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… As Methodist college Uzuakoli marks 100 anniversary Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, has called on all stakeholders to support his administration’s bid to restore education in the state to its former glory. Otti made the call at a Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, organised by the Uzuakoli Methodist College Old Boys Association (UMCOBA), as part of the activities marking the centenary anniversary of the College and 100 years of secondary school education in the South-East of Nigeria. “The task of restoring the glory of education in the State is quite demanding and the state does not…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has called on Nigerian political leaders to make deliberate efforts to ensure that the best brains are retained in service in the country and not allowed to migrate to other countries in search of greener pastures. Governor Otti, who said his administration’s policies are geared towards making Abia conducive for people and businesses to thrive, spoke at the funeral service of one of Nigeria’s foremost chartered accountants, Elder Kalu Uke Kalu, on Saturday, at Isiugwu, Ohafia. Speaking during the service, conducted by the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, at the Isiugwu Central Field,…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The family of one Ebube Akah has accused the convoy of Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State of crushing him to death in Abakaliki. The family also accused the Governor and the Police of attempting to cover up the incident. They are therefore asking for justice after a convoy of the state governor, Francis Nwifuru, killed the student of Ebonyi State University the previous week. Ebube was killed alongside a commercial motorcyclist he was riding with in Abakaliki on 1 December. He is from the same Izzi clan as the governor and hailed from Okwunyionu village, Nkaleke Echara Community, in…
Our Reporter, Abuja The Labour Party (LP), has told the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government, to publish the list of all those affected in the bombing mistake by the Army that claimed the lives of over hundred citizens in a Kaduna village about a week ago. The party also demanded adequate compensation for the families of all those affected in the unfortunate disaster. Recall that scores of villagers in Tudun Biri in Igabi LGA of Kaduna State were killed after a bomb was allegedly dropped by a military jet during a Maulud celebration. But on Sunday, LP in Statement…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On this day 75 years ago, on 10 December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights “as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations.” 48 of the 58 countries eligible voted to approve the Declaration. The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Soviet Union, South Africa, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia abstained, while Honduras and Yemen absented themselves from the vote altogether. There were no votes against its adoption. The previous day, on 9 December 1948, they had adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of…
Arinze Chijioke The need for media outlets in Nigeria to adopt innovative techniques that will ensure that they are sustainable to be able to undertake their responsibility of entrenching democracy and the advent of Artificial Intelligence and how it continues to impact the practice of journalism took center stage when media entrepreneurs, investigative journalists and communication scholars met in Abuja for the 2023 annual Amplify In-depth Media Conference. Organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), in collaboration with over 18 media outlets, the conference, which took place on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 December 2023, at Abuja Continental Hotel…
Arinze Chijioke Winners have emerged across different categories at the 2023 edition of the annual Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting. The award, which is in its 18th year, recognises best practices in investigative journalism across different categories including radio, TV, photo, online and cartoon and then, an overall investigative journalist of the year. Since its inception in 2005, it has honoured the contributions of 116 finalists, 59 Soyinka Laureates, 13 investigative journalists of the year and 28 honorary awards recipients. However, this year’s edition of the award did not have an overall winner/investigative reporter of the year, a feat…
By Nnamdi Elekwachi A few days ago, a friend of mine approached me who sought my opinion on Tinubu’s Dubai climate change summit. He was specifically insistent that I dwelled on the size of Nigeria’s delegation. Well, jocularly, I had told him that Tinubu may have actually broken Emperor Mansa Musa’s record of sponsoring the most lavish overseas tourism in Africa. Mansa Musa, a 14th century emperor of ancient Mali, I further explained to my friend, embarked, in a majestic style, upon a historic pilgrimage to Mecca in the 1320s. With him were some of his loved ones, acquaintances and slaves,…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The burial of Nze Simeon Soludo, the father of Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has been fixed for December, 23, 2023. The announcement for the funeral programme was signed by Chief Emma Soludo, on behalf of the family. Late Pa Soludo passed away at the age of 92 years on Tuesday, November 6, 2023. According to the announcement, the funeral Mass would hold by 9.00am at St Theresa’s Catholic Church, while Internment takes place by 11 am in the Pa Soludo’s Compound in Isuofia Aguata LGA of Anambra State. Condolences and reception would hold at Community Secondary School, Isuofia. Outing and…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Road users have been advised to be safety conscious while making use of the roads especially this yuletide period. The Police Commissioner in Imo State, Aboki Danjuma, gave the advise during a traffic control sensitisation on the need for motorists to apply safety and obey traffic rules especially this festive season. CP Danjuma noted that the sensitisation was necessitated to remind road users of the need to drive safely to avoid road traffic crashes. “We want Christmas and New Year celebrated accident free,” he admonished. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps Imo State, Mr Evaristus Ebeniro,…