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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Deputy Speaker, Abia State House of Assembly, Dr Cosmos Ndukwe, has commended President Ahmed Tinubu over his choice of members of the Board of Directors, South East Development Commission, SEDC. The former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2023, in a press statement, Monday, described the nominees as “square pegs in square hole.” This is as he expressed optimism that the Commission, when eventually inaugurated, would help bridge infrastructural deficit in the South-East states. Ikengaonline had reported that President Tinubu, last week, transmitted to the Senate for confirmation, a reviewed list of nominees…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Chairman of Enugu East Council Area, Pastor Beloved-Dan Anike, has renamed Ezeokwe Palace, Ibagwa Nike and its adjoining artefacts, as Centre for Cultural Heritage and Tourism. The Council boss disclosed this during the Ofala Festival of Ibagwa Nike Ancient Kingdom, Enugu State, on Sunday in Enugu. According to him, the renaming was in line with his administration’s determination to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of the Nike people and entire council area. The chairman said: “As part of our efforts to preserve and celebrate our cultural heritage, I am pleased to announce that the Ezeokwe…
Maxim Uzoatu The 2024 UNESCO World Philosophy Day is the rave of the moment on Thursday, December 12 at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. The personable Host and Head of Department of Philosophy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Prof Ifechi Ndianefoo, calls forth the enlightened public to the Faculty of Arts Auditorium of UNIZIK for the epoch-making event. The theme of the UNESCO World Philosophy Day is ‘Philosophy for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future.’ The fest that is the talk of all comes under the distinguished chairmanship of Sir Paul C. Chukwuma (KSJI, Onwa…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Beneficiaries of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme Phase-One, ATASP-1 in Enugu and Anambra states have commended the management for its great impacts towards Federal Government’s efforts to tackle food insecurity in Nigeria through strategic infrastructural and capacity development and support for rural farmers, processors and other agricultural value chain actors. The beneficiaries made the commendation when a delegation from Africa Development Bank, Federal Ministries of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Ministry of Finance, Water Resources as well as ATASP-1 toured some project sites executed by the programme in Adani-Omor Zonal Programme Implementation Unit. Some of the…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Media Rights Agenda (MRA), has called on Nigerian youths to take concrete action against corruption by leveraging the power of technology, social media and the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act to demand transparency and accountability in governance in order to build for themselves the future they want. In a statement to commemorate this year’s International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD), Mr. Ayode Longe, MRA’s Deputy Executive Director, said: “As we come together today to reaffirm our collective commitment to combating corruption, a major challenge that continues to undermine national development, justice, and equality, we call on young people across…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Dr. Ogbonna Chime was at the weekend in Enugu, inaugurated as the President of the National Institute of Town Planners (NITP). In his inauguration speech, he pledged transformative leadership and renewed advocacy for sustainable urban development across Nigeria. Chime highlighted his extensive experience within the NITP, having served as the national auditor, chairman of the membership committee, and second national vice president in 2020. Building on this foundation, he promised to “break new grounds where opportunity calls” while steering the institute towards impactful progress. According to him, one of the key focus of his administration will be the full…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has said it had nothing to do with a newspaper advertorial of December 5, 2024, to the effect that the body has endorsed the demand for the creation of Anioma State. In a statement issued by Dr Alex Ogbonnia, the National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, the Igbo apex social organisation, said that the open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was never authorised by it. “We are aware that the Igbo nation will surely be incensed and rattled by such an advertorial that did not pass through the Igbo cultural consensus. “The egalitarian Igbo formed…
By Godwin Onyeacholem For corruption, this time is usually so special across the world. No other reason for this than once again, this is the week that traditionally holds a day of global focus with a defined theme on what has become one of the world’s most distressing menaces. It is the period when activities hung upon imaginative sub-themes around the subject of corruption bustle in sundry venues across locations on earth. As always, Nigeria is not left out. Motivated by genuine interest, civil society patrons of good governance and their counterparts in state agencies have been organizing events since…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Paul Anyebe was a judge of the High Court of Benue State in North-Central Nigeria who had a young son with sticky fingers and a sense of adventure It was his role as a dad that endangered his job as a judge. One night around 1983, Anyebe caught his son attempting to steal from his bedroom. In response, Anyebe pulled his gun in an effort to scare the boy. The gun went off, discharging a bullet which hit and seriously injured the boy. The Attorney-General of Benue State decided to prosecute Paul Anyebe for attempted murder. The…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Gov. Alex Otti of Abia State, has placed a high premium on academic excellence as he announced the gift of N1 million business grant to each of the N150 graduands of the Ogbonnaya Onu Polytechnic Aba (formerly Abia Polytechnic), to empower them for self reliance. Otti who made the announcement during the 19 – 21st convocation ceremony of the Polytechnic, said that the prospective beneficiaries would write business proposals to that effect and same to Government via email address, oggh@abiastate.gov.ng on or before 31st December 2024. He vowed to transform educational institutions in the state with a…