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By Our Reporter No fewer than 100 youths in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi were on Saturday trained on agribusiness and mentorship by Uburu Amaka Humanitarian Organisation. The Executive Administrator of the organisation, Mr Nicholas Onu, said that the programme was aimed at transferring modern agricultural skills to the young people of the area. Onu said that the training was in collaboration with Globetrot Farmsponsor Nigeria Limited. He said that the overall aim was to empower youths from the area to ensure that they were self-reliant. He appealed to corporate organisations and well meaning individuals to contribute their quota in…
By Our Reporter The Association of Effium Indigenes International has raised concern over an alleged genocide against Effium people by the Ezza settlers in the community. The President of the group, Mr Emmanuel Acha disclosed this on Saturday while addressing a World Press Conference in Enugu. Acha said that no fewer than 1000 Effium indigenes in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.had been killed and property worth billions of naira destroyed in the process.. He called on the state and Federal Government as well as the international community to come to the rescue of the indigenous people of Effium. The…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says 52 Nigerians have experienced moderate to severe reactions after taking the Coronavirus (COVID-19) AstraZeneca vaccine. The Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib disclosed this on Friday at a news conference in Abuja. He also said that 8,439 Nigerians experienced mild Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) after taking the vaccine. Shuaib stated that the 52 Nigerians that experienced moderate to severe reactions to the vaccine were brought down with fever, vomiting, diarrhea headaches, dizziness and allergic reactions. “In Nigeria, since the vaccination programme was officially rolled out on April 15, 2021, a total of 8,439 mild AEFI have been reported. These range from pain, swelling at…
By Our Reporter The Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, has ordered all CBT Centres across the country not to allow parents/guardians into the registration hall again. A statement signed by JAMB Spokesman in Ilorin Office, Hassan Lawal, quoted Oloyede as saying that the decision was made after inspecting some of the registration centres in Kwara, which were overcrowded. ”The registrar said it has been discovered that the parents/guardians are always a distraction to both candidates and the centres and at the same time, congesting the halls by not following the COVID – 19 protocols,” Oloyede was…
By Our Reporter The Enugu State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Mathew Idu has said that an agricultural revolution aimed at ensuring food security has begun in the state. Idu said this during the inaugration of farmers’ cooperative societies made up of no fewer than 1,200 rural farmers in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of the state. The commissioner said that the farmers were being supported by a notable industrialist, Alhaji Sani Nnaji through his foundation. He said that the Alhaji Sani Nnaji Foundation was into aggressive food production and was notable for empowering farmers with agricultural inputs. The commissioner commended the foundation for introducing commercial farming in the state which he said would boost food production and security in the South…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is working with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the regulation of cryptocurrency. The SEC Director-General, Lamido Yuguda disclosed this at the 2021 first post-Capital Market Committee (CMC) virtual news conference. He explained that the commission suspended the implementation of crypto assets guidelines due to a lack of access to Nigerian bank accounts. Yuguda said that members of the public would be informed of the outcome of the engagements with the CBN, Yuguda added. The official assured that SEC remained supportive of Fintechs and was developing a framework to support their operations. “With the recent…
By Our Reporter The Ebonyi State government says it will relocate Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) arising from the Effium, Ezza Effium intra-communal crisis to a tent. The Secretary to the State Government, Mr Kenneth Ugbala disclosed this on Friday while briefing newsmen at the end of the State Executive Council Meeting in Abakaliki. Ugbala said that the tents would be mounted in locations that did not witness much of the destructions that took place in the area. He mentioned such areas to include Nwekendeagu and Akpurata villages as well as Effium town. The SSG said that the facilities would receive regular food and medicine supplies as well as security, adding that the IDPs…
By Our Reporter The remains of late Dr Augustine Ezeilo and husband to former United Nations Rapporteur and Founder, Women Aide Collective (WACOL), Prof. Joy Ezeilo was buried on Friday. Ezeilo was buried at his country home, Umudim, Imezi-Owa in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State by the St. Charles Catholic Church, Umudim Parish. In a funeral mass, the Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Kenechukwu Onah called on Christians to live a life of love and introspection in order to make the world a better place. Onah, who charged Nigerians to live in love and peace, said that the country…
Even though one was not privy to the discussion held at the Owerri summit of the southeast governors, it was not lost on me why Agu (insert your choice of Tiger, Lion or Leopard) would become the favored totem for the regional security outfit. Every serious student of Igbo culture knows too well that there is a special place for the wild cat in the people’s mythology. Agu is powerful, brave, undaunted and approaches life without fear. Which is why it’s not uncommon among Ndigbo to hear a praise name such as Omekagu (one-who-acts-like-the-Tiger), Isi-Agu (the traditional outfit so-called…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday returned to Abuja after a successful medical check-up in the United Kingdom. The presidential aircraft conveying Buhari and some presidential aides landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 4.45 p.m. The president was received at the airport by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammed Bello, and the National Security Adviser to the President, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno. Others were the service chiefs, acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, the Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rufa’i, the Director General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi and other…