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By Felix Durumbah, Abuja, and Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Confusion dogged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria's South East (SE) region as it elected a new Zonal Executive to man the party's affairs in the region, with Chief Ali Odefa re-emerging Zonal Chairman. The election, which took place on Wednesday, February 26, came on a day that the Federal High Court,Abakaliki, Ebonyi State -also in the region -validated Odefa's expulsion from the party for anti-party activities. Justice Hilary Oshomah affirmed the decision of the party's Oguduomwor Ward Executive Committee (Exco) in Onicha Local Government, Ebonyi State, which had booted Odefa…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Gloom enveloped the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi (JOSTUM), Benue State, as four female students of the institution were abducted by gunmen. The students were abducted from within the university premises between 8:30pm and 9pm on Tuesday, February 25 this year. The university was formerly known as Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM). A university source told Peopleandpolitics.net that the students were going for night studies when they were kidnapped between their hostels and the North Core area of the school campus where they were heading to. The source named the victims as Emmanuella Oraka, Fola,…

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna President of Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Dr Bitrus Pogu, has described the Middle Belt region as Nigeria's economic strength and melting hub,urging unity among its component parts to reap benefits. He stressed that only unity, especially of the youth of the region's 15 states, can enable them tap into the economy for development. Pogu took the position in Abuja, the nation's capital, when he received a delegation of United Middle Belt Youths Movement (UMBYM) led by its leader, Capt. Brent Kane, and the acting National President of Indigenous Ethnic Youth Leaders of Nigeria (IEYLN), Comrade Augustine…

By our reporter The Muslim-Muslim ticket that brought President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima to office in 2023 has failed to yield expected benefits for Muslims. This was the view of the Supreme Council of Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN). The assessment came at a time the Caucus of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) passed a vote of confidence on President Tinubu, who,in accepting the glowing verdict, said he is a happy man now as, according to him, his administration's policies are working well. The SCSN, going by literature available on its website, was incorporated in 2005…

By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo As the crisis between the United Methodist Church in Nigeria (UMCN) and its breakaway body, the Global Methodist Church (GMC) in Taraba State, North-East Nigeria, deepened, the leadership of UMCN in the State has pleaded with the State Governor, Agbu Kefas to wade into the matter. It believed the governor's intervention will lead to justice and equity in the matter. The Resident Bishop, Nigeria Episcopal Area and the Mission Districts of Cameroon and Senegal of UMCN, Ande Emmanuel, during a press conference on Tuesday, February 25, at Negataba branch of the church in Jalingo, the state…

By Achadu Gabriel Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has assured that the House leadership will ensure adequate funding for intelligence gathering in order to curtail insecurity in Nigeria. The Speaker gave the assurance at a one-day public hearing on a bill for an Act to establish the Nigerian Security and Intelligence Trust Fund to provide funding for security-related issues. The pot of money, he said, is aside the usual budgetary provision from the Federation Account to aid interventions to combat security issues in the country. He spoke during the hearing organized by the House Committee on Security…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Foremost Professor of Political Science and Strategic Studies at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Professor Felix Asogwa, is set to present the university’s 42nd Inaugural Lecture. It is expected to address the protracted agitation by separatist groups in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria. These were contained in a public service announcement issued by the university’s Registrar, Ambrose Ugwu, on Tuesday, February 25, at ESUT Permanent Site, Agbani, near Enugu. The Lecture titled 'From Confrontation to Consensus: Re-Engaging the Separatist Agitation for Sustainable Peace in the Nigerian State', will hold on Thursday, February 27,…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Cheery news came for tenants and prospective tenants in Enugu State as, in response to their growing complaints of exploitation by landlords, the State House of Assembly has introduced a bill to check such excesses. Entitled 'The Bill for a Law to Amend the Landlord and Tenant Law, CAP. 101, Laws of Enugu State, 2024', the proposed legislation, sponsored by member representing Nkanu East constituency, Hon. Okey Mbah, underwent the first reading on Tuesday, February 25. Among others, the bill seeks to regulate agency and legal fees by setting both at a maximum of 10 per…