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)- 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…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Mrs Francisca Dakat has assumed duty as the new Comptroller, Nigeria Immigration Service, Akwa Ibom State Command. Mrs Dakat assumed duty as the 21st Comptroller Immigration Service (CIS) and the first female Comptroller in the Command. Her last place of service was Rivers Marine Command, Rivers State Command. She is taking over from Comptroller George Didel, who has been redeployed to Migration Directorate, Service Headquarters, Abuja. Dakat who spoke to journalists during the official handover ceremony in Uyo on Friday said she would build on the achievements of her predecessor. She said, “The outgoing Comptroller…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Chief Johnny Metchie, President-General of Umueri community in Anambra State, has frowned at a video circulating on social media alleging that Fulani herdsmen killed a man in the area. In a statement, Metchie warned those spreading the false information to desist from such, saying it could provoke hatred between Umueri and the Fulani community. Metchie who is also a United Nations Peace Ambassador and Africa’s Director, International Association of World Peace Advocates, cautioned that purveyors of fake news would face the full wrath of the law, if they fail to desist from such unpatriotic acts.…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has distanced himself from a suit seeking the disqualification of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar Supporters of Wike had taken Atiku, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court over the conduct of the presidential primary election of the party in May. Newgent Ekamon and other plaintiffs in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/782/2022, asked a federal high court in Abuja to order INEC to remove Atiku from “its list of candidates in the 2023 presidential election”. The…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has jettisoned the claims that the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is planning to dump the party. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, described Wike is an important and loyal member of the party. Ologunagba said the Governor Wike had invested so much in PDP to think of dumping the party. Wike has been aggrieved since the PDP’s presidential primary that produced Atiku Abubakar as its flagbearer. Wike is believed to be aggrieved that Atiku ignored him and picked Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate.…