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By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Aloysius Iyorgher Katsina-Alu didn’t set out to be a lawyer or a judge. His first love was soldiering. From April to October, 1962, he was enrolled at the Nigerian Military Training School (NMTC). The month after graduating from the NMTC, in November 1962, he left for the officer training programme at the Mons Military Training College in Aldershot, England. In January 1963, he returned to Nigeria from military training to enroll for a law degree at the Ahmadu Bello University. He returned to the United Kingdom the following year where he graduated from the University of London…

After actively negotiating and participating in the dialogue that led to the release of 11 passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train kidnapped on March 28, 2022, Kaduna-based publisher and Media Consultant to Sheikh Dr Ahmad Abubakar, Mal Tukur Mamu (Dan-Iyan Fika) has again negotiated the release of another seven of the kidnap victims on Saturday. LEADERSHIP learnt that despite Mamu’s resolve to withdraw completely from negotiation due to a series of setbacks and frustrations, which he blamed on the federal government, he had been under tremendous pressure from family members of the victims to reconsider his stance in view of the…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ONICCIMA), has tasked Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to tackle the problem of bad roads and gridlocks hampering movements in the state. The group also asked the Governor to expedite action on curbing the activities of touts and fake revenue collectors harassing people and constituting nuisance on major roads of the state. ONICCIMA President, Chief Kelvin Obieri, gave the task while briefing journalists in Onitsha, the commercial city of the state. According to him, bad roads, traffic offences, and activities of touts have become problem areas of the…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Owners of illegal structures in Onitsha, the commercial nerve centre of Anambra State, may be in for another round of trouble if the state government begins the implementation of new order from Governor Charles Soludo on demolition of illegal structures. The Government recently began the implementation of the demolition of illegal structures in Onitsha and its surroundings as part of Governor Soludo’s master plan project in the state. Soludo had issued statement that those erecting illegal structures in the state especially Onitsha and its environs should get ready to pay bills accruing to its demolitions. According to the…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As political activities gradually gather momentum ahead of the 2023 polls, the Prelate of Anglican Communion, Arch Bishop Dr Henry Ndukuba, has warned politicians to be cautious of their actions and utterances to avoid plunging Nigeria into crisis. The cleric who was preaching at the funeral service of the wife of the former Senate President, Senator Adolphus Wabara, at Ohambele Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State, said that “Nigeria is at the crossroad of either progress or disintegration.” Arch Bishop Ndukuba warned that Nigeria might implode depending on how the political class go about political activities in the…

Michael Onwuka, Enugu The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called on Nigerians to embrace the life of sacrifice and tolerance. The Chairman of MACBAN, South-East Zone, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki made the call on Saturday in Enugu in a Sallah message to the Muslim Ummah, governments and people of the zone. Ikengaonline reports that the Eid el Kabir is performed yearly by Muslims in remembrance of Prophet Ibrahim’s sacrifice of his only son to Allah. Siddiki said that such sacrifice envisaged and upheld the universality of the human family which was the basis of accommodation and tolerance among…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, alongside other respected scholars and personalities have called on bloggers in Nigeria to use their pen to save the country from total collapse. The call was made at the 2022 Bloggers Summit, organised by the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Anambra State, in collaboration with Life International Hospital in Awka, Anambra state on Friday. They challenged bloggers to always use their platforms to criticize and tell the leaders of the country the bitter truth about the affairs and worsening state of the country. Speaking at the Summit, Vice President of Ohanaeze…

 Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Professor Greg Nwakobi, the Vice-Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, has given reasons his institution withdrew from the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU has been at loggerheads with the Federal Government following the government’s refusal to fulfill the agreements it reached with the Union since 2009. Part of the agreement include the replacement of Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) with the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS); release of the reports of visitation panels to federal universities; and improved funding for revitalisation of public universities and others. Speaking at the…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has issued a stern warning to women in Igboland to resist any attempt by anybody to persuade them into staging protest that will endanger their lives in the hands of security operatives in Nigeria. The pro-Biafra Biafra movement gave the warning following a purported call from its United States-based legal Adviser, Mr. Bruce Fein, asking IPOB women to embark on a street protest in Abuja over the continued detention of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. A statement signed by the IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, urged the women…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, said it had deployed 419 personnel, patrol vehicles and ambulances across Abia State ahead of the Muslim Eid- el-Kabir holiday. FRSC Sector Commander in charge of Abia State, Mr. Paul Ugwu, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Umuahia, warned motorists against over speeding and route violation. Ugwu who said that the Corps began a special patrol on July 6, to ensure a free flow of traffic during the Sallah period, said they had also embarked on aggressive sensitisation of the motoring public. The FRSC boss who noted that the period usually records high…