Dr Alex Ekwueme:Life and Times (1932-2017)

Posted by - 20th November 2017
Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme GCON, was born October 21, 1932. He became the first elected Vice-President of Nigeria, in office from 1979 to 1983. Personal life He is the Ide of the Oko kingdom in…

Ex-Vice President Alex Ekwueme Is Dead

Posted by - 20th November 2017
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme is dead. A statement from his family signed by his brother and the traditional ruler of Oko in Anambra State, Igwe Laz Ekwueme said that he…

Restructuring: Southern Senators plan confab

Posted by - 19th November 2017
THE Southern Senators Forum (SSF) under the leadership of Senator Hope Uzodinma is a retreat to discuss issues of restructuring and the national question, the senator said in a statement on Sunday. The Senator in…

FG earns N69bn from solid minerals – NEITI

Posted by - 19th November 2017
The Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, (NEITI) said Nigeria exported solid minerals worth 9.733 million dollars and earned N69.2 billion from the sector in 2015. NEITI, on its latest independent audit report of the solid…

Obiano re-elected Anambra governor by a landslide

Posted by - 19th November 2017
Willie Obiano has been declared the winner of Anambra state governorship election. The incumbent governor won all the 21 local government areas of the state, based on the results announced on Sunday at the collation…

WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN ZIMBABWE?

Posted by - 19th November 2017
November 6: After a campaign of public insults against Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mugabe fires his longtime deputy, later accusing him of plotting to take power via witchcraft. Mnangagwa flees the country. November 13: Army…

Mugabe REFUSES to step down

Posted by - 19th November 2017
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe improbably clung to power on Sunday night during a rambling speech in the capital Harare. Reading from a prepared script which he stumbled over several times, the 93-year-old dictator announced a…

PDP hails Jonathan at 60

Posted by - 19th November 2017
THE National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has on behalf of the National Caretaker Committee, other organs of the party and the PDP family nationwide heartily congratulated the former President,…