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Ben Ezechime, Enugu Master Chimamanda Onoh from Central School Obioma in Udi Local Government Area on Thursday emerged the winner of the maiden edition of Nigeria Computer Society Junior Whizkid Competition in Enugu. Onoh beat other five contestants to emerge the winner with the score of 214 (71 per cent)at the competition that took place at the Enugu State Universal Basic Education Board (ENSUBEB) hall. Miss Ozochi Chidiogo of central School Aguobu-Owa,Ezeagu LGA, took second position with the score of 186 (62 per cent) while Agu Miracle from Community Primary School Isienu Amagunze, Nkanu East LGA won the third position…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The Federal Fire Service has stressed the need for Imo residents to have necessary fire fighting requirements in their houses to help curb fire before the arrival of the fire fighters. The Zonal Controller Imo and Abia Federal Fire Service Zone, Mr Chukwunonso Nnaemeka, stated this during a road walk to flag off this year’s Fire Safety Week. Mr Chukwunonso said the annual event with this year’s theme as ‘Fire prevention is cheap, fire outbreak is expensive,’ is always done during the harmattan season to create awareness on steps to take for fire safety. “We do this…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Ahead of tomorrow’s (December 15) judgment of the Supreme Court over his continued detention, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has sought explanations from legal experts, lawmakers and the judiciary, over the legality of an accused person to still be held back in detention on civil proceeding after being discharged and acquitted of criminal charge. Kanu who spoke through his younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, queried the legality of his continued detention even after courts of competent jurisdiction had discharged and acquitted him. He said that the Court of Appeal had quashed…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A Lawyer and stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Silas Onu, has urged the Senate President, Godswill Apkabio to officially declare the Ebonyi South senatorial seat vacant. This, he said, will enable the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct election into the vacant seat. He made the call in a letter to Mr Akpabio on Thursday. According to him, the taking of oath of office as Minister of Works by Senator David Umahi in August rendered the senatorial zone without a senator thereby denying it of many benefits, rights and privileges. “This letter is pursuant…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A lawmaker representing Awka South Constituency 1 at the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Henry Mbachu, has called on journalists to investigate why election has not been held for proper local government administration in the state. According to the lawmaker, lack of elective local government system has affected development across the 179 communities that constitute the State. He said the situation has caused increment of house rent, insecurity, high cost of food items and over population in Awka, the state capital, due to the rural-urban influx. Mbachu alleged that almost all the Transition Committee Chairmen in…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The World Igbo Congress, WIC, has urged Nigeria’s Supreme Court to order the unconditional release of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as the apex court is set to deliver judgment tomorrow, Friday December 15, on the IPOB Leader. WIC, in a statement by its Chairman, Dr Festus Okere, argued that Kanu is a freedom fighter, and an advocate of the Igbo cause, and not a terrorist contrary to allegations by the Federal Government. The apex Igbo organisation in the Diaspora, also urged the apex court to ignore any pressure…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia There are high hopes that the Abia State University Uturu, which lost accreditation for its Medical College, would regain the accreditation following the intervention of Gov. Alex Otti. Various structures in the Abia State University Teaching Hospital Aba, ABSUTH, which had hitherto been in deplorable condition following years of inactivity and gross neglect, now wear a new look. A delegation of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria is already in the state for a fresh accreditation visit to the college. ABSU College of Medicine lost its accreditation last year following dilapidation and inactivity as a result of incessant…
Our Reporter, New York Former Secretary-General of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Mr. Kayode Ogundamisi, has expressed shock over what he describes as wasteful and frivolous spending under the Tinubu presidency. The UK-based political commentator made the remarks during an exclusive interview with Rudolf Okonkwo on 90MinutesAfrica. “The amount of money that is been spent on frivolities under this government is shocking and it’s not something that any Nigerian should be proud of. “Remember the issue of the presidential yacht where about five billion naira was expended. There is just so much waste that I hope will…
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu The world is in rapture over Nigerian art and music. Anywhere you go in the major capitals across the globe, all the rage is Nigeria’s compelling art and music. Let’s take a trip to the standout exhibition “Njideka Akunyili Crosby: Coming Back to See Through, Again” that held between September 14 and October 28, 2023 at 519 West 19th Street, New York, USA. The exhibition also featured “Igbo Rising – A Performance of Nigerian Traditional Music” by Gerald Eze. Njideka Akunyili Crosby is the daughter of Nigeria’s arguably most-celebrated public servant of blessed memory, Prof Dora Akunyili,…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The popular Coal Camp Motor Parts market in Enugu was on Wednesday gutted by fire. Ikengaonline reports that the fire incident destroyed over 40 shops with goods worth several millions of naira. Speaking on the telephone, the President of Enugu State Motor Spare Parts Dealers Association, Mr Mike Nnome, said the incident began late in the night when the traders have all gone home. He said: “We were woken in the midnight by the fire incident which started in one of the shops. “When traders tried to open the shop they could not, and before we knew it the fire spread to…