Politics

Oru-West Handover Saga: Adikibe Denies Allegations, Describes Report as Fake

  By Our Correspondent A controversy has erupted in Oru-West Local Government Area of Imo State following allegations that the immediate past Executive Chairman, Hon. Engr. Ikenna Anthony Adikibe, has yet to hand over the administration of the council to the Director of Administration and General Services (DAGs). The development has sparked public interest, with […]

Politics

BREAKING: IMO SENATE SEATS: COURT ORDERS ARRESTS OF OKOROCHA, ARARAUME, OTHERS FOR CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, FORGERY ….INEC disowns Okorocha

  A senior magistrate Court sitting in Abuja has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha and a former Senator, Ifeanyi Araraume for criminal conspiracy, forgery and tendering of false documents. Also ordered to be arrested are Timothy Ama Chuks and Amen Okorocha, who conspired with […]

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Fed Govt offers cost of living relief with petrol price cap • Measure to last for 30 days

October 9, 2026 For millions of Nigerians who have watched transportation costs climb, the prospect of cheaper petrol offers some relief. The Federal Government yesterday rolled out measures to lower the cost of living for Nigerians through fuel price modulation. The relief package includes a 30-day discount on petrol pump prices and a proposed ceiling […]

History

Colonel Chude-Sokei: The Biafran Air Force Commander Behind the Hijacked Aircraft Who Died at the Onitsha Front

Standing beside Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu in this photograph is Lieutenant-Colonel Louis Austin Chude-Sokei, a Sandhurst-trained military officer who became one of the leading figures in Biafra’s attempt to establish an air force during the Nigerian Civil War. His wartime story involved a hijacked passenger aircraft, improvised military aviation, a desperate struggle for survival and a family […]

Politics

APC Demands INEC To Enforce Supreme Court judgement on Parties Breaching Membership Register Rules • Ruling party seeks exclusion of non-compliant parties from 2027 polls, cites Section 77 of Electoral Act 2026

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to bar political parties that fail to comply with Section 77 of the Electoral Act 2026 from fielding candidates in the 2027 general elections. In a letter dated October 9, 2026, and signed by its National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, and […]

Politics

Opara Chigaekwu Success Reaffirms Loyalty to APC, Debunks Defection Rumour in Ikenegbu Ward 2

  Owerri – Hon. Opara Chigaekwu Success has reaffirmed his unalloyed loyalty and commitment to the All Progressives Congress (APC), dismissing rumours of his defection to another political party. In a statement released on Wednesday, Hon. Opara said it has come to his attention that some individuals have been speculating about his political affiliation. “I […]

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NAF helicopter makes ‘precautionary landing’ on farmland in Benue two days after Ondo crash

  The Nigerian Air Force has said that one of its helicopters made a “precautionary landing” on a farmland in Benue State while returning from an operation against suspected kidnappers along the Enugu-Benue boundary Eyewitnesses said the helicopter landed on a farmland in Utur Tse-Igboji community, Bar Council Ward along Welfare Quarters to Mopol 13 […]

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AREGBESOLA COMES TO JUDGMENT

  For those who claimed RAUF AREGBESOLA failed as a Minister of Interior, between 2019 and 2023. Wednesday June 10, 2020, was ‘judgment day’ for Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola. Incidentally, the day had broken with stories of denials of rift between him and his political mentor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former two-term […]