By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Imo State, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, has mourned an elder statesman and President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, who passed on Thursday at the age of 82. Araraume said the passing of Iwuanyanwu was painful,...
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The member representing Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo Federal Constituency of Imo State, Rep. Chike Okafor has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for signing the South-East Development Commission Bill into law. On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu signed into law bills to create two new regional development commissions. The bills are...
A former two-term Lagos lawmaker of Igbo extraction, Mr Jude Idimogu, has urged Nigerian youths not to set the country on fire with the proposed nationwide protest. Idimogu, who represented Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, made the appeal in an interview with...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The Kogi State Government has that it is not resting on it oars in ensuring that the 2024 flood prediction that placed the State on red alert is drastically mitigated in the event that it occurs. The Executive Secretary, Kogi State Emergency Management...
The Executive Secretary of Yobe State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Mohammed Goje, has extended his warmest congratulations to Thinklab Group Limited on receiving the esteemed Award of Excellence as African Company of the Year 2024 in Corporate Social Responsibility. This recognition highlights the organization’s unwavering commitment to social...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has underscored the pivotal role of education and entrepreneurship in Africa’s path to greatness. Speaking at the 9th Africa Leadership Magazine Summit in London, Echono emphasised that integrating education with entrepreneurial...
T By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has been awarded the 2024 Anthology Visionary Award for its outstanding leadership in advancing education through technology. A statement issued by Abdulmumin Oniyangi, Director, Public Affairs, TETFUND, said the feat was made possible through the agency’s significant...
President Bola Tinubu has allayed fears of manipulation by any interest group in the ongoing economic reforms by his government. He said his campaign was self-sponsored, without strings, or indebtedness to any individual or institution. The President, who received a delegation of Islamic leaders led by Sheikh...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised security concern over the upcoming governorship election in Edo . The chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this in Abuja on Thursday when he appeared before the joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters. His...
President Bola Tinubu has said the nation’s economy is on a gradual but steady path of recovery and assures citizens that his administration will do more to meet their needs. The President said this in a meeting with traditional rulers led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad...
The National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria (NCTRN), on Thursday, called for dialogue between the Federal Government and youths planning to embark on protest. Ooni of Ife and Co-Chairman of the Council, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, made the call while addressing State House correspondents, after a meeting...
Mr Jide Iwuanyanwu, the first son of the late elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, who passed on Thursday morning, has described his father as a man of many parts. Jide disclosed this in a statement containing a brief biography of the President-General of the apex-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), said that it has no plans to join the nationwide protest scheduled for Aug. 1 against economic hardship in the country. TUC President, Mr Festus Osifo, said this at a news conference on State of the Nation on Thursday in Abuja....
Iwuanyanwu: A great Iroko has fallen, says Governor Mbah Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has expressed grief over the death of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. “A great iroko has fallen,” Mbah said in Enugu on Thursday. He described Iwuanyanwu’s death as an incalculable loss...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah has declared support for the fight against human trafficking and all forms of inhuman treatment in Nigeria. Bishop Kukah, who made the pledge when the Sokoto State chapter of Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse...
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has described its late President-General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, as one of the most outstanding Igbo leader. This is contained in a statement by the Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, on Thursday in Enugu. Ogbonnia said it was with a deep...
President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has stressed the need to create an environment that will entice Nigeria’s teaming youths to seek fortune within their homeland. Akpabio said this in Abuja on Thursday at the 2024 National Diaspora Day Celebrations with the theme “Japa Phenomena and its...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the family of Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, who died on Thursday. Iwuanyanwu, who was President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, died after a brief illness, at the age of 82. Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri...
Former Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has reacted to the death of the President General of the Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, describing it as “devastating”. Obi, who reacted to the death in his X handle on Thursday, disclosed that he was greatly disheartened by...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has described the late Osi Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lateef Adebimpe, as a charismatic personality that would be missed by the people of Ibadan and Oyo State. This is contained in a condolence statement issued on Thursday in Ibadan by the Special Assistant...