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The celebrated thinker and writer is at her best not in the realm of fiction, but of fact Dream Count. By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Knopf; 416 pages; $32. Fourth Estate; £20 Can you be a good polemicist and a good novelist? To judge by the accolades offered to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, you can. Her novels have been lavished with awards and praise: “Americanah,” her third novel, won a National Book Critics Circle award in 2013 and was named one of the New York Times’s 100 best books of the century. Meanwhile, her polemics have been acclaimed by readers and, better…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State is reportedly unhappy with the insecurity at the Jerome Udoji Secretariat, Awka, the state capital. Commissioner for Information, Dr Law Mefor, disclosed this Thursday when he played host to DSC Chioma Nnaewuru, the new Civil Defence Officer in charge of the Secretariat Complex. Addressing the new officer, Mefor, who decried the security challenges in the secretariat, charged her to be ambitious, analytical, and clear about what is needed to ensure full security in the state secretariat to be sent to the governor. He said the security situation in the secretariat…
By Azu Ishiekwene The live drama staged in the Oval Office on February 28 between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was such that Zelenskyy might never have rehearsed in all his former life as a comedian. Except that it wasn’t funny. It was unprecedented. You would need to go back 64 years to find anything nearly as nasty as the Trump-Zelenskyy shouting match, with Trump’s deputy, JD Vance, enthusiastically fanning the flames. The showdown between John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev before the Cuban Missile Crisis was hair-raising, but it wasn’t before a global…
Our Reporter, Abuja Dr Doyin Okupe, former spokesman to President Olusegun Obasanjo, has died, aged 72. According to Arise TV, he died in a private hospital in Victoria Island, Lagos, Lagos State. Dr Okupe who had made public his battle with prostrate cancer, served as special assistant on media and publicity to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. When President Goodluck Jonathan was having it tough with the media, Okupe was brought in as a senior special assistant on public affairs to the former President. Interestingly, Dr Okupe was the director-general of the Peter Obi Campaign Organisation in 2023. He later…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has inaugurated the reconstructed 8.7 kilometres Aba-Owerri-Nkworji road, located in Nkwere LGA of Imo State. The Chairman of the Governing Board NDDC, Mr Chiedu Ebie, during the inauguration, reiterated the commission’s commitment to providing infrastructural development to the Niger Delta region. Mr Ebie thanked the Imo State Government for being supportive to the leadership of the commission and promised to continue contributing to the development of the state. The governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, in his reply applauded the commission for demonstrating unity in conducting the affairs of the NDDC. He explained…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Government has intensified awareness campaign against glaucoma, which experts describe as “the silent thief of sight.” This is as the State has declared one week of free eye examination in all the eye care centres across the state beginning from March 13. Speaking at a road march in Umuahia to mark this year’s World Glaucoma Day scheduled for next week, the Administrator, Abia State Eye Health Management Bureau, Dr Mrs Betty Emeka- Obasi, called for collaboration among the stakeholders for sustained awareness campaign against glaucoma. Dr Mrs Emeka-Obasi who doubles as the Senior Special Assistant…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Chairman of Isi-Uzo Local Government Area, of Enugu State, Mr Obiora Obeagu says that Tuesday’s protest by some women of Eha-Amufu communities, was deliberate misinformation and politicisation of security matters in the Local Government by some political actors. He said the recent video of women protesting alleged killings by Fulani herdsmen in Eha-Amufu community were propelled by “total misinformation” and not a true reflection of current security realities in the LGA. In a statement he personally signed made available to newsmen, he described as a callous attempt to dent and enmesh in controversy through acts of misinformation. He…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia All is yet to be heard about the sexual harassment allegation by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, as the Senate Thursday, slammed six months suspension on her. Her suspension was recommended by the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions. According to the Committee, the salary and security details of the Kogi Central Senator will be withdrawn during the period of the suspension. The committee also recommended that Senator Natasha should not be seen anywhere around the National Assembly during her suspension period.
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has finally announced the reopening of the Onitsha Drug Market, and other adjoining markets, after close to one month of closure. NAFDAC South-East zonal director, Mr Martins Iluyomade, revealed this on Thursday, after a meeting between officials of the agency, officials of the Anambra State Government and leaders of market unions, saying business will officially commence in the markets on Friday. Other markets including plumbing materials market, timber market, surgical materials market, science laboratory materials market and many others, were affected early last month when the agency closed…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A professional group, Ebonyi South Peace Initiative, has called on the State Government to beef up security along the axis of the Abaomege and Ishinkwo boundary demarcation which is ongoing to avert any form of attack or shooting by those plotting to halt the demarcation process. The group also warned against any form of attack, harassment and disruption of the ongoing boundary demarcation along the disputed land noting that those championing the halting of the process are the true enemies of the both communities. The Secretary of the group, Mr. Ezaka Ifeanyi, maintained that any attempt to…