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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Government has begun activities towards flood control with massive desilting of drainages across Awka metropolis. The exercise held in readiness of the rainy season was carried out by the Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, an agency of the state government. Speaking to journalists in Awka during the exercise, the Managing Director of ACTDA, Mr Ossy Onuko, said the Agency was launching a one week intensive desilting of drainages along Ziks Avenue in continuation of its operation clean and green campaign. According to the ACTDA boss, the agency carried out the cleaning of 7.5km drainages to…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law to prohibit secret cultism and similar activities, and to provide for related matters. The executive bill was read for the third time and passed during yesterday’s plenary session after it underwent thorough consideration in the Committee of the whole. The bill provides for the imprisonment upon conviction of any person who is a member of a secret cult, commit an offense; whether or not in possession of offensive weapon for life or minimum of 21 years imprisonment. The bill aimed at curbing secret cultism and…
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Wedlock ought to be serious business of very serious people who ought to be serious for a very long time. The pity is that Nigerian marriages have been turned into a very unserious matter like the jokes of slapstick comedians. The news all about town currently is the crash of the marriage of the ace comedian AY. It is definitely not my cup of tea apportioning blames on who is responsible for the collapse of the high profile wedlock. It suffices just to stress that I am sick and tired of being sick tired over the…
By Godwin Onyeacholem It’s just as pathetic that the presidency, the real custodians of the renewed hope agenda of the administration, isn’t embarrassed enough to lend its voice by demanding immediate investigation into how customs officials are allegedly adding abetting cross-border smugglers to their statutory duties of revenue collection, trade facilitation and border policing. This is real. Let no one begin to think that it’s not a matter that calls for serious concern at this time. That the continued repression of the critical press and voices of truth seeking to hold different shades of the country’s power holders accountable has…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State will soon join states like Akwa Ibom in the air transport business as the state government has set machinery in motion to float its own airline. Commissioner for Aviation and Transport Technology, Ngọzi Obichukwu, stated this on Tuesday. Obichukwu spoke at the Chuba Okadigbo International Airport, Onueke, while conducting Journalists around the airport runway, which is undergoing an upgrade. Though she did not give details of the plans to float the airline, the Commission assured that the Governor Francis Nwifuru is serious about floating an airline for the state. “I want to announce to us…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Crisis is gradually brewing in Ihite Community of Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, following a disagreement over selection of a traditional ruler. Already, some members of the community led by the community’s traditional council have disowned a new king, Timothy Ifurunwa, who was last weekend elected by a section of the community, under the prompting of the President General, Mr George Madu. The community is currently polarised and factionalised, with many members of the community rejecting the process that led to the selection of Ifurunwa as king. The community’s traditional council has petitioned Anambra…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Bloggers, media practitioners and social media influencers, have been cautioned against setting society on fire with their postings and social media contents in their desperation to generate traffic. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division, Enugu, Major Gen. H. T Dada, gave the advice while declaring open the 33rd edition of the Nigerian Army Social Media Seminar held for media practitioners, bloggers and social media influencers in Aba, Abia State. He decried the harmful effects of fake news and offensive social media contents. The GOC urged media practitioners and social media influencers to curtail negative posting in…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State Government has raised the alarm that unknown individuals believed to be political opponents are bent on sowing fear of insecurity in the minds of people of the state. This was made known in a statement by Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, debunking a recent, trending story of abduction and rape that allegedly occurred in Ukwulu, in Dunukofia Local Government Area of the state. The statement read in part: “In recent times, the state government has observed that certain individuals, motivated by political agendas, have persisted in spreading false and baseless stories in…
Our Reporter, New York Co-founder of the BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) Movement, Aisha Yesufu, has said those who help other Nigerians pay for their children’s school fees, and healthcare are subsidising the government’s failure. She made the remarks during an exclusive interview with Rudolf Okonkwo on 90MinutesAfrica on Sunday. “We are playing the role of government by providing charity for people,” the member of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign stated. She explained that the Nigerian government has said it can no longer continue subsidising energy costs for the people, yet expects others to subsidise its failure. The activist insists that Nigerians must begin…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu No fewer than 61 visually-impaired candidates have sat for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organised by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Enugu Special Centre. The visually-impaired and other special candidates are part of the 577 others writing the examination nationwide under the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG) Committee. The examination, holding at the Law Faculty of University of Nigeria Enugu Campus (UNEC), had candidates drawn from nine states of South-East and South-South regions, namely: Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo as well as Rivers, Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa States. The candidates…