Kalu Odinakachi, Author at OHAFIATV

Sep

06

2022

2023: Group accuses INEC of violating Electoral Law

News2023, INEC, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with violating some aspects of the Electoral Law of 2022. The group, in a statement on Monday, said that the INEC has not complied with Section 19 (1) of the Act which deals with the display of voter registration throughout the country. The section requires the commission to set aside “a seven-day period during which a copy of each local government, area council, or district voter registry shall be displayed or published for public scrutiny in each registration area and on its website.” or any website established by…

Aug

31

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Wike challenges Makarfi to deliver Kaduna from APC to PDP

News2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

Governor Wike Nyesom of Rivers state has challenged Ahmed Makarfi, former governor of Kaduna state, to hand over the state to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023. Makarfi, in an interview on Channels Television, asked Wike to be subtle in his anger. The former governor was referring to the various meetings Wike has had with some of the main presidential hopefuls about his next political move. Governor Rivers, along with other PDP governors, held separate meetings with APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu and Labor and PDP candidates Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar in London last week. Makarfi warned Wike not to…

Aug

31

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Nigeria loses 95% of oil production at Bonny terminal due to theft

Economy, MetroCrime, Metro, Nigeria, Security

Africa’s biggest oil producer is losing almost all oil production in the Bonny oil hub, the city after which its premium Bonny Light oil grade and a key export point for the country, Mele Kyari, are named. limited NNPC he said Tuesday. Nigeria, in a bid to curb oil theft, launched an app this month to monitor the incidence. “What is most difficult to deal with today is the issue of crude oil theft, it is real and it is happening,” Kyari told a state house briefing in Abuja. “Are we defenseless? No, we are not defenseless and our efforts are paying…

Aug

30

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Deposed Abubakar Atiku dies in Egypt of undisclosed illness

NewsHealth, Metro, Nigeria, Politics, RIP

Abubakar Atiku, the deposed Emir of Zurmi in Zamfara State has died in Egypt after battling an undisclosed illness. A source at Emir Zurmi’s palace, who asked not to be identified, said the Emirate Council is fully involved in arranging for the body to be brought back to Nigeria for burial. Atiku, the uncle of the current emir, died on Friday in an Egyptian hospital. The source said: “He had been ill for a few weeks before his immediate family took him to Egypt. We were informed immediately when he died”. When asked why the body still hadn’t been returned as…

Aug

24

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Four Catholic reverends freed by kidnappers

NewsCrime, Kidnappers, Metro, Nigeria, Security

Four Catholic reverends abducted Sunday along Okigwe-Umulolo Road in the Okigwe Local Government Area IMO state have been released. The Reverend Sisters are members of the Sisters of Jesus El Salvador Generelate, a religious group of the Catholic Church in Port Harcourt, capital of the Rivers, south-south of Nigeria. They were identified as Johannes Nwodo, Christabel Echemazu, Liberata Mbamalu and Benita Agu. They were attacked and kidnapped while on their way to attend a thanksgiving service for another Reverend Sister in the area. The religious group’s secretary general, Zita Ihedoro, announced the release in a statement on Tuesday, two days after abduction.…