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Nov

04

2025

Abia Government to Immortalise Prof. Nnennaya Oti for Her Integrity

Abia State, Current Events, Lifestyle, Metro, News, PoliticsAbia State, Alex Otti, Nigeria, Politics

Abia state Governor, Dr Alex Otti, OFR, has announced that his administration will immortalise the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Professor Nnennnaya Oti, for upholding truth and integrity and refusing to compromise standards during the 2023 general elections. Governor Otti who was speaking at the Enyimba International Stadium Aba, during a grand civic reception held in his honour by the Old Bende people under the umbrella of the Old Bende Progressive Union, comprising the 8 LGAS of Old Bende including the people of Edda in Ebonyi State wherein Prof. Nnennaya Oti was honored by the Union.…

Nov

03

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

BREAKING: Chad Closes Border With Nigeria Over Security Concerns, Cites U.S. Military Invasion

Current Events, Metro, News, Politics, Social IssuesMetro, Nigeria, Politics, Security

The Government of Chad has announced the immediate closure of its border with Nigeria, citing security concerns following reports of alleged U.S. military plans in West Africa. According to a report by Zagazola, the directive was issued by President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, who ordered a complete military lockdown along the Nigerian border after intelligence suggested that terr+rist elements from northern Nigeria were preparing to flee into Chadian territory. Military sources in N’Djamena confirmed that the Chadian army has been placed on full alert, with troops and armoured vehicles deployed across key border corridors linking the two countries. President Déby…

Nov

02

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ndume to FG: Deploy Akinyemi, Kingibe, Anyaoku to defend Nigeria’s image before US

Column, Current Events, Metro, Opinion, PoliticsMetro, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno central, has called on the federal government to engage seasoned diplomats to defend Nigeria’s image following President Donald Trump’s designation as a “country of particular concern.” Trump had, in a post shared on his Truth Social account and the White House’s X handle, on Friday, claimed that Christians were being massacred in Nigeria, describing the situation as a genocide. In a statement on Saturday, Ndume said diplomats should be engaged to help defend Nigeria’s image on the global stage. “Before things get out of hand, Nigeria should engage seasoned diplomats like Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Professor…

Nov

02

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Time To Fight For The Christian State Of Nigeria – Okpotemba

Column, Current Events, Lifestyle, Metro, News, Social IssuesNigeria, Opinion, Religion

It's difficult to keep mum at a time like this when very sensitive issues of international dimension suffice to put our country in a new socio geopolitical dynamics. At least, the islamisation project in Nigeria which started at independence and caused the Nigeria Civil war, tagged the Biafran war in 1967 has become the Trojan horse for Christian genocide of today in the same Nigeria by the year 2025. This assertion is coming from non other than the President of the most powerful country in the world, Donald Trump with a warning to Nigeria leaders to take responsibility or they…

Nov

01

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Tinubu and the significance of yesterday (2) – Byabiodun KOMOLAFE

Column, News, Opinion, PoliticsAbiodun KOMOLAFE, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The detail makes the difference! In 1961, the regional government in Western Nigeria made tax cuts to shore up its dwindling electoral prospects, largely caused by a drop in commodity prices. There was, however, an unexpected resistance to the tax cuts in some provinces, particularly in Ekiti, Ijebu and Ondo. Over 300 people were arraigned before magistrates across the region for unruly conduct and bound over. The key point here is that people, after an initial resistance in the middle of the 1950s, had come to accept the benefits of paying taxes. Even by today’s standards worldwide, this is real…