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Ben Ezechime, Enugu  The National Chairman of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Chief Ralph Nwosu, says the party is strategising for grassroots mobilisation and spread of its ideology. He said this on Saturday in Enugu at the convergence of coalition partners meeting of the party, with the theme, “Strengthening Alliance for A Better Nigeria.” Represented by the party’s National Vice Chairman South-East, Mr Godsent Chilos, the national chairman noted that the party has been working to restore good governance and remove millions of Nigerians from the “yoke of hardship imposed on them by the present leadership at all levels.” According to…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  The Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah has expressed sadness over demise of music icon, Gentleman Mike Ejeagha. Speaking via his social media handle X, Mbah said Mike Ejeagha was “a legend, a cultural ambassador, and a revered son of Enugu State.” “He was one of the finest musicians of his generation, with an easygoing personality and a humility that belied his towering celebrity status.  “His fan-base transcended boundaries, and he was easily one of the most recognizable voices in music,” Mbah said. The governor asserted that, Ejeagha’s immense talent and genius laid in how he took…

…Says it’s no crime to honour fallen Biafra heroes  Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has been challenged by Igbo women to speak up on the truth about the Aburi Accord and what truly led to the Nigeria vs Biafra war of 1967-1970. This, according to the women, will clear the air about the  misconceptions and sustained wrong narratives about the actual cause of the civil war. Speaking under the aegis of Igbo Women Assembly (IWA), the women said that contrary to misleading narratives in some quarters that the war was declared by the Igbo, the…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  Legendary folk musician Mike Ejeagha has passed on at the ripe age of 95. He was said to have answered the call of nature on Friday at about 8 p.m. at the 32 Garrison Hospital in Enugu, following a prolonged illness. Ejeagha was widely known in the early 1980s and 90s, with his style of Igbo folk music which dominated the South-East music scene. In the recent past, one of his folk music tracks, Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche (Gwogwogwongwo), gained fresh prominence, attracting attention from the younger generation of Nigerians as a result of the…

By Press Statement  Media Rights Agenda (MRA), today condemned the recent call by the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, for an amendment to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011, to impose punitive measures on “fake CSOs” allegedly “misusing” the law to blackmail public institutions, describing the call as an attempt to discredit the Act and weaken it. In a statement issued in Lagos, MRA said such a proposal is not only ill-conceived but deeply troubling as it undermines the spirit and purpose of the FOI Act, which was enacted to…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  UNICEF says it is partnering with the Enugu State Government to rid the state of plastic pollution and other environmental hazards that cause climate change. Mrs Juliet Chiluwe, UNICEF Chief of Field Office, Enugu, said this at a media engagement to mark the 2025, World Environment Day (WED) in Enugu with the theme, “Beat Plastic Pollution.”  She said that UNICEF believed that ridding the planet of plastic pollution was an important and critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on climate action. “Also, sustainable production and consumption, protection of sea and oceans and repairing the ecosystems…

By C.Don Adinuba  With the death on Thursday, June 5, of Jibril Aminu, former Minister of Education, former Minister of Petroleum, former Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, former Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) President, former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), former University of Maiduguri Vice Chancellor, former Professor of Medicine at Howard University in Washington, DC, and a former senator of the Federal Republic,  Nigeria has lost one of its brightest and most liberal citizens. I lost a friend and confidant. When former Vice President Alex Ekwueme, a versatile intellectual, was running to get the…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  The Defense Headquarters (DHQ) has carried out a comprehensive free medical outreach in Amechi-Uno community, Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State. The outreach featured medical health and dietary talk, free sugar and blood pressure checks, free consultations, eye test, treatment and eye glasses, dental checks, free insecticide-treated nets to nursing mothers/pregnant women and free drugs among others. In all about 317 members of the community benefited from the free medical outreach. Making the symbolic presentation of two wheelchairs to two indigent physically challenged residents of the community, the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher…

By Rudolf Okonkwo Did God create this vast universe—or was it a random act, as some scientists suggest? Most Africans will confidently say, “Of course, God created the universe,” and stop the conversation there. But the critical question isn’t whether the universe emerged from a random act. People fixated on that question are often just defending their beliefs. Scientists who support the “random act” theory are not married to it. They’ll abandon it the moment compelling evidence proves otherwise. They’re ready to embrace the next best theory as soon as it becomes verifiable. The real question is this: Given what…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  The Nigerian Army has debunked an alleged protest in Ochima community in Udi Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State over discovery of live explosives on a farmland as untrue and a falsehood. This is contained in a statement issued by the Acting Deputy Director 82 Division Army Public Relations, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, on Thursday in Enugu. Unuakhalu said that the attention of Headquarters 82 Division, Nigerian Army, had been drawn to recent reports in certain mainstream and online media platforms alleging a protest in Enugu following discovery of a live explosive device on a farmland. According…