ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos has fixed Thursday to issue certificates of return to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his deputy Femi Hamzat and other winners in the 18 March governorship and assembly elections in the State. Olusegun Agbaje, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos State, disclosed this in a statement on Monday by Adenike Tadese, the commission’s spokesperson in the State. “INEC Lagos State has scheduled Thursday, March 30, for issuance of the certificates of return to the governor and deputy governor–elect and the elected members of the state House of Assembly.…
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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)- Some aggrieved women on Monday protested half naked in front of the United States Embassy in Abuja. This is following the outcome of the 2023 presidential election held on 25 February, 2023. It was gathered that the protesting women are members of the Free Nigeria Movement. They were at the US Embassy to report the alleged fraud that happened during the 2023 polls. The protesters, who were seen carrying various placards, called on the US Government to place a visa ban on those that instigated violence during the election. Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State says that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State was responsible for his sack as a Governor last year. It would be recall that the Federal High Court sacked Umahi as Ebonyi Governor, before the Appellate Court restored him back in office. The Federal High Court in Abuja, in March, 2022 sacked Umahi, his deputy, Kelechi Igwe, along with 15 lawmakers in the state over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to the All Progressives Congress, (APC). The 15 lawmakers were elected on the PDP platform before…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has urged Igbos residing in Lagos State to protect their lives and businesses threatened by thugs in the State. The group alleged that the thugs are led by the former Lagos State National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, chairman Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, who said this in a statement added that threatening Igbos in Lagos State was a threat to the entire Biafra. IPOB also lamented the silence of Yoruba leaders over the attack on Igbos and their businesses…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has berated the Chairman of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Council of Elders, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, over the purported anti-Yoruba comment. In a viral video trending on social media, Iwuanyanwu was seen calling Yorubas “political rascals” at a town hall meeting, over the outcome of the just concluded general elections. The Afenifere called on the Ohanaeze Ndigbo to warn Iwuanyanwu to desist from making provocative statements against the Yorubas. However, the mainstream Yoruba group appealed to the people across the South-West to remain calm. Afenifere, in a statement issued by its National…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Sunday Michael, special adviser on inter-party affairs to Governor Ben Ayade, says the 18 March governorship election in Cross River produced no winner, no loser. Mr. Michael, who spoke on Sunday in Calabar at the church dedication of his son, described the election as the freest and fairest in the history of Cross River. He noted that irrespective of the outcome of the poll, all political parties that presented candidates were winners. Mr. Michael singled out the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sandy Onor, whom he described as an astute administrator whose…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has said his government is committed to the development of a new airport in Auchi. He said this will commence after it got tentative approval from the Federal Government of Nigeria. Governor Obaseki stated this while briefing journalists in Auchi, noting that the government was working with aviation experts to finalize the survey of the airport project. He said: “The charting of the airport is already ongoing to ensure the safety measures required for approval of the airport project as safety is the main consideration. “We want to…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Some ex-agitators under the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), said they will continue to protest against the immediate removal of the interim administrator, Maj-Gen. Barry Ndiomu (retd), over non-payment of their six months allowances. The agitators said they will not be intimidated by threats of arrest from the office over their protest, adding that they would protest in the nation’s capital from Monday until all their demands are met. Daily Post reports that a coalition of former agitators under the PAP, Phases 1, 2 and 3, threatened to shut down the Amnesty office in protest…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, has expressed the belief that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s father might be an Igbo man. Fani-Kayode blamed Obasanjo over his response on a recent comment by Igbo businessman Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu that Yoruba people are “political rascals” saying that it was an indication that the former president’s father was an Igbo man, not Yoruba. Iwuanyanwu said Igbo people had invested so much in Nigeria and will not yield to the pressure of people asking them to leave. Speaking in Awka, Anambra State, on Saturday, Iwuanyanwu criticized Yoruba people. However, Fani-Kayode…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Abia State House of Assembly says there is no plan to impeach Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. The members of the State House of Assembly led by the Deputy Speaker, Ifeanyi Uchendu dismissed the rumour making the rounds on social media that the House was planning to impeach the governor. He stated this while addressing the press after meeting with Ikpeazu at the Governor’s Lodge, Aba. Adding their voices, the Majority Leader of the House, Solomon Akpulonu and the Minority Leader, Chukwu Chijioke described the rumour as a figment of the imagination of the purveyors…