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By Cheta Nwanze It has been well acknowledged that primary school education is the foundation of individual and national development. The skills learned at that level are the base on which the capacity for future economic productivity is built. Primary School Education takes up the first six years of Nigeria’s nine-year Basic Education Curriculum which seeks to give every child resident in Nigeria an adequate foundation for a successful and productive life. The nine-year Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) covers ten subjects: Mathematics; Basic Science and Technology; English Studies; Religion and National Values; Cultural and Creative Arts; Business Studies; Nigerian Languages;…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Umuahia, the Abia State was literally locked down, Saturday as supporters and fans of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, staged a one million-man march for him. The mammoth crowd of supporters mainly youths marched through the major streets in the state capital. They carried placards with various inscriptions and chanted solidarity songs for Peter Obi and his running mate, Dr Yusuf Datti-Ahmed. The rally tagged “#1 million Man-March For Peter Obi and Datti-Ahmed,” began from the Abia Tower Junction of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway through the Bank Road, Aba Road before terminating at ShopRite…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Rights activist and former Chairman of National Human Rights Commission, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has criticised the African Democratic Congress, ADC, for only expelling its presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu. ADC in a statement signed by its National Chairman, Ralphs Nwosu, announced Kachikwu’s expulsion along with eight others for gross anti-party activities. Odinkalu who took to his Twitter handle described the action of the party as “a poor judgment.” “This #ADC saga is a poor reflection on the judgment of the party leadership. It is not enough for them to expel the man who gave them fake dollars. The…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Police in Ebonyi State on Saturday violently dispersed residents who gathered in Abakaliki, capital of the State to stage a one-million man march in support of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The ‘Obidients’ movement as the supporters are popularly called had gathered at the Pastoral Centre, Abakaliki for the march when police stormed the area and used teargas to disperse them. The incident caused both human and vehicular traffic jam on the popular Old Enugu Road, in the capital city, on Saturday morning. One of the supporters, Steve Ugama, said aside dispersing and…
By Nnamdi Elekwachi In Nigeria today, not only can it be said that maritime awareness is low, it could as well be said that many officials in positions of authority are working hard to sustain oil theft through which the nation now loses $700 million in monthly revenue as reported. At the various land oil terminals of: Qua Eboe, Escravos, Brass, Forcados and Bonny, Nigeria’s oil is being stolen in an unheard-of scale. Nothing much, I’m sure, will vary with the over twenty terminals on floating platforms – offshore. With this development, Nigeria becomes the only OPEC member state not…
Our Reporter, New York Foremost literary critic, Pa Ikhide, has lambasted the outburst of some Nigerian intellectuals and politicians against the late Queen of England, insisting that it would be better to have the English Monarch’s head on a Nigerian currency note instead of the head of Murtala Muhammed, who massacred scores of people in Asaba during the civil war. The recipient of the James Currey Society Lifetime Award for Literary Criticism made the remarks during an exclusive interview with 90MinutesAfrica, an online discussion platform hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah on Sunday. “Murtala Muhammed, who slaughtered men in Asaba, has…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, will flag-off the re-construction over 63 kilometers of roads across the state on Saturday, Ikengaonline can authoritatively report. The Governor gave the hint during the commissioning ceremony of a 1.7 kilometers road, built by Chief Val Onwumelu in Umuoji, Idemili North Local Government Area. Governor Soludo who was pleased with the gesture, said that the best way to develop the state was through Public Community Private Partnership, (PCPP), and not through government funding alone. In a related development, the Governor also flagged-off the rehabilitation of the popular Mmili John road, Ojoto, in Idemili South…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Nine lawyers and another person, have approached a Federal High Court in Lagos to stop the Labour Party, LP, its candidates, and supporters from conducting a pro-Peter Obi rally in Lagos. The plaintiffs include: Adedotun Ajulo, Salamatu Lewi, Hakeem Ijaduola, OgunbonaAkinpelu, Owolabi Oluwasegun, Mogbojuri Kayode, Wuyep Nadom, Dimimu Mabel, Kolawole Salami, and Wale Lawrence. Ikengaonline checks revealed that the rally tagged “#Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally,” is scheduled for October 1, 2022. But the plaintiffs prayed the Court to stop the rally from holding on October 1 or any other date, in Lagos State, alleging that it was an…
By Nadia Hassan In this investigative report conducted by Gender Strategy Advancement International (GSAI), staff and patients of primary healthcare centres in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) decry the poor state of the Primary HealthCare Centres, insufficient skilled and non-skilled personnel, dilapidated structure and lack of equipment and drugs amongst many other issues. Nigeria accounts for over 34 percent of global maternal deaths, the prevalence of maternal mortality in Nigeria is very much connected to the state of primary healthcare centres in the country and its service delivery, as primary healthcare is the first level of contact of individuals, families…