Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has approved academic bursaries for 200 students studying Igbo language in various universities across Nigeria. The initiative is aimed at encouraging the study and development of Igbo language and preventing the language from going into extinction. The Global Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr Ezechi Chukwu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen…
By Prosper Okoye The Women for 35% Initiative of the Aju Morgan Elumelu Foundation has condemned the reported removal of Mrs. Alice Tangi Allen as Chairman of Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, describing the development as an attack on women’s political participation and democratic principles. In a statement signed by the Founder of…
Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has said he is neither afraid of the Federal Government nor embarrassed by the criticism that followed his public comments on a meeting between Catholic bishops and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Onaiyekan made the clarification in a video shared by SYMFONI TV on Wednesday, while reacting to…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr. Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan as the new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. The appointment, announced by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Wednesday, takes effect on August 27, 2026. Enitan succeeds Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, who is due to retire from the…
The Enugu State Government has announced the appointment of 23 Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants by Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, with the appointments taking effect immediately. In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, and issued on Wednesday, the government said the appointments comprised nine Special Advisers and…
The Member of Parliament for Salaga South Constituency in Ghana’s Savannah Region, Hajia Zuwera Ibrahimah, has joined family members, traditional leaders, government officials and members of the Muslim community at the 7th Day Adua of the late Kulibuwura of Makango, Osman Yakubu Keli IV. The MP, who has maintained an active role in parliamentary and…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday presided over a meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the State House, Abuja, his first FEC meeting since June 29. The meeting began at the Council Chamber after the President arrived at about 2:30 p.m. The council observed a minute of silence in honour of two former members who…
The Anambra State Fire Service has prevented a fire outbreak at the Federal Secretariat, Awka, from spreading to other parts of the complex, with property estimated at more than N200 billion reportedly saved from destruction. The incident affected a store and an adjoining office occupied by staff of Corixus of Nigeria, a pharmaceutical company. The…
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old man, identified as Nnaji Chidiebere, after he was allegedly electrocuted while vandalising a transformer along Ogbaike Road, Obollo-Afor, in Udenu Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, saying…
The Catholic Bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Most Rev. Godfrey Igwebuike Onah, marked his 70th birthday by celebrating with inmates of the Nsukka Custodian Centre and providing a new borehole to address the facility’s water shortage. Onah also dedicated a new church built by the Nsukka Catholic Diocese within the custodial centre and administered the Sacrament…
