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By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Let’s take a trip to Umunna, that is, the kindred setting where the families meet. I’m making this journey to break kolanuts with the ebullient homey of many titles – Ozonkpu! Ezeudo! Call him Uche Nworah, PhD, and the ever personable go-getter will take a bow. The brand new outing of Uche Nworah is in the toga of Executive Chairman, Umunna Media Group, Abuja. The date stares one in the face as Tuesday, October 14, in this year of Our Lord. It’s the grand opening of the Abuja City office of Umunna Media, a different kind…
…As Igbo youths seek presidential intervention Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Global Defence Consortium and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s legal team have condemned the arrest and detention of Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu; his lawyer, Chief Aloy Ejimakor; and other peaceful protesters who participated in Monday’s #FreeNnamdiKanuNow rally in Abuja. This came as another group, the South-East Youths for Good Association, appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to exercise his prerogative of mercy and order Kanu’s release from detention. Describing the arrest and detention of the peaceful protesters as illegal and an affront to justice, the Global Defence Consortium, in a…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Worried about the negative impact of analogue farming on agricultural diversification in Nigeria, experts and policy makers in the sector will today, October 22, converge on Umuahia, the Abia State capital, to explore innovative technologies capable of driving modern farming in the country. The gathering, under the aegis of the Agricultural Society of Nigeria (ASN), marks the society’s 59th Annual Conference and Business Meeting, holding at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), in collaboration with the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Umudike. According to the organisers, the theme of the conference — “Advancing Innovative…
Our Reporter, Abuja Governor Alex Otti has announced that Abia State will host the 63rd meeting of the Nigeria National Committee of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) slated for November 2025 in Umuahia, the state capital. Otti made the disclosure in a statement on Wednesday, following a courtesy visit by a WAEC delegation led by Mrs. Mary Chima, the Council’s Abia State Branch Controller, who formally conveyed the news to the governor. According to Mrs. Chima, the Nigeria National Committee is the highest policy-making body of WAEC in the country, comprising Commissioners of Education, Heads of WAEC Offices, and…
By Zainab Suleiman Okino Less than two years into President Bola Tinubu’s first tenure, everything about him and all decisions now revolve around politics and politicking toward his reelection in 2027. Not that he ever took his gaze off that all-important year—the year of final consolidation, of crowning glory for a man who has been in the trenches since the 1990s. In recent months, three governors have defected from the PDP to the ruling APC: Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, and Peter Mbah of Enugu, with Douye Diri of Bayelsa State waiting in the wings.…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A Magistrate Court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of a cleric, Sam Onyeagoziri Ndubueze, founder of Champion Cathedral, at the Abakaliki Correctional Centre over alleged unlawful carnal knowledge, threats, fraud, and circulation of pornographic materials. The accused was arraigned by the Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Uche Anya, who is listed as the complainant in the four-count charge sheet. Mrs. Anya personally brought the accused before the court. According to the charge sheet, numbered 547c/2025, the offences border on threats, falsehood, fraud, and the dissemination of pornographic images—acts punishable under various…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Senate President and Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Adolphus Wabara, has questioned the legitimacy of Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, to remain in office after dumping the PDP—the platform that brought him to power. Wabara, reacting to Diri’s recent resignation from the PDP and his claim of being without a political party, described the governor’s action as a flagrant violation of the Nigerian Constitution. The PDP BoT Chairman argued that by abandoning the party under whose banner he was elected, Diri had effectively disqualified himself from holding the office…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, on Tuesday, nullified the local government chairmanship and councillorship elections conducted in July 2024, which produced the current council chairmen and councillors in the state. The presiding judge, Justice Hillary Oshomah, held that the elections did not comply with the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022, and therefore stood invalid. Consequently, the court voided and cancelled the July 2024 local government elections. Justice Oshomah further directed the Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC) and the state government—listed as the 2nd and 3rd respondents—not to conduct further…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Abia State Government has completed the renovation of nine out of 63 schools currently being rehabilitated across the state. Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Alex Otti. He said the ongoing renovation project is part of the government’s holistic strategy to transform the learning environment in public schools across the state’s 17 Local Government Areas. “The completed schools, which are spread across the three senatorial zones in line with the inclusive governance style of this administration, include…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Senate President, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to order the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu; his lawyer, Chief Aloy Ejimakor; and other protesters arrested during Monday’s #FreeNnamdiKanuNow rally in Abuja. Police had confirmed the arrest of eight protesters, including Kanu’s brother and lawyer, claiming they demonstrated in restricted areas. Wabara condemned what he described as the “illegal arrest and use of force against peaceful protesters,” as well as the alleged assault on a journalist covering the rally, whose camera was reportedly destroyed by security operatives. Describing the…