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By Azu Ishiekwene There are probably more books on how to sell everything than there is sand by the seashore. I have read a few myself and might say that when it comes to selling, even though what you have read might help, nothing teaches like what you learn by doing it. For some, selling feels natural. I cannot remember how many times I have bought stuff that I really didn’t need because the seller made me feel like they were offering the moon on a stick. Good for those who have such skills but when it comes to…
By Owei Lakemfa The journalist is needed everywhere, but is endangered everywhere. Hence humanity declared May 3 as World Press Freedom Day to highlight the importance of the profession and the need for freedom of the press in the context of current global affairs. Tragically, the day has become like a body count of journalists killed, those of them incarcerated and, in some places, the near impossibility of practising the profession. In 2023, at least 71 journalists were killed. This year promises to be far higher unless the Israeli-Palestinian War is quickly brought to an end. Already, that seven-month conflict has…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Government has arrested eight suspects for allegedly extorting over eight hundred thousand naira from women in Awka. The arrest was part of the State Government’s effort to eradicate crime and corruption in the state. The exercise came following the directive by Governor Chukwuma Soludo against a Non-Governmental Organisation using the government’s name to extort the sum of twenty thousand naira and above from unsuspecting individuals mostly women in Awka. Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, stormed the office complex of the Host Communities of Nigeria Anambra State Chapter, located opposite Government House Awka,…
…As Abia trains 300 farmers at Nassarawa farm Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Alex Otti, has advocated mechanised farming as a panacea to food insecurity and rising import cost in the country. The Governor made the call during a capacity building training for the first batch of 300 candidates selected for agricultural training at CSS Global Integrated Farms, Nassarawa State. He stressed the role of agriculture in not only addressing food security but also in curbing unemployment and fostering socio-economic stability. While underscoring the need to embrace agriculture for food sufficiency, Governor Otti said that a whopping N7.8 trillion was spent…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, have moved to partner in developing critical infrastructure at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. This was made known when Governor Peter Mbah received the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku and other top management staff of the agency in his office at the government house, Enugu. During the visit the governor expressed readiness to change the look and feel of the Enugu International Airport. Mbah commended his visitors for the willingness to have a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, for a partnership engagement…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NBRDA), has sensitised farmers, extension agencies, MDAs, the academia and students in South-East on advancement of biotechnology and biosafety. The workshop which held at the Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI), Enugu, was organised by the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) in Africa, Nigeria Chapter. It is also an initiative of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF). The event was tagged One-Day Biosafety and Biotechnology Sensitisation Workshop for the South-East zone with the theme, “Genetic Modified Food Safety Stewardship: Fortifying Public Confidence.” Addressing participants, the Director General and Chief Executive…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, has revealed how his predecessor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu’s administration, paid N10 billion for nonexistent airport project into the account of a construction firm that never submitted any tender for the project, and later instructed the firm to wire same fund into 32 different accounts. Otti made the shocking revelation while fielding questions from newsmen during a media parley, Thursday night in Umuahia. The Governor vowed that all those involved in the airport project fund should either “show us the airport or return our money.” He explained that he had no intention…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia pensioners, Thursday, marched through major streets in Umuahia the state capital to demonstrate their joy over the clearance of their accumulated arrears by Governor Alex Otti. Otti who during his inaugural speech promised to wipe out pension arrears in the state, made real his promise in March when he approved payment of the accumulated arrears. The pensioners who were decked in white attires sang solidarity songs for Gov. Otti during the march. They also showered praises on the Governor for paying their pension on the 28 of every month along with workers still in active service.…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Mrs Lovina Igwe, a nursing mother, who was kidnapped on her way from Enugu to Egede in Udi Local Government Area of the state on April 22, 2024 by suspected Fulani Herdsmen has praised God for her freedom. Mrs Igwe was abducted by the gunmen while traveling to her hometown Egede to deliver her baby but as fate could have it she delivered a baby boy in the bush while in the kidnappers den. Speaking after she was discharged from hospital Igwe said that all the while she was with the kidnappers she prayed that if they…
By Isidore Emeka Uzoatu It’s often a matter of propriety to shower praise on the dead. The more so when the deceased is human. But even that is apart from some rare occasions. Like when Nigeria’s then conscience, the Late Gani Fawehimi, upon the death of our erstwhile maximum ruler Sanni Abacha, wished he’d burn ‘in the hottest part of hell.’ However, when the demise is of an inanimate being, one is left more at ease to say the truth. Like the sign outside a church somewhere in the Western Hemisphere urging its congregation to strive to lead better…