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Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has approved two hundred million dollars investment to guarantee constant electricity supply in the state with the Orashi Electricity Company. The Governor disclosed this while announcing the inauguration of members of the Electricity Regulatory Commission and the House of Assembly Service Commission. He stated that the investment, secured through private partners, will be entirely funded by the partners, with no financial contribution or borrowing required from the state. Expressing his confidence in the power project, the Governor said that Imo State will soon experience 24-hour steady power supply in all…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has tackled the Federal Government over the payment of the fuel subsidy. In a statement issued via his verified X account on Wednesday, the former vice president expressed shock and concern that the government is still supporting downstream consumption. Atiku’s comment comes hours after the FG admitted that fuel subsidy expenditures are expected to surge to ₦5.4 trillion in 2024. The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, made this known on Tuesday during the presentation of the Accelerated Stabilisation and Advancement Plan (ASAP) to President Tinubu…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Foundation has planted no fewer than 70 economic trees in Federal Government College (FGC), Enugu, as part of efforts to ensure land restoration in the South-East. The NNPC Foundation tree planting is also part of efforts to nationally sustain the Federal Government Green Initiative as well as commemorate the World Environment Day (WED) 2024, which is held every June 5. The theme for this year’s WED Day is “Land Restoration, Desertification and Drought Resilience.” In a sensitisation to students of FGC, Enugu before the tree planting the Managing Director of NNPC…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Policy-makers in the Federal Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs) and in the Nigerian National Assembly have been urged to always make use of evidence synthesis reports to inform policy and programmatic decisions. The Vice-Chancellor of David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences, Uburu, Ebonyi State Nigeria, Professor Jesse Uneke, made the call during the Second National Stakeholders’ Engagement Event. The event took place at the Rockview Classic Hotel, Abuja. The varsity don stressed the need for Nigeria to shift focus on strengthening individual, organisational and national capacity to deliver goals and mandates. Prof. Uneke, who is also…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State House of Assembly has passed into law the bill to establish the Anambra State Peace Building and Conflict Management Agency 2024 and Other Related Matters. This was sequel to a motion moved for the bill to be read for the third time by the Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Ikenna Ofodeme, following extensive legislative process at the ‘Committee of the Whole’ during plenary on May 21. The bill is to come into force immediately it is assented to by the governor. The bill seeks to foster peace and manage conflicts within the state with…
By Zainab Suleiman Okino As part of activities to mark (not celebrate) the one-year anniversary of the Bola Tinubu administration, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris initiated ministerial sectoral briefings to update Nigerians on the activities of the government in the last one year. He also used the opportunity to launch the Nigerian National information Portal, the “official digital gateway to comprehensive information about Nigeria”. The portal, he said, would serve, as “centralised source for both local and international audiences providing reliable and up-to-date information on various aspects of the nation, including the government, the people of…
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu I am in tears as I write the words here. It has been shattering for me on hearing of the passing away of my ever rendering soulmate Pita Okute whose original name is Iheanyi Iwuofor. As things stand, it would be killing for me to write about Pita Okute in the past tense. Pita Okute distinguished himself in life as an insightful journalist, an award-winning novelist, and a sublime poet. Tears flow freely when I re-read his poem dedicated to me – “I Am A Lie (For Borojah, perchance a bigger lie.)” I have had to…
By Promise Adiele It is needless to repeat or chronicle Nigeria’s multi-layered, hydra-headed woes ranging from a moribund economy, evident social dislocations, and unrecognisable political identities. Of course, there is an unpronounced but palpable consensus that the country, presently constituted under the APC political machinery operated by President Bola Tinubu, is in grave jeopardy. Never mind all the arguments and counter-arguments in defence of the government by a section of our deluded polity. Everybody is feeling the heat. No one is spared. The geography of victims includes people of all classes. The conditions in Nigeria have ominously defied the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The All Progressives Congress (APC), Enugu State chapter, has accused Governor Peter Mbah of intentionally demolishing and destroying peoples’ sources of livelihood in the state. The APC State chairman, Mr. Ugochukwu Agballah, said this in Enugu while conducting newsmen round one of the demolished sites in Enugu. It also described as extortion the multiple taxes forcefully imposed on the people to further impoverish them despite the current hardship in the country. Agballah said the demolition of Holy Ghost/Railway/Okpara Avenue Axis, Abakpa Market, Garriki Market, Ogige main market in Nsukka, and the OSISATECH Polytechnic was an act of wickedness. The…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has appointed popular human rights activist, Professor Chidi Odinkalu as the Pro-Chancellor and chairman of Governing Council of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam, Anambra State. A release by the Press Secretary to Governor Soludo, Mr Christian Aburime listed other members of the council to include wife of the late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Amb Bianca Ojukwu. The release by Aburime said: “The new Council, assembled with a focus on excellence, integrity and strategic leadership, will provide guidance and oversight for the continued growth and development of the state-owned…