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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has approved the sum of five hundred million naira (N500,000,000) being the state’s counterpart funding for for NEWMAP-EIB project in the state. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Environment, Engr. Felix Odimegwu, recently when the State delegation joined the 23 NEWMAP-EIB participating states in Nigeria, including Federal Ministry of Environment, European Investment Bank (EIB), United Nations Office for Project Services (UN-UNOPS) at Barcelona International Hotel, Abuja. The occasion which was a joint hybrid in person and virtual mission for the European Investment Bank assisted Nigeria Climate Adaptation-Erosion and Watershed Project…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu Rangers International F.C. took visiting Bayelsa United F.C of Yenagoa to the cleaners with an emphatic 3-0 bashing in a match day 33, NPFL 2023/2024 encounter. The match was played inside the main bowl of Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu on Sunday before an appreciable number of fans. The wards of Fidelis Ilechukwu never allowed the visiting side handled by coach Meremu Okara to settle down into their game as the attacking duo of Okorie Chiedozie and Godwin Obaje got a lot of supplies from the midfield. Despite dominating play, the Enugu side met stiff resistance…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Dr Obi Ilo, President of Alumni of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Enugu Chapter and his son, Kamsy have been abducted in Enugu by some unknown gunmen. They were kidnapped at Nvene near 4-Corners Junction, as they were returning from Nachi in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. Dr Maxwell Ngene, a member of ESUT alumni revealed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu. “We are deeply concerned and shocked to announce the kidnapping of Dr. Obi Ilo, the President of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT),…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA), has condemned as appalling and unacceptable, Wednesday’s abduction of Mr. Madu Onuorah, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the independent online news outlet, Global Upfront newspaper, by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly defaming a Reverend Sister based in the United States. Observing that the Nigeria Police has progressively become a “gun for hire” at the disposal of rich or powerful individuals or organisations who wish to silence journalists or to punish them for critical reporting, MRA argued that by constantly diverting and wasting Nigeria’s security resources to hound journalists all over the country at…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Minister of State for Youth Development, Mr. Ayodele Olawande, has called for more seriousness from South-East youths to enable them rediscover their identity, dreams and aspirations to make the South-East region and beyond viable as well as industrial hub of the nation. He made the call while addressing World Igbo Youth Leaders Convention 2024 held in Enugu. He assured the youths in the region that once they were organised in the pursuit for their common goals all the challenges facing the Igbo nation would be a thing of the past. According to him, there are formidable and brilliant youths in…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu In its drive to turn Rangers International F.C. into what is expected of a top professional club side, the management of the seven-time Nigeria league champions ably led by Barrister Amobi Ezeaku, has successfully enrolled over one hundred volunteers who will serve as stadium stewards during Rangers matches. According to Rangers media officer, Norbert Okolie in a statement, “Young able-bodied male and female residents of the Coal City state trooped out in their numbers to offer themselves for club service and guarantee fans engagement and proper seating arrangement before, during, and after matches at the Nnamdi Azikiwe stadium… “While…
By Rudolf Okonkwo When Siju, the wife of Pastor Idowu Iluyomade of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David, Victoria Island, Lagos, threw an extravagant birthday party while the body of Herbert Wigwe, the church’s primary financier had not yet been buried, the adverse public reaction was swift. The general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, was worried about the negative press and public opinion. He ordered Pastor Iluyomade to resign as the regional head of the Apapa family of the RCCG. The pastor refused to resign. In the heat of the crisis, Pastor Adeboye and…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Mohammed Ladan Tsamiya probably believed he was a commodities trader who happened also to moonlight as a Justice of the Court of Appeal. To him, both vocations seemed to provide mutually reinforcing revenue streams. Sometimes, he transacted business as one while doing the other. In keeping with this tendency, it was an unsuccessful transaction in the sale of beans that brought his vocation as a judge to an untimely end. The story began with the 2015 elections. In Abia State, South-East Nigeria, the parliamentary elections in 2015 were not without controversy. Nnamdi Iro Oji, a losing candidate…
By Ejike Anyaduba Late actor, Sam Loco Efe, once said that the Igbo of South-East Nigeria do not abide competitors in business. “They simply run them out.” He probably was right. Sabella Abidde, a Professor of Political Science, Alabama State University, worried at some point about the dwindling political fortunes of the Igbo did ask (no one in particular): “How did a people this intelligent, this savvy and this contributive got shut out of the corridor of the federal power and continually being deprived the chance to attain the highest seat of Nigeria’s political power?” Abidde was reacting to the…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Three persons were killed in a night attack by gunmen on Akpoha community, Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Ikengaonline reports that some residents of the community also sustained varying degrees of injuries during the attack, which happened on Saturday night. Those killed include a member of the defunct Ebubeagu Security Network which transformed into Neighborhood Security Watch (NSW), a lady trader and a man who was staying close to the state local vigilante member that was killed. A resident of the area, Uche Donatus, said that about 10 bullets are inside the body of the…