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)- The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), says that the Senate must be held responsible for the killings in the country. According to MASSOB, it was disheartening that the Senate in particular was watching helplessly, while many Nigerians were being killed in various parts of the country on a daily basis. The group’s National Director of Information, Sunday Okereafor, stated this during an interview with the Sun. Okereafor said the insecurity challenges rocking the country were similar to what had happened in countries like Liberia, Serbia and Yugoslavia. He said…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Ebonyi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has finally expelled Mrs Ann Agom-Eze, Governor David Umahi’s main challenger for the Ebonyi South senatorial ticket of the party. Governor Umahi and Agom-Eze are said to be locked in a legal battle over the authentic owner of the Ebonyi South ticket of the party, ahead of the 2023 general elections. The expulsion of Agom-Eze from the APC was confirmed to journalists by the Chairman of the party in the state, Stanley Okoro-emegha, in Abakaliki on Sunday. According to Okoro-emegha, Agom-Eze was expelled from the…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Divisional Crime Officer, DCO, Isuochi Police station in Umunneochi council area of Abia State, simply identified as DSP Dickson, has been kidnapped by yet to be identified gunmen. It was learnt that the policeman was abducted in broad day light on Thursday, 10 August, 2022, in the area while other policemen escaped by whiskers in the attack. Narrating the incident, some policemen who pleaded anonymity said that the morale of officers in the area has gone down since the kidnap of the DCO who is described as a ‘tough cop.’ Meanwhile, the Police authorities in…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says Nigerians should disregard the threat by some marketers in the South-East to shut down depots in Calabar, Port Harcourt and Enugu. IPMAN Chairman Cross River chapter, Edet Umana disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. Umana dismissed the purported threat of shutting down the depots due to alleged police harassment by some marketers in the zone. He said IPMAN members in the zone had no interest in causing any disruption in the supply of petroleum products following the challenges recently faced across the nation. Umana said:…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- As part of efforts to eradicate poverty in the Niger Delta region, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has reopened the suspended scholarship scheme. This was announced by the Mr Udengs Eradiri, Special Adviser on Youths to the Interim Administrator, NDDC, Dr Effiong Akwa. He said said that it was part of NDDC’s commemoration of the International Youth Day. Eradiri made the disclosure in a statement titled; “Message of Hope on International Youth Day 2022”. He said the ongoing Niger Delta Talent Hunt would discover and empower talented youths in the region. He listed other…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A 19-year-old lady, Stella Ndoma, on Friday narrated how her father the traditional ruler of Orimekpang in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River, Chief Mbayin Ndoma was killed by cultists. Stella told journalists that her father was killed after several hours siege to his home in the community. She however, appealled to the police to bring the killers of her father to book. Assailants murdered Chief Ndoma on 3 August at his hometown, Orimekpang, in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that at the time of his…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma on Friday called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to identify those behind crude oil theft in Nigeria and bring them to justice. The Governor also warned against treating perpetrators as sacred cows, saying that anyone involved in the practice must be brought to book irrespective of whose ox is gored. He claimed that the act is a cancer that must be dealt with to stabilize the economy. He made the call while speaking to State House Correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. The Imo Governor urged…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has described as absolutely false a report by a civic-tech organization, BudgIT, that he is owing its workers. Obaseki insisted that he is up to date and consistent with payment of salaries. He added that even local government council workers are not owed any salaries. The Governor made this knkwn in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media Projects, Crusoe Osagie, on Friday. He said the report was unfortunate as not only are state workers paid as and when due but also enjoy a minimum wage of N40,000,…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has promised a more intense political engagement from his camp, saying that his strategies will choke his opponents. Governor Wike stated this in response to some media publications, during the commissioning of the Rivers House of Assembly residential Quarters on Friday. According to the publications, the Governor has removed the insignia of the PDP, including its flag from the Rivers State government House and has also sued the party, its presidential candidate, and the Governor of Sokoto State over the outcome of the…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, says Nigeria’s problems are man-made. The Governor therefore called for prayers to ensure only credible and competent leaders emerge in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Obaseki stated this when he received members and executives of the South-South Zone of the Christian Association of Nigeria, led by Arch. Bishop Israel Ege, who were on a courtesy visit to the Government House, Benin City. Obaseki, represented by his deputy, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, said God has blessed the nation with both mineral and human resources. He noted that the mismanagement…