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By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu & Chepkorir Sambu Described by one scholar on its centenary as “perhaps the greatest historical movement of modern times,” the Berlin Conference West Africa Conference began shortly after noon on 15 November 1884. Interrupted only by a short break at the end of the year and the beginning of the next, historian, Adu Boahen, records that the conference ended on 31 January 1884. On 26 February 1885, the powers gathered at the conference ratified the General Act of the Berlin Conference, which embodied their agreements. The week before the ratification of the General Act, according to historian, Godfrey…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Federal Government has distributed over N400 million worth of agro-inputs and equipment to rural farmers in Enugu State. The donations were made in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development-Value Chain Development Programme (IFAD-VCDP). The items distributed included 13 tricycles, three small paddy rice steam parboiled, and five destoners. Also donated were two rice hauler, three solar dryer, 20 energy efficient cooking stoves, 10 cassava fufu pounding machine, 10 nutrient dense equipment and 59 digital weighing scales. Others are 50 POS equipment, 20 tablets palmtop, 10 personal protective equipment, 30 water pump, 20 seed planters,and…
By Nnamdi Elekwachi In 2017, the Defence Headquarters, DHQ was too rash to declare the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, a terrorist organisation citing illegal possession of arms, blocking access to public roads and utilities, forming the Biafra Secret Service, the Biafra National Guard, and so on. What the Defense Headquarters did was wrong because under the Terrorism Prevention Act of 2011, only the Attorney General, the National Security Adviser or the Inspector General of the Police can lawfully designate or declare a group a terrorist organisation. When the Defence Headquarters, DHQ was reminded that such a declaration was unlawful, the…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The Minister of Defence Alhaji Mohammed Badaru has assured the people of the South-East of continuous military support to curb insecurity and ensure hitch free yuletide. Alhaji Badaru who disclosed this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma at the government house Owerri, maintained that the military will not relent in their duties to protect lives and property. He said the purpose of the visit which had the commander, 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, and other top government officials, was to thank the governor for being supportive to the military and…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Member representing Ohaozara/ Onicha/ Ivo Federal Constituency of Ebonyi at the National Assembly, Nkemkanma Kama has flagged off the 2024 Ohanivo Health Outreach. At the flagged off in Oshiri in Onicha Local Government Area, the lawmaker said at least 25,000 persons will be treated free of charge in this year’s outreach. He promised to sustain the medical outreaches so as to enhance the health and wellbeing of his constituents. Mr Kama noted that such outreaches would continue until health centres and hospitals in the constituency are fully functional. “The outreaches would be conducted annually as about…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Federal Ministry of Works has signed a contract with Infiouest International Limited for the construction of Section 1 of the Calabar to Abuja super highway. The road is one of the four legacy projects of President Bola Tinubu under the Renewed Hope Agenda. The road which starts from Cross River will have a spot on the Enugu-Abakaliki-Ogoja trans-saharan Africa super highway. The road cuts across Cross River, Ebonyi, Benue, Kogi, Nasarawa states, and terminates in Apo-Abuja. When completed the road will reduce travel time from South-East to Abuja by about 4 to 5 hours. The awarded…
By Azu Ishiekwene It’s a famous story in Christendom. Palestine, a vassal territory under the Roman Emperor Caesar, was obliged to pay tributes and taxes to Rome. A radical teacher in the territory, Jesus, taught things that the teachers of the law and local administrators in Palestine were uncomfortable with. After setting traps for him but missing, they pitted him against Caesar by asking him a question that could have gotten him in trouble and possibly gotten rid of him for good. “Is it lawful to pay taxes?” the Pharisees asked him. “Give unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and unto…
By Owei Lakemfa The first one thousand days of the Russo-Ukrainian War was on Tuesday, November 19, marked in Europe like an anniversary rather than a day of reflection. The European Commission draped its building with the Ukrainian flag, while the European Parliament sat to stirring speeches, including a standing ovation for Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky. Those hailing Zelensky in Brussels are not doing the dying. Those who have made an early exit to Heaven include more than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians with about 27,000 injured. Over six million Ukrainians have become refugees, while the population has fallen by one quarter. Military…
Our Reporter, New York US-based award-winning movie director Rahman Oladigbolu, has said he sees no reason the Alaafin of Oyo cannot be a Christian. Rahman, a prince in the kingdom, made the remarks during an interview with 90MinutesAfrica hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo on Sunday. “In Oyo, where I came from, we are trying to select a new king,” he said. “It has been the tradition for some decades that the Alaafin of Oyo will be a Muslim. Now, we have some Christians among the people vying for the position, and there are discussions about whether Oyo can have a Christian Oba. Of…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Minister of Defence, Dr Badaru Abubakar, says that President Bola Tinubu is determined to end all forms of insecurity in the South-East and Cross River State of the country. Abubakar said this on Thursday in Enugu while addressing heads of security agencies and security stakeholders within the South-East and Cross River State. He noted that President Tinubu-led administration had done “tremendously well in the past one year in the fight against insecurity throughout the country especially in the South-East and Cross River State axis.” “There is a renewed determination to do more in the fight against…