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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…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, and World Health Organisation (WHO) will on Thursday in Abuja host a policy dialogue to address health workers migration in Africa. Prof. Obinna Onwujekwe, the Coordinator Health Policy Research Group (HPRG), University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Nigeria’s National Centre for African Health Observatory Platform (AHOP), stated this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Enugu. He said the WHO Regional Office for Africa and Country Office for Nigeria together with AHOP would participate in the dialogue. Onwujekwe added that the policy dialogue forms part of AHOP’s five-day annual meeting,…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Former Governor of Imo State, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His resignation was made known through a letter he submitted to the Mbutu PDP ward Chairman in Aboh-Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State where he is a member. Chief Ihedioha represented Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala federal constituency from 2003 to 2015, where he served as the speaker of the house under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP. He was elected Governor in 2019 under the PDP and served for seven months before his tenure was truncated by the…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Anambra State chapter, has accused the State House of Assembly of conducting illegal sittings and recruiting members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to perform the functions of the statutory staff of the Assembly. The accusations came during a peaceful protest that followed PASAN demands for improved welfare of its members in the House of Assembly as obtained in other states. PASAN during the protest carried placards and banners to the Assembly gate and the State Secretariat chanting protest songs demanding for their entitlements. The Deputy National President of…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka No fewer than 500 judiciary workers in Anambra State have undergone training on retirement planning, record keeping and other skills relevant for the smooth discharge of duties at their work place.    The one-day workshop was held at the High Court Complex, Onitsha, for judiciary workers in Onitsha, Otuocha, Idemili and Ogbaru Judicial Divisions. Delivering a paper entitled: “Preparing for Retirement from Public Service,” Augustine Ezeanata, a retired Director of Planning in the state judiciary advised workers to take the issue of planning for retirement seriously to prevent them from dying miserably after long years of active service.…

…To build skills acquisition centre for inmates at  mental home Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The wife of Abia State Governor, Mrs Priscilla Otti, has said that his husband came to power to life Abians out of poverty. Mrs Otti who stated this  when she paid a working visit to the  mentally deranged persons rehabilitation home at Amudo Itumbauzo in Bende Local Government Area, decried the level of poverty and political subjugation in the state. She, however, said that her husband came to change the narrative, and urged the people to cue into the wave of the New Abia. “I thank God…