Ohanaeze Ndigbo youth insist on Igbo presidency come 2023 and wants Enugu airport fixed immediately

PAN-cultural group Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has charged prominent Igbo leaders to unite and ensure the southeast geo-political zone gets presidency in 2023 when President Muhammadu Buhari's tenure ends.

 

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Nigeria among top 20 countries where doing business has improved according to World Bank report

NIGERIA is among the top 20 countries that enjoyed a significant improvement in doing business according to a recent report by the World Bank Doing Business team which conducted a recent survey of 190 countries.

 

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Macban backs Governor Yahaya Bello in forthcoming Kogi gubernatorial elections

FULANI herdsmen's body the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) has adopted Governor Yahaya Bello as its candidate in forthcoming Kogi State gubernatorial elections taking place on November 16.

 

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Sowore detained until Friday when his bail application on seven new charges will be heard

FORMER presidential candidate and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore has been sent back into detention pending the hearing of a fresh bail application on Friday despite an earlier court order instructing the Department of State Security (DSS) to release him.

 

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Why is Nigeria not the world’s leading manufacturer of microphones?

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) We have just ended a weekend where millions of Nigerians have thrown owambe parties, weddings, birthdays and celebrated anniversaries. This was topped up by millions of Muslims going to the mosque on Friday and millions of Nigerian Christians going to church on Sunday. These large crowds were all addressed by microphone

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Are Nigerians prepared to accept a strong autocrat like Napoleon Bonaparte as a price worth paying for accelerated socio-economic development?

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Today is September 28. On this day in 1785 Napoleon Bonaparte graduated from the military academy in Paris. He was only 42nd in a class of 51 and no one paid any particular notice to him. However, history had other ideas

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EU puts its money where its mouth is by supporting Nigeria's climate change programme with €150m

EUROPEAN Union (EU) officials have announced that the community will support Nigeria with €150m to enable the federal government tackle the challenges it faces with regards to global climate change.

 

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EFCC wants judge who asked Nigeria to pay $9.6bn fine to London firm P&ID probed

ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman Ibrahim Magu has revealed that the federal government wants the judge who asked Nigeria to pay a $9.6bn fine to Irish-registered firm Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) probed.

 

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APC accuses PDP of being behind the campaign posters of Tinubu and El-Rufai

NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of being behind the recent 2023 presidential election campaign posters of some of its leading members

 

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Anambra police arraign man for stealing wood from shrine after Amadioha fails to strike him dead

PROSECUTORS from the Anambra State Police Command have arraigned a 54-year-old man identified as Generian Ezenwata for stealing firewood from a religious local shrine in Umuchu known as Ohia Di Awo.

 

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