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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The University Librarian at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Dr Stella Ngozi Anasi, has called for the establishment of functional school libraries to help facilitate learning in secondary schools in Anambra State. Dr Anasi made the call during an event to celebrate 2024 World Book Day. In commemoration of the event held every April 23rd, Anasi visited some schools in the state where books were donated to promote reading for literacy among students. On the heels of the visits, the university librarians decried the absence of functional libraries in secondary schools in the state, adding that in some…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Nsukka Journalists Forum (NJF) has mourned Senator Ayogu Eze, former Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial Zone, which is within the Nsukka cultural zone of Enugu State. “Senator Eze’s demise has left a vacuum among members of the Forum,” the Chairman of NJF, Mr Benson Ezugwu, said in a statement on Sunday in Enugu. The statement said that it was with deep shock and utter disbelief that “we, the members of the Nsukka Journalists Forum received the news of the demise of our dear brother, colleague and member, Distinguished Sen. Eze, who died on Thursday, April 25, 2024.” According to the…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Police in Anambra State have arrested no fewer than 16 notorious cultists involved in different cult-related crimes in the state. The Force also declared wanted 21 other gang members for their involvement in cultism in the state. Spokesperson of the command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the arrests was a decisive move to end the resurgence of cult-related killings in Awka, the capital city of the state. Ikenga disclosed that the cultists were arrested during series of intelligence-led manhunt and have been detained on the orders of the Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye. “The CP has vowed…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested two kidnap suspects while rescuing an expectant mother unhurt along Eke-Egede Road in Udi Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State. The Command Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement on Saturday in Enugu that police operatives acting on intelligence-guided discreet investigations had arrested two male suspects in connection to the incident. Ndukwe noted that the identities of the suspects had been withheld for investigation reasons, for the alleged abduction of a heavily pregnant woman along Eke-Egede Road in Udi LGA, around 9:45 p.m., on April 22, 2024.…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The President of 9th Mile Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (9ICCIMA), Enugu State, Ozo Leonard Ugwu, has described the Chamber as an industrial hub set to redefine the economy of the state, Ugwu, who stated this while briefing journalists in his office at 9th Mile Corner Enugu, said the Chamber would open up businesses in the State as 9th Mile is a gateway to the South-East geo-political zone. According to him, “9th Mile will be an industrial park where there would be a pool of graduates that would be trained in anti-ICT crime. “They will…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Senior Nigerian public officers are notoriously parsimonious with their recall once out of office. From among their club memoirs are unusual. In a country ruled by whim, risk aversion is prudent when you are out of power. By feigning amnesia, yesterday’s men limit the likelihood that their successors may remember them for the wrong reasons. Moreover, with government as the principal guarantor of a good life, respect for the its rule of Omerta is the only way to retain any hope of access to its revolving doors. When it occurs, departure from this trend is usually enforced.…
Stephen Ukandu with Agency Report No fewer than four people were burnt to death and 70 vehicles burned in Rivers fuel tanker explosion. The incident, according to Police Command in the state, happened around 7:30 pm on Friday. Police said the explosion occurred along Eleme section of the East-West Road. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, spokesman of command, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Saturday that the tragedy occurred following a collision between a heavy-duty truck and a petrol-laden tanker. A NAN correspondent who visited the accident scene reports that there were several burnt vehicles and charred bodies of victims on…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Senate President and Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Senator Adolphus Wabara, has declared that any attempt by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to reduce Nigeria into a one party state, would be vigorously resisted. He declared that Nigeria is too big to be controlled by one man or a cabal bent on manipulating the will of the people for their selfish interests. The PDP BoT Chairman spoke on the heels of mass resignation of some notable PDP members in Imo State some of whom were zonal officers of…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Mr Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has commended the United States of America, for “formally and publicly acknowledging the illegality” of Kanu’s abduction and extraordinary rendition from Kenya. The US, in its report of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections released Thursday, acknowledged that “Nigeria’s secret police had violated Kanu’s rights during his arrest and extradition” and that Kanu was a victim of “arbitrary arrest” in June 2021. Ejimakor, in a statement Saturday, thanked the US Government, for courageously speaking out against the action of the Nigeria…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka People of Amanuke community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State have lamented over the lack of peace and development in their community. The people attributed the backwardness of the town to the rancour trailing the enthronement of a traditional ruler in the area. They decried the level of decay in the community, which they blamed on the tussle over traditional stool and president general of the community. Carrying placards with different inscriptions at the community village Square, the people lamented that life has been miserable for them, adding that the tussle over their traditional stool…