Category: South East
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Leadership Claim: Edozie Njoku is an Impersonator – NRM Founding Chair Senator Dansadau

The National Rescue Movement (NRM) has been plunged into crisis following claims by Edozie Njoku that he is the party’s National Chairman. However, the founding national chairman of the NRM, Senator Saidu Muhammed Dansadau, has raised an alarm over Njoku’s claim, describing it as impersonation. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, Senator…
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THISDAY is 30, and Resilient on Jan 27

THISDAY, Nigeria’s Foremost Newspaper of Record, has clocked 30 years on the news stands. To mark the occasion, it has already set out to honour some of the nation’s ‘Tough and Resilient’ persons and institutions in selected fields of endeavours on Monday, January 27. The presentation of first awards began in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday.…
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Actors Guild of Nigeria Warns Members Against Using Live Animals as Props Without Proper Precautions

The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Dr. Ejezie Emeka Rollas, has issued a warning to actors against using live animals as props on film sets without proper precautions. This comes after a disturbing video surfaced on social media showing actors being persuaded to use a live snake as a prop. Dr.…
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BREAKING: Nduka Obaigbena Leads ARISE News Teams to Cover Trump’s Inauguration and World Economic Forum in Davos

ARISE News has dispatched its top teams to Washington DC and Davos to provide extensive coverage of two major global events. Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Nduka Obaigbena, leads the team in Washington DC, where they will cover the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States. The ARISE News team in Washington…
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Judge Adjourns for Ruling in Mareva Suit between First Bank Nigeria and General Hydrocarbons Limited and Several Others

A Mareva injunction suit involving First Bank Nigeria, General Hydrocarbons Limited, and several others took a new turn on Friday, January 17, 2025, as Dr. Abiodun Layonu SAN moved to set aside the injunction and other punitive ex parte orders granted to the plaintiffs. According to Dr. Layonu, there was a clear case of suppression…
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National President of Actors Guild of Nigeria Not Arrested – Presidential Spokesman Clarifies

The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has firmly refuted claims regarding the arrest of its National President, Dr. Ejezie Emeka Rollas MON. In a statement signed by its Presidential Spokesman, Cornel Udofia, he categorically dismissed the report as a fabrication. “Our attention has been drawn to news making the rounds in local Abia blogs claiming…
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Apologise to Deputy Speaker Ben Kalu – Group Condemns Labour Party Double Standards

The One Nigeria Agenda has condemned the double standards exhibited by the Labour Party and its supporters in the political discourse, following the backlash against Deputy Speaker Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu’s statement on the All Progressives Congress taking over the governorship in Abia State. Kalu’s statement was met with fierce criticism and backlash, whereas Gbadebo…
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Defence Ministry Directs Relocation of Military Chiefs to Sokoto to Combat Banditry, Terrorism

The Minister of State for Defence, H.E. Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle, MON, has expressed his sadness over the activities of terrorists and bandits terrorizing Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, and Kebbi States and its environs. To address this, Dr. Matawalle has directed the Chief of Defence Staff and other military chiefs to relocate to Sokoto, which is…
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Five Enugu Doctors Face Trial over Alleged Cyber Stalking

Five members of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Enugu State chapter, are set to appear before a Federal High Court in Enugu, facing charges related to cyber stalking. The accused doctors, all affiliated with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) in Ituku Ozalla, Enugu State, allegedly sent messages through various WhatsApp platforms that could…
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2027: Unmasking a Brewing Northern Conspiracy Against Tinubu

By Dattijo Sani Rano PhD The grand conspiracy from Northern Nigeria against the reemergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term that was hinted at by the President’s loyal political allies in the region is gradually but surely coming into the open. The recent open declaration by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) that…
