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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State has been selected among the six successful states in Nigeria to benefit from the $107 million fund from the Global Partners in Education System Transformational Grant (GPE-STG), to tackle out of school children menace, and develop education for children. The disbursement and implementation monitoring of the fund, are being handled by UNICEF, one of the grant agents. Education Specialist, UNICEF Control Office, Abuja, Mr Saka Adebayo Ibraheem, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Umuahia during a two-day management consultation with stakeholders in the state education sector, said $12 million had been approved…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As tension continues to build in Ekenobizi Community in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State, over a possible reprisal attack by the Army following the killing of two soldiers at a military checkpoint in the community by unknown gunmen, Senator Austin Akobundu, representing Abia Central district, has appealed to the Nigeria Army not to resort to reprisal attack. Recall that unknown gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday attacked the Army checkpoint, killing the victims before escaping the scene after a gun duel with the soldiers. The assailants abandoned two of their vehicles, a sienna…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Honourable Justice Emmanuel Obioma Ogwuegbu was part of a generation in which judging was a deservedly elevated calling. In return, society honoured people like him with the honorific “My Lord,” an acknowledgement that they were called to a job that is truly divine. Today, the senior-most lawyers publicly twerk to partisan orchestras conducted by people who were in professional diapers when they were already in the Inner Bar…” Phillip Adenekan Adekunle Ademola had everything it takes for an excellent career at the highest levels of a judicial career. He was the grand-son of a king, the son…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ebonyi State, Chukwuma Odii, has accused Governor Francis Nwifuru of wasting the resources of the state on Chuba Okadigbo Airport in the state. Odii made the accusation in a statement signed by Moses Idika, Head of Media of his campaign organisation, Anyi’ Ga Emeya Movement. He alleged that Governor Nwifuru has wasted much billions of naira on the airport that was deemed to have been completed by the past administration of David Umahi who is now Minister of Works. He disclosed that after spending about N20bn for the…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Coalition of Civil Society Networks on AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (ATM Network) has urged newly elected Local Government Chairmen in Anambra State to prioritise primary healthcare centres to enhance healthcare delivery in their localities. The group said proper functioning and funding of PHCs will ensure that citizens at the grassroots have access to quality healthcare services. They also said by prioritising care of healthcare centres, council chairmen can complement efforts and contribute to the overall well-being of their constituents. The group made the call during a media briefing on the ATM Anambra State Global Fund, GC-7/C19RM/RSSH…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The 13th edition of the annual Zik Lecture Series has ended with a call for the sustenance of Nnamdi Azikiwe’s legacies in Nigeria. The event organised by the Faculty of Social Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, described Azikiwe as an implacable Pan-African whose political insurgence envisaged the development of nationalism and Pan-Africanism that unified Africa. Speaking at the event, Unizik vice-chancellor, Prof. Benard Odoh said that Dr. Azikiwe was not only a Nigerian who led the vanguard for Nigeria’s independence but is forever remembered for his political philosophy known as Zikism, which centred on Africa, hence his…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Labour Party, LP, Amuri ward in Nkanu West Local Local Council of Enugu State has suspended the current Senator representing Enugu East Senatorial Zone, Senator Kevin Chukwu, as a member of the party. Senator Chukwu was suspended by the ward executives based on alleged anti-party activities and insubordination to constituted authority. This was contained in a letter signed by the chairman of the party in Amurri ward, Mr Chika Okoh, on behalf of other ward executives and addressed to the Chairman of the party in Enugu State, through the Local government Chairman. The letter, which was…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Governor of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, has tasked African leaders on the revival of the ideals of openness, inclusivity, pan-Africanism, and selflessness as espoused by foremost Nationalist and former President of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe. Mbah also reminded them of the current Africa’s youth bulge, which is projected to reach from 830 to 850 million by 2050, saying that this could either be a blessing or a nightmare depending on how the continent’s leaders were able to invest in youth development and job creation. Mbah said these at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, during the 13th…
Our Reporter, New York Nigerian-born investigation journalist, David Hundeyin, has described how the United States and other Western countries turned a blind eye to the killing of unarmed protesters in Lekki by the Muhammadu Buhari administration during the 2020 EndSars protests. He made the revelation during an appearance on the popular online interview programme 90Minutes Africa hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo. The founder of the West African Weekly newsletter, narrated how he attempted to contact officials in the US and Western embassies in Lagos in the aftermath of the Lekki massacre but was met with grave silence. “After the Lekki massacre,…
Our Reporter, New York Self-proclaimed “Prime Minister of the Biafra Government in Exile,” Simon Ekpa, has said he will not heed calls from incarcerated IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to put an end to the sit-at-home currently being enforced across the South-East every Monday. Mazi Ekpa made the statement during a special episode of 90MinutesAfrica hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo on Tuesday. “I won’t listen to Nnamdi Kanu’s instructions to end sit-at-home. “I will only listen to him not just when he becomes a freeman, but he has to come to Finland to tell me face to face,” he said. In…