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By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On 17 August, 1980, the 6th Commonwealth Law Conference convened in Lagos, then capital of Nigeria. After the arrival courtesies were dispensed with, it fell upon Shehu Shagari, civilian president of Nigeria then in office for ten and a half months, to declare the conference open. The keynote speaker was Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and leader of the opposition Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), who had run President Shagari desperately close in the contest for Nigeria’s presidency only one year before. That contest ended up being decided by the Supreme Court of Nigeria in…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Chief Paulinus Odo, a retired Assistant Director, Department of State Services (DSS), has warned members-elect of Enugu State House of Assembly to be careful of whom they employ as close aides after their inauguration. Odo said this while delivering a lecture entitled “Legislative Security” at a retreat organised by the Labour Party, Enugu State chapter for her members elect. He said that evidences abound where bad aides had colluded with enemies to harm their masters, either by kidnapping, murder or other obnoxious acts. “First and foremost, as you are inaugurated in June, know it that your status has…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Archbishop Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger, Most Reverend Alexander Chibuzo Ibezim, Saturday, described the 8 years tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari as very challenging to Nigerians. Ibezim slammed the outgoing administration, stating that it foisted all manner of hardship and suffering on the citizens of the country. The Archbishop bared his mind on the Nigerian situation during the First Session of the 13th Synod which held at St Peter’s Church, Agulu, in Anaocha Local Government Area, Anambra State. Delivering his Presidential charge, Ibezim said Nigeria, under the outgoing president, witnessed massive killings, kidnapping, looting and inflation.…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State Directorate of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Awka, and a Non-Governmental Organisation, Hope Givers Initiative (HOG-I), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to embark on empowerment programme for indigent women and the girl child in three flood prone communities in Anambra State. The empowerment will be carried out through Global Fund for women. The two organisations signed the MoU when the Executive Director of the Initiative, Mrs. Onyeka Udegbunam and her team paid a courtesy visit to the NOA State Director, Sir Joseph Uchendu, at his office in Awka. Mrs Udegbunam, who signed the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Barr. Ethelbert Obayi, former member of the Enugu State House of Assembly has berated the state assembly for doing nothing and saying nothing about Sen. Ike Ekweremadu over his travails in the United Kingdom. Obayi, who represented Nsukka West state constituency on the platform of the PDP is now a chieftain of the Labour Party in the State. He said this in Enugu at a legislative retreat for Labour Party house of assembly members-elect in Enugu State. The former lawmaker said it was unfortunate that nobody from government raised the case of a high ranking politician in…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Abia Governor, Senator Theodore Orji, has told his successor and out-going Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, to take responsibility for his inability to pay workers’ salary instead of blaming past administrations. Orji who is the senator representing Abia Central expressed surprise that Ikpeazu is blaming him for the backlog salary arrears of Abia workers instead of the taking responsibility for his failures as the incumbent Governor. The former governor who explained that “Government is a continuum,” said Ikpeazu had no justifiable excuse not to pay workers salary more so considering huge intervention funds he received from the Federal…
By Owei Lakemfa I got word that my elderly friend, His Excellency Mohammed Ould Salek, the Minister-Adviser on Diplomatic Affairs to President Brahim Ghali of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, better known as Western Sahara, was in Nigeria. He was the Special Envoy sent by the Saharawi President on April 28, 2023 to bid farewell to President Muhammadu Buhari as he ends his tenure on May 29, 2023. This gesture is quite understandable because when SADR was struggling against re-colonisation by the Moroccan monarchy, Nigeria, led by then General Buhari, gave it recognition in 1984. Nigeria was satisfied that…
To face 16-count charge including fraud, defamation of character, impersonation .Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Whistleblower and member of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Nnamdi Daniel Emeh, who was alleged to have stolen N47m, has been remanded in Awka Correctional Centre, Anambra State. It was gathered that he is facing 16-count charge in court, including fraud, defamation of character, impersonation. Emeh, a serving corps member was working as an IT consultant to Anambra State Police Command, and was attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Awkuzu. Emeh’s initial arrest was said to be ostensibly for blowing the whistle on a case under investigation by the Force Headquarters…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Association of Table Water Producers (ATWAP) has urged National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to conduct sensitisation against exposing table and sachet water to unhealthy practices. The Enugu State Chairman of ATWAP, Mr Tony Edike, made the appeal while speaking to newsmen in Enugu on Friday on the challenges being faced by members of ATWAP. Edike, who observed some unhealthy practices by table water distributors and retailers in the state, noted that the negative practices were on the storage of water products. “We have noticed that packaged water products are exposed to excruciating…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The residents of Enugu city have voiced their frustrations over bad roads network in the metropolis. A cross section of the residents barred their minds on the matter on Friday in Enugu. This followed perennial traffic hold-ups and congestion on the existing roads in parts of the city. The residents attributed perennial vehicular hold-up in parts of the metropolis to lack of maintenance of existing roads and alternative routes. Speaking, a resident of Achara Layout area, Mrs Elizabeth Nwosu, said it was unfortunate that the outgoing administration did not bother to maintain the existing roads in the area. “Look…