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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Teachers and pupils of World Bank Modern Primary School, Umuahia, Abia State capital, have decried the activities of vandals who have virtually stripped the school buildings naked and carted away the roofs. Describing the ugly development as wickedness, the pupils called on Government for urgent intervention and protection from the hoodlums. The pupils including Miss Ogechi Ogbuka, and Master Godwin, regretted that the criminal activities of the vandals had forced the pupils to study in unconducive environments. They appealed to the State Government to quickly intervene and also initiative measures to forestall further vandalism of the school…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Abia State Government says it has shut down at least 197 ‘substandard’ private schools in different parts of the state. The action, according to the State Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, was part of measures by the Dr Alex Otti-led administration to sanitise and reform the education sector. Kanu who was addressing newsmen at the Government House, Umuahia, after the state Executive Council meeting, said the new administration in the state had zero tolerance for quackery. The Commissioner said that about 900 private schools in the state had so far been inspected in the ongoing…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Winner of the Imo State Governorship election, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has assured the people that he will do better with utmost honesty. Senator Uzodimma promised to provide transparent, accountable, and transformative leadership to people of the state in his second term in office. The incumbent governor stated this while reading out his acceptance speech at the government house in Owerri. He stressed that the victory was a vote of confidence in his performances in the last four years and acknowledged God for the victory. “Because I acknowledge God in everything I do and because I know that…

Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The new Commissioner of Police deployed to the Imo State Police Command, CP Aboki Danjuma, has officially assumed duty. CP Danjuma is the 41st Commissioner of Police, Imo State Command, having taken over duty from CP Mohammed Ahmed Barde who has been redeployed to the Force Headquarters, Abuja. According to a statement signed by the public relations officer of the command Mr Henry Okoye, the new Commissioner of Police hails from Wukari LGA in Taraba State. He enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in 1992 and holds a Bachelor…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has declared indefinite strike beginning from Monday midnight. It consequently directed workers nationwide to down tools in solidarity with the Labour unions. The industrial action, according to Labour, is to protest the November 1 assault on the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, and others in Owerri, Imo State. It also gave the unresolved Labour issues with the Federal Government as part of the reasons for the indefinite strike. Recall that Labour had after suspending its strike last month, warned it would…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Incumbent Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has been declared the winner of the state’s off-season governorship election held last Saturday. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate who is currently serving his first term in office, polled a total of 175,196 votes to emerge winner of the contest. He was declared winner by the Returning Officer, Prof Faruq Kuta, who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Of Technology, Minna. Former governor, and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Timipre Sylva, scored 110,108 votes to come second while the Labour Party polled 905 votes…

…Supports move to fence cattle mart Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Abia State chapter, has pleaded with Gov. Alex Otti, to reconsider the sacking of recently disengaged Abia workers to mitigate the effects of their plights on their families in the face of the growing economic hardship. APGA which made the appeal during a press conference by its leadership in the state, argued that since the affected workers are all Abians, the Government could reconsider re-absorbing them to lessen the woes of their dependants. The press conference was addressed by APGA Chairman, Ambassador Friday Onukwubiri, who…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has tasked Senator Hope Uzodimma to show magnanimity by extending a hand of fellowship to his co-contestants following his reelection as Imo State Governor. Senator Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was announced as the winner of the just concluded Imo State governorship election by Prof. Abayomi Fasina, the Returning Officer in the State. With a total vote of 540,308, Uzodimma defeated his his closest rival, Samuel Anyanwu, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who came second with total votes of 71,503. Following the victory, Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka It will be a gathering of writers, intellectuals, literary activists, book lovers and top political figures in Awka, the capital city of Anambra State on Thursday, as young writers in Anambra State get set to host the 2023 Chinua Achebe Literary Festival and Memorial Lecture. The Coordinator, Society of Young Nigerian Writers (Anambra State Chapter), Izunna Okafor, made this known in Awka while giving update on the association’s preparedness for the 2023 edition of the event. According to him, Chinua Achebe Literary Festival and Memorial Lecture, initiated in 2016 and currently in its 8th edition, is a…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State-born student, Ifebube Chelsea Benson, has emerged as the overall best female candidate in the 2023 National Examination Council (NECO) examination. NECO is an annual test (examination) that assesses the knowledge and skills of high school students across the country. Ifebube, an 18-year-old girl from Ndikelionwu, Orumba North Council Area, scored the highest among all the female participants in Nigeria, outperforming hundreds of other students to achieve this prestigious recognition. She impressed the Council with her outstanding performance in nine subjects, including Mathematics, English Language, Further Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and three other subjects. Her excellent…