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Lawrence Ndubeze, Awka Stakeholders in Anambra State have taken a strategic step toward improving maternal and child healthcare delivery in primary healthcare centers (PHCs). A one-day Maternal Health Champions Engagement Meeting was held over the weekend to strengthen maternal and child health services across PHCs in the state. The meeting featured training for Ward Development Committees (WDCs), widows, and single mothers, empowering them to serve as Maternal Health Champions. The initiative, spearheaded by Justice Development and Peace Caritas (JDPC) Nnewi, Community Empowerment Network (COMEN), and Civil Rights Concern (CRC), under the Strengthening Public Accountability for Results and Knowledge (SPARK 2)…
By Crispin Oduobuk The digital wake for Charlie Kirk has been a global affair. Excluding his homeland, perhaps nowhere has it been more fervently debated than on Nigerian Twitter (Nigerian X doesn’t quite sound right). On 11 September 2025, news broke that the 31-year-old American conservative pundit was shot in the neck during a Utah Valley University Q&A, a suspected politically motivated killing that sparked global outrage. Yet, in Nigeria, timelines usually ablaze with fury over our dire economic conditions, callous leaders, or yet another grid failure became consumed by this foreign tragedy. To the discerning, the discourse wasn’t really…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In other words, before judges are appointed, the NJC requires proof from the head of the court system concerned that there are sufficient funds to take care of such things as both cars and housing for them. If politicians thereafter ply the judges with cars and other blandishments while the NJC looks away, it is not difficult to figure out what is happening. In January 1993, Ibrahim Babangida was Nigeria’s military ruler. He was supposedly in the last year of an interminable transition at the end of which he promised to hand over power to an…
Uche Onyema, Owerri Angry women from Umuiche, Elelem, in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State, have threatened to stage a nude protest if their lands, allegedly grabbed by top politicians, are not returned. The women, who staged a peaceful protest, said the land is their primary source of livelihood and its loss has left many of them facing hunger. Led by Mrs. Elizabeth Okere, the women lamented that farmlands at Ndichie Uzo Ubi, Agaranwa, Ngara, and Ahaba communities have been encroached upon, depriving them of their means of survival. Okere declared: “We prefer to go naked on the street…
Our Reporter, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 14 political associations have successfully scaled the first stage in the ongoing process of registering new political parties in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday, September 11, 2025, by the Commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information & Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, following its regular meeting in Abuja. According to the Commission, a total of 171 applications were submitted by associations seeking registration. Each request was assessed based on compliance with Section 222 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), Section 79 (1, 2, and…
Chinwendu Uzoatu, Awka The Anambra State Civic and Social Reformation Office (ANCISRO) has remained a strong force in positively shaping civic attitudes and community values across the state. The Managing Director of ANCISRO, Sir Chuka I. Nnabuife, highlighted the agency’s numerous achievements within its first year of existence as it marked its one-year anniversary. He commended Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo for establishing the agency on September 1, 2024, describing ANCISRO as a timely intervention given the rising social decadence, internet-driven false lifestyles, and general disregard for noble values in today’s society. Nnabuife explained that ANCISRO works tirelessly to ensure that…
…Demands cessation of persecution of NBA ex-boss, Agu Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has tasked the Imo State Government with respecting human rights. RULAAC particularly called on Governor Hope Uzodimma and the Commissioner for Information to stop the persecution of rights activists. The call comes on the heels of the invitation issued by the Imo State Police Command to Barrister Chinedu Agu, former Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Owerri Branch. Agu’s invitation stemmed from a petition by the Ministry of Information alleging “criminal defamation” and “conduct likely to cause a breach…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Barring any quick intervention, Umualokocha, Amaediaba Nkpa Community in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, and the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Umuahia Diocese, may be headed for a major confrontation over land ownership. The two parcels of land in question include the famous leprosy colony in Nkpa where the iconic gospel music minister, Harcourt White, died and was buried; and the adjoining parcel of land which the community had earmarked for a housing estate in partnership with the Abia State Government. Addressing newsmen in Umuahia, President General of Nkpa Central Development Union, Bishop Ugo Nwosu, and…
Our Reporter, New York The Igwe of Nnobi in Anambra State, Engr. Muodum Nick Obi, has agreed with Prof. Wole Soyinka that Nigerians of his generation who experienced the First Republic are a wasted generation. He made the remarks while discussing the state of the nation during an interview with Rudolf Okonkwu on 90MinutesAfrica. “I agree with Prof. Wole Soyinka that my generation was a wasted generation,” the Igwe Nnobi said. Individually, he noted, they achieved things, but as a generation, they failed to deliver. “I remember as a student in London, we protested when Tafawa Balewa was passing through…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A youth leader, Emmanuel Obasi Okike, from Uburu in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on Wednesday completed a 670-kilometre trek from Ilorin, Kwara State, to Abakaliki. Okike, who began the journey on August 25, 2025, arrived in the Ebonyi State capital at about 3 p.m., looking visibly exhausted. He described the experience as turbulent, noting that due to insecurity along the Ekiti/Okene road, he had to reroute through Bida, Suleja, Zuba, and Lokoja before making it to Abakaliki. According to him, some people urged him to abandon the journey, but he insisted on completing it.…