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)- Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has ordered the arrest of Chinyere Igwe, a member of the House of Representatives. The lawmaker is a cousin to Austin Opara, who is a supporter of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. He is said to be the owner of a filling station in Diobu, Port Harcourt, which was sealed off by security agents on Friday. Governor Wike claimed that the product from the filling station is sourced from illegal refineries popularly known as kpo-fire. The Governor also said he had told the…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- ENUGU-The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba, has assured the residents of South-East that elections will be held in the region in 2023. Baba who was represented by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mr Isaac Akinmoyede, gave the assurance during the opening ceremony of the “South-East 2023 Elections Security Management Workshop” in Enugu on Saturday. He noted that the police was building a robust synergy with other sister security organisations and formations to ensure that the 2023 election remained seamless and “very peaceful”. He disclosed that they were brainstorming together to fashion out ways to…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has given the police seven days to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the discovered 20 mummified bodies the state. This is following the controversy generated over the discovery of the mummified bodies in a private facility in Benin City, the state capital. Governor Obaseki also called for calm among the citizens of the state while the investigation is on. The Governor who asked for calm, gave this directive yesterday at a joint press briefing with the police at the headquarters of the Edo State Police Command. Obaseki who…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has sympathized with the Abakaliki Catholic Diocese in the state on the loss of its Priest, Rev Fr. Raymond Eselu. The Priest died after attending the burial of his colleague, Rev. Fr. Christopher Agwu, in an auto crash in front of the St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Abakaliki, on 17 August 2022. Reacting to Eselu’s death, Governor Umahi, in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Abakaliki by Mr Chooks Okoh, his Special Assistant on Media and Strategy, described the cleric’s death as shocking. He said, “I commiserate with the…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Chairman, Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barr. Ugo Agballah has been expelled from the party. He was expelled by his Udi/Agbudu ward following the report of a disciplinary committee set up to investigate allegations against him. According to a notice signed by Aduma Ferdinand and Onyia Francis, the Chairman and the Secretary of the ward respectively, the Chairman was expelled from the party for failing to appear before a disciplinary committee to answer to allegations leveled against him. Also, the petition said that Agballah has criminal charges pending against him at…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- As part of consultations for his 2023 presidential ambition, Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) has paid a courtesy visit to the Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo. Governor Soludo received Obi at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia, Anambra State, on Friday. Soludo took to his verified social media handle to write, “Today after my engagement with the YESS family, I received in audience my brother and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, in a private meeting at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia. “Mr. Obi is one of the two illustrious…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The war within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State seems tougher as a filling station in Port Harcourt reportedly owned by a member of the House of Representatives, Chinyere Igwe, was sealed. Igwe is an associate of former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Austin Opara, who is a staunch supporter of the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar. Also a hotel said to be owned by Ikenda Chinda, a relative to Austin Opara, has been sealed off. A lounge belonging to Ogbonda Jones, who is also an ally of Opara,…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Following the abandoned projects in his constituency, a member representing Aba South state constituency, Hon. Obinna Ichita, has threatened legal action against Abia State Government. He said that the State Government has not shown cause that it could be trusted for execution of contracts it awarded. The lawmaker made the threat in a press statement. Hon. Ichita who was responding to the recent announcement by the State Government that it had awarded contracts for State Intervention projects, said non of similar projects awarded in the past was ever executed, hence, it would be difficult to…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Gubernatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Ebonyi State, Professor Benard Ifeanyi Odoh, has vowed to liberate the people of the state from what he described as “too much oppression”, if elected. Odoh stated this at a separate consultative meetings with the leadership of Abakaliki Motor Spare Parts Dealers, National Association of Technicians and Automobile (NATA), Ebonyi State International Market Youth Forum and other Union leaders. He assured them that as Governor of Ebonyi State, he won’t interfere in the affairs of their unions. “I won’t come to put chairman for you.…
ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Chief Jerry Obasi, Ex-Deputy Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, (APGA) Ebonyi State Chapter, has called on South-East Governors to equip the Ebubeagu security outfit with modern security gadgets. According to him, this is to boost the intelligence gathering to combat the rising insecurity in the South East zone. Obasi insisted that operatives of the security outfit must be well trained and adequately remunerated with good welfare packages to encourage them to perform their duties efficiently. Obasi stated this during an interview with Vanguard, adding that with the increasing insecurity in the South…