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By Steve Oko Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said that Nigeria is a sinking ship that needs urgent rescue. Atiku made the remarks Tuesday at the International Conference Centre Abuja while declaring his interest to contest in the 2023 presidential race under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He lamented the precarious condition of the country under the watch of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and promised to pull the country out of the woods if given the opportunity. The former Vice President who said that APC had plunged Nigeria into heavy indebtedness, vowed to…
By Michael Onwuka, Enugu Food crisis: Nigeria at crossroads, says DG biotechnology agency GMOs are safe – NBMA Director General The Director General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NBDA), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, says Nigeria is currently at a crossroad in view of looming food crisis. Mustapha disclosed this on Wednesday in Enugu during a South-East Biotech-Biosafety Sensitisation Workshop. The workshop was organised by Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu in collaboration with NBDA, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) and Program for Biosafety, USA. He said that the prevailing situation required all hands to be on deck to fashion out strategies on how to…
After taking an analytical look of all the contestants for the exalted position of chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forth coming national convention of the party, it is quite easy to come to some conclusions. First, that Senator Mohammed Sani Musa is easily the best candidate and very fit for purpose as APC chairman. I shall explain why he is the round peg for the round hole. The second conclusion is that, some of the candidates and their supporters still do not understand the real meaning and functions of a political party in a democracy.…
On the morning of January 15, 1966, five majors, mainly Igbo, mounted a coup and ended the life of the First Republic. Their complaints, as enunciated by Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, leader of the coup in the Northern Region, were legion: the politicians were corrupt; they were incompetent; they made Nigeria look big in the eyes of the international community while in fact they did everything in their power inside the country to hobble her. These complaints are legitimate; but the manner with which the majors executed the coup was wrong-headed. They killed Ahmadu Bello, Premier of the North; Ladoke…
By Lawrence Nwimo, Awka. The days of touting and other criminal activities may be over in Anambra State as youths under the aegis of ‘Anambra Youths Volunteer’ have vowed to rally behind the Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo-led administration to restore peace and sanity in the state. The youth group said it would assist the state government and security agencies to sanitize every corner of the state and get rid of touts that had tormented the state in the past. Speaking with Ikengaonline in Onitsha, the commercial hub of the state on Tuesday, leader of the group, Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu, said…
By Lawrence Nwimo, Awka. The newly-inaugurated Governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Soludo, has disclosed that his government inherited billions of naira debt from the administration of his predecessor, Chief Willie Obiano. Soludo who spoke on Arise TV News interview on Tuesday morning, stated that based on the audit report of the state as at December 31, 2021, published by Obiano, “Anambra is saddled with a debt of about N109bn and cash in the banks, about N400m.” The former governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, explained that the debts did not include debts arising from matured certificates of completion…
On Wednesday, June 14, 1990, Princess Diana and Prince Charles attended their children’s school sports day. The two participated in their sons’ school’s parents’ race. Diana ran barefooted across the turf while Charles wore an apron. In the mothers’ race, Diana came third. Charles was amongst the last to reach the finishing line in the fathers’ race. Prince William, who was seven years old then, was part of his teams’ tug-of-war competitors. William’s team won. But that was not the story that made the front-page news the next day. In the course of the day, William defied Diana’s orders and…
My friend Ezugwu Okike apart from being a beautiful writer with persuasive skills have always had a profound desire for the ideal. A lot of writers do. I too did. But between idealism and realism, we will always concede the immutability of the superiority of the later, as all things can never be equal. No society has ever been ideal. None will ever be. So, having realized that, I have long concerned myself with the reality around me, much more than I do with the impractical things one can be forever lost in its unhelpful revelries and wishful thinking. So,…
By Steve Oko In a bid to position its youths for a leading role in core disciplines of global relevance, the Abia State Government is currently sponsoring no fewer than 60 students on scholarship in different reputable foreign universities, the state Scholarship Board has said. Executive Secretary, Abia State Scholarship Board, Mr Daniel Chukwuka, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Umuahia said “100 Abians are to benefit from the scheme annually”. Chukwuka who commended Governor Okezie Ikpeazu for placing premium on Education said that the target was to train Abians on core specialised fields like “Information Communication Technology,…
By Lawrence Nwimo, Awka. The Spiritual Director of Olu Ndi Enigwe Adoration Ministry, Obosi, in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Rev. Fr. Jude Uche Olundienigwe, has accused the traditional ruler of his host community, HRM Igwe Chidubem Iweka, of backing youths to destroy sacred images, and church building structures worth millions of Naira in his Ministry. He alleged that the traditional ruler of the community is the brain behind the constant invasions of his church by some youths who, according to him, claim that the church’s land now belongs to the community. The cleric lamented that…