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3 weeks ago | news.band | Kalu Nwokoro Idika

Renowned political economist and former presidential candidate Pat Utomi, says he may leave Nigeria over alleged attempts to silence him. This is coming after Utomi announced the formation of a shadow government. The initiative, launched virtually under the banner of the Big Tent Coalition Shadow Government, aims to serve as a “credible opposition” to the President Bola Tinubu administration.

3 weeks ago | news.band | Kalu Nwokoro Idika

By Usman Abdullahi Koli, ANIPRIt often begins in silence, the kind of silence that follows suffering, that surrounds forgotten people and places. Then, one day, someone listens. Someone hears the unheard cries and decides to act. Not for praise. Not for politics. Just for people. That is how the Wunti Al-Khair Foundation was born out of quiet empathy and bold conviction.

3 weeks ago | news.band | Kalu Nwokoro Idika

By Obinna IwuohaThe political terrain of Imo West (Orlu Zone) has been thrown into turmoil following the shocking revelation that Chief Emma Okafor, popularly known as Agujiegbe and the chief technical director of Senator Osita Izunaso’s 2023 senatorial campaign, has announced his intention to commit suicide on June 15, 2025. This, he says, will be the ultimate consequence of the “betrayal, abandonment, and dehumanization” he has suffered at the hands of the senator he helped to power.

3 weeks ago | news.band | Kalu Nwokoro Idika

Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby on Thursday announced that his country will suspend the issuance of visas to U.S. citizens in response to the Trump administration’s decision to ban Chadians from visiting the U.S.The move comes a day after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a decree barring citizens from 12 countries — including seven African nations — from entering the United States.

3 weeks ago | news.band | Kalu Nwokoro Idika

Renowned Highlife maestro, Chief Mike Ejeagha is dead. News Band Newspaper gathered that he died on Friday night at the age of 95 in Garrison Hospital, Enugu, following a long battle with illness. His death was confirmed by his son, Mr. Emma Ejeagha. Mike Ejeagha was a dominant voice on Nigerian airwaves in the 1980s with his unique style of Igbo folk music that resonated across generations.