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By Owei Lakemfa In the last eight days, there have been horrific murders in New York, United States; Sokoto, Nigeria; and the Palestine in the Middle East by private individuals and state agents. The victims in America were eleven Blacks and two Whites; that in Nigeria was a young student; while that in the Palestine was a lady journalist whose professional work was repugnant to the Israeli authorities. The murderers believe they are superior to their victims and can justifiably take their lives without any form of trial. The murder in Nigeria was on Thursday, May 12, 2022, following discussions…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Professor Mohammed Ajiya, of Digital Bridge Institute, DBI, has described Information Communication Technology, ICT, as indispensable and very critical to human survival. He made the submission while speaking as the special guest of honour at the Information Technology Professional Assembly, organized by the Computer Professionals (Registration Council of Nigeria) CPN on Thursday, at the NAF Conference Centre, Kado, Abuja. Prof. Ajiya highlighted the critical role of ICT in all aspects of life in the modern world. “The DBI as a training Institute established by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is focused on capacity building and manpower development…
By MacHarry Confidence The very graphic and public murder of Deborah Samuel Yakubu on May 12 has elicited reactions that have largely enforced the already established fault lines and polarization that colour Nigerians according to ethnic and religious lines. If there is any takeaway of note, it is the point that the country practices markedly different systems of government across geographic lines. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999) is the grundnorm of the country whose tenets are supposed to be final. However, the existence of the penal code for the Sharia-obsessed northern states in the same constitution…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, says he inherited a red treasury and pervasive insecurity from past administration in Anambra State. The Governor said this on Thursday, when he presented the revised edition of the state’s 2022 budget to its legislature. The budget was tagged, “Taking Off from the Blocks” has a total figure of N169,621,744,131. Soludo said that the purpose of the revised budget was to reflect current realities, challenges, and priorities of the new administration and Ndi Anambra. “The revised budget size is about N170 billion versus the existing appropriation of N142 billion (with the…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, says the Fifth Generation Networks (5G network) is useful in addressing the nation’s security challenges. Pantami disclosed this on Tuesday during the public presentation of “4th lnternational Conferences” organised by the lnstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Abuja. The event, which was hosted by the Nile University of Abuja was themed “Disruptive Technologies for Sustainable Development.” Professor Pantami appealed to security institutions in the country to leverage on the 5G network to address the security challenges in Nigeria. The minister described the 5G network as…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Massive protests have erupted in Uturu Community, Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, over incessant cases of Kidnapping by suspected herdsmen on the Uturu/Okigwe federal highway. Irate youths in their numbers blocked the highway to register their disgust over the sad development which they said could no longer be tolerated. The protests are coming 48 hours after seven passengers were allegedly abducted on the road. The protesters chanting war songs urged both Abia and Imo State Governments to urgently take action against the menace. One of the protesters who pleaded anonymity told newsmen that the people…
By Azu Ishiekwene Parents, students, and indeed anyone with a conscience are still shocked at the killing of Deborah Yakubu in Sokoto over allegations of blasphemy. The brutal termination of the life of a promising young Nigerian in a school, will again pass with lamentations and condemnations as has become the norm, but most likely, without the consolation that justice would be served. As we flip over this page and move on, we would most likely overlook the real problem that led to this tragedy. The small cause, the little speck, that has produced a big effect, an explosion and other unintended consequences. In spite of the curfew imposed by…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command said it raided a shrine in the Ubah community in Agwa, Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State and arrested seven suspected members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, an armed group of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, including a native doctor and a live python in a cage used for making charms for protection against bullets and knives last Wednesday. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Micheal Abattam, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, on Thursday. The command said those arrested were allegedly involved in the killing of a…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia. Spokesman of the Conference of Nigeria’s Political Parties, CNPP, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has expressed sadness over the rejection of the bail application by the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, describing it as another lost opportunity by the Federal Government to douse the rising security tension in the South-East. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Wednesday, rejected Kanu’s bail application, saying that the court had no guarantee that he would not jump bail. Ugochinyere who was reacting to the judgment and its implications on the security challenges in the South-East, argued…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), the youth wing of the South-East apex socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has condemned harsh treatment of Igbo women by the security forces deployed at the court premises during the trial of Pro-Biafra leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Wednesday in Abuja. The group claimed that the security operatives assaulted Igbo women who were in Abuja to show their solidarity to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) at the federal high court Abuja by hitting them with Ak47 riffles, an act Ohanaeze youths described as unprofessional. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Wednesday, the…