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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Onitsha Traditional Council also know as ‘Ime Obi’ has asked the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), formerly known as Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) to vacate its facility domiciled in the community. This came after the Council alleged that the NCoS was appropriating the community land. The community stated that the land on which the (NCoS facility is situated was given to the colonial government on lease for 99years, stressing that the lease had expired, and that the community would not be interested in a renewal. The order was contained in a statement signed on behalf of the Obi of Onitsha,…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye, has a initiated move to unite security agencies in collaboration in order to stem the tide of insecurity in the state. CP Adeoye made his stand known when he paid courtesy visits to various sister security agencies and churches in the state on Friday. Some of the Heads of security Agencies he visited included; Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said Adeoye is…

Says 1wk sit-at-home order stalled repair efforts Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Management of Gregory University Uturu, GUU, has dismissed as baseless, speculations in some quarters that the recent power outage at the female hostel of the institution was due to neglect. According to the institution, the sad development was occasioned by the difficulty in accessing experts, who could not travel to the university then due to travel restrictions by enforcers of sit-at-home order, to repair the 500KVA. In a press statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the university, Ebubechi Iwuh, the Management explained that the institution had since inception in…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government has targeted children in three local government areas in the state for special polio vaccination intervention, also known as OutBreak Response (OBR). The State Immunisation Officer, Dr Chinyere Chime, disclosed this in Enugu during a One-Day Stakeholders’ Engagement Meeting on OutBreak Response (OBR) and HPV Vaccination launch in the state. The stakeholders’ engagement, which featured non-governmental organisations, traditional rulers, health partners, faith-based organisations, educational unions and media, was organised by the Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA). Chime said that the vaccination would be carried in 18 political wards, which cover the…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Igbo youths under the auspices of  Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has cautioned former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani Kayode, against pitching Gov. Alex Otti of Abia State against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for political patronage by the President. COSEYL was reacting to a recent media attack on the Governor by the former Aviation Minister over unverified reports that Tinubu’s portrait was not hung in Abia Government House. Kayode had reportedly called Otti a ‘hypocrite and a deceiver’ for not ensuring that the President’s portraits were hung at the Government House. COSEYL expressed disappointment over…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Enugu State office has held a sensitisation meeting/forum for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and other enrollees in Enugu, the state capital. The theme for the forum was: “Universal Health Coverage: Enhancing Efficient Utilisation, Enrollee Satisfaction and Access to Quality Healthcare Services.” In her address, the Acting State Coordinator of NHIA, Ms Ajemba Mabel, said the sensitisation was a continuation of series of events by the authority to create awareness on innovations that have taken place under the new Director General, Prof. Mohammed Sambo. She said that the office had carried…

 By Owei Lakemfa The gathering of 32 European countries and their North American first cousins in Lithuania under the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, is the clearest indication yet, that they want to put humanity on the path to another World War. British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, made a truthful summary of the July 11-12, 2023 NATO Summit in little Lithuania, one of the first bolts to loosen from the defunct Union of Soviet Socialist Republics which led to its collapse. He said what the summit achieved was to strengthen the military alliance, put it in its most combat-ready form…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A middle-aged commercial tricycle operator, simply  identified as Chigozie, has been arrested in Abia State for allegedly killing his girlfriend. He was reportedly arrested with the corpse of his ex-lover while attempting to dump the body in the bush. The suspect hails from Ajata Ibeku in Umuahia North Local Government Area of the state. He claimed that his late lover died in a minor dispute between them when she turned down his request for sex. Luck, however, ran out on him  when some eagle-eyed local youths saw him while he was about throwing away the corpse of…

Our Reporter, Abuja Reprieve may have come the way of the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, as A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Friday overturned his arrest by the Department of State Services, DSS. The Court, presided over by Justice Bello Kawu, held that the arrest, detention, and interrogation of Emefiele, was in violation of a subsisting judgment and orders of Justice M. A. Hassan. The embattled Emefiele through his Counsel, Peter Abang, had prayed the Court to set aside and nullify his arrest and detention, saying that it was illegal…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has approved the increment of salaries of workers in the state civil service system. The governor also ordered the recruitment of 1454 civil servants to fill up vacant positions. Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Jude Okpor, disclose this while briefing journalists on the outcome of this week’s executive council meeting. Okpor said the council with Nwifuru as its chairman, ordered that N10,000 be added into every worker’s salary in the state to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. He disclosed that the council set up committee to look into communal…