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Michael Onwuka, Enugu The Nigerian Breweries PLC has expressed its determination to curb youth restiveness with the reintroduction of its Hi-Life Festival. A statement on Monday in Enugu by the Senior Brand Manager of Life Continental Lager Beer, Aishat Anaekwe, said that the competition had a prize tag of N50million. Anaekwe said that the Hi-life and cultural dance competition was aimed at creating a platform to identify and harness highlife talents resident in the South-East zone. She said that the festival would be a platform to assist young and talented musicians who were becoming more attuned to platforms that would…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The ancient town of Ohafia in Abia State was agog weekend as the people of Ebem community celebrated their New Yam festival in style. The presence of the Commander of 14 Brigade Nigeria Army, Brig. General Adegoke Adetuyi, and his men from the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Barrack, Ohafia spiced up the cultural carnival. Abum Square, Ekeleogu Palace venue of the annual event, was filled to its full capacity by locals and soldiers alike who were thrilled by cultural troupes and masquerades on display at the glamorous event. The famous Ohafia War Dance cultural troupe was on ground…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu Major stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State have said that the party is not ready for the 2023 general election in the state. Arising from a stakeholders meeting on Sunday in Enugu, the party chieftains reiterated their resolve to institute a caretaker committee to oversee the activities of the party leading to the elections. Former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani, said that the party did not seem attractive to prospective members due to the leadership style of its chairman, Mr Ugochukwu Agballa. Nnamani said that the party chairman had neglected party stalwarts and was…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Malaria Consortium, an international non-governmental organization has tasked Anambra State Government led by Governor Charles Soludo to sustain the fight against Malaria in Anambra State. The group gave the task, Friday, during the 2022 Insecticide Treated Net (ITN) Mass Distribution debriefing and report presentation, marking the end of the 2022 distribution exercise in the state. It urged the Government to strengthen post campaign social behavioral change with emphasis on pregnant women and children within the age of five to curb the menace of malaria-induced deaths among the two groups in the state. Presenting the report of the…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Council of Elders, has inaugurated three committees to proffer sustainable ways of addressing the issues surrounding the insecurity in the state. The Chairman, Obi of Obinugwu, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, made this known to newsmen in Owerri, on Sunday, after the inauguration of the three committees at the second quarterly meeting of the council held last Friday in the state. The elders said they were disturbed by the unfortunate development despite the efforts towards curtailing the level of insecurity. The committees are the Strategy Committee, headed by Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, with Austin Otuokere as Secretary; Peace and Reconciliation…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Ahead of 2023 general elections, a socio-cultural group, Ogbako Umunwayi Igbo Worldwide, OUIW, on Sunday called on Nigerians not to vote for any presidential candidate based on religion or ethnicity. OUIW, President and founder, EziAda Ifeoma Nwadike, made this appeal while speaking to newsmen in Owerri, regarding the forthcoming 2023 elections. According to them, avoiding religion and ethnicity in deciding who becomes the next president would help to enthrone strong and viable leadership for the growth of the country. The Igbo women said: “The youth must think deeply and ruminate on one who is best suited for…
By Hassan Gimba We have looked at various forms of government in the first part of this treatise. We ended with the posers, “Can we continue this way? Is it the fault of the system or the operators of the system? Should we scout for a better system or better operators? Should we look inwards? Will a system in tandem with our inner being be the answer to our multifaceted and ever-growing problems as a nation?” We signed off with this thought: “Perhaps we have been imposing on ourselves systems that are alien to us, to our culture, to our…
By Tunde Leye The ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has now become the second longest-running strike by the same union since the return to democracy. It has shut down education in public universities across Nigeria for 200 days and counting as of September 1, 2022. The longest running strike stands at 270 days, which began in 2020. Since 1999, a 23-year period, there have been 16 ASUU strikes, including this one. ASUU has made its demands clear. There have been past negotiations as well as agreements based on those negotiations. ASUU’s position now is that all…
By Osita Chidoka I watched Serena Williams end her career on the court last night as she lost to 29 years old Ajla Tomljanovic. It was obvious she lost to youth. As I watched her play a beautiful game, I saw her struggle. I noticed the effort and the evolution of Serena. Serena is an amazing woman. According to ESPN, “In 2022, Williams walks away from the game with 858 tour victories, 73 singles titles, an Olympic gold medal, and 319 weeks at No. 1. Together with Venus, she won 14 major double titles and three Olympic golds. Williams’ 23-major mark remains…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The mantra of candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the campaign that eventually took him to Nigeria’s presidency in 2015 was one word: “Change”. For a fact, it was not original. 32 years before 2015, in the 1983 presidential election, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe’s Nigeria Peoples Party (NPP) first deployed that slogan in their unsuccessful bid to make President Shagari a one-term president. The moment then seemed ripe for that message. Under the watch of President Shagari’s National Party of Nigeria (NPN), a unique mixture of poor luck and official criminality conspired to bring Nigeria to its knees. The desire…