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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A middle aged man identified as “Uncle Light,” and his son identified as Miracle, have allegedly died of food poisoning in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. The incident happened at their residence located at Ebebe Junction in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. Some residents said they are suspecting the girlfriend who had recently moved in with the man after allegedly divorcing her husband last year, of being responsible. When our our Reporter visited the scene of the ugly incident, the two bodies of the man and his son were lying down. A resident of the area who spoke with our correspondent…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The 2025 Batch ‘A’ Stream 1 set deployed to Enugu State numbering 1, 071 were on Friday sworn in by the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), at the Awgu NYSC Orientation Camp. The NYSC Coordinator in Enugu State, Mrs Oluwakemi Awolola, said that the corps members comprised 471 males and 600 females. Congratulating the corps members, she urged them to participate in all the activities in the orientation camp as indiscipline would not be tolerated. She commended them for answering the clarion call to national service, adding that the orientation was to give them clear understanding of…
Our Reporter, Abuja The National Librarian/CEO, National Library of Nigeria (NLN), Professor Chinwe Veronica Anunobi, has challenged Abuja residents to take seriously the idea of book reading to revive and sustain the reading culture in Nigeria. She made made the call on Thursday in her remarks as Co-Host, at the flag off of Abuja Book City 2025 project, organised by Network of Book Clubs and Reading Culture Promoters in Nigeria (NBRP), which held at TETFUND Auditorium, Abuja. Speaking at the event themed, “Reading: A Unifying Factor,” Professor Anunobi said books unite people, build bridges and open the mind to endless…
By Owei Lakemfa The ascendancy of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, to the papacy was a trinity of sorts. It was historic, prophetic and redeeming. For 1,272 years, the papacy was occupied by Europeans only, especially the Italians. Some even joked about the Italian Mafia at work. Indeed, some mafia might have at various stages been at work. For instance, Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI made his son Cesare Borgia, a bishop at 15 and cardinal at 18. Cesare wielded considerable power in the papal army, and the only obstacle for him becoming the Captain General of the church, that…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government says it has identified Cotton farming as a veritable venture for economic diversification and creation of employment opportunities in the state. The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-Industrialisation, Mr Patrick Ubru, said this at the flag off of the 2025 cotton farming season in Enugu. Ubru said the state was blessed with fertile soil and favourable climate conditions for cotton cultivation, and encouraged farmers to explore the various avenues available including the use of the state’s land bank and the farm estates to develop both smallholder and commercial cotton farms. The commissioner, who…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Festus Aghagbo Nwako Library, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Anambra State, is set to host a maiden public lecture in commemoration of the 2025 World Book Day. The one-day event, scheduled for Tuesday, April 29, 2025, will be held at the University Auditorium, under the chairmanship of Ven Professor Chinedu Nebo, the pioneer Vice Chancellor of the University on the Niger, Umunya, Anambra State. The University Librarian, Prof Stella Anasi, who made the announcement said the event is themed “Libraries and Information Institutions at Crossroads: Issues, Implications, and Imperatives in the Era of Change and Transformation.” According…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka As part of the plans for the establishment of Textile and Garment Development Board, the national economic council (NEC) has approved the establishment of national and regional offices for the board. This means that offices will exist in each of the six geopolitical zones for proper coordination and management. NEC approved the establishment of the cotton, textile and garment development board on Thursday after the 149th NEC meeting, chaired by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, at Presidential Villa, Abuja. Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo State, while making the announcement said in order to make the board function efficiently, the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Marauding gunmen in Benue State, Thursday, ambushed two commercial buses and abducted no fewer than 14 passengers. The incident occured along the Makurdi/Naka/Adoka road around 11am according to local sources. Reports say the scene of the incident is about three kilometres from Naka, the headquarters of the Gwer West Local Government Area of the state. Local sources identified the affected vehicles as belonging to Picnic and Sharon transport companies. Confirming the incident, the Secretary of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, High-Level Unit, Yakubu Onu, said the two commercial vehicles belong to their members at High-Level…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka All is not well in Abba, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, as the community has been torn apart by a Town Union leadership crisis. The people have called on the state government to wade into the matter to avert the looming danger that could lead to bloodshed and loss of lives. Recently, a bloody clash was averted in the community on Wednesday afterEaster, as operatives of Operations Udo Ga-Achi tried to stop what looked like a wedding ceremony at Ire village of the community from going on. A Mitsubishi bus belonging to the Abba Vigilante…
By Azu Ishiekwene It’s nothing to laugh off, however tempting. If the movies imitate life, we may not be as far away from an African pope. It happened in The Conclave, a film by Peter Straughan released in 2024, based on the novel by Robert Harris. Through the intrigues, rivalries and scandals of the plot, Adeyemi, a Nigerian cardinal at the Conclave, almost emerged as pope before a contestant snookered him with the scandalous love story involving him and a nun, Shanumi, who had a child for him while he was 39 and she was 19. If the plot sounds…