ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied allegations by the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) that it removed the party’s nominated candidates from some State Houses of Assembly constituencies in Anambra and Benue and replaced them with unauthorised names. INEC, in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Chairman of its Information and…
LONDON— A Nigerian-British taxi driver, Kolawole Erunkulu, has been jailed for six years by the Guildford Crown Court for causing the death of a 59-year-old man in a fatigue-related road crash in Surrey, United Kingdom. Erunkulu, 45, of Bexleyheath, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving after his Audi veered across the carriageway on…
ENUGU — Dr Andrew Apeh of the Department of Mass Communication, Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), has been elected substantive Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), ESUT branch. Apeh, who had been acting chairman, emerged through a bye-election conducted at the university’s Main Campus, Agbani, and ESUT College of…
AWKA— Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has presented certificates of recognition to the newly elected traditional rulers of Nsugbe and Adazi Nnukwu communities, charging them to promote peace, unity and development in their domains. The governor presented the certificates to Igwe John Nzekwesili Nweke, Traditional Ruler of Nsugbe, and Igwe Aethelbirth Muoka, Traditional Ruler of…
PORT HARCOURT — The Rivers State House of Assembly has committed the proposed N1.854 trillion 2026 Appropriation Bill to relevant committees for detailed legislative scrutiny. The decision followed the passage of the bill for second reading during the House’s 36th Legislative Sitting of the Fourth Session on Tuesday. The bill, presented by Gov. Siminalayi Fubara,…
ACCRA — The Member of Parliament for Madina Constituency, Dr. Francis-Xavier Kojo Sosu, has supported orphans across the constituency with educational materials under a Back-to-School Initiative. The intervention was carried out through the MP’s Islam Project in partnership with Race 4 Aid, with beneficiaries receiving school bags, exercise books, pens and other essential learning materials…
AWKA— Residents of Oduke, Ugwuagba, Obosi, in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra, have appealed to the state and Federal Governments to urgently intervene in a devastating gully erosion threatening homes, roads and other infrastructure in the area. The residents said the erosion had cut off the road linking Awada and Electrical axis of…
Four members of the same family have died after a three-storey building collapsed at Popo Giwa, Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday morning. The building, located at No. 41 Popo Giwa Street, beside Gogoro Mosque, collapsed at about 5 a.m., trapping eight members of the family beneath the rubble. The Kwara State Fire Service later confirmed…
ENUGU — The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN), in collaboration with the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES), has commenced the second phase of capacity building for selected livestock farmers and entrepreneurs from Enugu and Ebonyi states. The five-day Livestock Accelerator and Mentorship Programme (LAMP), which began in Enugu on Monday, is designed to…
ENUGU — The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Enugu State Council, has urged the Enugu State Government to review the N150 million campaign advertising permit fee imposed on political parties and candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Council made the call in a communiqué issued after its monthly Congress at the NUJ Secretariat,…
