Eze Okechukwu Nwaneri
28 Dec
A veteran journalist and former Assistant Director News, (Sports), Nigerian Television Authority, (NTA), Chief Paul Ogazi has been conferred with a chieftaincy title of ‘Okwuzuo’, mouthpiece of Uwalla Autonomous Community in Owerri North Local Council of Imo State.
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Nigerian-born June Ashimola appeared in a UK court to disprove claims of her death and reveal she’s alive, ending a long-running probate wrangle. According to Mirror, a UK-based news publication, Ashimola had been declared dead in 2019, without leaving a will. Her £350,000 estate was granted to Ruth Samuel on behalf of a man named…
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Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has vowed that the long years of neglect of the state's oil-producing area of Ukwa have ended for good and that significant changes have been set into motion in the area. Otti announced this while flagging off the reconstruction of the 11.1-kilometre Obehie-Umudobia-Owaza road in Ukwa West Local Government…
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Walson-Jack urges the institutionalisation of green energy training In a move to support Nigeria’s transition to renewable energy, global technology giant Huawei has collaborated with the Office of the Head of the Civil Service and the Ministry of Power to equip Nigerian civil servants with essential skills in green energy. The two-day training programme, themed…
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China on Thursday called for "dialogue" with Washington to resolve spiralling trade tensions that have seen the world's two largest economies impose a slew of tariffs on each other's imports. "China has always advocated that China and the United States should adopt a positive and cooperative attitude towards differences and controversies in economic and trade…
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Tensions were rising between rival factions in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray on Thursday, as France warned against travel there. Tigray was the scene of one of the most devastating wars of the century between 2020 and 2022, estimated to have claimed as many as 600,000 lives. That war pitted local forces against the…
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The Director General of the Labour Party’s Directorate of Mobilization and Integration, Marcel Ngogbehei, has said that internal wrangling over campaign funds frustrated the efforts of the late Dr. Doyin Okupe in stabilising the party during the 2023 presidential election. In a statement mourning Okupe’s passing, Ngogbehei described him as a statesman, political strategist, and…
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Aston Villa’s return to the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in over 40 years comes with a compelling storyline—manager Unai Emery will face his former club, Paris Saint-Germain, in a high-stakes encounter. Emery, who managed PSG from 2016 to 2018, guided Villa to an emphatic 6-1 aggregate victory over Club Brugge in the…
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Hannatu Musawa, Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, has called on Nigerians to embrace religious and ethnic tolerance in order to ensure peace and economic prosperity of the nation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Musawa made the call at a ‘Ramadan Iftar’ (Breaking of fast) she hosted for stakeholders, ministry…
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The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has met with former Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, in a bid to ensure good governance in the polity. The duo, who met at the Ministry of Defence in Abuja on Wednesday, explored issues relating to the actualisation of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President…
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Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo has lifted the suspension of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Samson Osagie, with immediate effect. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor had in February suspended Osagie alongside the chairman of the state Local Government Commission, Damian Lawani over alleged financial infractions. His recall…