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Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Isi-Uzo Council Area of Enugu State in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), are partnering to curb illicit drug consumption among the youths in the area. Wife of the Isi-Uzo Council Chairman, Mrs Onyinye Obeagu, disclosed this at the celebration of the 2025 International Day of The Boy Child at the council’s headquarters in Ikem. The theme of the was given “Holistic transformation and development building self-esteem in boys: Stand Up, Be Heard and Be Seen.” The event was organised by the office of the wife of the Council Chairman in collaboration with…
By Zainab Suleiman Okino At the public presentation of Sule Lamido’s autobiography “BEING TRUE TO MYSELF” penultimate week, one could mistake the gathering for the formation of a new political party. The convergence of eminent personalities from both the governing party and opposition parties mirrored the ongoing political defections to the APC, which has become a national pastime. Nigerians from diverse backgrounds united to solidarise with, identify and support Lamido, the former governor of Jigawa state, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s political godson. The atmosphere blended rural sensibilities, Jigawa locals with urban sophistication and political elite, befitting…
By Nnamdi Elekwachi ‘Growth without development,’as an economic rationale, explains why a resource-rich state like Nigeria remains poor even when, on the macroeconomic level, growth is being moderately recorded with the GDP growing by 3.84% year-on-year in 2024. In most resource-rich nations, the economy could grow nominally (in GDP terms) without translating into real and material wealth where the lives of citizens are positively impacted. In almost all the resource-rich states where the productive forces had not been mobilised, any attempt at escaping poverty had proven an uphill battle. Nigeria is a typical example of this. Even when the country…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has apprehended six suspects accused of terrorizing various communities in the Anambra South Senatorial District. Spokesperson of the state Police command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, broke news of their arrest in a statement he made available to Journalists on Wednesday. Ikenga said the arrest was made after different joint operations were carried out across the three senatorial zones of the state. According to him, the joint security team were made up of the police and vigilante operatives. “During the operations, the police operatives recovered assorted quantities of cable wires vandalised by the suspects…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Commercial bus drivers in Imo State have taken to the streets to protest what they described as relentless harassment and intimidation by task force agents in the state. The protesters under the auspices of the Drivers Welfare Association, expressed frustration over alleged illegal actions by the task force agents. The drivers disrupted operations by intercepting buses and offloading passengers from vehicles in front of Region Hospital Mgbirichi along the Owerri-Port Harcourt Road, saying their goal was to draw the Governor’s attention to their plight. One of the protesters who gave his name as Chinedu, lamented the escalating…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Women’s Aid Collective (WACOL) and the South East Civil Society Coalition have called for total cancellation of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held recently across the country. The Executive Director of WACOL, Prof. Joy Ezeilo (SAN), also called for an independent investigation into the operations of Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) regarding the 2025 UTME. Ezeilo made the call on Tuesday during a peaceful protest in Enugu and across other states in the South-East against the “JAMB inefficiency that led to mass failure in the 2025 UTME.” Other organizations that joined the protest were…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The chairman Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, Hon. Uchenna Ogalla, has said that the ongoing modernisation of Eke Ogrute is in the best interest of the people as demanded by them. Ogalla said this while interacting with the Nsukka Journalists Forum (NJF) in his office at the local government headquarters in Ogrute. “During our campaign in August and September 2024, many of the people wrote to us demanding that they want Eke market, Ogrute, modernised and that is exactly what we are doing. “So, those who are complaining now that they were not informed…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Police operatives in Anambra State have arrested one individual for allegedly attempting to turn the annual Imo Awka festival into an avenue for criminal activities. The arrest led to the recovery of a locally made Beretta pistol, one live round of ammunition, and other incriminating items. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement, said the police acted on intelligence gathered over time regarding how miscreants, under the guise of celebrating the Imo Awka festival, engage in criminal acts. According to Ikenga, the criminals have become unruly, and make life…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Ben Uzuegbu has decried insensitivity of the political class toward the plights of the poor and the down-trodden in Nigeria. The legal luminary who made the lamentation in a chat with journalists in Onitsha said he had lost interest in reading newspapers and watching news due to politicians’ lack of passion for the poor. He said, “Lack of passion for the poor by the political class has made me to develop apathy to reading newspapers and watching news items in electronics media. “In all they do the political class don’t…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A coalition of women’s groups in Anambra State, Tuesday, staged a protest to demand urgent action and systemic reforms in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) admission process. The protest was led by Women’s Aid Collective (WACOL), in collaboration with other non-governmental organisations, including Southeast Human Rights Civil Society Situation Room, Southeast Women’s Network( SEWNET), and 50/50 Action Women Group. The protesters, dressed in black, marched to the JAMB office, citing irregularities and controversies in the recently concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). They also carried placards with inscriptions such as: “WACOL stands for students…