Author: Alexandra Dominic-Chukwu

ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Some suspected killer-herders have allegedly murdered a man identified simply as Energy, a native of Umunya, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. The victim was in need of a cow, and had been connected to a herder, who directed him to come to their camp to purchase the cow. It was learnt that the deceased and some other people, who were yet to be identified, were said to have been lured into a forest in Aguleri forest in the state on Thursday, by three acclaimed herders on the pretence that they were going to…

ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Enugu State chapter of National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), in collaboration with with Reals Pharmaceuticals Ltd., on Thursday took its campaign on exclusive breastfeeding to nursing mothers and pregnant women at Uwani General Hospital, Enugu. The exercise was part of its activities to mark the 2022 World Breastfeeding Week. Speaking at the event, the State Chairperson of NAWOJ, Mrs. Ngozi Ngene noted that the awareness was aimed at promoting exclusive breastfeeding in the state. She added that it was part of the contributions of the association for a healthy society. Mrs Ngene urged nursing…

ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Chris Finebone, spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, has joined the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). The news of his defection broke Thursday night after his meeting behind closed doors with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. Finebone also confirmed his defection to newsmen in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Finebone’s defection to the PDP came just two days after he criticized the Rivers State government for alleged outbreak of measles in some Rivers communities in Abua Odual Local Government Area of the State. He is from Opobo Local Government where the governorship…

ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, has cautioned the youths in the South-East to stop inciting ethnic tension, as anyone is free to campaign and solicit for votes in any part of the country. The group stated this while reacting to a statement by Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders, (COSEYL), who had asked promoters of the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Presidency to keep off the zone. But in reaction, the OYC said that the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tinubu is free to come and solicit for votes in the South-East. The youth…

ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has pleaded with the Federal Government to consider paying the striking lecturers some months of salaries to enable them feed. He made the plea following inundating calls from students and other stakeholders in education. Fielding questions from newsmen on Wednesday evening on the welfare of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, Kalu pleaded with the federal government and ASUU to reconsider their stands on the persisting strike. “A lot of students from my constituency have been calling me over the matter and I feel it is…

ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) says he will return power to the Nigerian citizens if elected as President in 2023. Obi said in 2023, Nigerians will no longer allow “drivers that don’t know where we are going” to lead the country, adding that nobody knows where the country is heading. The former Anambra State Governor spoke at the Labour Party and Coalition for Peter Obi leadership summit in Abuja on Thursday. The summit had in attendance, coalition groups working for the presidential bid of the former PDP member. Obi said…

ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Senator Samuel Anyanwu, the National Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has every right to express his grievances arising from the party’s presidential primary election. Anyanwu noted Wike as a man who contested, lost and felt that something was wrong has the right to express his grievances. He told The Nation that Governor Wike has every right to kick against what he feels was wrong. “When a man contests an election and he doesn’t win and he feels that something was wrong, he has the right to express…

ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A 37-year-old man identified as Anthony Egbo, has been beheaded by suspected ritualists inside the Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel, Bayelsa State. The ugly incident happened at Elebele community in Ogbia Local Government Area of the State. It was gathered that the Assistant Pastor of the church discovered the mutilated corpse of the deceased. Egbo was a security man attached to the church. His head was said to be severed from the body while the throat was not found. The Youth President of Elebele community, Comrade Famous Egbo, confirmed that the corpse of the…

ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has reacted to a viral video of alleged Ebubeagu Commander, who was shot dead and dragged into a pit by some hoodlums. IPOB insisted that the victim in the video is not a member of Ebubeagu but a hoodlum deceived into joining a gang of fake Eastern Security Network (ESN). According to a statement by IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful, on Thursday, the video was done in bad fate to tarnish the image of IPOB and ESN. Powerful said: “IPOB want to clarify that the viral videos showing the execution…

ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Ebonyi Governor, David Umahi says his administration is reconstructing more than 10 police stations destroyed during the #End SARS protests in the state in 2020. The Governor announced this on Wednesday in Abakaliki, the state capital, while receiving the management of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund on a courtesy visit. He said the state government was also integrating several police stations in the rural areas with Closed Circuit Television (CCTV). “What happened at Abuja with the break at the Kuje Correctional Centre couldn’t have occured if the facility was well equipped with CCTV,” he said.…