Author: David Great

The conflict between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the leadership of the Labour Party took a new turn on Wednesday, as the NLC instructed its state councils and political commission to picket Labour Party secretariats nationwide. This directive was contained in a letter dated Tuesday, March 19, 2024, signed by the chairperson of the NLC Political Commission, Titus Amba, and the secretary, Chris Uyot. The order is coming after a meeting of the NLC National Political Commission and the leadership of the NLC State Councils and State Political Committees, which took place virtually on March 19, 2024. “That given…

Zenith Bank Plc has appointed Dr. Adaora Umeoji as its new Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1, 2024. Umeoji will take over from the current GMD, Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, whose time in office expires May 31. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Company Secretary, Michael Otu, which was filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Tuesday. “Dame (Dr.) Adaora Umeoji is the first female GMDCEO since the inception of the bank, and her appointment is  consistent with the bank’s executive transition tradition, succession plan, and strategy of grooming leaders from within,” the statement partly reads. Before her appointment, Umeoji has been the Deputy Managing Director of the bank since October 28, 2016 and has close to 30 years of banking experience of which 26 years has…

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has insisted that his continuous detention in the custody of Department of State Services (DSS) remains the reason behind the spate of violence in the South East geopolitical zone. Kanu spoke in Abuja immediately after the court rose on Tuesday after he was denied bail. The IPOB leader noted that the violence in the region remained because he was being held in the custody of the Department of State Services. He however vowed that those behind the violence, in the name of being IPOB members, would not be…

Ace comedian and media entrepreneur, Atunyota Akpobome better known as Alibaba, has attributed the country’s underdevelopment to it’s constitution saying some states created by the military regime should be local government areas. Alibaba, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday, said the Nigerian constitution remains it’s biggest problem as it hinders the country’s development. “Our constitution is the biggest problem we hve now; it’s an anomaly, it’s not actually a constitution; it’s something that some people drafted, got some lawyers to knock it together because the constitution doesn’t speak to the growth and national development…

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested 58 suspected criminals after a raid across different locations in the state. The Adamawa State Commissioner of Police, Mr Dankombo Morris, said this when he addressed newsmen in Yola, the state capital, on Tuesday. Morris said the suspects included 40 young men who were believed to be members of a notorious group ‘Shila boys’. “Eleven of them were arrested for kidnapping, while seven were arrested for armed robbery. “We have since commenced discreet investigations on their cases, and we would soon prosecute those found culpable in court of law,” he said. Nigerians react…

The Nigerian Communications Commission has announced that voice, and data services affected by undersea cable cuts which created internet outages in Nigeria and some Sub Saharan African countries have been restored. Reuben Muoka, NCC’s Director of Public Affairs in a statement issued on Monday said internet services have now been restored to approximately 90 per cent of their peak utilisation capacities. “Following the disruption on March 14, 2024, which affected data and voice services due to cuts in undersea fibre optics along the coasts of Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal, we are pleased to announce that services have now been restored…

The Nigerian Senate has condemned the gruesome murder of 16 personnel of the Nigerian Army by armed groups during a peace mission to the Okuama Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State on Thursday. Chronicle NG had earlier reported that a commanding officer, two Majors, one Captain, 12 soldiers, and one civilian lost their lives in the ambush on Thursday. The Senate, in a statement through its spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, on Monday, said, “The Nigerian Senate has received with sadness the gruesome and unthinkable killings of 15 personnel of the Nigerian Army by armed groups during a…

The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has decried the rate of kidnapping in the country with about 700 persons held captive in three weeks. Obi disclosed this on Monday in a statement posted on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle. Quoting Financial Times March 12, 2024 publication, Peter Obi described Nigeria’s kidnapping racket as a sign of a failed state. “In the past 1 year, about 7000 Nigerians have been kidnapped, with about 700 kidnapped in the last 3 weeks, not withstanding the violent crimes and killings that occur in every part of the nation, which must have…

Men in army uniform plundered and destroyed homes in Nigeria’s oil-producing Delta state days after 16 troops dispatched to settle a land dispute were slain, according to residents, although the Nigerian army denied military involvement. Residents reported that the Nigerian army stormed the riverfront Okuoma settlement of a few hundred people on Sunday while seeking those guilty of Thursday’s killings. Tam Oburumu, who left his home, claimed uniformed men were seeking firearms and raided residences before torching them. “The damage for now is huge, a lot of houses were burned,” Oburumu said by phone from a nearby village where he…

United Kingdom’s (UK) foreign minister David Cameron on Monday said the result of the Russian elections showed “the depth of repression” under President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin praised Putin’s landslide re-election for a fifth term in office as “eloquent confirmation” of the people’s support. But Cameron, who on Sunday evening said the election was neither free nor fair, dismissed the poll outcome as undemocratic. “These Russian elections starkly underline the depth of repression under President Putin’s regime, which seeks to silence any opposition to his illegal war (in Ukraine),” he said in a statement. “Putin removes his political opponents, controls…