Chief Jackson Ude, Odozi Obodo 1 of Nkporo Ancient Kingdom of Ohafia LG, Abia State, is a journalist with specialisation in political communications, media, public policy and political management. He was trained in the United States and Canada where he bagged his Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees. He was a House of Assembly aspirant for Ohafia…
As the current mindboggling and outrageous revelations from the $2.1billion arms procurement probe, otherwise referred to as Dasukigate is gathering huge momentum and garnering national interests, especially with the revelations so far not having revealed anyone who was given money specifically for the purpose of procuring arms and failed to deliver. What we have seen…
She is about to paint the town red again in her usual manner and style.Flambouyant Senator and stylish celebrity,Florence Ita-Giwa will soon join the exclusive club of the septuagenarians as she is about to turn 70.And plans, we hear, are in top gear to throw a lavish birthday bash that will again set tongues wagging.Mama…
Just like the saying goes,”like father like son”, Femi Fani-Kayode is a chip off the old block when it comes to talking gibberish.It must be said that the trait runs in the family as Femi’s father,chief Remi Fani-Kayode, a vociferous parliamentarian in the first republic was a controversial figure in out of the parliament and…
The General Overseer of Agape Baptist Church, Pastor Oprite Amakiri, has been arrested and detained at the Rumuolumeni Police Division in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The 50-year-old randy pastor confessed to how he deceived a member of his church and raped her 18-year-old sister before he was exposed and dragged to the…
The Chairman, Child Survival and Development Organisation of Nigeria, Mrs. Onari Duke, has decried the number of Nigerian women and children dying of cancer. Duke, who spoke at a dinner organised by CS-DON, as part of activities to mark the World Cancer Day in Lagos, urged stakeholders to take collective responsibility towards creating awareness and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized houses and other properties belonging to the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), and other senior military officers worth N5bn. Our correspondent learnt on Wednesday that the properties, which were seized in the Ikoyi, Ikeja GRA and Badagry areas of Lagos State,…
On Tuesday December 22, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari walked into a joint session of the National Assembly and presented the first annual budget proposal of his administration, ambitiously tagged: “The Budget of Change”. After highlighting the economic challenges that confronted the country due to the fall in oil prices, the president vowed the budget would…
…Lagos, A Centre Of Business, Creativity In West Africa, Says Gauck Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday expressed the desire of his administration to partner with the Federal Republic of Germany in the areas of power, transport, technology and development finance to bring about a quantum leap in establishment and sustenance of businesses…
Leading investor and Chairman, Heirs Holdings, UBA Plc and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu has applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for the passage of the “Electrify Africa Act,” which took nearly three years trying to get the measure through both chambers of Congress. The Electrify Africa Act creates a framework…
