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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has applauded the rollout of the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS) in the South-East. The South-East Zonal Chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Enugu. Siddiki described the scheme as a problem-solving mechanism that would improve the safety of herders and their cattle in the forests. He commended the Federal Government for introducing the policy of identifying and tracking livestock from points of birth to slaughter. He said that the NAITS was a more advanced method of controlling and monitoring livestock, and herders.…
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has requested for time to articulate its position on the anti-open grazing bill in Enugu State. The Chairman of MACBAN in the South-East, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki disclosed this on Tuesday in Enugu during the Public Hearing on the bill. The public hearing was organised by the Enugu State House of Assembly following the introduction of the bill in the legislative assembly.. Siddiki said that the request became necessary following the time constraint to respond to the invitation from the state assembly on the matter. He said that on receipt of the…
The way things are happening at almost the speed of light in Nigeria is alarming. Most of them trace their roots to injustice and the inability of our leaders to address it. Once you hear of something, before you chew it over, swallow and digest it, another thing comes up. Nothing gets settled, and in more cases than one, settled matters do not get foreclosed through due process, but by our collective amnesia. Circumstances have made us deliberately amnesic. Why will you not choose to forget what you have no power over? Why should you keep in mind what…
Text of the Keynote Address by His Excellency Dr. Kayode Fayemi, CON, Governor, Ekiti State, Nigeria, entitled: Towards A More Perfect Union, Presented at the Towards A Viable Union: National Dialogue on Remaking Nigeria, Abuja, August 19, 2021 Protocols It is my pleasure to give the keynote address at this National Dialogue on Remaking Nigeria. I am reallyimpressed by the great effort which Chido and his team have put into this work. This dialogue itself is a fall out of the book: Remaking Nigeria: Sixty Years, Sixty Voices which is like a hansard of a public square parliament of some…
The South-East For President 2023 (SEFORP2023) and Igbo Leadership Development Foundation (ILDF) have urged political parties in the country to zone their 2023 presidential tickets to the region or face legal action. The National Chairman of ILDF, Dr Godwin Udibe disclosed this during a joint press conference by the two interest groups in Enugu. Udibe said that it was only fair that power returned to the South in 2023, adding that it would then naturally be the turn of the South-East to produce the president. He said that the region was not requesting for the impossible as a similar power…
Few stories carried in the Bible rival the thrill of Paul’s conversion as described in Acts 9:1-19 and retold by Apostle Paul in Acts 22:6-21. The richly chronicled Damascus Christophany, was an awe-inspiring account of how the power of Jesus changed a heart full of bile to a superhero brimming with love. Peter would later become one of the greatest evangelists of all time, spreading the gospel of Christ throughout the world. Paul, known as Saul at the time, was a Pharisee, born in the ancient Roman city of Tarsus. He was very proud of his Jewish heritage and…
In Part 3 of the film ‘Rambo’, there was a scene where the character Rambo, played by Sylvester Stallone who became an instant megastar after he debuted in the film ‘Rocky’, discussed with his Afghan guide. He was supposed to infiltrate a Russian military camp in Afghanistan to rescue some detainees. Each on horseback, Rambo and his supposed Afghan helper, played by Sasson Gabai, an Israeli born in Baghdad, had a brief chat that encapsulates the Afghan spirit. Mousa Ghani, the stage name for Gabai, in faltering English told Rambo: “This is Afghanistan; Alexander the Great tried to conquer…
This compendium titled Remaking Nigeria: Sixty years, sixty voices edited by the indefatigable journalist, author and anti-corruption fighter Chido Onumah is a monumental work that is guaranteed to add rich insight and perspective into our search for a better, more efficient, fairer and more inclusive Nigeria. As the editor explained in the Introduction, it took a whole decade for the book to materialize. It was initially meant for release to mark our 50th Independence Anniversary in 2010 but has now been released to mark the Silver Jubilee of our Independence, that too, nearly a year behind schedule, except that the…
Former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani says the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) desires to rejig the Enugu State chapter of the party to win elections. Nnamani said this on Saturday in Enugu during the sitting of the APC Ward Congress Appeal Committee. The former senate president and a member of the APC National Caretaker Committee, representing the South-East zone, said that it was scandalous that the party had underachieved in the state. He said that the failures of the state chapter of the party in the past seven years had made it necessary to rejig and place…
It’s hard to imagine that barely three weeks ago, most of Afghanistan was under the control of the Columbia University trained President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. Following the withdrawal of US-military troops, province after province, the country’s military defense crumbled like a pack of cards and by Sunday, August 15th, Taliban fighters were seen sitting at the Presidential palace in Kabul and reciting the Koran, as the embattled President fled his country. India’s former Ambassador to Kabul, Gautam Mukhopadhaya, described the Taliban takeover as a “Pakistani invasion with an Afghan face”. He was not totally wrong. As the war against…