congress (APC). He explained, “Nigerians will hold the…
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