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Our Reporter, Abuja The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has congratulated Nigerian female music maestro, Tems, for clinching her second Grammy Award. Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, won the Best African Music Performance category at the 67th Grammy Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday. Tems, a singer with a mellifluous voice, won the award with her song, Love Me JeJe, beating off competition from a formidable field of artistes including Yemi Alade, Asake featuring Wizkid, Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay, and Burna Boy. In his message via his…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Dr. Law Mefor, has passionately appealed to the Presidents-General of town unions in the state to support the new security initiative of the Soludo-led administration, Operation Udo Ga-Achị, to restore total security and rid the state of criminals. Addressing the PGs during his courtesy visit to the Anambra State Association of Town Unions (ASATU), at the ASATU Hall, Government House, Awka, Mefor assured that the state government is leaving no stone unturned to recover Ihiala and other parts of the state threatened by criminals. He said, “Anambra is a great State, but…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Leaders of Umuoba Anam under the aegis of Federated Association of Umuoba Anam Council, FAUDACO, has petitioned Governor Chukwuma Soludo to restrain Aguleri youths and people from further attacks and encroachment on their fish ponds and farmlands at Omagu Umuoji near Egbeagu Eziagulu Otu Aguleri in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State. The petition dated January 31, 2025, and jointly signed by Chief S.N. Okoye and Comrade C. Mmehie, Chairman and Secretary respectively, accused their neighbors of using false claims to unleash violence and war over its property at Omagu farm settlement. “On January 25th,…
By Godwin Onyeacholem On the whole, the Nigerian military genuinely deserves no less than great applause and all the huge salute it can get since its evolution at different epochs in the past one and a half centuries and counting. This should be the perfect reaction from the people to an armed forces which, in their primary duty of defending the country from external aggression and maintaining its territorial integrity in distinct geographical spaces, have continuously shown up in a most valiant manner despite the tons of challenges confronting them. And beyond the country’s shores on peacekeeping operations and other…
…Gives ultimatum to landlords Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Government, said it had concluded arrangements to relocate the railway station Umuahia, to a more descent location to decongest the city centre. It also said that the Isi-gate Market would be relocated to a more more spacious place to enhance the aesthetic view of the state capital. The General Manager, Umuahia Capital Development Authority, UCDA, Mr Kingsley Agomuo, who disclosed this during a meeting with landlords and stakeholders in Umuahia, also directed landlords with unauthorised projections in the their buildings to dismantle them immediately or brace up for sanctions. He gave…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has disclosed that his administration has set aside N10 billion for the construction and equipment of 200 Primary Health Centres, PHCs, in the 184 political wards across the state. Otti who made the disclosure during a media parley in Umuahia said the fund had been deposited in the bank account of the State Ministry of Health, adding that the project is to be delivered within 100 days. This is as he also hinted that his administration was set to award contracts for the renovation of 22 Secondary Healthcare Centres across the…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Armed men suspected to be herdsmen on Sunday morning attacked Amegu Nkalagha community in Ishielu Local Government Area, Ebonyi State, killing many residents and burning down houses. The incident is believed to be a reprisal attack following the killing of some cows belonging to the herdsmen in the area. A member of the community, Professor Ndubuisi Idenyi, confirmed the attack to our Reporter. According to him, the herdsmen attacked the community in the early hours of Sunday killing many people and burning down houses. “I don’t have the number of casualties right now. We are still tracking…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Proposal for the creation of Etiti State as the parity state for the South-East geopolitical zone, has received the endorsement of major stakeholders in Isuikwuato/Umunneochi federal constituency of Abia State. This is as they urged members of the National Assembly to expedite action on the Bill for its speedy passage into law. The stakeholders made the endorsement on Saturday during a town hall meeting with the member representing the constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon. Amobi Ogah. Rep. Ogah who sponsored the Bill, had while addressing the stakeholders at Isuochi civic hall, Umunneochi, said that President…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Mr Sunday Echeji, from Ibafwa Ani, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, who cut off his wife’s hand during an argument has been arraigned before the Chief Magistrate Court 1 in Enugu for attempted murder. The court ordered that the accused be remanded in prison and transferred the case file to the state Department of Public Prosecution, DPP, for necessary directive as the lower court has no jurisdiction to handle the case. The charge brought against Echeji was attempted murder, filed under Section 275, Subsection A of the Criminal Code (Cap 30, Vol. 1, Revised Laws…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In the aftermath of the announcement on 28 January 2024 by Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic denouncing the Revised Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and leaving the regional bloc “without delay,” reactions spanned the spectrum from hubris to hyperbole. From Nigeria, the regional anchor and chair of the Community, the predominant sentiment was: “the three countries would have more to lose.” Outside the continent, some described the situation as “West Africa’s ‘Brexit’ moment” or Sahelexit, likening it to Britain’s decision in 2016 to quit the European Union. Reinforcing the comparison,…