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Ben Ezechime, Enugu American, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the new Pope to replace Pope Francis who died on Easter Monday April 21, 2025, and as the 267th successor to Apostle Peter according to the Catholic church. Robert Francis Prevost, was born on September 14, 1955, and has been a Peruvian-American Catholic prelate. He has been head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State since May 8 2025. The new Pope, who has taken the title of Pope Leo XIV, is the first American pope. He served as prefect of the Dicastery for…
Our Reporter, Abuja A new Pope has been elected to lead the Catholic church following the rising of white smoke from above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Any moment from now the new Pope whose identity is still unknown will emerge from the traditional Vatican balcony. …Details later.
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed Chief Emeka Anyaoku for the roles he has played in promoting national unity and democracy. Tinubu, who was in Anambra State on Thursday for his one-day working visit, commissioned Emeka Anyaoku Institute for International Studies and Diplomacy at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Awka. The project built by Anyaoku, a former Secretary General of the Common Wealth, speaks to the impacts of the benefactor in the area of peace and diplomacy. The Emeka Anyaoku Institute for International Studies and Diplomacy is established to offer degree and certificate programmes in the area…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, for the work he is doing in the state. Tinubu gave the commendation on Thursday, after his arrival in the state on a one-day working visit. The Nigerian leader arrived on board the Nigerian Air Force Airbus at 12pm, wearing the Akwete Igbo fabric with a red cap typical of Soludo’s usual outfit. Warmly received by Soludo and other top government officials, he marched and headed straight to the podium where the national anthem was sung. In his address, Tinubu praised Governor Soludo’s visionary leadership,…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, has innaugurated some projects within Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Ground Training Command (GTC), Enugu. Abubakar inaugurated the projects during his Operational Visit and Commissioning of Projects within the GTC on Thursday in Enugu. The CAS innaugurated the remodelled and refurnished Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCOs) Mess in NAF Base, Abakpa, as well as the remodelled and renovated gymnasium at GTC, Emene. The NAF Boss also inspected an ongoing construction of Helicopter Combat Training Group’s Hangar and construction of dual 2 by 30 transit accommodation for officers at…
By Azu Ishiekwene The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, ruffled presidential feathers on Monday when he said in a speech during the 20th Anniversary dinner of the financial services company, Chapel Hill Denham, that Nigerians were better off in 1960 than they are today. The Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, immediately disagreed, saying that Adesina used a narrow, perhaps one of the most contested metrics, to measure the country’s progress. Both Adesina and Onanuga were right and wrong. What’s in a measure? Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the most common measure of…
The Nigerian youth have a great opportunity to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to prosper, a leading scientist and engineer has said. Professor Bart Nnaji, former Minister of Science and Technology and also Minister of Power, told a technology festival in Enugu Wednesday, dominated by the youth, that technology has made it possible for young people to set up lucrative businesses without huge capital. He cited the example of two young men, aged 21 and 22, who are building drones in Abuja and selling them to Nigerian firms and those in Ghana and Slovakia. “Their case should tell you that there…
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…