Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has been impeached by the State’s House of Assembly. CONVERSEER learned that Shaibu was impeached during the House’s plenary session on Monday in Benin City, the State capital According to Channels TV, the move is a culmination of the political impasse between the deputy governor and his principal Godwin…
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, 9th and Wednesday, 10th April, 2024 as Public Holidays to mark Eid al-Fitr Celebration in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement by Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Interior, on Sunday. READ ALSO: Former Ayade’s aide defects from APC to PDP Tunji-Ojo who made the declaration on behalf of the…
A former Governor Ben Ayade’s aide, Comrade Afuo Joseph Ogbaji, and others have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Cross River Northern Senatorial District. Ogbaji, also known as OGB, hails from Ugboro ward in Bekwarra Local Government Area of the State. He stated that APC…
By Emmanuel-Francis Ogomegbunam There was nothing like the African or Arab slave trade. There was just the slave trade, which was no different from commodities trading today. One might trade Urals or Brent, Middling Fair or Low Middling, and you’d be a participant in the oil or cotton trade. Slaves were commodities to their traders and property to their owners. Both definitions were…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi has told the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC that he is not leaving the party. Obi was replying to a statement by NLC spokesperson Benson Upah who said the former Anambra State Governor was free to leave the party if he wanted to. Upah…
