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Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Enugu, Most Rev.Calistus Onaga, has decried the shedding of blood especially politically motivated killings in the South-East. Onaga spoke on Sunday while delivering a sermon during the Thanksgiving Mass and Empowerment Programme of Sen. Kelvin Chukwu, Senator representing Enugu East Senatorial Zone in Enugu. The bishop urged the perpetrators to retrace their steps. According to him, anyone engaging in such unholy act will never go unpunished as they must face the consequences and wrath of God. “No matter the level of acrimony or quarrel, no one has the right to terminate…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Jands Travel Business School in collaboration with Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA) and the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA), has completed arrangements for South-East Tourism Conference fixed for November 28-29 2024. Briefing newsmen on the preparations for the event, Mrs Chioma Obi, Director of Jands Travel Business School, Convener of the event and Enugu State Chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA), said that a committee on the awards ceremony has been set up with Ambassador Emmanuel Ossai as its coordinator. Obi further said that the workshop…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Hoodlums believed to be the dreaded unknown gunmen Monday launched deadly attacks in two Anambra communities killing unconfirmed number of persons in the process. The attacks which reportedly occurred between 8:00 am and 10:00 am, targeted Abatete and Ukpo communities, leaving behind a trail of death and destruction. In Abatete town, gunmen stormed the area and attacked security personnel attached to the community’s President-General (PG). In a hail of bullets, three security operatives were killed, while the PG, whose identity remains undisclosed, was critically injured and rushed to a nearby hospital. Shortly after the Abatete incident, there…
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…