Soludo: Secondus mocks APC over Anambra defeat

Court-suspended National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, taunted the All Progressives Congress for “trying to reap where it did not sow” to secure victory in the just concluded Anambra Governorship Election. Secondus also congratulated the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chukwuma Soludo, for his victory at the poll. Soludo, 61, […]

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Obi, NLC pledge support for Soludo

A vice presidential candidate in the 2019 general election on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, Mr Peter Obi, has pledged support for the Anambra State governor-elect, Prof Chukwuma Soludo. Obi disclosed this in a statement made available to our correspondent in Awka, Anambra State, on Wednesday. He said, “I Congratulate Prof. Chukwuma Soludo […]

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Senate mourns over 120 Nigerians killed by bandits in Sokoto market

The Senate on Wednesday held a minute silence to mourn the killing of over 120 Nigerians by bandits at the Gorony Market in Sokoto State. The attention of the upper chamber was drawn to the incident by Senator Ibrahim Gobir through a point of order during the start of plenary. He said the massacre of […]

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Soludo will repeat CBN miracle as Anambra governor – APGA

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Victor Oye, says the winner of the November 6 Governorship Election in Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, will replicate his successes at the Central Bank of Nigeria when sworn in by March 2022. He spoke in an exclusive interview on Wednesday shortly after the Independent National Electoral […]

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Kanu’s lawyers stage walkout as court adjourns trial till Jan 19

Nnamdi Kanu in court with his lawyers (Photo: @General_Somto Twitter) Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned till January 19, 2021, the trial of detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. But there was confusion as Kanu’s team of lawyers staged a walkout over the […]

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Anambra election: YPP candidate Ubah congratulates Soludo

The candidate of the Young Progressive Party in the November 6 Governorship Election in Anambra State, Ifeanyi Ubah, says he has no intention to challenge the results of the poll in court. Ubah, who currently represents Anambra South Senatorial District, said he has phoned the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chukwuma Soludo, to […]

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Importers decry extortion, illegal interception of vehicles outside ports corridor

Touts still having field day at Mile 2 end of the Apapa port road in Lagos Security operatives engaging touts to extort already cleared cargoes – Stakeholders lament Ports users have expressed worry over the state of security at the ports as well as corrupt practices, just as they lamented the illegal interception of already […]

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Ataga murder trial: Court orders prosecution to produce clearer statement

Chidinma Ojukwu, a suspect in the murder of late Usifo Ataga A Lagos High Court in Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), yesterday ordered the State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to provide clearer statements and audible copies of interviews to all the defence counsel in the trial of Chdinma Ojukwu over the alleged murder of the […]

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PDP candidate Ozigbo concedes defeat to Soludo in Anambra governorship election

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP0 in the just concluded Anambra governorship election, Valentine Ozigbo, on Wednesday, conceded defeat and congratulated the winner and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Chukwuma Soludo. Soludo won with 112,229 votes beating Ozigbo, who polled 53,807 votes, and Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress […]

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