ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, senatorial candidate for Enugu East, has attacked Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, over his failure to win his senatorial seat. In a series of tweets in the early morning of Sunday, Nnamani described Ugwuanyi as an epitome of shame for twice losing his polling booth in the recently concluded general elections. Nnamani who did not stop at this, also mentioned Mr. Peter Mbah, the Enugu State Governor-elect in the chain of betrayal. Below are some of his tweets on Sunday morning, alleging betrayal by Ugwuanyi: “Peter MBA’s betrayal is one…
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Alexandra Dominic-Chukwu
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ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Adamawa chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the state residents to remain calm and renew confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the rerun election in the State. Stephen Mamza, the chapter chairman, made the call while briefing reporters on Sunday in Yola, the state capital. “As we remain prayerful and hopeful that all shall be well, we still pray that INEC will strengthen our confidence in the process through their openness, transparency and fairness,” he said. INEC declared the governorship election held on 18 March in…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to investigate allegations of electoral offences and other electoral violence, including bribery during the recently concluded general elections. To this effect, the SERAP directed INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to immediately seek the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate allegations of the election violence. SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, disclosed this in a letter he signed by himself on Saturday. The statement partly read: “Identifying, arresting, investigating and prosecuting those suspected of perpetrating electoral violence and other electoral…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A member of Peter Obi Labour Party’s legal team at the Presidential Election Tribunal, Jibrin Samuel Okutepa, SAN, says Peter Obi is not behind the news alleging that Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola disguised himself on a wheel chair to meet President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu in London. Okutepa who described the news as fake, debunked Obi’s involvement in the purported story. On Thursday, reports showed that the CJN met Tinubu in London to influence the judiciary ahead of a presidential election tribunal hearing. But on Friday, the Director of Press at the Supreme…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has urged aggrieved opposition parties in Enugu State not to go to court over the victory of Peter Mbah as the Governor-elect of the State. Mbah was declared winner of the governorship election in Enugu, held on 18 March, 2023. The youths made the plea as key opposition political parties in Enugu have all rejected the declaration of Barr. Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the winner of the election. Also, they have all indicated intention to challenge the outcome of the polls before the Governorship…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Governing Council of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has approved the appointment of Mansur Adeleke Alfanla as the institution’s Registrar-designate. In a statement signed by the Director of Corporate Affairs of the university, Mr Kunle Akogun, on Saturday in Ilorin, the appointment was one of the highlights of the 183rd meeting of the Council held on 23 March, and presided over by Professor Saburi Adesanya, its Acting Chairman. According to him, Mr Alfanla is a Deputy Registrar and current Secretary of the institution’s Postgraduate School. Mr. Alfanla will take over from the current…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Enugu State Campaign Council has dismissed the statements by the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship candidate, Mr. Frank Nweke, and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Chijioke Edeoga, over the governorship election in the State. Nweke and Edeoga have both expressed disapproval over the outcome of the 2023 governorship election in the state. PDP, however, insisted that the people of Enugu State rose above clan, religious denomination, and party divides to elect Peter Mbah, of the PDP, as the best-prepared for the job. The Campaign Council further noted that…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Abia State Governor-elect, Alex Otti, has warned those trying to twist his statement about Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, (LP). Otti had claimed that he once won a gubernatorial election without Obi, the former Anambra State Governor. Voiceofnaija.ng had quoted him as saying: “In 2015 when I ran under APGA, there was no Peter Obi. And we have it on our record that I won that election. At the time we were joining the Labour Party, Peter Obi had not joined. “It took about a week before he called…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A man who gave his name as Mr. Arinze Obiwenite has been arrested for allegedly defiling his 12-year-old daughter, in Anambra State. Obiwente was also accused of using diabolic means to run a “healing” ministry. He was arrested during a raid in his home in Abacha community, Idemili North Local Government Area of the State upon a tipoff from a whistleblower. Mrs. Ify Obinabo, the State commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, led the raid on the home of the accused, where the 12-year-old girl alongside her other siblings were rescued. The suspect had…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed all commercial banks to open for operation on Saturdays and Sundays. According to the apex bank, this is part of a coordinated effort to ease circulation of banknotes of various denominations. CBN also confirmed the evacuation of banknotes from its vaults to commercial banks across the country. These were disclosed in a statement signed by CBN Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, Isa AbdulMumin, in Abuja, on Friday afternoon. The statement disclosed further that, a substantial amount of money, in various denominations, had been received by commercial banks,…