Author: Alexandra Dominic-Chukwu
Alexandra Dominic-Chukwu
Alexandra Dominic-Chukwu is based in the eastern region of Nigeria. She covers politics, news writing, feature stories, among others. She has multitasking skills and can easily adapt to any working condition. She enjoys reading and writing.
(VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Anchor Borrowers’ Loan Scheme floated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has run into a glitch due to the inability of beneficiaries to repay the loan on maturity thereby holding up government funds and denying others from tapping into the scheme. The scheme was floated to make cash available for increased agricultural production in Nigeria. According to Vanguard, out of the N1.1 trillion disbursed by the CBN to the beneficiaries of the ABS since its inception, only a little above N546 billion has been repaid while a whopping balance of N577 billion remains unaccounted for.…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Federal Government of Nigeria says it will set up a formal negotiation team between the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) and relevant stakeholders to look into the recent hike in school fees nationwide. The Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, made this known at a news conference to herald the commemoration of the International Day to Protect Education from Attack in Abuja on Friday. Sununu said the hikes in school fees could be a core factor leading to school attacks, hence the need to look into the area to avert further attacks. “So many areas…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The State Security Service has arrested the deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Obiora. Before his arrest, he was in charge of economic policy. It was gathered that Obiora has spent four nights in custody under questioning by the security service, which has been looking into allegations of financial mismanagement under Godwin Emefiele, the ousted CBN Governor. Emefiele, who was first appointed as CBN Governor in June 2014, has been in SSS since 10 June, 2023, a day after he was controversially removed from office by President Bola Tinubu. While two…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A former spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 presidential poll, Daniel Bwala, has said that Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), will be expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the appropriate time. He gave the assurance while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday night. This was coming a day after Wike, a former Rivers State Governor, dared the PDP leadership to suspend or expel him from the party for supporting the election of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Federal Government of Nigeria cannot refund money spent on Federal Roads by State Governments for now, says Works Minister David Umahi. Umahi made this known on Thursday when he visited Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State in Ibadan. The Minister is on a two-day working visit to Oyo State. ”The economy right now will not permit any commitment by the federal government. ”However, records of such road projects done by the states would be kept and could be revisited when the economy improves,” he said. He commended Mr Makinde for his administration’s intervention…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A mother of three in Aba, Abia State, yesterday caused a stir when she physically assaulted her husband for daring to question her relationship with a pastor. The woman, whose identity remains unknown, resides on Ukonu Street, off the Ajah-Ngwa Road area of Aba South. Eyewitnesses revealed that her husband expressed his dissatisfaction with the fact that she provided the pastor with better quality and quantity of food than she did for their own family. In response to her husband’s observation, the woman, who is a member of the pastor’s church, became infuriated and…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The crisis rocking Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), since 2022 is reportedly getting messier. The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, continued his feud with the party during an interview with a popular television station. But reacting to Wike’s utterances, a top party chieftain, Dele Momodu, criticized the former Rivers State Governor, saying he is arrogant. A report on Friday, 1 September, by This Day Newspaper quoted him as saying Wike is arrogant. READ ALSO: I Have Not Seen That Person – Wike Dares PDP Over Planned Suspension…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Federal Government of Nigeria says that 15 million households in Nigeria are to benefit from the government’s poverty intervention under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT), initiative. This was made known by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, at an interactive session with journalists in Abuja. She said that as soon as presentation to and approval from President Bola Tinubu is received, the disbursement will commence, and 15 million poor households will benefit from the intervention. “The most important people in the whole picture are those who are beneficiaries. We…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – To further strengthen counter-terrorism efforts in the country, the Federal Government of Nigeria and the United Nations have signed two Memoranda of Understanding, MoU. In a statement by the Head of the Strategic Communications Office of the National Security Adviser, Zakari Mijinyawa, the MoUs would help deepen the fight against terrorism in the country. The statement read: “Nigerian government through the Office of the National Security Adviser, and the United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism have signed Memoranda of Understanding to further strengthen counter-terrorism efforts in the country. READ ALSO: 20.3 Million Sudanese Suffer…
(VOICE OF NAIJA) -In a bid to ensure stability and lasting democratic governance, governments across Africa are exploring innovative ways to prevent coup d’états. Coup has been an adopted strategy by Military to Secure Democracy in Africa yet none has prove to be a lasting solution. The latest development comes from Gabon, where the military’s ousting of Ali Bongo Ondimba after the 2023 general election underscores the need for robust measures to safeguard against such incidents. On 26 July 2023, a coup d’état occurred in the Republic of the Niger, in which the country’s presidential guard removed and detained President…