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Ben Ezechime, Enugu  The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, has described the Enugu Tech Festival which kicked off on Wednesday as the biggest technology conference that has ever happened in Nigeria. The tech festival being held in the International Conference Center, Enugu, was being organised by the Enugu State government. Tijani said that the festival, which attracted thousands of youths from within and outside Enugu state, was a major leap for Nigeria’s determination to build a robust digital economy. According to him, Enugu State under Governor Peter Mbah, had moved from policy to progress to…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Suspected hoodlums have attacked a former Permanent Secretary in Ebonyi State and a member of the State Independent Electoral Commission, Boniface Mgebu. The attack happened while he was on his way from Abakaliki to his village, Noyo Alike in Ikwo LGA of the state. It was learned that the attack happened along Obubura-Enyida road in Abakaliki LGA at about 7 pm where his Hilux Jeep, cash, phones and other valuables were set ablaze. The victim spoke to our Reporter at Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital, (AE-FUNAI) Abakaliki where he is hospitalized. He said he was attacked by…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI),  has saluted Governor Alex Otti’s leadership style, saying that his policies align with the values NEITI represents. The Alternate Chairman of the NEITI Board, Ambassador Sunday Adoli, said this when he led a delegation of the Boad and Management of the agency on a courtesy visit to Governor Otti ahead of its national retreat holding in Abia State. Ambassador Adoli, who doubles as the representative of the North-Central region on the Board, said that NEITI was pleased with Otti’s commitment to fiscal openness and reforms that prioritise fiscal discipline. He…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has demanded the immediate arrest of a former National Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr Julius Abure, for impersonation. This is coming about three hours after the Abure-led faction of the Labour Party, hurriedly announced the suspension of Otti, and five other high-ranking members of the LP, for alleged anti-party activities. Reacting to his purported suspension, Otti in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Ferdinand Ekeoma, dismissed Abure and his co-travellers as “irritants and attention seekers.” Further describing Abure as “a clown in a desperate search…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia  After spending five days in its custody, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Wednesday, released Social media activist, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan. His arrest sparked a spontaneous protest in Abuja and national outrage. Former presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore, announced VDM’s release via his X handle, on Wednesday. Sowore wrote: “Thanks to unrelenting efforts of all @thatverydarkman has been released from unjust detention at the @officialEFCC. He is with his ebullient lawyer, @adeyanjudeji,” Sowore tweeted. VeryDarkMan’s lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, had earlier expressed frustration over the EFCC’s handling of the bail process, describing it…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka  Police in Anambra State Wednesday recovered a burnt dead body found in a waste dump at Iyiowa Odekpe, Ogbaru Local Government Area of the State.  Spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement he made available to journalists in the state. The body is believed to be that of a suspected criminal who was caught by an angry mob in the area and set ablaze. The statement said the deceased may have been a member of a gang that specializes in stealing car batteries.  “Police Operatives  attached to the Atani…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia An Abia State High Court sitting at Bende, has set aside, the Ward and Local Government Area congresses of the Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, conducted respectively in 2024. Similarly, the court nullified the councellorship and  chairmanship primaries of the party for the November 2nd, 2024 Abia Local Government election in the state. The nullification followed a suit filed by a PDP chieftain, Enyinnaya Ogbu. Defendants in the suit marked HB/5/2024 were the PDP, the PDP National Chairman, PDP National Financial Secretary, PDP National Organizing Secretary, PDP National Legal Adviser, PDP National Secretary,…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party, Wednesday, took a sudden twist following the indefinite suspension slammed on Governor Alex Otti of Abia State by the Julius Abure-led faction of the party.  Suspended along with the Abia Governor were the Secretary of the National Caretaker Committee of the party,  Senators Darlington Nwokocha; and Ireti Kingibe, over alleged anti-party activities. Others affected by the suspension are House of Representatives members Victor Afam Ogene, Amobi Ogah, and Seyi Sowumi. According to the National Executive Council, NEC of the Abure-led faction, the action follows the recommendations of a five-member disciplinary committee…

…Wants national action plan on climate change localized, adopted by LGA administrators Tamunosiki Akpuh, Port Harcourt The Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, with support from Global Green Fund grants held a multi-stakeholders dialogue on localizing gender action plan on climate change in the Niger Delta on Monday 29, April 2025. Welcoming participants to the event, which held at the institute’s secretariat in Port Harcourt, the executive director, Mrs Anyakwee Mgbechi, said the dialogue aimed at  to addressing the urgent need for collective action to tackle the pressing challenges of climate change which disproportionately affect vulnerable populations particularly, women and…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Stakeholders in the education sector have made robust contributions on how the integration of digital skills education into school curriculum would help prevent drug abuse among students. The stakeholders comprising teachers, civil society organizations (CSOs), the  National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), spoke at a workshop in Umuahia, Abia State. Participants at the workshop organised by Speak Out Africa International in partnership with SKOOL N SKILL 4 NAIJA, and the European Union, decried the menace of drug abuse among secondary school students, and emphasized the urgent need for action. Delivering a lecture at the workshop, a Superintendent of Narcotics and the…