Why Lagos Assembly impeached Speaker Obasa

Mudashiru Obasa | File Image. Obasa was accused of allegedly spending N17 billion to fix a gate that leads to the assembly By Valentine Amanze Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have finally impeached the speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. Obasa, whose tenure had survived many stormy sessions, was sacked on Monday January 13, 2025. […]

Peter Obi is not the issue

Peter Obi | File Image By Emeka Alex Duru (08054103327, nwaukpala@yahoo.com) In my article of November 3, 2023 on, ‘How democracy dies in Nigeria’, I made extrapolations from the 2018 publication on comparative politics by Harvard University political scientists, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, titled; ‘How Democracies Die’. The book alerts on how leaders can […]

Ebonyi governor congratulates Ohanaeze president, Mbata

Senator John Mbata | File Image By Nweze Anaga,  Abakaliki Ebonyi State Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has congratulated the newly elected President of the Pan-Igbo organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Senator John Azuta Mbata. Governor Nwifuru said that with the experiences Mbata garnered in various theatres, taking the organisation to yet another level of growth was indubitable. […]

Niger residents decry govt’s new land laws

Governor Umaru Mohammed Bago of Niger State | File Image  By Mohammed Usman Niger State residents have pleaded with the state government not to implement its new land laws, which they described as anti-people. The residents including a widowed primary school teacher, Mrs. Hannatu Joseph, said that the government’s insistence on implementing the new law […]

Integrated Indigo, CICAN to partner for business growth

CICAN National Chairman, Mr. Charles Okonji (left), and others during the event. By Valentine Amanze Integrated Indigo Limited, a leading player in the public relations business, has expressed its desire to collaborate with the Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CICAN) for a more effective business strategy. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Bolaji […]

What Obi told Ohanaeze leadership

Peter Gregory Obi | File Image Obi: Work for peace, unity of Nigeria By Valentine Amanze Labour Party (LP) leader and the 2023 Presidential flagbearer, Mr. Peter Obi, has admonished the newly elected leadership of the Pan-Igbo organization –Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide led by Senator John Azuta Mbata – to work towards peace and unity of […]