The Incident: A Detailed Breakdown By Chidi Ekeh On February 27, 2026, during a monthly media parley in Umuahia, Abia State’s capital, Governor Alex Otti engaged in a heated exchange with journalist Chika Nwabueze of Don Media Group (sometimes referred to as BON Media Group). This event was part of Otti’s regular “Media Chat with…
Senate Procurement Committee defends TETFund oversight, dismisses illegality claims By Chris Mark The Senate Committee on Public Procurement, chaired by Emmanuel Olajide Ipinsagba, has dismissed as “baseless and legally inaccurate” allegations that its recent oversight visits to tertiary institutions are illegal, unconstitutional or a duplication of roles. In a statement issued by the Media Team…
Court Halts APC Congresses in Ondo, Bars INEC Recognition The Federal High Court of Nigeria sitting in Akure has issued an interim order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognizing or giving effect to the ward and local government congresses conducted by the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State. The ex parte order was…
REJOINDER BY EDO STATE POLYTECHNIC, USEN “Tertiary Institutions Complain about Senate Committee on Procurement Over Alleged ‘Illegal’ Oversight of TETFund Projects” The management of Edo State Polytechnic Usen, Edo State, Nigeria has dissociated itself from a publication by EBONY HERALD INTERNATIONAL titled “Tertiary Institutions Complain about Senate Committee on Procurement Over Alleged ‘Illegal’ Oversight of…
How Landlord’s son killed tenant’s wife over alleged unpaid rent in Ore … suspect also attacked husband, daughter, surrenders self to police By Kunle Michael A rent dispute took a tragic turn in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Thursday as a 27-year-old man, Quozeem Awe, allegedly killed a nursing mother, Deborah…
Fresh Trouble for former Kaduna Governor As ICPC recovers wiretapping equipment from his home By Dally Iyamu The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said all the suspected items were retrieved in the presence of the former governor’s wife, Hadiza, and his son, Mohammed Bello, during a search on El-Rufai’s residence. The…
Ayatollah killed in US-Israeli Attack As Iran declares 40 Days Mourning …US warns Iran of Danger of Retaliation …Protests in Karachi as Demonstrators pelter Stones at US Consulate in Pakistan …Iran appoints New Leader… Iran has embarked on 40 days of mourning after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei got killed in ongoing twin-attacks by the…
A HOLE WITHIN THE WHOLE: “How US exploit the International System”. By M K Ilyasu It is the historic and enduring nature of international law that it supports the International order of structural violence so frequently depicted (Johan Galtyng: Structural Theory of Imperialism) and (Asborn Eide: Int Law, Dominace and the Use of Force). We…
Tertiary Institutions Complain about Senate Committee on Procurement Over Alleged ‘Illegal’ Oversight of TETFund Projects By Dally Iyamu A major confrontation is brewing between several heads of tertiary institutions and the Senate Committee on Public Procurement over what the institutions have described as an “illegal and unconstitutional” attempt to directly oversee projects funded by the…
Middle East Inferno and the Myth of Democratic Intervention By Olaitan Adesina The latest confrontation involving United States, Israel and Iran has once again exposed the moral inconsistency at the heart of global power politics. Washington speaks the language of democracy with conviction, yet its closest partners in the region include unelected monarchies such as…
