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)- Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma said next year’s general election would determine whether the people of his state accepted him. The Governor stated this while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday. Uzodinma said his responsibility is to convince the people of Imo to vote for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, during the 2023 general elections. “I belong to a political party. I have the responsibility to convince my people that my party has the best programmes for the country. I will convince voters,” Uzodimma said. “Let me take…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The legal action challenging the validity of Atiku Abubakar’s candidacy as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer in the 2023 general election on Wednesday stalled hearing of the suit. This hearing stalled due to the absence of Mr Wilfred Okoi, Counsel to Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. Okoi was at the Federal High Court early in the day and was said to have suddenly become sick and had to hurriedly leave the courtroom. A PDP chieftain, Newgent Ekamon, who instituted the suit alongside Wike informed Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed that the joint lawyer had…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River, has reportedly locked out hundreds of workers from the government house over lateness. Ayade on arriving at the office, was said to have immediately ordered the opening of a register and asked the chief security officer to lock the gate against any late-coming worker thereafter. Those locked out include all levels of workers ranging from top-ranking officers of the state civil service to political appointees. Christian Ita, the governor’s spokesperson on Tuesday said, Ayade had always expressed his displeasure for lateness. Ita added that he had rewarded those who…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The newly elected President-General of Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, Prof George Obiozor on Tuesday, restated the commitment of the Igbo people to Nigerian project. The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, therefore advised Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to thread cautiously his agitation for a separate country from Nigeria. The apex group said Igbo people seek justice and fairness and a platform where they can contribute their quota to Nigeria’s development. I wish to reiterate and speak on behalf of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide both at home and in…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Senate Adhoc Committee on oil theft says it has begun investigation into circumstances surrounding oil theft as well as illegal bunkering activities in the Niger Delta region. This was disclosed by Chairman of the Committee, Bassey Akpan, while fielding questions from journalists on arrival at the Port Harcourt International Airport over the week. Akpan decried the massive stealing of Nigeria’s crude oil, saying it’s troubling. He said the country had lost huge earnings and failed to meet the quota allocated by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries. He said, “Our intention is to visit every…
EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday said the successive waves of EU sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine are here to stay and that Europeans must keep their resolve against Moscow. “I want to make it very clear, the sanctions are here to stay. This is the time for us to show resolve, not appeasement,” von der Leyen said in European Parliament during her annual State of the Union speech. Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska attended the gathering in Strasbourg, receiving a standing ovation from lawmakers. Von der Leyen told MEPs that she would travel to Kyiv…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A former presidential hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sam Ohuabunwa has said the concerns raised by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State are genuine. According to him, Wike’s demands are hitched on justice and equity, adding that he is not “crying for no substantial reason”. The crisis in the PDP followed the outcome of its presidential primary election held in May. PDP stakeholders expressed concerns that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate, ignored Wike after he chose Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta, as his running mate. Wike following this, reportedly demanded that Iyorchia Ayu,…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, says his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is going through difficult moments and all is not well. He admitted that the disagreement between the PDP presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is negatively affecting their party. Ortom revealed this in a statement issued by his media aide, Nathaniel Ikyu, yesterday, saying: “I will not say that all is well with our party.” The Governor criticized the PDP leadership for acting rather too late to resolve the rift between Atiku and Wike. According…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has fired back at Governor Wike for labelling Rotimi Amaechi, his predecessor and former Minister of Transportation, a ‘total failure’. The Governor had at a public function in Port Harcourt Monday, mocked the Rivers APC leader (Amaechi), for expressing disappointment at the perceived insensitivity of Wike and his administration to the wellbeing of four times federal minister, Alabo T O Graham-Douglas through the protracted illness leading to his death as Wike was also absent at the funeral on Saturday. Responding to the Wike’s long criticism against…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – In defiance against the total lockdown order issued across the South-East by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), there was still movement in several parts of Enugu State. IPOB added Tuesday to the (now traditional) Monday sit-at-home order following the appearance of the group’s leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, before Court of Appeal and the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Imo State to commission some state projects, on 13 September, 2022. The proscribed group had declared a sit-at-home across the South-East on Tuesday, 13 September, 2022, saying it is a day of civil action…