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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Many members of the Labour Party in Ebonyi State have been injured following an attack on the party’s rally venue by gunmen in the state. The incident, it was gathered, happened in Okposi, Ohaozara Local Government Area on Saturday. The gunmen, the party alleged, are members of Ebonyi Command of Ebubeagu Southeast Security Outfit. The gunmen, according to the Labour Party House of Assembly candidate for Ohaozara East Constituency, David Ogbonna, allegedly pushed a woman and she hit her head on a hard concrete surface. He said the woman was rushed to hospital where she has remained…

The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, has said that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s move to reconcile with Governor Nyesom Wike’s group in the Peoples Democratic Party is belated. Okechukwu said this when he responded to a statement by Atiku that the ruling All Progressives Congress was a contraption of Bola Tinubu’s party, Action Congress of Nigeria, and the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s party, the Congress for Progressive Change, which, according to him, would collapse after its defeat in the 2023 general election, and that he would reconcile with Wike-G-5-Masquerade. In a statement in Abuja titled,…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Thugs have allegedly stopped the inauguration of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential campaign council in Imo state, on Sunday. Some party leaders who spoke to newsmen at the party Secretariat in Owerri made the allegation and allegedly linked it to the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Samuel Anyanwu. The party leaders said that trouble started when the state Secretary of PDP, Ray Emeana, who was reading out the list of the campaign council did not mention Samuel Anyanwu, as the leader of the campaign council, and the thugs got angry and disrupted the process.   …

By Nicholas Anakwue The African GenZ’s creative hustle In the past few months, music halls and event locations have been active and awake with Kizz Daniel’s Buga, with young happy-go-lucky GenZs, mouthing the lyrics: Don’t sleep, wake up! Collect ya money. The popular 2022 hit song, which had enjoyed a massive three-month run across charts in the country, reflects summarily the inspiration and motivation of young people on the African continent. With over 70% of its sub-Saharan population below the age of 30, the African continent, dubbed the motherland, holds the world’s largest population of young people (United Nations, 2022).…

By Hassan Gimba Two unrelated pieces of information prompted the writing of this piece. First was the statement from the chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mohammed Bello Shehu, when he paid a courtesy visit to the chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State in his office in Abuja. He said the commission had concluded arrangements to review, upwards, of course, the remuneration of public officers in Nigeria. The last time such was carried out for these categories of Nigerians “was in 2008, which makes it even overdue for review,” he stated.…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ebonyi State chapter has commenced reconciliation process aimed at uniting the party head of the 2023 general election. There has been a crisis in the party which deepened after the primaries with suits and counter-suits filed by aggrieved chieftains of the party – mostly those that participated in the primaries. Normalcy has, however, returned to the party after the Supreme Court dismissed all the appeals filed by the aggrieved stalwarts. Thus, the party held a unity meeting at its secretariat in Abakaliki, which was attended by the 171 wards in the state.…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the killing of five hoodlums believed to be among the dreaded unknown gunmen terrorizing the state. The Command’s Spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said a joint Security Forces comprising the Military, Police, and other security agencies neutralized the unknown gunmen in Umuona, Isuofia, Aguata LGA  Anambra State. “This followed a distress call at about 10:30am today (Saturday) 12/11/2022 along Afor Market in Isuofia, where some hoodlums, attacked a security checkpoint in the area. “The Joint Forces from FOB Aguata responded swiftly, engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel and neutralized five of…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Over the past fortnight, this column has addressed the multiple dimensions of the crises of attrition, retention, and replacement in Nigeria’s Supreme Court as well as the pathologies that make these resilient. Given the significance of the Court in the country, it is only proper to dwell a little on how these problems can be fixed. Three issues are immediately in focus. One is occupational health and well-being for Supreme Court Justices. The tendency to reduce the triple crises of attrition, retention, and replacement in the Nigeria’s Supreme Court to an issue of appointment of brilliant academics or supposedly proven…

By Bianca Ojukwu Each time I see this picture, the rather funny but sad story of this wedding cake on the left comes to mind. I was told by a good friend, during my wedding preparations that there was a lady at Enugu that makes great wedding cakes. In fact, my friend, though not familiar with the lady, offered to take me to her. Dressed rather casually, I decided to park my own Mercedes and I joined my friend in her own car which was a cute looking but modest Volkswagen (known as Beetle in those days) and she drove us…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Country Director/Executive Director, Global Society for Anti Corruption (GSAC), Mrs Amaka Nweke, has said that poverty and unemployment were responsible for the current rising crime rate by youths in Enugu State. She said this on Saturday while speaking with Journalists in Enugu on the backdrop of upsurge in criminal activities by youths in the state, especially in Enugu, the state capital. Nweke said though the State Government was trying in the area of empowerment and provision of employment for the youths, it needs to do more. “I can say that, the current rise in criminal activities,…