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The Igga Autonomous Community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State has raised concern over its sudden disappearance from the website for gazetted chieftaincy constitution of communities in the state. The President, Igga Progressive Union, Mr Cyril Onwurah, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Monday in Enugu. Onwurah, who applauded the state government for inaugurating the website, described the gesture as a legacy that would stabilise traditional institutions in the state and rid the communities of avoidable crisis. Recall that the state government had on Nov. 19, 2021 inaugurated www.mocm.en.gov.ng as a website of gazetted chieftaincy constitutions of communities…
The Registrar, Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), Prof. Joseph Odigure says the council is facing existential challenges after 50 years of its existence. Odigure said this in Enugu during COREN Regional Train-the-Trainers Workshop for Implementation of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) in Engineering Programme in Nigerian Universities. The council determines the academic standards of courses and accredits programmes to be offered by institutions training engineering personnel. According to the registrar, the workshop was aimed at finding lasting solutions to the challenges in the engineering sub-sector. He said that the existential issues faced by COREN had made it necessary…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says no fewer than 40 million Nigerians still defecate in the open. The Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Enugu, Dr. Ibrahim Conteh disclosed this on Friday in Enugu during a ‘One Day Media Dialogue’ organised in collaboration with Broadcasting Corporation of Abia State. The event was organised in commemoration of the 2021 World Water Day with the theme: ‘Valuing Toilets’. Conteh said that it was worrisome that the rate of open defecation in Nigeria had remained high in spite of seeming efforts by stakeholders to reduce it. “According to new figures soon to be…
The Executive Director, Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Mr Olusegun Awolowo says the council has supported no fewer than 2000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) through export intervention measures. Awolowo disclosed this on Thursday in Enugu during a ‘Zero to Export Clinic’ organised by the council for exporters and prospective exporters. The executive director was represented by the Principal Trade Promotion Officer, Export Training Institute , NEPC, Mrs Vero Gbaa, He said that such support was aimed at addressing technical trade barriers and increasing the competitiveness of Nigerian exporters. He said that the technical support given the drivers of…
As the sun was casting long shadows on the ground one Saturday in April of 2018, a 21-year-old Nigerian named Kenneth but mostly known as Dagba Junior headed out with his friends for a weekend hang out. After horsing around for a while, the crew ended up lounging in a local pub at Ikorodu, a Lagos suburb. As the night wore on, they ate, drank and gyrated to Afrobeats but at some point, Ken decided to treat himself to a little extra. He went for this new craze in town called gutter water; a dangerous cocktail of drugs including codeine,…
By Our Reporter The Vice Chancellor, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Prof. Christian Anieke says the institution has introduced a new programme called ‘College of Practical Skills’. Anieke disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing newsmen on the 8th and 9th Combined Convocation of the university. Godfrey Okoye university is an institution owned and managed by the Catholic Diocese of Enugu. The clergy said that the college being built in collaboration with some European partners was aimed at addressing the challenges of unemployment in the country. He said that the programme would be accompanied by a startup projects where students with the…
By Our Reporter The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Coordinator in Enugu State, Mr Sam Ujogu has raised concern over the security of corps members in the state. Ujogu disclosed this on Wednesday in Enugu during the NYSC Corps Employers’ Workshop. He said that the security of corps members in all the local government areas of the state was an issue that must always receive adequate attention. “We have to deliberate on practical means of protecting corps members from harassment from unscrupulous elements in the communities where they are serving. “Also, the issue of sexual assault on female corps members…
“Agosu if you go tell them, Tell Nyidevu, Kpeti, and Kove That they have done us evil; Tell them their house is falling And the trees in the fence Have been eaten by termites; That the martels curse them. Ask them why they idle there While we suffer, and eat sand. And the crow and the vulture Hover always above our broken fences And strangers walk over our portion.” -Kofi Awoonor, Songs of Sorrow There is no other way to describe the appalling situation in the southeast today other than to call it what it is; a hostage crisis. We are…
On Friday October 29, 2021, some heavily armed persons suspected to be security operatives, invaded the official resident of Hon. Justice Mary Peter Odili, located along Imo Street, Maitama, Abuja. The raid was carried out Gestapo style, not minding that Mary Odili, JSC, CFR is the second most senior justice of Nigeria’s apex court and the wife of a former governor of Rivers State. The magistrate who issued the controversial search warrant reportedly revoked it later that day, stating that he was misled. In the aftermath of the show of shame, what Nigerians witnessed was a flurry of denials by…
The Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) on Tuesday in Enugu trained no fewer than 100 women entrepreneurs in the South-East on strategies for international trade. The Executive Director of the council, Mr Olusegun Awolowo, said that the training was necessitated by the high performance of women in various businesses. Awolowo was represented at the event by the Deputy Director, Export Development and Incentives Department of the council, Mrs Esther Ikporah. The executive director said that the workshop was part of deliberate measures aimed at optimising export activities in the country. He said that the training organised by the Women in…