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By Our Reporter Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has applauded the peaceful conduct of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congress in Enugu State. Onyeama disclosed while addressing newsmen on Saturday in Enugu after monitoring the progress of the exercise. The minister, who had earlier addressed party faithful in his Eke Ward, Udi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, urged them to vote for candidates of their wards, adding that he would not impose anyone on them He said that he was impressed with the consciousness and willingness of the party members to participate in the process. Onyeama…

By Our Reporter No fewer than 100 victims of child trafficking were rescued within the South-East between January and June, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTI) has said. The Enugu Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Mrs Nneka Ajie disclosed this on Friday in Enugu during the celebration of the 2021 World Day Against Human Trafficking. Ajie said that the victims who were mostly children were victims of sexual exploitation, child labour, violence, baby harvesting and others. The zonal commander said that a number of the rescued victims had been reunited with their families. “If you go…

By Our Reporter An Enugu State High Court presided by Justice I. K. Okpe on Thursday remanded two siblings allegedly involved in murder of makeup artist, Ijeoma Nneke, 27, in Enugu Correctional Center. Okpe in suit no. E/67C/2021, The State Vs Chiamaka Ifezue and Chukwuemeka Ifezue adjourned the matter until Aug. 25, 2021 following applications for the amendments of the charges. When the matter was called up, the prosecuting counsel, Mrs Ngozi Ikem-Okoye informed the court about an oral motion as well as a pending application for the amendment of the charges. Ikem-Okoye said that the oral motion to amend…

By Our Reporter The All Progressives Congress (APC) says its ward congresses to elect party executives will hold across the country as scheduled on Saturday, July 31. The National Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of APC,  Sen. John Akpanudoedehe disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Akpanudoedehe said that the ward congresses committee of the party had earlier been inaugurated and delegated with the responsibility of conducting, supervising and monitoring the event. He said that the recent judgment of the Supreme Court affirming the victory of Ondo State governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu had no bearing on the status of the CECPC to superintend the ward congresses. “The clarification is…

By Our Reporter Minister of Sports and Youths Development, Sunday Dare says the Federal Government is committed to ending restiveness in parts of the country through youths engagement. Dare said this during a youth security summit in Enugu organised by Ndigbo Youth Parliament (NYP). The minister was represented at the event by an Assistant Director in the ministry, Mrs Lami Bature. He said that the youths were the greatest assets for the development of the country, adding that there were deliberate efforts to empower them.. He said that the Federal Government had through the ministry rolled out National Action Plans…

“Reason is, and ought only to be, a slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.” -David Hume Nestled between the peaks of the Hindu Kush mountains and located at about an hour north of Kabul, is the Bagram Air Base. An impregnable fortress and home to America’s largest military base in Afghanistan. At the peak of the US military campaign against Taliban insurgents, the place looked like a little America tucked in the belly of the rugged terrain of the Afghan desert. The Base was a beehive, complete with…

A women advocacy group led by the Founder, Women Aid Collective (WACOL), Prof. Joy Ezeilo has protested the gender imbalance in the appointment of development centre administrators in Enugu State. The group which paid an advocacy visit to Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Friday night, demanded for better representation of women in the governance of the state. Recall that the state government recently announced the appointment of 68 development centre administrators out of which 67 were men.Ezeilo, expressed dismay that only one woman made the list and described it as an unfair treatment to women. She said that women needed greater representation in elective and appointive positions in the state.The professor…

By Our Reporter The Vice Chancellor, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Prof. Christian Anieke, has announced a 33 per cent reduction in school fees of students in the Faculty of Arts of the institution. Anieke also announced the expansion of the scholarship programme of the university to accommodate five students per session. The vice chancellor disclosed this on Friday in Enugu while briefing newsmen on the flag-off of admissions into the academic programmes of the institution for the 2021/2022 Academic Session. The university is owned and managed by the Catholic Church Diocese of Enugu. The vice chancellor, who is also a…

Before the Nollywood blockbusters and the glitterati, were the situational comedies of the post-Biafran war Nigeria, which unbeknownst to the Millennials and Gen Z, was how their parents, uncles and aunts stayed entertained back in the days. The New Masquerade, one of Nigeria’s longest running sitcoms that aired on Tuesday nights, from 8:30pm – 9:00pm during the 1980s until the mid-1990s was one of such. It was created by the veteran actor and scriptwriter, James Iroha who also played the role of a houseboy called Giringori Akabogu. Though a comedy, it sometimes comes with a melodramatic twist meant to instill…

By Our Reporter Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama says All Progressives Congress (APC) executive members in the proposed party congresses in his ward must emerge through credible contests. Onyeama disclosed this on Sunday while addressing APC members in his Eke Ward, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. The minister said that the meeting became necessary following the need to unite members of the party in the area and fire them up for the task ahead. The minister said that his desire was to sustain the prevailing peace in the party having overcome the challenges that befell the APC…