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Lawrence Ndubeze, Awka The Service Providers and Accountability Resource Committee (SPARC) in Anambra State has pledged to step up efforts to improve the reporting of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) cases and publicly shame more offenders in 2026. The commitment was made at SPARC’s quarterly review meeting organised by the Habiba Dangana (Hadis) Foundation under the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC) Programme, funded by the European Union and implemented by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA). Speaking with journalists after the meeting, SPARC Coordinator in Anambra, Rachael Yohanna, said the review session provided an opportunity for…
…To be unveiled Dec 16 Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Abia State Government says its new 25-year development plan has received legislative backing to prevent policy somersaults and guarantee continuity across successive administrations. This comes as the 2nd Abia International Trade Fair opens today, December 9, at the Trade Fair Complex in Aba. Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, disclosed this in Umuahia while briefing newsmen on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting. He described the development plan as one of the most significant legacy projects of the Otti administration. He said the blueprint, which will be formally…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A political group under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, known as the Ozurumba Movement, has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in 2027, and backed former Minister of Science and Technology, Chief Henry Ikoh, for the 2027 Abia governorship race. The group also urged President Tinubu to consider mounting appeals from individuals and organisations and grant presidential pardon to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to help restore lasting peace to the South-East. Leaders of the group, including former lawmakers and key stakeholders drawn…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Abia State Anti-Corruption Agency Bill has passed its second reading at the state’s House of Assembly. Sponsor of the Bill and member representing Isiala Ngwa North, Hon Iheonunekwu Collins, disclosed this at a stakeholders workshop organized by the International IDEA through the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC) Programme on the implementation of the Abia State Integrity and Accountability Strategy (ABSIAS) in Umuahia. The three-day workshop funded by the European Union, EU, brought together key stakeholders to deliberate on the strategies for the implementation of the developed ABSIAS. He said that when passed into Law, the…
Emmanuel Michael In this investigation, Emmanuel Michael uncovers how a routine tenancy dispute spiralled into what whistleblower and architect Joseph Ameh describes as a state-enabled theft. Three years after a controversial court-supervised eviction in Asaba, Ameh is still searching for more than 50 missing household items — including laptops and hard drives containing two decades of architectural work — which disappeared under the watch of court officials. His case, marked by disputed notices, parallel lawsuits, and an inventory riddled with irregularities, exposes alleged collusion and systemic abuse within Delta State’s customary courts, leaving a whistleblower to count losses he says…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State House of Assembly has called on Governor Peter Mbah to constitute the Board of the Enugu State Road Maintenance and Development Agency, in line with the law establishing the agency. The board is expected to be formed in compliance with the Enugu State Road Maintenance and Development Agency Law, enacted in 2022 and assented to by former Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. The motion, moved by the member representing Igbo-Eze North State Constituency II, Hon. Clifford Obe, sought the immediate constitution and inauguration of the board. Presenting the motion, Obe said the step was necessary to…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia One hundred of the remaining 250 schoolchildren abducted in Niger State have regained their freedom after several weeks in captivity. Local sources confirmed the development on Sunday evening, a claim corroborated by the United Nations. The children, abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, are expected to be handed over to local government officials on Monday. Presidential Spokesman, Sunday Dare, also confirmed the release to AFP. The fate of about 165 students and staff still being held by the kidnappers remains unclear. Recall that during the November attack, 315 persons — comprising 303 students and 12…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Hon. Amobi Ogah, the member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, says his mission in Abuja is to attract development to his constituency, not to engage in divisive partisan politics. Ogah stated this at the weekend during a mega empowerment programme, where he responded to insinuations that he was fraternising with political figures outside his party. According to him, the welfare and development of his constituents remain his top priority. “People say, ‘Oh, Ogah is a friend to this person and not that person.’ I laugh at them,” he said. “Let me tell you, I…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia President Bola Tinubu has commended Nigerian troops for their swift intervention in helping to thwart an attempted military coup in neighbouring Benin Republic. Loyalist forces in Benin, with support from Nigerian troops and air assets, dislodged soldiers who had seized the country’s national television station early Sunday and announced the removal of President Patrice Talon. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu said the Government of Benin formally requested Nigeria’s military assistance in two separate communications after the coup plotters, led by Col. Pascal Tigri, declared the suspension…
By Mukaila Kareem Human metabolism did not evolve in a single environment. It was shaped across deserts and forests, savannas and shorelines, cold tundra and tropical canopies. Yet today, the Western ketogenic diet is sold as a universal blueprint for health, as if all humans evolved under the same ecological pressures and climates. This is understandable because modern medicine is Western oriented but nonetheless it is not excusable because it is false globalization. Keto is an Arctic survival mechanism and far from being tropical and confusing, the two have led to widespread misunderstanding of how human metabolism actually works. In…