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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, has said that his administration would not deliberately take any wrong action. Otti made the promise on Sunday while addressing worshipers at the Streams of Joy International, Umuahia, where he had gone to worship. The Governor who was welcomed into the arena with joyous ovation, said that he came to worship just like every other person. He said he came on board to change the narrative and give Abians a new hope, assuring that more developments would be witnessed across the state in the coming months. “We are just about 20…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A non-governmental organisation, Advocacy for alleged Witches, has called on government and security agencies to prosecute witch hunting prophets, pastors and diviners, and other charlatans who impute occult harms in families and communities. The group said witchcraft exorcists who conduct deliverance services, and claim to expel witches and demons have caused so much pain and deaths to innocent persons in the society who they label as witches. They alleged that killing and victimisation of suspected witches is unlawful but has continued unabated because government has not paid serious attention to the problem. Founder of the Organisation, Leo…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general election and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has called for the immediate reopening of markets that were affected by the closure of the Head Bridge Market in Onitsha. The market was shut down by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, a regulatory and security agency, due to alleged trading in illegal drugs within a section known as Ogbo Ogwu. While condemning the sale of illicit drugs, Obi, in a statement on Monday via X, emphasised the need for fairness in the…
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu It was an audacious move when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu transmitted four tax reform bills to the National Assembly on October 3, 2024. The Tax Reform Bills include: Nigeria Tax Bill 2024, Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, Nigeria Revenue Service Establishment Bill, and Joint Revenue Board Establishment Bill. It has to be admitted that the Tax Reform Bills are meant to recondition Nigerias tax administration and revenue generation. Back in August 2023, some two months after his swearing-in as Nigerias president, Tinubu launched forth a Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms led by the renowned…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Eight people have lost their lives in a fatal motor accident that occurred at Amala, Ngor-Okpala. The tragic incident which involved a Toyota Camry with registration number EPE 541 JO and a Hyundai Santa FE with registration number AAA 212 CD, claimed the lives of all occupants of both vehicles. According to the Police, operatives of Ngor-Okpala Divisional Headquarters, the remains of the deceased were immediately evacuated and deposited in the mortuary, while the vehicles were secured to ensure the free flow of traffic. The Police say efforts are in progress to identify and notify the families…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu A foundation member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Osita Okechukwu, says years of trust deficit in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stimulated defection of members to APC in droves. Okechukwu, a former Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, said this in a statement he issued on Sunday in Enugu while reacting to the position of Sen. Aminu Tambuwal that “no one with conscience will join the APC.” He noted that Tambuwal cannot truly talk of conscience when he connived to wreck the PDP; “hence it is the trust deficit of his party’s leadership which stimulates massive…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Police in Anambra State have confirmed the arrest of a man who allegedly stabbed his brother to death at 3-3 Onitsha commercial city. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement, said the suspect, Mr Christian Ndubuisi, attacked his elder brother with a broken bottle after a minor family disagreement. “Police Operatives attached to 3-3 Divisional Headquarters acted swiftly on a report on 15th February 2025 and arrested one Christian Ndubuisi who allegedly murdered his elder brother over a minor disagreement. “Preliminary information had it that the suspect, during a fight with the deceased, used…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “The judiciary,…. has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society; and can take no active resolution whatever. It may truly be said to have neither force nor will, but merely judgment.” Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, No. 78. In January 1983, a suspicious fire incident did considerable damage to NECOM House, the high-rise building in Lagos that housed the headquarters of the country’s telecommunications monopoly, then known as the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, NITEL. Alhaji Shehu Shagari was in power as elected civilian president.…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government says it would begin verification exercise for payment of gratuity and related entitlements on Monday, 24th February 2025. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Professor Chidiebere Onyia, said that this followed the successful completion of the verification exercises for active workers and pensioners, conducted earlier last year. Onyia listed the purpose of the Gratuity Verification Exercise to include an update and validation of the records of retirees and their next of kin, and ensuring that only legitimate beneficiaries receive their gratuity and related payments. “It is designed to eliminate…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State Government has suspended two healthcare workers for unprofessional conduct undermining Governor Charles Soludo’s healthcare initiatives. Mrs. Njideka Ezeihejiofor, Officer-in-Charge at Ukpo Primary Healthcare Centre, was suspended without pay and demoted for refusing to treat a pregnant woman who subsequently delivered a stillborn baby outside the facility on February 11th. Mrs. Ezeihejiofor claimed that fatigue and fear prevented her from assisting the woman, even after the delivery. A disciplinary panel, chaired by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike, found her guilty of negligence, noting her failure to examine the patient or provide a referral,…