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“We can no longer close our eyes to the indiscriminate sit-at-home orders in the South-East that have so far disrupted lives, paralyzing economic, educational and commercial activities. In the past we had called on our people to sheathe their swords and come together to agree on the way forward for our region.

There has been a protracted dispute between local authorities and the federal government over whom to conduct statutory marriages in Nigeria.

Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) network, a United States Government initiative for African youth, has advised youths to prioritise economic emancipation as they prepare for future political leadership roles. | Pulse Nigeria

“The Central Planning Committee hereby calls on our Town Unions to work in collaboration with all Security Agencies to help ensure adequate Security during and beyond the period of the Iriji Mbaise National Festival,” he said.

The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Mohammed Barde, says a manhunt for the arsonists who burnt down the residences of Mr Jerry Alagboso and Chief Ezekiel Nwokedi has begun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Alagboso is a former House of Representatives while Nwokedi is an Eze-elect, both from Orsu Local Government

“You will recall that Odimma Orsu Initiative has been fighting to quench the obvious incessant killing of innocent people, burning down of people’s houses and looting of government/pubic assets by the hoodlums in the area for the past two years and nine months.”

As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria and Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened another Extraordinary Summit of the Authority on the political situation in Niger, scheduled to take place on August 10, 2023, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has urged President Tinubu to dehort ECOWAS Heads of States from using military might to subdue the coup ...

Within two months of Tinubu’s presidency, ‘Balablue-bulaba’ is coming across with its full import, as inflation has gone haywire.

“Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research” Malcolm X The foreign IMF team flew into Abuja on November 18, 2022 for the 2022 Article IV consultation meeting with Nigerian government officials. At the end of the meeting, the IMF’s recommendations for the incoming 2023 Nigerian President on fiscal policies stated; |

A don, Dr Uchenna Uwakwe has called for the re-introduction of classic novel, Things Fall Apart as a compulsory reading text in secondary and tertiary institutions to promote the Nigerian and African culture.