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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, has been awarded the certificate of excellence as the best crisis communication manager on security affairs, among the spokespersons of security agencies in the South-East. The award was conferred on Ikenga  by the Jury of Security and Emergency Management (SAEMA), during the Police Public Relations Officer Conference in Kakanfo Inn & Conference, Ibadan, Oyo State, Monday.  The Chairman of the Panel of Jury, Air Commodore Yusuf Anas Rtd, while conferring the honour, lauded Ikenga for his effective media relations and professionalism.  He noted that since the appointment of…

By Sylvanus Isa There are certain routine events and developments within the National Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) that are worthy of mention. Just on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, in Abuja, NAFDAC flagged off its nationwide media sensitization workshop on dangers of bleaching creams and arising from those dangers, the obligatory regulatory controls, which was organized for Association of Nigerian Health Journalists. The agency’s decision to carry along a critical stakeholder group in the sensitization exercise was surefooted: the media will deploy their various platforms in expanding and extending the frontiers of advocacy for government’s effort through the…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development (FENRAD), has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war, alleging that it is ineffective and selective. FENRAD which gave the verdict at a press conference in Umuahia, Abia, said it had carefully reviewed the anti-graft crusade mouthed by Buhari’s administration in the past seven years, and discovered that corruption had remained endemic in the country “despite the noise” about the war against the monster. The pro-democracy and environmental advocacy group said it was ridiculous that Nigeria still occupied a high place in the global corruption index under the watch of a…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Nigeria Police Command in Enugu State has denied social media reports alleging that, it has ordered all personnel back to the Barracks to protest attacks on Police. In a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson, Mr Daniel Ndukwe, DSP, the police described the report as unfounded and baseless. “The Enugu State Police Command is in receipt of a viral social media message and picture of a purported Police Wireless Message, stating that the Command’s authority has ordered its personnel to ‘desert the street, their offices, duty posts and remain confined to barracks due to prevalent security…

By Osmund Agbo On April 6, 1994, a plane carrying the President of the Central African nation of Rwanda, Juvénal Habyarimana and his Burundian counterpart, Cyprien Ntaryamira, was shot down by unknown persons. Extremists belonging to the slain president’s Hutu tribes known as the Akazu, blamed ethnic Tutsi rebels for the attack. The rebels vehemently denied it and blamed the murder on members of Habyarimana’s own government. With the demise of that nation’s leader, the Akazu took over the reins of power and initiated a bloody campaign of retribution and ethnic cleansing throughout Rwanda in a genocide that only ended…

By Godwin Onyeacholem If all goes well as is expected, the whistleblowing and whistleblower protection draft bill which sprung from a five-day stakeholders’ retreat on the whistleblowing policy organized by the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning in May 2021 in Keffi, Nasarawa State, would be considered this month at a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting and then transmitted as an executive bill to the National Assembly for passage into law. Many stakeholders, local and foreign, including citizens who are enthusiastic about the efficacy of whistleblowing as an anti-corruption instrument, are agreed that in addition to mustering the…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki An early morning fire has gutted the popular Ishieke Market in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital. It was gathered that a large portion of the market was completely burnt to ashes in the early hours of Monday morning. Our correspondent gathered that the fire incident started around 2:am and destroyed goods worth millions of Naira. Many traders who lost their goods lamented the loss and called for help from both the State and the Federal Government. One of them, Emmanuel Merit, said his mother’s shop was burnt with all the goods. “We sell food stuff in the market…

Benson Ezechime, Enugu The traditional ruler of Ugwuaji Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State, HRH Igwe Christopher Ikenga, has called on relevant authorities to carry out proper investigations over cases of alleged Land grabbing in his domain. He stated this in a statement signed by the Palace Secretary of Ikeoha Traditional Rulers Council, Chief Edwin Nyia, made available to Journalists in Enugu. The Traditional ruler advised against malicious and unverified media trials which is capable of bringing the palace into disrepute. The statement read in part: “The media is awash with reports of unestablished allegations of land…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Gunmen have invaded Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State, shooting sporadically causing residents to run for their lives. The situation has reportedly led to a rowdy situation in the city with traders forced to close their shops and retire to their homes. Many others took refuge in hotels and anywhere they could find for fear of running into the gunmen. Unconfirmed reports say the gunmen have set ablaze a section of Ahịa Ofú market located along the Abakaliki-Enugu Highway. A source, who pleaded anonymity, said he had to run into a hotel to take refuge. “I am taking…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command has warned that it is now out to deal mercilessly with the hoodlums terrorising the state, following the killing of three of the hoodlums who attacked the Imo State headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, located along Port Harcourt Road in Owerri, early hours on Monday. The Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Michael Abattam, gave this warning while briefing newsmen in Owerri, on the outcome of the attack. He described the breakthrough made by the Command to the high-level intelligence and preparation of the security agencies to repel…