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Michael Onwuka, Enugu The Nsukka Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (NCCIMA), says agriculture businesses in the area are dying over high cost of diesel. The Director-General of the chamber, Mr Dan Ochi disclosed this on Friday in an interview with Ikengaonline in Enugu. Ochi, who is also the Managing Director, Global Farms, said that the worst affected were the tomatoes and pepper production businesses that depended on diesel for irrigation purposes. “We have stopped the production of our tomatoes and pepper because we can no longer run our irrigation machines at the current pump price of diesel. “Our business…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Tricycle operators have paralysed economic activities in various parts of Anambra state, as they protest tax a new regime by Governor Charles Soludo administration in Anambra State. Governor Soludo had approved a new rate for transport sectors in the state which indicated that henceforth, motorcycle operators (Okada riders), would pay N300 daily at N7, 500 monthly, N21, 000 with a discount of N1,500 for one quarter or N40, 500 with a discount of N4, 500 for half a year. According to a statement from the office of Anambra State Internal Revenue Service (AIRS), signed by the head, Taxpayer Education and…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Government has lamented the increasing cases of rape in the state, vowing to deal decisively with the perpetrators. Commissioner for Information, Uchenna Orji, disclosed this to newsmen in Abakaliki at the end of the state Executive Council Meeting. He said: “EXCO reviewed the unfortunate increase in the rate of rape in Ebonyi State and commended the office of Her Excellency, the Wife of the Governor and the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development for a very beautiful job they are doing in the fight against rape in the state. “EXCO directed that there should be…
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu It is incumbent on me now to write on the once-so-popular Pacesetters Series. Many of us may have scoffed at the Pacesetters initially, but I have to admit here that the series did a world of good to the reading culture in Nigeria. Many secondary school boys and girls swore by the Pacesetters series! Take it from me here that it’s the absence of thrilling literature that has made the young ones to take to mind-bending drugs like Codeine and Tramadol! Instead of having reefers in their jeans back-pockets back then, the boys had Pacesetters novels tucked…
Our Reporter, Abuja The Corruption Anonymous Whistleblowing platform is expected to provide opportunities to report corruption and rekindle interests in the Federal Government’s Whistleblower Policy. This was stated Thursday by the Minister of Finance, Dr, Zainab Ahmed, at the official launch of CORA whistleblowing platform, a good governance initiative of African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) in conjunction with the Yar’Adua Foundation at the Shehu Musa Yar’ Adua Centre in Abuja. The minister who was represented by the Permanent Secretary (Special Duties), Aliyu Shehu Shikafi, said that at the inception there was widespread enthusiasm for the whistleblower policy…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has vowed to investigate the viral video of a stock of Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs, buried in the compound of a highly-placed personality. INEC, in a strongly-worded press statement, Thursday, by its National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, threatened severe penalty for anyone behind such unpatriotic act. The electoral umpire which said it had commenced investigation into the criminal act, urged anyone who found the stock to take it to the nearest INEC office. Below is a full text of the statement posted on INEC Twitter…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised alarm that enemies of the struggle for Biafra restoration, have hatched plans to assassinate the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, on South-East soil and blame it on the operatives of Eastern Security Network, ESN, in their desperation to instigate Britain against Biafra. The pro-Biafra movement, therefore, advised the British High Commissioner to cancel her planned visit to the South-East, to frustrate the wicked plot. The alarm was contained in a statement by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, on Thursday. IPOB, in the statement, claimed it got the information through…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The police, Thursday, folied an attempt by robbers to rob customers of one of the new generation banks located on Bank Road near Government House Umuahia. A police personnel and two civilians were reportedly wounded in an exchange of fire that ensued between the robbers and the police. The robbers according to a police source were said to have opened fire at the police team who arrived the scene of the robbery following a distress call. The robbers were said to have abandoned their Toyota car and fled in another car they snatched from a motorist at…
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo While you were sleeping or staying up searching for the certificates of men angling to be your president, a changing moment in human history happened. It was just how a similar thing occurred some two thousand years ago when a baby was born in Bethlehem, and nobody in your hometown knew about it. Nobody took a selfie with the baby and posted it on social media. Not even the three wise men that visited him from the East bothered to do so. Thanks to Webb Space Telescope, we may soon see the picture of that moment and…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu The Founder, Women Aide Collective (WACOL), Prof. Joy Ezilo, says no fewer than 450 cases of violence against women were reported to the organisation between January and June 2022. Ezilo disclosed this on Thursday in Enugu while presenting the bi-annual report of the organisation. She said that the nature of the cases reported included rape, defilement, incest, domestic violence, child custody/neglect and maintenance. Others are denial of inheritance, harmful widowhood practices, malicious damage to property, forceful ejection, abandonment of spouses and early/forced marriage. She also said that a significant number of complaints were reported by male victims who…