From Marcel Duru, Owerri. The Biafra Remembrance Day Sit-At-Home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Celebration in Owerri, Orlu and Okigwe witnessed total Compliance in Owerri Royce, Douglas, Wetheral, Tetlow, IMSU Junction, Government House Roads deserted. Eke Onunwa, Relief, Alaba, Naze markets closed. Banks, transport all shut down “Business, and government activities were…
By Cosmas Okereafor In a landmark development for the Nigeria’s aviation sector, the Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo SAN, has successfully brokered a historic settlement between the Federal Government and Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, bringing to a close a protracted dispute spanning over two decades.The resolution of the long-standing disagreement surrounding…
By Cosmas Okereafor The Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo SAN, CON, has officially received Nigeria’s Civil Aviation Master Plan (CAMP) from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) during the opening session of the ICAO Global Implementation Support Symposium (GISS) in Marrakech, Morocco today, the 14th of April, 2026. He was also…
By Femi Anamelechi Against the background of Nigeria’s deteriorating electric power crisis, a leading Nigerian energy expert, Professor Bart Nnaji, has outlined a number of measures he says the country has to take immediately to arrest the situation. Delivering the 30th, 31st and 32nd graduation lecture of the Abia State University at Uturu, Professor Nnaji,…
By Femi Anamelechi Pope Leo has condemned the attack on Christians in Nigeria and other parts of the world. The Pope warned that violence against religious minorities is worsening in several regions around the world. He regretted the rising attacks and alleged killing of Christians in Nigeria, saying that ;”Nigeria has become one of the worst-hit…
By Emeka Obasi No individual did more for the Igbo after the genocidal Civil War than Ajie Ukpabi Asika, a First Class Economist produced by the University of Ibadan, who was appointed Administrator of East Central State in 1967. Strangely, those who should praise him only remember that he did not support Biafra.Asika and his…
By Femi Anamelechi President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has executed the relevant instruments of release to complete the process of formally exercising his constitutional power of prerogative of mercy to grant pardon and clemency to specific individuals who were earlier convicted for various offences.Following consultations with the Council of State and public opinion on the…
BACKGROUND1. Air Vice Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke was born on 20 February 1972 in Makurdi, Benue State to the family of Air Warrant Officer Sylvester and Mrs Ngozi Aneke. He hails from Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. Air Vice Marshal Aneke attended Army Children School New Cantonment ‘A’ NDA Kaduna from 1976 –…
By Prof. Bart Nnaji, CON, NNOM, FAS, FAEng. Chairman, Geometric Power Group Education represents progress. The most fundamental difference between the developed nations and the developing ones is the level and quality of education. A leading African American civil rights activist, Ella J. Baker (1903-1986), famously quipped, “show the light, and the people will find…
By Femi Anamelechi The Enugu State Government has denied sponsoring allegations of certificate forgery against the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, urging him to “carry his cross” and clear his name before Nigerians.The government, in a press statement issued in Enugu on Monday by the Director of Information in the Ministry…
