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By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu They no longer make politicians like Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe, otherwise known as KO, the man of timber and calibre. The bombastic man from Arondizuogu in present-day Imo State had more poetic license oozing out of his political agbada than all the poets of the world writing in English language. On a fine morning, after greeting KO, you are likely to get this reply: “Let all cementers cement all cementables!” When one poor journalist hailed KO by way of his favourite mantra as “a man of timber and calibre,” the irrepressible politician announced that he had grown…
By Cheta Nwanze A few months ago, the governor of Kaduna State, in his typically blunt manner, said that Lagosians should get a free pass to heaven because they live in hell on earth. His exact words: “I don’t know how people in Lagos survive. Everyday, four hours in traffic for five days. I don’t know if Saturdays and Sundays are enough for them to rest. That is why I feel that all those that have lived in Lagos for 20 years should just go straight to heaven because they have already lived in hell. Honestly, they have paid their dues…
A Federal High Court in Lagos today granted Media Rights Agenda (MRA) leave to proceed with its the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for refusing to disclose details of payments of license fees by broadcasting stations and platforms operating in Nigeria and the amount owed the Commission by stations as license fees. Justice Ambrose Lewis Alagoa paved the way for the suit to proceed upon a preliminary motion brought by MRA’s lawyer, Mr. Alimi Adamu, asking the Court to grant the organization leave to mount a legal challenge to NBC’s failure to provide it with the information it requested through a…
By Maxwell Ngene INTRODUCTION There is no disputing the fact that we now live in an era of enlightened media audiences. The seeming heightened level of knowledge or enlightenment of media audiences is a consequence of their access and exposure to the mass media and the accompanying technological innovations. Technological developments have increased our range of choices-from the number of broadcast or cable channels we can select to the publications we can read that cater specifically to our individual interests and needs (Alexander & Hanson 1997: 1). From the expert opinion offered by these scholars, it is obvious that media…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) in collaboration with Nigerian Export Processing Council (NEPC) has carried out a One-Day training programme for 100 entrepreneurs in Enugu State In his keynote address, the Director General of SMEDAN, Mr Olawale Fasanya, said that the training was aimed at impacting them with entrepreneurship and export facilitation skills. He said the Federal Government realizes the importance of export economies as well as the strategic role MSMEs play towards job creation; wealth creation; and poverty alleviation. According to him, export economies across the world now depends on efficient export…
By Jude Eze “When I first ran for public office, it was with the passion and idealism of a young man who believed that government could help make our lives better, that public service was a calling and that citizenship demanded responsibilities. There was a greater good.” – James McGreevey The sensibility of an average Nigerian voter has been serially wounded by untoward grandstanding of our political elites that it beggars question if there is anything the people would ever consider offensive to their psyche again. The elites prey on the naivety of the masses and their gullible tendencies, just to…
Our Reporter, New York Dr. Isa Brimah, a Nigerian medical doctor based in the United States, has warned of the possibility of politicians resorting to deploying terror tactics to stop the rising popularity of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi. The Moscow-born medical practitioner, who identified himself as a “Yoruba from Kwara State with Fulani ancestry,” made the remarks during an exclusive interview with the host of 90MinutesAfrica, Rudolf Okonkwo, on Sunday. Dr. Brimah, while reacting to disparaging remarks against Peter Obi by some northern politicians said, “once they start to manipulate and play the religious and ethnic…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State Government has commenced healthcare intervention services for displaced flood victims staying in holding centres across the state to ease their sufferings. The victims received cartons of drugs and mosquito-treated nets at their various centres. Speaking during a visit to one of the holding centres at Crowther Memorial Primary School Onitsha and Unity Hall Umueri, Tuesday, Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, said the medical intervention was necessary to avert outbreak of diseases in the area. He said Government was concerned about the health needs of the victims, adding that plans were on to offer…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Press Secretary to Anambra State Governor, Christian Aburime, has debunked reports that the Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, had directed members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the state to work against the ambition of Mr Peter Obi of Labour Party. Aburime described the report with the headline as fallacious and an attempt to misinform the people. The statement released read: “We note with disdain the fallacious and distasteful publication of a write-up with the above heading by faceless individual(s). “We would have chosen to ignore this mischievous and utterly despicable publication, but for the benefit…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday, alleged it had uncovered plans to force into disappearance some of its leaders in the state, by arresting them and taking them to unknown destinations. The PDP led by Engr. Charles Ugwuh, made this claim in a statement through the State Publicity Secretary, Collins Opuruzor. It claimed that part of the game plan by the government in power was to cook up trumped-up charges against the PDP leaders in Imo as evidence to arrest them. The statement read in part: “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in…