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Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Council of Elders, has inaugurated three committees to proffer sustainable ways of addressing the issues surrounding the insecurity in the state. The Chairman, Obi of Obinugwu, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, made this known to newsmen in Owerri, on Sunday, after the inauguration of the three committees at the second quarterly meeting of the council held last Friday in the state. The elders said they were disturbed by the unfortunate development despite the efforts towards curtailing the level of insecurity. The committees are the Strategy Committee, headed by Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, with Austin Otuokere as Secretary; Peace and Reconciliation…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Ahead of 2023 general elections, a socio-cultural group, Ogbako Umunwayi Igbo Worldwide, OUIW, on Sunday called on Nigerians not to vote for any presidential candidate based on religion or ethnicity. OUIW, President and founder, EziAda Ifeoma Nwadike, made this appeal while speaking to newsmen in Owerri, regarding the forthcoming 2023 elections. According to them, avoiding religion and ethnicity in deciding who becomes the next president would help to enthrone strong and viable leadership for the growth of the country. The Igbo women said: “The youth must think deeply and ruminate on one who is best suited for…
By Hassan Gimba We have looked at various forms of government in the first part of this treatise. We ended with the posers, “Can we continue this way? Is it the fault of the system or the operators of the system? Should we scout for a better system or better operators? Should we look inwards? Will a system in tandem with our inner being be the answer to our multifaceted and ever-growing problems as a nation?” We signed off with this thought: “Perhaps we have been imposing on ourselves systems that are alien to us, to our culture, to our…
By Tunde Leye The ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has now become the second longest-running strike by the same union since the return to democracy. It has shut down education in public universities across Nigeria for 200 days and counting as of September 1, 2022. The longest running strike stands at 270 days, which began in 2020. Since 1999, a 23-year period, there have been 16 ASUU strikes, including this one. ASUU has made its demands clear. There have been past negotiations as well as agreements based on those negotiations. ASUU’s position now is that all…
By Osita Chidoka I watched Serena Williams end her career on the court last night as she lost to 29 years old Ajla Tomljanovic. It was obvious she lost to youth. As I watched her play a beautiful game, I saw her struggle. I noticed the effort and the evolution of Serena. Serena is an amazing woman. According to ESPN, “In 2022, Williams walks away from the game with 858 tour victories, 73 singles titles, an Olympic gold medal, and 319 weeks at No. 1. Together with Venus, she won 14 major double titles and three Olympic golds. Williams’ 23-major mark remains…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The mantra of candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the campaign that eventually took him to Nigeria’s presidency in 2015 was one word: “Change”. For a fact, it was not original. 32 years before 2015, in the 1983 presidential election, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe’s Nigeria Peoples Party (NPP) first deployed that slogan in their unsuccessful bid to make President Shagari a one-term president. The moment then seemed ripe for that message. Under the watch of President Shagari’s National Party of Nigeria (NPN), a unique mixture of poor luck and official criminality conspired to bring Nigeria to its knees. The desire…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, the former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, on Saturday called on Nigerians to vote for the presidential candidate of any political party that believes in the unity of Nigeria. Jonathan made this call at the lecture series to mark the 80th birthday of Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, which took place in Owerri, with the theme “Igbo Quest for Nigeria’s Unity.” The former president said: “Ahead of the election, politicians must cut and deemphasise on our differences. Especially, the youths should come out and vote for those who believe in the unity of…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Barely one week after supporters of the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, organised a rally in Onitsha, Anambra State, people of Agulu, Obi’s hometown, Saturday, held a one-million man march in support of his election. The mega rally was organized by the community in collaboration with Peter Obi Movement for new Nigeria (POMONN). It attracted sons and daughters of the community who shutdown their businesses and major streets of the town in solidarity with the movement. The gathering marched down the streets of Agulu, while carrying banners with pro-Obi messages. The march ended at…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu The Project Development Institute (PRODA), Enugu, is set for the production of vehicle spare parts in line with the efforts to diversify the Nigerian economy. Minister of Science and Technology (State), Henry Ikoh disclosed this on Friday in Enugu during an official visit to the institute. Ikoh said that the production of the motor spare parts would be in partnership with INNOSON Group of Companies, a Nigerian vehicle manufacturing company. The minister said that Nigeria had both the manpower and the resources to explore such possibility. He, however, said that the political will to venture into such area…
Our Reporter, Abuja The President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved an improved review of Duty Tour Allowance (DTA) to officers in the federal public service. The approval was conveyed via a circular marked SWC/C/04/S.6/11/333, signed by the chairman of National Salaries Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), Mr Ekpo Nta, and dated August 31, 2022. The circular which was sent to Chief of Staff to President, Ministers/Ministers of State, Secretary to the Government of Federation, Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Federal Permanent Secretaries, Auditor General and Accountant General, Heads of Federal Government parastatals, among others, said the upward review and…