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Ben Ezechime, Enugu No fewer than 10 indigent students from Enugwu Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area, Anambra State, have been placed on Scholarship Scheme to University and Polytechnics by EzeNdigbo Foundation. Dr. Onyeka Ifekandu, founder of the foundation said the scheme would cost the foundation N5 million in the first instance. Ifekandu disclosed made this known to Journalists in Enugwu-Ukwu at the unveiling of the scheme which attracted some members of the community, who came to witness inauguration of the foundation. He said that the scholarship scheme which would run for five consecutive years, was aimed at assisting those whose…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Commissioner of Sports and Youth Development, Lloyd Ekweremadu, has said that the government was determined to revive School Sports and to see the state-owned football club, Rangers International, return to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium for its home matches before the end of November. The commissioner gave the assurances while briefing Government House correspondents at the end of State Executive Council meeting at the weekend. Ekweremadu said though the governor’s November deadline was tight, the Ministry was determined to ensure that the Flying Antelopes returned to the stadium, popularly known as The Cathedral, before November.…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has applauded the innovative breakthroughs of two Nigerian medical doctors, Hadiza Galadanci and Bosede Afolabi in the 2023 Bill and Melinda Gates report. The former Anambra State Governor, called for more aggressive investment in the health sector which according to him, remains the most critical measure of human development. Obi in a statement posted on his X handle (formerly Twitter), urged the Federal Government to prioritise health sector development to encourage innovative Nigerians already making waves in the sector at the global stage to do more. Below is a…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On a Friday in July 2005, Bayo Ojo, a Senior Advocate of Nigerian (SAN), quietly absconded from work in an office in Victoria Island, Lagos, from where he functioned then as the president of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA). The next working day, a Monday, he turned up in Abuja as President Olusegun Obasanjo’s 4th Attorney-General in five years. Less than three months after assuming office as Attorney-General of the Federation, on 6 October 2005, Mr. Ojo filed a five-count charge before the Federal High Court against Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo, at the time the self-proclaimed leader of the Niger…

  By Azu Ishiekwene It’s not often that you meet Supreme Court justices, serving or retired. I first met retired Justice Sunday Akinola Akintan casually at a reception in Abuja, for my friend and radical lawyer, Yinka Olumide-Fusika, who had been admitted to the inner bar. Then, we met again about one year later, this time, through his book. Years after his retirement from the Supreme Court in 2008, Justice Akintan wrote a book, entitled, “Reminiscences: My Journey Through Life,” which Olumide-Fusika, SAN, asked me to review. What struck me was one of Akintan’s motivations for writing the book. It was an…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Commissioner for Education, Prof Ngozi Chuma-Udeh has disclosed reasons behind her decision to adopt Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme, the embattled student who was found to have forged her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result. Prof Chuma-Udeh made her decision known to journalists shortly after receiving an award presented to her by the Chairman, Editorial Board of FREENEWS Magazine, Mr Obinna Mbonu, at her office in Awka. Recall that Mmesoma, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, months ago, made headlines for manipulating her UTME result to be the top scorer and had engaged JAMB in…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A 40-year-old man on Saturday morning committed suicide by jumping into a deep well on Douglas Ogbonna/Gabriel Street in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. An eyewitness, who identified himself simply as Uchechi, said that the people around the area were surprised by the incident. He said, “The well is a few metres away from the shop of a woman who sells Akamu (pap), bread and bean cake (popularly known as akara). “The man came there about 9 am, stood beside the well for some time before he opened it and jumped inside it. “Immediately, the people who…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Professor Euzebus Chinonye Ezugwu is the current Director, Institute of Maternal and Child Health, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, South-East Nigeria. The youthful, eloquent Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology proved his worth on Thursday September 14, 2023, when he delivered the 189th Inaugural Lecture of the UNN inside the Moot Hall of Faculty of Law, Enugu Campus. Looking boyish, simple and with voice of a renowned minister of the gospel, he held the audience spell bound with his lecture on the topic: “The treacherous Journey to Motherhood in a Developing Country; Should we watch them die?”…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Barely 100 days after he was sworn into office, Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, has inaugurated three roads completed by his administration in Aba, the economic nerve centre of the state. The roads include Emelogu Road, Shallom Road and Cemetery Road phase 1. Ikengaonline reports that the reconstructed roads were fitted with solar street lights for aesthetics and night vision. Speaking while inaugurating the roads in Aba, Governor Otti reassured Abians of his commitment to fulfill his campaign promises. On why his administration is investing in massive road infrastructure, Otti explained that “good road network is…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Dean Faculty of Medicine, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Professor Gladys Ahaneku, has called on Nigerians to work on the preservation of their hearts to enhance their longevity. Delivering her inaugural lecture titled, “The human heart: A workaholic with numerous saboteurs,’ listed the cardinal saboteurs to include ignorance, poverty and underdevelopment. According to Ahaneku, a consultant cardiologist and professor of medicine, efforts should be made to exercise regularly, reduce the salt intake and junk food by advanced adults. For women, she urged them to avoid old age pregnancy which she said can lead to congenital…