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…Otti vows not to surrender any inch of state to criminals Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia An evil tunnel located at Lokpanta near the Regional Cattle Market at Umuchieze, Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State, where kidnappers terrorising residents and commuters enroute the state, has been uncovered. According to the Special Adviser to Gov. Alex Otti on Media and Publicity, Mr Ferdinand Ekeoma, the tunnel was discovered by the operatives of the Operation Crush security team who raided the area. Recall that an attempt by the State Government in 2023, to fence round the Cattle Market to improve security in the…
Our Reporter, New York The National Chairman of Nigeria’s Labour Party, Julius Abure, said that if Datti Baba Ahmed, the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last general election, had been the presidential candidate and the events after the election were similar, Nigeria would have been divided by now. Mr. Abure made the remark during an exclusive interview with Rudolf Okonkwo on 90MinutesAfrica on Sunday. The party chairman was reacting to the hypothetical question about what would have happened if the Labour Party’s presidential ticket had been switched with Datti as the head. Mr. Abure immediately…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Teaching Hospital says it will embark on indefinite strike over abysmal shortage of doctors, insecurity and poor sponsorship of residency programme. The doctors said that the indefinite strike would commence on January 31, 2024, after seven weeks grace in which its earlier third series of notification of ultimatum to Enugu State Government to do the needful and meet its demands failed. This is contained in a communique issued on Monday after the end of the Emergency General Meeting (EGM) of ARD in…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Forum of Labour Party, State House of Assembly candidates, Anambra State has condemned in strong terms ongoing demolition exercise in Awka and other local government areas of Anambra state. The group also frowned at the suspension of the Traditional Ruler of Neni community, Igwe Damian Ezeani, for conferring a Chieftaincy title on a Serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a statement signed by the Coordinator, Obinna Okafor, the group described the demolition exercise as barbaric, inhuman and wicked, warning Governor Chukwuma Soludo to stop playing God in order not to plunge the state into…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The 14 Brigade Nigeria Army Ohafia, Abia State, Monday, got a new Brigade Commander, as Brigadier General Olusola Diya, took over command of the Brigade from Brig. Gen. Nsikak John Edet, now posted to the Army headquarters Abuja. Brig. Gen. Diya was until his redeployment to the 14 Brigade, the Director of Training, Army headquarters Abuja. Fielding questions from newsmen after taking over the command of the Brigade, Gen. Diya charged soldiers and officers of the Brigade on dedication to duty. He also tasked them on loyalty to the nation and commitment. He urged them to adopt…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Miss Nonyerem Nnebe, Clinical Dietitian at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka, has said that the services of dietitians were under-utilised. Nnebe, who is also a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist (RDN), said this while speaking to Journalists in Awka, Anambra State. She called out to the public to explore the immeasurable services of registered dietitians/nutritionists closest to them for better healthy living. According to her, the RDN owes the public the services to guide them on best nutrition so as to maintain a healthy living at all times despite their age brackets. She urged the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, has signed the first batch of Certificates of Occupancy, C/O several years after such documents have been waiting for endorsement. Commissioner for Lands, and Housing, Mr Chaka Chukwumerije, who disclosed this in Umuahia, said the “State targets to sign 1 million C/Os in 2024.” The development, according to him, is in line with the state’s new policy of completing the signing of C/O and other titled documents within a 30-day cycle. Chukwumerije further said it was aimed at improving the Ease of Doing Business in the state, and making Abia a…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Immediate-past Provost of Abia State College of Education, Technical, Arochukwu, Dr Philips Nto, has protested the seizure of his official vehicle by the State Panel on Recovery of Government Property. The former Commissioner for Finance, argued that by Government’s extant regulations, he was entitled to go with his official vehicle as Provost and wondered why the panel did not put that fact into consideration. He also said that the panel did not consider the fact that he was being owed close to N120 million before ordering the Recovery of the vehicle. Dr Nto expressed worries that the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Member representing Aninru/Awgu/Oji River Federal Constituency of Enugu State, Rep Anayo Onwuegbu (PDP), has pledged to partner the National Teachers Institute (NTI) and the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) to fight illiteracy in his constituency. Onwuegbu, made the pledge when officials and students of NTI and NABTEB at Apugoeze Study Centre, Oji River Local Government Area paid him a working visit in Enugu. The lawmaker noted that the partnership would promote the culture of writing and reading among the rural dwellers in his constituency and afford indigent persons access to education. He announced that…
By Nnamdi Elekwachi Godwin Emefiele, the immediate past czar of Nigeria’s apex bank, is standing trial in an Abuja court on an amended twenty-count charge almost alone. It is not to say that there are no persons fingered alongside him in the corruption case, but that all Emefiele’s co-accused are either his subordinates or alleged beneficiaries, some of whom are still at large, but not his principal. This poses the moral question: did Godwin Emefiele not act based on directives? Emefiele, I share in Prof. Kingsley Moghalu’s submission, is the worst CBN Governor to have emerged in Nigeria recently. The…