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By Azu Ishiekwene Many years ago, when my son was completing paperwork for a job with the Lagos State government, he was required to fill out a form that included his State of Origin. He paused. It had been marked a compulsory field, and he wanted to know if not filling it would affect his chances. I said it would. He replied that he wouldn’t fill it, even if it meant losing the job. It didn’t make sense to him that his chances might come down solely not to his competence, merit, or the fact that he was born in…

By  Pranjit Sarma “A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom” –Robert Frost Every string holds significance in weaving the colors of heart and soul, combining human experience to transcend into universality. “The Teeth of Maggots” is no different. It gnaws, it unsettles, and ultimately, it transforms. Ikechukwu W. Obiorah knits words with the grace of color, painting vivid emotions that linger in the heart and soul. He resonates with depth, capturing the essence of human experience in each line. A true Nigerian author and poet, Obiorah wields language as both a tool and a weapon, carving through illusions…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia South-East Governors’ wives; the newly-elected President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, SenatorAzu-Mbata; Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe; among others, have been identified as some of the dignitaries to attend this year’s Mother Tongue Day in Umuahia Abia State. According Igbo Women Assembly organising the event in partnership with the United Nations, other stakeholders from across South-East are also expected at the annual event to be co-chaired by the former Secretary to State Government, SSG, Abia State, Professor Mkpa Agu Mkpa; and the former Vice Chancellor of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Professor Hilary Edeoga. Addressing a press…

By Cheta Nwanze Yet, despite these brutal episodes, many Nigerians today seem to have forgotten—or at least downplayed—the severity of these events. Streets, buildings, and institutions named after colonial figures who committed or enabled these atrocities remain largely unchallenged. For instance, Trenchard Hall at the University of Ibadan is named after Hugh Trenchard, a British officer who played a key role in the Aro Expedition, a campaign marked by widespread violence against the Aro people, where the collective guilt behaviour that Nigerian security forces use till this day was deployed. Similarly, Douglas House in Owerri is named after James Douglas,…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State Government has taken another step in its efforts to tackle the menace of fake native doctors promoting Okeite and other ritual activities in the state. A team of government officials and security led by the Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Community Security, Mr Ken Emeakai,  Wednesday sealed off a shrine in Umuofor village, Okija in Ihiala Local Government Area, allegedly used by Ekene Igboegbueze to make people rich through supernatural means. Addressing Journalists, Emeakai explained that the government sealed the place on account of complaints it received from the people of Okija…

…Promises prudent mgt of Abia resources Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, has flagged-off the reconstruction and dualisation of the 5.5 kilometres Owerrinta-Umuekea Road. Flagging off the project, which has 18 months delivery period, Otti said that when completed, the dualised Owerrinta-Umuekea Road would create “an inviting experience for road users coming into Abia from the neighbouring states of Imo and Anambra.” The Governor, who titled his speech, “A Gate Way To The New Abia,” said that never again would bad roads be used to described the State. “As I promised in the early days of this…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu  Barrister Casmir Agbo, the Chairman of Labour Party (LP) in Enugu State, has said that his purported suspension by some renegades in the state chapter was null, void and of no consequence. Agbo stated this at the party’s office in Enugu while reacting to media reports claiming that he had been suspended by some members of the party. At a press conference on Wednesday, the LP chairman said that the State Working Committee (SWC) had now been convoked with 14 new members by the National Secretariat of the party.  He said: “The issue of suspension of the…

INEC to be notified  Ben Ezechime, Enugu The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had affirmed affirmed Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the National Secretary of the party. This was contained in a release signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba in Abuja. Ologunagba said that the NWC took the decision at its meeting on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, after it extensively considered the Memo dated 11th February, 2025, presented by the Acting National Chairman on the issue of the National Secretary of the PDP. The NWC in considering the Memo thoroughly examined…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki  Ebonyi State Governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, has commiserated with the family of eleven victims who died in a recent tanker explosion in, Enugu State.  Governor Nwifuru, represented by his wife, Mrs Uzoamaka Ogbonna Nwifuru, said that the State Government was pained by the ugly incident that claimed the lives of eleven victims from Abofia village in Ebonyi Local Government Area of the state.  She extended heartfelt condolences to the family of Mr. Jeremiah Nwaji. The 11 victims died while returning from Anambra State for the burial of their late father, Chief Augustine Nwaji. They were…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Acting Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Professor Joseph Ikechebelu has ordered a full-scale investigation into the incident of assault that involved a lecturer and a student of the institution. A video that went viral on Tuesday captured a female student of History and International Studies, Precious Mbakwe, attacking a lecturer who had asked her to delete a video he appeared in. Reports had it that the student, who is in her 3rd-year, was recording a dance video in the school hallway when she clashed with the lecturer. Ikengaonline learned from the video that the…