President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples’ Union (SOKAPU), Samuel Tabara, has said that the union will not participate in the planned nationwide protest against hunger and economic hardship. In a statement in Kaduna, Tabara disassociated SOKAPU from the planned protest and condemned the motive behind it. He said, “a well intentioned protest cannot originate from people…
The President General of Apex Igbo Socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyawu is dead. He was aged 82. His son, Jide Nwuanyawu, announced his father’s death in a statement on Thursday, saying he passed on following a brief illness. “The Iwuanyanwu family of Umuohii Atta, in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo state, announces…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that it had identified those behind the planned nationwide protest. Spokesperson of the service, Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, the DSS is adopting a non-kinetic measure and conflict resolution to address the impending protest “against hunger and economic hardship”….
Waziri Ashafa, one of the candidates for the chairmanship of the Kaduna state chapter of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has kicked against micro zoning of positions in the forth coming congresses. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday at the NUJ Press Centre, Kaduna, Ashafa said while zoning policy of the party as enshrined…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, to retract alleged defamatory statement issued against him. Onanuga had alleged that supporters of Obi are behind the proposed nationwide protest against economic hardship…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The Kuteb Elders Forum (KEF), Abuja, has asked the Taraba state governor, Agbu Kefas, to call Benjamin Bako, one of his aides to order for making inciting comments on social media platforms. In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, leader of KEF, Ande Fili, said Bako’s acidic utterances are likely…
