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Jul

06

2023

Sit-At-Home: FG unperturbed as chaos in the South-East worsens

Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBola Ahmed Tinubu, Mohammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Politics

The struggles, anxieties, and despair of Southeast residents and Ndigbo are far from ending, if the Nigerian government's present stance toward the call for Nnamdi Kanu's release, the IPOB's founder and leader, is anything to go by. This is due to the administration, which is led by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, appearing to have taken a passive and unresponsive attitude in the face of persistent calls for Kanu's release and violent protests in the Southeast. Kanu has been held as a prisoner of conscience since June 2021. After his amazing rendition from Kenya, Kanu was imprisoned. After that, he was placed…

Jul

04

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

See complete list of the 10th Senate’s top officials

News2023, Akpabio, All Progressives Congress, Senate

Eight senators have been named as majority and minority leaders for the 10th Senate by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. While the minority leaders come from various opposition groups, the majority leaders are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which is now in power. Concerns that there might be a conflict of interest between parliamentarians who are close to the Presidency and those who are running independently have been allayed by the announcement of the major officials. This is the list of the principal officers for the 10th Senate: Majority leaders 1. Opeyemi Bamidele – Senate Majority Leader (Ekiti Central,…

Jul

03

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Hot: Wema Bank Rewarding Customers with N90,000,000 in Cash Prizes in 5 for 5 Promo

Business, Economy, News, Sponsored

...Launches Season 3 of the Wema Bank 5 for 5 Promo, Rewarding Customers with N90,000,000 in Cash Prizes Wema Bank PLC, the leading financial institution in Nigeria and the pioneer of Africa's first fully digital bank, ALAT, yesterday announced the launch of the highly anticipated 3rd season of the Wema Bank 5 for 5 promo. This reward program, initiated by Wema Bank, aims to recognize and reward customers across Nigeria for their unwavering loyalty to the bank. Commencing July 1st, 2023, Season 3 of the 5 for 5 promo will distribute a total of N90,000,000 in cash prizes to Wema…

Jul

01

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Communities in Imo complain about abandoned roads, economic difficulties

Metro, NewsImo State, Metro, Nigeria

The deteriorating condition of their roads has prompted residents of Obibiezena, Naze, and Agbala communities in Imo State's Owerri North Local Government Area to appeal to the state and federal governments for assistance. They lament the condition of the roads has halted the socioeconomic development of the region. The community members who spoke with OHAFIATV News claimed that the only sin they committed was to give the federal government unfettered use of their ancestral lands to build and create the Anambra, Imo River Basin Development Authority, or AIRBDA. "The roads which connect the federal establishment are death traps, and we…

Jul

01

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Biafra: Release Nnamdi Kanu, don’t be like Buhari, Abacha – Ejimakor tells Tinubu

Lifestyle, Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBola Ahmed Tinubu, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Metro, Nnamdi Kanu, Opinion, Politics

In light of their views on self-determination, President Bola Tinubu has been urged not to follow in the footsteps of the late Military Head of State Sani Abacha, and former President Muhammadu Buhari. The Special Counsel to Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor, advised Tinubu to free the Biafra agitator and avoid following in the footsteps of Abacha and Buhari. In a tweet., Ejimakor also cautioned that not releasing Kanu release would backfire. "It boomerangs when the State (in this case, the President) refuses to enforce a judgment (domestic or foreign) against the State simply because it is against the State, claims Ejimakor.…