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Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State has launched the One Health Initiative, a collaborative framework linking the health, agriculture, and environment sectors to enhance disease prevention, detection, and response. The initiative was unveiled by Governor Francis Nwifuru during a multi-stakeholder engagement held on Thursday in Abakaliki, the state capital. The programme was organised by the Evidence-Informed Policy Approaches for One Health (OH-EVI Project) in partnership with the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), the African Institute for Health Policy and Health Systems (Nigeria), and the David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences, Uburu. The event also featured the presentation of an Evidence Brief for Policy…
By Azu Ishiekwene If it seems like only yesterday when the founder of LEADERSHIP, Sam Nda-Isaiah, passed away, it’s because he is still here in the present tense. Yet you might disagree if you are looking for him in the wrong place. Let me lessen your confusion. If, for example, you still hope he’d call at 2.30 am to wake you up and ask why you’re asleep at that time, which he did without a hint of irony, and such calls have stopped since, then you may consider him part of the past. There are other footprints. His hearty laughter,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Secretary to the Abia State Government (SSG), Professor Kenneth Kalu, has received the approval of Governor Alex Otti to embark on a leave of absence to attend to pressing domestic matters requiring his physical presence in Canada. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ferdinand Ekeoma. According to the statement, Governor Otti announced the development during the State Executive Council meeting held on Monday, December 8, 2025. The Governor was quoted as explaining that, given the enormity of responsibilities associated with the SSG’s office, it was not…
Our Reporter, Abuja President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday reaffirmed that his directive ordering the withdrawal and redeployment of police officers attached to VIPs, VVIPs and serving ministers remained irrevocable, warning that non-compliance would not be tolerated. Speaking at the opening of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja, according to a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, the President told ministers and other senior officials to immediately adhere to the directive, stressing that the Nigeria Police Force must be freed to perform its core constitutional duty. “If you…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Vice Chancellor of Gregory University, Uturu (GUU), Professor Cele Njoku, has appealed to the Federal Government to extend the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) interventions to private tertiary institutions. Prof. Njoku, a former Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Imo State, made the appeal on Wednesday during the university’s 10th pre-convocation press conference. She argued that the continuous exclusion of private institutions from TETFund support is unjustifiable. According to her, private tertiary institutions play a critical role in complementing government efforts in expanding access to higher education. She maintained that denying them access to TETFund ultimately…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Government has distributed relief materials to more than 150 students affected by the collapse of the privately owned Pentagon Hostel at Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI). The building collapsed in July. The Commissioner for Human Capital Development, Ann Aligwe, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Henry Nworie, led the distribution exercise held at the university’s Senate Chambers in Ikwo Local Government Area. Nworie said the intervention was approved by Governor Francis Nwifuru to cushion the hardship faced by the displaced students. “We have brought 150 mattresses, 150 cartons of noodles, 150 bags of…
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Coups and bandits are all the rage these days. Just the other day, December 7 to be exact, there was the hot news that soldiers of neighbouring Benin Republic Armed Forces led by Lt-Col Pascal Tigri had staged a coup ousting President Patrice Talon. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria was quick on the take to announce that he had ordered Nigeria troops to foil the Benin coup. There were gasps in some quarters that a country that can abort a coup in another country has been quite unable to lay a hand on the bandits terrorizing…
By Promise Adiele This week, I have decided to take a break from the absurd and slippery slope of Nigeria’s socio-political realities to celebrate humanity. My choice is deliberate. It is not because of a few lame, inconsequential, threatening emails from some demented souls in sympathy with the country’s glaring misdirection. By His Grace, next week, we will return to the trenches. Surely, we will. Even if it seems that Nigeria is losing the battle to the demons of misgovernance, we will continue to keep them on their toes. Let posterity be the judge. Exactly three years ago, I wrote…
Our Reporter, Abuja Kelsay Books has announced the release of A Kiss That Never Was: Poems of Heartbreak & Almost Love, the latest work by Nigerian-American writer and poet Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo. The collection, which became available worldwide on December 5, 2025, traces the emotional cartography of unfulfilled affection, diasporic longing, and the strange afterlives of relationships that never truly began. In the new volume, Okonkwo revisits a decades-long emotional dialogue with “Zp,” a woman whose absence, he suggests, became a force shaping both his art and his worldview. The poems weave together personal history, mythic allusion, and reflections on…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu A pressure group in the Enugu North Senatorial Zone, the Nsukka Asadu Initiative, has called on residents of the zone to embrace unity in the collective interest of the people. The call was made on Tuesday in Enugu at the end of the group’s enlarged meeting, where several issues, including the state of unity and development in the zone, were extensively discussed. In a statement jointly signed by its Coordinator, Mr. Chinweike Ugwuoke, and Secretary, Mr. Mark Eze, the Initiative said unity had become crucial for the socio-economic progress and well-being of the region. “We urge our…