From Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha
The governorship candidate of the Accord Party in just concluded the November 6 Anambra State election, Dr Godwin Maduka, has warned rumourmongers tarnishing his image and integrity which he gained over the years to...
Nobel laureate in literature, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says Nigeria has degenerated into a situation where human dignity has been devalued by vices such as the kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls and the recent alleged ritual killing of Timothy...
For decades, activities of oil exploration companies have resulted in devastating impacts for host communities; causing damage to arable lands, resulting in adverse environmental consequences including pollution of rivers, destruction of aquatic life, poor agricultural output and inability...
The Bauchi State House of Assembly has resolved to review the law establishing the Bauchi State Roads Traffic Agency (BAROTA) to properly capture commercial tricycle operators as well as others not included in the existing law.
This is even...
The World Bank has revealed the alarming rate of poverty in states in the North-East, noting that severe climate crisis and conflict have diminished its development with poverty rates in the region as high as 70 percent.
A recent...
The Rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Dr Abdul Jimoh Muhammed, has decried encroachment on the school by land grabbers.
Addressing newsmen on the 27th combined convocation ceremony of the institution in Ilorin on Tuesday, the rector lamented that...
From Abel Leonard, Lafia
As the world marks World Diabetes Day, the Senior Registrar of Family Medicine at Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital Lafia, Dr Nwanevu Andrew, has said the rate of people living with diabetes in Nasarawa is alarming.
Dr...
The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in the Anambra supplementary election, Obinna Uzor has voted in Umunnamehi Primary School, ward 1, in Ihiala Local Government Area.
Uzor said the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS in the polling...
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (Situation Room), yesterday released its in- terim report on the Anambra Governorship election, noting with dismay the practice of widespread vote-buying recorded across various polling units during the election on Saturday.
Addressing the...
The youths and women wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, have expressed concern over the continued incarceration of Onyekachi Orji at a federal correctional center in Anambra State.
VELOXNEWS recalls that Onyekachi Orji is one of...
