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Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Ahmed Ammani, has charged police officers and men to maintain the current tempo of commitment in order to end illegal sit-at-home in the state. Ammani gave the charge in a conference with Management and Supervisory Officers of the Police Command in Enugu State. The conference was meant to review the policing and security dynamics of the state and devise new strategies to improve public security and the safety of lives and property. According to him, “I charge you to maintain the ongoing intense drive to, among other things, end…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria has inducted 64 graduands of Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science in Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) into the Profession of Pharmacy. The induction/Oath taking was the third and it took place at the Prof. Julius Onah Auditorium of the institution in Agbani. During the induction, Ms Rejoicing Chijindum was celebrated as the best graduate of the inducted graduands with cash rewards and employment. In his opening remark, the Chairman of the ceremony, Sir. Emeka Udeze, expressed happiness that the school has graduated the third set of its pharmacist. Udeze who…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Top Anambra State Government officials yesterday shunned an invitation to a programme organised by the Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD) in Anambra State on Friday. The officials are the Chief of Staff to the state Governor, Mr. Ernest Ezeajughi, and the Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Mrs. Ify Obinabo. The two government officials were reportedly invited through official letters, notifying them of the planned event which was held at the Professor Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Awka. Despite the Women’s Affairs Ministry being domiciled in the same premises where the event was held,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential poll, Peter Obi, has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of ambushing Nigeria’s judiciary and cannibalising the country’s democracy. Obi made the accusations in his response to Tinubu’s written address in the suit seeking to nullify Tinubu’s declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as winner of the presidential poll. Recall that Tinubu had in his address by his legal team led by Wole Olanipekun, SAN, threatened “that if the Court interprets the Electoral Act section 134 against them it might lead to breakdown of law…
As UNILAG jacks tuition from N19k to N190k Stephen Ukandu, Umahi As Nigerians are yet to recover from the shock of the fuel price hike, the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education, has increased the school fees of new students into Federal Government Colleges otherwise known as Federal Unity Schools from N45,000 to ₦100,000. This is as the Management of the University of Lagos ( UNILAG), has reportedly jacked its tuition fee from N19,000 to N190,250. The hike in the school fees of Unity Schools was contained in a directive from the Office of the Director of Senior…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Friday, threw away an application by a factional governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Athan Achonu, to stop Ikechukwu Ukaegbu’s affirmation as the authentic governorship candidate of the party. The Federal High Court in Bayelsa, had last month, affirmed Ukaegbu as LP’s standard flag bearer for the November governorship poll, a judgment Achonu’s camp dismissed as a joke. But when Achonu filed an application before the Appeal Court in Owerri to be joined in the suit between Ukaegbu and another claimant to the ticket, Basil Maduka, the Court dismissed his…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State has set up a State Multi-Sectoral Committee to prepare for the possible outbreak of Anthrax disease and any public health emergency in the state. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, in Enugu. According to Onyia, members of the committee are: Dr Ifeanyi Agujiobi, Permanent Secretary, Enugu State Ministry of Health, Acting Head; Dr Okolo Boniface, Director, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health; and Dr Chinyere Ezeudu, State Epidemiologist. Others are: Dr Chika Okoro, World Health Organisation, Enugu State Coordinator; Dr Ifeyinwa…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Former Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, has charged Nigerian youths to acquire international certifications, especially in Information Communication and Technology to fit into global markets. Nebo made the call in Enugu at an event in commemoration of the 2023 World Youth Day and Unveiling of Skillnet. The event was organised by ESPOLY Business and Innovation School (EBIS) Enugu in partnership with UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNESCO-UNEVOC). In a keynote address, he charged students on additional skills outside their degree certificate to fit into the technological environment they found themselves. He…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Participants at a seminar for media practitioners on basic mental health issues and their role in creating awareness for efficient and human-right based mental health care in Nigeria, have called for increased budgetary provisions towards tackling mental health issues and provision of incentives for medical practitioners and Journalists in the field. The one-day seminar was organised by Amaudo Integrated Community Mental Health Foundation in partnership with Abia State Government, Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, and Amaudo United Kingdom, for media practitioners in South-East geopolitical zone, at Mbukwa-Itumbauzo community in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State. Participants at the…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Government on Friday said that in its bid to bring economic Investment, infrastructural and human capital development to the State, it is will be partnering and harnessing the opportunities with Nigerians in the Diaspora For the benefits of the people. The State Diaspora Focal Point Officer, Mr. Valentine Okike Uzor who made the declaration in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, said that the office is expected to facilitate a positive engagement of Nigerians in the diaspora with the State Government and the Nigeria Diaspora Commission Abuja. Mr. Okike maintained that the state government is…