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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Barr. Okey Ezea of the Labour Party as the Senator-elect of Enugu North Senatorial district. The experienced politician and two-time guber candidate under Labour Party and All Progressive Congress (APC) defeated his closest rivals the incumbent governor of Enugu State, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi emerged as the winner of the election. According to the result announced by Prof. Chukwuemeka Ubaka, the INEC returning officer for the election, Okey Ezea scored 104,492 votes to defeat Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi who came second with 46,948 votes. Amb Simon Eze of the All Progressive Congress (APC) polled 6816 votes. Okey Ezea will be representing the people of Enugu North comprising Igbo Etiti, Igbo Eze South, Igbo Eze North, Udenu, Nsukka and Uzo Uwani Local governments. Who is Okey Ezea? Okey Ezea is a Nigerian politician, lawyer, and businessman who was born on April 20, 1966. He is the second of eight children of his parents, and he g...

The management and board of Seplat Petroleum Limited have approved the appointment of Samson Ezugworie as the acting CEO. Samson takes over the interim role following the stepping down of Roger Brown On Friday, the Chairman of the Board of Seplat, Basil Omiyi, issued a statement revealing that the embattled CEO had delegated authority to the Chief Operating Officer, Mr Samson Ezugwore, to act as CEO during his absence. The statement further disclosed that Seplat had received court processes and an ex parte order from Justice Chukwuejekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos, Nigeria, which restrains Mr Roger Brown, the CEO, from participating in the running of the company for seven days. The court order was based on allegations of unfair, prejudicial, and offensive acts by the Chairman, CEO, and all of the Independent Non-Executive Directors of Seplat Energy. The allegations include the CEO's organization of a site visit for some of the major shareholders to the company's op...

Mary Remmy Njoku has been named on Forbes’ annual list of the 50 most powerful women in Africa, with her picture appearing on the front page of the prestigious luxury newspaper. The popular Nollywood actress and ROKTV boss credited her husband, Jason Njoku, calling him her halo and thanking him for his support. The list includes women from various industries and sectors, including business, media, health, and politics. This year's cover features influential women such as the Director General of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Chimamanda Adichie, Mo Abudu, Chioma Ude and Bolanle Austen Peters Biography Mary Remmy Njoku was born to Nigerian parents on March 20, 1985, in Amuwo Odofin, Lagos State. Mary Njoku attended Amuwo Odofin High School, Navy Town Secondary School, and the National College Gbagadaga. After completing her secondary education, Mary Njoku attended Lagos State University where she studied English. Additionally, she studied film production at the Lo...

The Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba, has appointed former Nigeria Police PRO and current commissioner in charge of border control, CP Frank Mba, as the new commissioner of police for Ogun State. The appointment was announced in a letter signed by AIG Hafix Inuwa and addressed to the Police Service Commission on January 24, 2023. He takes charge of the policing of the state less than a month before a crucial general election in February and March this year. Frank Mba is a respected Nigerian police officer who used to be the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) of the Nigeria Police Force. He is known for his dedication to improving the public's perception of the Nigeria Police Force and for his efforts to enhance the transparency and accountability of the force. Mba has had a long and successful career in the Nigeria Police Force, where he has held many different positions. He began his career as a divisional police officer and went on to become an area commander and a z...

President Muhamadu Buhari has appointed Professor Osita Ogbu as a member representing the southeast on the board of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) . This was made known in a statement signed by Yinusa Abdullah, who is the media adviser to Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed. Abdulhakem Abdullateed (South West and Chairman), Umar Jibrin (North Central), Mohammed Haruna (North East), Yasmin Dalhatu (North West), and Simon Ogie (South-South) were also appointed to the board. The minister says that the current appointment is meant to bring in the new ideas needed to reorient the company for better performance. She further stated that the nominations were needed to rebuild the NDIC's governing board to prevent a void, make sure the corporation ran smoothly, and boost the confidence of stakeholders and clients in the financial and banking sectors of the national economy.  Profile of Osita Ogbu (OON) Professor Osita Ogbu is a Professor of Developmental Economics at th...

The battle for the Labour Party gubernatorial ticket in Enugu State was laid to rest yesterday, January 6, 2023, as the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja reinstated Chijioke Edeoga as the authentic candidate of the party in Enugu State.  The judgment followed an appeal by the Labour Party and Chijioke Edeoga, challenging the decision of the Federal High Court in Abuja to nullify the primaries that produced Edeoga and order another primary.  Delivering judgment on the matter yesterday, the appeal court set aside the judgment of Justice Maha of the Federal High Court, Abuja , and declared Chijioke Edeoga the authentic Labour Party gubernatorial candidate.    Origin of the Enugu Labour Party Ticket Tussle  The battle for the Labour Party's governorship ticket in Enugu State between Chief Everest Nnaji (Odengene) and Hon. Chijioke Edeoga began shortly after the latter was declared the winner of the Labour Party's rerun primaries in Enugu .  The party held new prim...

CP Frank Mbah, mni. T he Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, has appointed CP Frank Emeka Mbah, MNI, as the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Border Control Force. Frank Mbah’s appointment is part of the recent deployment carried out by the Nigeria Police to strengthen the capacity of the Force to better police the country. Frank is a product of the Nigeria Police Academy, Kano, where he finished at the top of his class. He also holds a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Lagos and a master's degree in law from the University of Dundee, Scotland. He has attended special courses at the FBI National Academy in Quantico , USA; Harvard University in Cambridge, MA; and the prestigious National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies in Kuru-Jos! He hails from Ezimo in Udenu, the local government area of Enugu State.