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Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Ogbete Main Market Traders’ Association (OMMATA) says it is streamlining wheelbarrow pushers’ operation in the market to ensure security and safety. The President-General of OMMATA, Chief Stephen Aniagu, disclosed this on Wednesday to newsmen in Enugu while handing over recovered goods of a customer by a barrow pusher on Saturday. Aniagu, who is also the President-General of Enugu State Amalgamated Traders’ Association, said that the market would soon organize an orientation for all barrow pushers to ensure they adopt best and beneficial practices. According to him, we have good plans for them; we are trying to…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Ebonyi South Senatorial bye-election, Silas Onu, has taken the All Progressives Congress (APC) Candidate, Senator Anthony Ani, to court seeking his disqualification on grounds of certificate forgery and ineligibility to stand for the poll. Mr Onu in the petition is also contending that the declaration of Mr Ani as winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is invalid by reasons of non-compliance to the electoral act. Mr Onu is the first petitioner while his party, PDP is the second petitioner. INEC, Mr Ani…
…Says no going back on making it daily market Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Government, has said that the fencing of Lokpanta Regional Cattle Market, “is nearing completion.” Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, who disclosed this during a press briefing after the State Executive Council meeting in Umuahia, vowed that there is no going back on the decision of the State Government to convert the market into a daily market that would accommodate other lines of businesses. He also insisted that people would no longer be allowed to reside in the market as part of efforts to improve…
Benson Ezechime, Enugu The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has felicitated with Professor Bart Nnaji, a two time minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on the commissioning of Geometric Power Plant, the first of its kind in Nigeria at Aba, on Monday, February 26, 2024. In a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary of the Igbo cultural group, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, the Apex Igbo organization also described Nnaji as a multi-dimensional expert in artificial intelligence, geometric logic, robotics, power and manufacturing engineering; and a jinx breaker. According Ohanaeze, Nnaji is an “exceptional Igbo; audacious, tenacious, and industrious; one of the most accomplished…
By Zainab Suleiman Okino Like every other human endeavour, it is now time for the world to critically scrutinize and assess the administration of Alhaji Yahaya Bello (GYB), the immediate past governor of Kogi State. In the state’s peculiar form of political landscape, an objective evaluation of the governor’s legacy is not likely because of primordial sentiments and the image of GYB in the minds and eyes of many people, his towering political influence in the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) and the way he projected himself in that context in the last eight years. It is debatable if the governor’s stewardship…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Government has debunked reports of an ongoing construction of 1,200 (one thousand, two hundred shops) in Awka, the capital city of the state. Report circulating on various social media platforms had claimed that Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA), is currently building 1,200 shops for the street traders who were dislodged in the recent enforcement drive of the agency. However, a statement signed by the Head of Department, Awka Capital Territory Development Control Unit, Mr. Charles Ekwunife, described the viral report as untrue and urged the public to disregard the news of such development…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Dr Maduka Onyishi, Founder and Chancellor of Maduka University, Ekwegbe in Igboetiti Local Government Area of Enugu State, says the university will produce great entrepreneurs in the country. Onyishi said this during the maiden matriculation of its 550 pioneer students for the 2023/2024 academic session. The chancellor said the university had the desire to redefine higher education by fostering a culture of entrepreneurship and equipping students with the knowledge and skills necessary for success in the modern world. According to him, I will teach students how to make legitimate money while in school through entrepreneurship. The founder,…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Anambra State Council has urged Governor Chukwuma Soludo to call the state’s task force in charge of demolishing illegal structures and revenue generation to order. The Union said the task force members of the government are inflicting pain and hardship on the people of the state in the name of demolishing illegal structures and internal revenue generation for the government. A communique signed by the Council Chairman, Dr Odogwu Emeka Odogwu; and Secretary, Sir Aloysius Ofodile; after its February Congress, condemned the activities of the state task force, urging the governor…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The worsening economic situation and biting hunger in the land has taken a dangerous turn as a man from Isuochi in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State, shot dead his own son for allegedly eating the only remaining cooked food in the kitchen. Shocked by the strange action the man was promptly arrested by members of the community who tied him hands and feet, and forced him to lie on top of his late son also lying face-down in the pool of his blood. In a viral video, people were observed raining curses on the suspect…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has announced the suspension of its two-day nation-wide protest after the first day of the exercise, claiming it has achieved tremendous results. NLC National President, Joe Ajero in a joint statement with the Acting National Secretary of NLC, Ismail Bello, however, gave the Federal Government a fresh two-week ultimatum within which to meet its demands or brace up for further nation-wide labour actions. It also asked the Federal Government to stop taking advice from the International Monitory Fund (MF), and the World Bank, alleging that their counsels have been toxic, and…