Relationship coach and pastor, Kingsley Okonkwo, has unveiled a Christian matchmaking platform, Mentor To Marry, for singles seeking marriage, with membership plans ranging from N70,000 to N700,000 annually. Okonkwo, the lead pastor of David’s Christian Centre, unveiled the platform in a series of posts on X on Wednesday, saying it was designed to help serious…
By Ovat Abeng Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo has declared a state of emergency on the environment, warning that worsening gully erosion, flooding and land degradation pose an existential threat to the state. Soludo made the declaration in a statewide broadcast in Awka as Anambra marked 35 years of statehood, while unveiling a renewed Clean…
The Federal Government has disclosed that more than N600 billion in cash transfers has been disbursed to slightly over nine million households to cushion the impact of economic shocks, saying an impact assessment is underway to determine the programme’s measurable effect on poverty reduction. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Bernard Doro,…
By Uthman Oriyomi The latest comments by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on petrol subsidy raise a fundamental question: is he seriously proposing an economic policy, or is he simply playing politics with the temporary discomfort Nigerians face? Within a week, Nigerians have heard three different explanations of what an Atiku administration would do about petrol…
Thirty-three state governments spent at least N512.10bn on Government Houses, Governors’ Offices and travel and transport in the first six months of 2026, an amount about 4,713 times higher than the combined six-month salary of Nigeria’s 36 governors, an analysis of state budget implementation reports has shown on Monday. The analysis showed that while a…
In every democracy, political contestation is legitimate, but so is the demand for truth. As the political atmosphere around the Obudu/Bekwarra/Obanliku Federal Constituency becomes increasingly charged, claims and counterclaims are bound to emerge. Yet beneath the noise of political rhetoric lies a more enduring question: what does the evidence say? The record presented by Rt….
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Cross River State, Sir Arthur Jarvis Archibong, has urged Cross Riverians to look beyond party affiliation and vote for competence, accountability and effective governance in the 2027 election. Archibong said the recurring floods, landslides, erosion and fire outbreaks across the state had exposed serious weaknesses in disaster…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Nnanna Oji Ama, has commended the prompt response and community support that contributed to the arrest of a 20-year-old man, identified as Pascal Ogbogu, who is alleged to have murdered his 56-year-old father with a machete in Abatete, Idemili North Local Government Area of the…
Russian chess official, Sergei Indeikin has died at the age of 36 after reportedly developing a severe form of malaria following a work trip to Nigeria. Indeikin, who served as an operational manager and delegate of the International Chess Federation, FIDE, travelled to Abuja earlier in August for the FIDE World Amateur Rapid and Blitz…
By Ovat Abeng Wife of the Anambra State Governor, Dr. (Mrs) Nonye Soludo, has intensified advocacy for the sustained promotion of the inclusion of women and girls in societal affairs, as well as providing equal opportunities for them to learn, lead, work, dream, and thrive without limitations imposed by gender, culture, religion, or social barriers….
