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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Vice-Chancellor, Abia State University, Uturu, ABSU, Professor Onyemachi Ogbulu, has commended the ABSU Alumni Association (ABSUAA) North America, for its move to install solar system in the university. He made the commendation at the successful second annual convention and fundraising event for “Operation Light up ABSU with Solar Power” held recently in Potomac, Maryland United States. Professor Ogbulu during the fundraiser,  expressed his appreciation to ABSUAA for extending invitation to him, and assured the members of a deeper relationship with all ABSU Alumni Associations during his tenure. He recalled the recent annual General Meeting/Fund Raising Dinner for…

Michael Onwuka, New York Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, says Nigeria will collaborate with the Finish government to grow the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) sector in the country. Onyeama disclosed this on Thursday in New York during a bilateral meeting with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Pekka Haavisto. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the ongoing 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York. The minister described Finland as very strong in ICT, adding that they needed to leverage on the emergence of Nigeria as an ICT hub to expand their market in Africa.…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Tricycle (Keke NAPEP) and shuttle bus drivers, Thursday, paralysed movements in Awka, the capital of Anambra State, over the payment of N 15, 000.00 and N25, 000. 000 monthly as directed by the State Government. Consequently commuters were stranded as the Keke and Shuttle Bus Operators refused to pick up passengers making them trek long distances to their destinations. The tricycle operators deserted their loading beats or units at Regina Caeli on both ends of Awka-Enugu-Onitsha Expressway and Zik’s Avenue, Aroma location, Unizik’s Temporary Junction, Ifite, Abakiliki Junction, Ukwu Orji and Amawbia Roundabout areas. They also blocked Zik’s…

By Azu Ishiekwene If this were a compulsory exam question, a number of politicians would simply answer: it depends. On what? On what is at stake. What the opponent does and how. And, of course, how far the resources of the one at the receiving end can go to exact revenge, sometimes in spite of the rules.  As campaigns for the 2023 general election in Nigeria begin, everything is at stake. From the office of representatives in state houses of assembly to the positions of 28 governors, 469 national lawmakers, and the president.  In all, about 1,520 positions are up…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, on Thursday, dissociated himself from media reports that he had pulled out from the 2023 presidential campaign team of the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar. Senator Anyanwu made this known to newsmen in Owerri through his Special Adviser on Media, Ikenna Onuoha. He described the story as false and baseless and the handiwork of the enemies of the party to cause infighting in PDP. The statement made available to Ikengaonline read in part: “The attention of the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC), has attributed the service disruptions experienced in some parts of its network to activities of vandals, even as it confirmed the apprehension of eight suspected vandals for their involvement in the attack of electrical installations belonging to the company. This disclosure was made on Thursday through a statement issued by the Head, Corporate Communications (EEDC) Mr. Emeka Ezeh. In the statement, Ezeh lamented  the increasing rate of vandalism which has adversely affected the company’s service delivery to its customers. He, however, commended the support of critical stakeholders and the various…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Solud,o has described his state as the erosion capital of Nigeria. He said that erosion had become a matter of emergency in his state, and that between 30% to 40% of the state land mass was currently threatened by erosion and other ecological problems. The governor who made this statement Wednesday while speaking to newsmen after meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the State House, Abuja, noted that erosion had become a matter of emergency in his state. According to him, the state’s entire budget for ten consecutive years would not be sufficient…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to set up an independent panel of inquiry over alleged burning of ancestral markets, shops and houses in Orsu-Ihiteukwa community in Orsu LGA of Imo State, by suspected members of Ebubeagu security outfit. The PDP, made this call through the State Publicity Secretary, Collins Opuruzor, while speaking to newsmen in Owerri, on the Orsu attack. The main opposition party, said it had to speak out because of what it described as the “silence of the regime of Senator Uzodimma,” adding that…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has said a Major of the Nigeria Army has lost his life to illegally manufactured explosives by bandits in Awo-Idemili in Orsu Local Government Area in the state, and that two captains of the Nigeria Army are currently lying at the Intensive Care Unit, ICU, of the Federal Medical Center, Owerri. The Governor disclosed this to newsmen at Government House in Owerri while narrating the incident of the Orsu attack that led to the burning of shops last Saturday. He said the last Saturday incident occurred when one of the arrested bandits took…

By Osmund Agbo In Nigeria’s resource-rich but hunger ravaged communities of the Niger Delta, young men aspire to be one of many things; a militant, pirate, warlord, terrorist or whatever names people like to call them. They don’t just care anymore and their role models are never in short supply. Those are careers they believe could easily get one noticed, earn a great deal of respect and recognition from the society but most importantly, guarantee an endless supply of the great things of life, big and small. Ateke Tom, Henry Okah, Brutus Ebipadei Solomon Ndigbara, Tubotamuno Angolia. If those names do…