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Our Reporter, Abuja Former Chairman of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission NERC, and Executive Director of Abuja School of Social & Political Thought, Dr Sam Amadi, has emphatically stated the trial of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has been mismanaged by the Federal Government.
Our Reporter, Abuja The Senate has confirmed Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). His confirmation followed a three-hour screening session at the Senate Chamber on Thursday, during which lawmakers extensively questioned the nominee put forward by President Bola Tinubu. Presiding over the plenary, Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the confirmation after the Committee of the Whole adopted its report. The approval, he said, was unanimous and without dissent. “Professor Amupitan has been approved without any objection. We urge him to ensure that votes count under his leadership,” Akpabio stated. During…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has commended the ongoing veterans’ skills acquisition initiative, describing it as a strategic effort to improve the livelihoods of retired military personnel and their families, while protecting them from economic instability. Gen. Musa made this known at the opening of a three-day Skills Acquisition Training for Veterans in the South-East geopolitical zone, held on Thursday at the 82 Division Headquarters, Enugu. Represented by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 82 Division, Maj.-Gen. Oluyemi Olatoye, the CDS said the training was part of the Defence Headquarters’ broader initiative to…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Mrs. Uzoamaka Nwachukwu, Co-Founder of the Cope and Live Mental Health Awareness Foundation (CALMHAF), has warned about the dangers of poor nutrition on children’s mental development and stability. Nwachukwu, a trained child psychologist, gave the warning on Thursday in Enugu while speaking on World Food Day (October 16) and the growing incidences of malnutrition among children in Nigeria. She noted that there is a strong link between quality nutrition and children’s mental health, brain development, and function, explaining that the brain requires essential omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants to develop and function properly. According to…
Our Reporter, Abuja Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has strongly condemned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for demanding an “outrageous” fee of over ₦1.5 billion as a precondition for releasing copies of the National Register of Voters and the list of polling units in Nigeria. The group described the demand as “a blatant attempt to weaponize cost as a tool for denying access to vital public information,” in violation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. In a statement issued in Lagos, MRA’s Executive Director, Mr. Edetaen Ojo, said the register and polling unit lists are among the most essential…
Chinwendu Uzoatu, Awka Members of the Queen of the Rosary College (Q.R.C.) Onitsha Old Girls Association, Awka Chapter, recently celebrated their annual feast in commemoration of Our Lady of the Rosary. The Thanksgiving Mass, held at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, G.R.A., Awka, was well attended by members of the Awka Chapter, who turned out elegantly in their red and white uniforms. Also in attendance were members of the Old Boys Associations of Christ the King College (C.K.C.), Onitsha, and the College of the Immaculate Conception (C.I.C.), Enugu, both from the Awka Chapter. In his homily, the Parish Priest of St.…
Our Reporter, Abuja There was outrage on Thursday as Justice Chituru Wigwe-Oreh of the Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State, denied an uncontested bail application filed on behalf of a former Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Owerri Branch, Mr. Chinedu Agu. Agu, a legal practitioner and human rights advocate, has been in detention since September 23, 2025, for alleged cyberstalking and defamation of Imo Governor Hope Uzodinma via social media posts. His lawyers had filed a formal application seeking his release on bail, which was reportedly not opposed by the prosecution. However, in a surprising ruling…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Police Command in Enugu State Police Command says it has recovered a Toyota Avensis stolen in Otukpo, Benue State three months ago, at Ibagwa Nike, a suburb of Enugu metropolis. In a statement by the command’s spokesperson SP Daniel Nduke, operatives also arrested Three suspects involved in the car theft. He said: “Police operatives of the Enugu State Command, attached to Unity Division, on 13th October 2025, at about 2:10 p.m., recovered a Toyota Avensis car that was stolen from where it was parked in Otukpo, Benue State, on 29th June 2025. “The recovery, which took…
By Azu Ishiekwene US President Donald Trump may be getting ahead of himself with the encouraging signs that, following the ceasefire in Gaza, the world might have another opportunity to end the Middle East crisis, one of the world’s longest-running conflicts. It was a conflict in which Trump took sides with Israel – vetoing resolutions at the UN, supporting Israeli attacks on sovereign states, including Iran, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, and feigning ignorance of the attack on Qatar. It seemed no price was too high to “cleanse” Gaza and relocate Gazans away from their homeland to create a nice piece of…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Chairman of the Governing Board of the Projects Development Institute (PRODA), Enugu, Hon. Donatus Agu, has said that the institute is at the forefront of technological innovation in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. Agu stated this while addressing journalists after the board’s familiarisation tour of the institute’s facilities in Enugu. The board chairman, who is a former Commissioner for Education in Abia State, said the visit was to enable members to see things for themselves and to interact with both management and staff. “PRODA will no longer be a name in history; it will…