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.
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Osita Chidoka, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), over its conduct of the last presidential election. Chidoka faulted INEC’s inability to electronically transmit election results in real time. Featuring on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, he said, “INEC is a monumental disgrace. INEC is an organisation I am ashamed to be associated with as a Nigerian. “I came on this programme and called for third-party verification of the INEC system so that we are sure that on election day, what is going to happen that day…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), has condemned the judgement of the 2023 Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT), that upheldthe victory of President Bola Tinubu. The PEPT, on Wednesday last week, trashed the petitions filed by Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, for lacking in merit. Obi and Atiku, who rejected the tribunal’s verdict, have resolved to end the matter in the Supreme Court. Reacting to the controversy surrounding the judgement, the President of the CBCN, Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, said that the tribunal’s…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, says the Federal Government of Nigeria has secured a $163m credit facility from the African Development Bank, which will be channelled into wheat production. “We have obtained a $163 million dollar loan from the African Development Bank to support wheat production. The scheme would be launched soon”, he said Shettima said this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Emir of Argungu, Sumaila Mohammed, at his Palace in Kebbi State. State House Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola, disclosed this in a statement he signed…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has condemned the alleged claims that the legal team of President Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shettima wrote the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court delivered last Wednesday. Also, it was alleged that the President’s legal team received a copy of the judgment before it was formally delivered. Reacting, Fani-Kayode, a former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, described the claims as ‘simply absurd.’ According to him, this is surely the most insidious, savage, blatant and vicious attack on the integrity of the country’s judiciary. READ ALSO: PEPT Judgement: If This Is What…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria has suspended its planned nationwide strike three months following an appeal by the coordinating minister of health and social services, Muhammad Pate. The decision was part of the resolutions reached by MDCAN and contained in its communique issued at the end of its 13th biennial delegates meeting held in Kano. MDCAN President, Aminu Muhammad, said because of the appeal by the health minister, the association resolved to extend the ultimatum by three months. “We resolved to extend the ultimatum to allow the federal government to address all…
(VOICE OF NAIJA)- About eight nightclubs and event centres have been sealed by the Lagos State Government within the Ikeja and Victoria Island areas of the state. This was disclosed by the Director General of the Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr. Lanre Mojola, in a statement on Sunday. According to him, the agency sealed these facilities in the interest of public safety. Mojola stressed the commitment of the commission to ensuring the safety of lives and properties, adding that the commission aims to achieve zero accidents in workplaces and public facilities. He added that the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration has…
The founder and general overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries (MFM), Daniel Olukoya, has criticised his pastor colleagues who according to him, gave inaccurate prophecies of the results of the 2023 general elections. Speaking to his congregants on Sunday morning during a service, held at the church’s headquarters in Lagos, Olukoya tongue-lashed his peers who participated in several political forecasting, describing them as a major feature of attention-seeking religious circles in the build-up to the elections. The Cleric noted that several of the predictions that were made in the guise of prophesying were wrong and that those…
(VOICE OF NAIJA)- Two persons were confirmed dead while one sustained injury in an accident involving a Mazda bus and a Mazda car at Ayedere, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Sunday. Akinbiyi stated that the accident occurred at 7:10 a.m. at Ayedere village, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun. He said the witness accounts indicated that the driver of one of the vehicles was driving against traffic and got involved in a collision with the other. READ ALSO: NDLEA Dismantles 13 Drug…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna state command, says its operatives seized 685.179 Kg of illicit drugs and dismantled 13 drug joints in Kaduna. The state commander, NDLEA, Ibrahim Braji, told newsmen on Sunday that the seizure and dismantling of the joint were made in August. Braji disclosed that within the period, 86 suspects were arrested with 83 males and three females. The commander explained that the various drugs seized included Indian hemp 650.690 kg, cocaine 0.004 kg, heroin 0.003 kg, methamphetamine 0.197 kg, tramadol 9.336 kg and psychotropic substances 24.949 kg. READ…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- President Bola Tinubu is headed to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from India, to address the general visa ban imposed on Nigerians as well as the long-drawn dispute between Emirates Airlines and the Nigerian government. This was disclosed by a top foreign ministry official, to Peoples Gazette on Sunday. He said that president Tinubu will be in the UAE to discuss visa issues, Emirates operations in Nigeria and other bilateral matters, after which he will return to Nigeria. Recall that the President had on 24 August said he was determined to end the bilateral dispute…