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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has blasted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; and the Vice President, Kashim Shettima; for traveling out as he faulted the foreign trips embarked upon by both President Bola Tinubu and his deputy, Vice President Kashim Shettima. Obi said the trips, coming at a time when the country is grappling with domestic challenges, were insensitive. Recall that while Tinubu travelled to the United Kingdom on October 2, 2024, for a two-week working leave, Shettima left Abuja on Wednesday for Sweden on a two-day visit to represent Nigeria in bilateral…
By Azu Ishiekwene This was tough to write. My heart resisted it, but I yielded to my head. The petrol in my car, a 2.0-litre 2012 Tokunbo Camry, was at half-tank the day before writing. When pump prices went from 195/litre to 617/litre between May and June 2023, I parked my Jeep and, despite being occasionally mistaken for an Uber driver, opted for the saloon, which, as of the third fuel price increase by September this year, cost about 65k to fill up. After petrol pump price went up again by about 15 percent last week, it would now cost…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the date for the Anambra State Governorship election. This was made known by the INEC national chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu on Thursday while addressing representatives of political parties at the INEC headquarters in Abuja. He revealed that the election will be held on Saturday 8th November 2025. Yakubu said, “As you are aware, the last governorship election in Anambra State was held on 6th November 2021. By the effluxion of time, the governorship election is due next year. “Consequently, the Commission has approved that the 2025 Anambra State Governorship…
By Press Release The Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue Foundation (MILID Foundation) in collaboration with UNESCO Abuja will mark the 2024 Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week in Kano. The event holds from October 22-24. It will feature a two-day MIL capacity building training for youth and youth-led organisations in Northwest Nigeria, culminating with a high-level advocacy gathering on the importance of media and information literacy. The Global MIL Week is an annual event organised by UNESCO worldwide to raise awareness and celebrate the progress achieved towards Media and Information Literacy for all. The week, observed every…
…To meet in Abuja for solution Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Agricultural scientists in Nigeria have blamed the current shortage of food in the country on the displacement of farmers by killer herdsmen. This is as they have vowed to explore ways to end the increasing food insecurity as they converge in Abuja next week for their annual conference. They regretted that herdsmen chased away thousands of farmers from various agrarian communities in the country, a sad development that had resulted into acute food shortage. The agric scientists, however, promised to partner the Federal Government and major stakeholders in a bid to…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The MTN Foundation has renovated, fully equipped, and solar-powered physics, chemistry, biology and agric laboratories in Union Secondary School, Awkunanaw, Enugu. Inaugurating the laboratories on Thursday in the school, Gov. Peter Mbah lauded MTN Foundation for being part and parcel of the overall development of the state especially in healthcare, water provision, education and road projects. Mbah, represented by the Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr Lawrence Ezeh, noted that MTN had showcased “that it remains the best network provider in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reach in the country.” According to him, apart from…
By Okike Ezugwu I met Osmund Agbo as I met most people: through a shared penchant for reading and writing. He had hit me up after reading one of my articles, and we struck up a conversation. “Agbo,” already betrayed him as someone from my own part of Igbo-land. I told him—this perhaps brought some amusement—that my longer surname is actually Ezugwu-Agbo, and that even so, one would not have exhausted the whole thing. The rational thing to do, when the time came, was to drop one in the good sake of brevity. I had mistaken Agbo for one of…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia No fewer than 90 people perished and 50 injured when a petrol tanker exploded in Majiya Town, Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State on Tuesday night. The State Police Command which confirmed the incident attributed the high death toll to the rush by most of the victims to scoop fuel. He said mass burial would be conducted for the victims. Mr Shi’isu Adam, the Police Spokesperson in Jigawa, who confirmed this on Wednesday, described the incident as very sad and unfortunate. According to him, the 50 persons who sustained varying degrees of injury, have been evacuated…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme Phase-One, (ATASP-1) has applauded the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security for the rehabilitation of moribund irrigational facilities for dry season farming in Anambra and Enugu States. The Zonal Programme Coordinator of ATASP-1 Adani-Omor Zone, Dr. Romanus Egba, also commended governments of Enugu and Anambra states, profiled farmers in both states and other value chain actors for efforts leading to success of ATASP-1 in South-East. Egba said this in a message to felicitate with farmers across Anambra and Enugu states, Federal Government and AfDB on…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Abia State, Dr Philips Nto, has decried what he called unending harassment by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over investigation that has lasted for nine years. This is as he has called on the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, to send for his case file to investigate what his real offence was, and why EFCC should be dragging him over a case for nine years without charging him to court. Dr Nto who is currently a lecturer at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike,…