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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Civil servants in Anambra State have been urged to explore side hustles, to supplement their income and mitigate the impact of economic hardship on their households. This call was made in Awka, Wednesday, during a health and economic awareness workshop organised by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) as part of the activities to commemorate 2025 workers’ Day celebration in the state. In his opening remarks, Chief of Protocol and Deputy Chief of Staff to the state governor, Hon. Chinedu Nwoye, encouraged workers to diversify their income streams beyond their monthly salaries. Nwoye emphasized the need for workers to…
By Bart Nnaji It was for a divine purpose that I met Pascal Gabriel Dozie over 30 years ago. Our first meeting was in the early 1990s when we were members of the Vision 2010 Committee, a team set up to provide a strategic direction for Nigeria to become a higher-medium income nation by 2010. Some credible sources attribute to him the idea of Vision 2010, but PGD, as he was popularly known, never took the credit. He was self-effacing. What is well known is that it was engineered by PGD and his cohorts of leaders in the Nigerian economy,…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has made known his vision as he prepares for re-election in the November 8, 2025, governorship election in the state. The governor’s ambitious blueprint for second term focuses on large-scale infrastructure, digital innovation, healthcare, and youth empowerment. In a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, Soludo emphasized that his next term would consolidate the achievements of his first tenure while scaling up transformative projects aimed at making Anambra a green, liveable, and prosperous homeland. Among the flagship projects he announced are three new smart cities: Awka 2.0, Next Onitsha,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Government has hinted of possible closure of traditional birth homes in the state to reduce infant and maternal mortality rate. This is coming on the heels of a noticable decline in the number of deliveries by skilled birth attendants in the state. Deputy Governor Ikechukwu Emetu who gave the hint during a quarterly meeting of the State’s Taskforce on Primary Health Care, decried the archaic practice which he identified as the major cause of maternal and child mortality. The Deputy Governor who said that the Governor Alex Otti-led administration placed high premium on health, vowed…
By Promise Adiele Marketing and demarketing are major semantic categories in Business, Economics, Public Relations, and Advertising-related discourses. However, these days of cross-pollination of ideas and interdisciplinary approaches in almost every enlightened engagement, words and phrases have become nomads, sauntering in and out of various public exchanges with gusto. Today, ‘marketing and demarketing’ are in Nigeria’s political register, maintaining a focal presence that connotes different meanings depending on one’s contemporary political leaning. Nigerians will never miss any opportunity to dismember phrases that drop into their political menu, stretching them to buttress one point or another. Well, I have decided to…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The former Secretary-General of Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku and a one-time Foreign Affairs Minister, General Ike Nwachukwu (Rtd), have reiterated the call for restructuring and constitution review to address the challenges facing the country. The duo made the call during the “14th Chief Emeka Anyaoku Lecture Series on Good Governance,” held in Enugu. The event was organised by the Youths Affair International with the theme “Imperative of Good Governance in Nigeria.” Speaking at the event, Nwachukwu said he had long been advocating for the restructuring of Nigeria to become a proper federation, allowing state autonomy and bringing…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu A General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the Headquarters, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu, has sentenced a soldier, Private Adamu Mohammed, to death by hanging and another, Private Abubakar Yusuf, to 10-year imprisonment. The acting Deputy Director 82 Division Army Public Relations, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, in a statement in Enugu on Tuesday, said that the sentences were handed down after due consideration for the offences of murder and robbery for which the soldiers stood trial. It would be recalled that the GCM, composed of 11 members, was inaugurated by the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Oluyemi…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The 10,000-barrel liters per day modular refinery in Abia State is to commence in the month of May, Ikengaonline can authoritatively report. Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, who disclosed this during a press briefing on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting, said the approval of the Federal Government had been secured on the multi-billion Naira project. This, according to him, is a major breakthrough in the Abia Industrial and Innovative Park project located at Owaza in the oil-rich Ukwa land. He said: “The State Government is making steady progress on the AIIP project…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rolled out free medical tests to Anambra workers as part of the events to commemorate the 2025 worker’s day. The NLC chairman in the state, Comrade Humphrey Nwafor, disclosed this to journalists in Awka, the state capital, Monday. He said the initiative tagged: “know your status,” is aimed at promoting workers’ health and well-being, and would offer various medical screenings and tests. The chairman said the free medical tests would be given to over 2,0000 workers in the state as part of NLC’s efforts to improve…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia; Ben Ezechime Enugu; Lawrence Nwimo, Awka; & Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The decline of interest by Igbo youths in military recruitments in Nigeria, has of late, become a source of concern both to the military and stakeholders from the South-East geopolitical zone. Recently, the Army Authorities embarked on sensitisation tour of states in the zone where they complained of the decline and solicited the help of the State Governors in persuading youths from the zone to seek careers in the military. The Nigerian Army commenced its 2025 recruitment application for the 89th Regular Recruit Intake on March 31,…