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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has constituted a 68-member Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) comprising accomplished Igbo sons and daughters. Chief Iwuanyanwu who constituted the Council Friday at the National Executive Committee (NEC) of Ohanaeze held in Enugu, also said that the statutory standing committees of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo would soon be constituted. A release by the National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, said that Chief Iwuanyanwu had demonstrated enormous zeal and commitment in repositioning Ohanaeze since he came on board, adding that the era of Ndigbo working at cross purposes is…

By Owei Lakemfa Homosexuality has in contemporary times been hotly debated and discussed but with little attention paid to the persons involved. I have been guilty of this excessive concentration on its politics and diplomacy; its local and international misuse, and its commercialisation, to the detriment of the human beings involved. During pregnancy, some babies may not be fully developed. This situation during fetal development may lead to birth defects such as missing limbs and other physical malfunctions. Some babies may be born without genitals; girls born without vagina are said to have vaginal agenesis. There is also what is…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has commissioned an indigenous steel plant to reaffirm his resolve to encourage industrialisation in the State. The indigenous plant, Milton Steel Manufacturing Company Limited, was commissioned in Awkuzu, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. The governor while commissioning the project reiterated his resolve to provide an enabling environment for businesses to thrive in the state. He also assured to create a conducive environment for industrialisation through the provision of 24hour supply in the state. While assuring to remain focused in the business of providing good governance to the people of the…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, has directed the immediate suspension of indefinite strike embarked upon by doctors in Abia State. Doctors in Abia had after several appeals, protests and warning strikes that fell on deaf ears, embarked on indefinite strike to press home their demand for the payment of their salary arrears owed them by the administration of outgone Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. Rising from an emergency general meeting of the NMA on Thursday, the medical body decided to call off the strike to give the new administration in the state opportunity to settle and clear the backlog…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The parents to the four children that were kidnapped last week Thursday by a suspected new tenant in their compound at Amako Autonomous Community, Njaba council area of Imo State, have pleaded that the abductors should release their children to them. The names of the children kidnapped were given as Divine, Isaiah, Success and Victor. Two of them, were said to have belonged to Mr Ogechukwu and Mrs Joy Ugwuegbu, while the other two belonged to Joy’s younger sister, Mrs Chinasa. According to Mr. Ugwuegbu, who spoke to newsmen on Thursday from Amako community, “the incident happened just two…

As software engineer testifies against INEC, Tinubu Our Reporter Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has sought the order of the Court to interrogate the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on the type of technology it used during the 2023 polls. This is as the LP candidate brought a Software Engineer, Mr. Anthony Chinwo, before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, to testify against INEC over manipulations of the devices. Chinwo, who gave his evidence as the second petitioners’ witness, PW-2, told the court that though he was not familiar with the application of…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The newly-inaugurated Enugu State Governor, Dr Peter Mbah, has met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,  and demanded the release of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Mbah who addressed State House Correspondents after the meeting with the President, Thursday in Aso Rock, said they also discussed other issues pertinent to the people of Enugu. The meeting is coming four days after the Governor ordered an end to the Monday sit-at-home being observed in South-East to protest Kanu’s continued detention by the Department of State Services, DSS, despite various court orders to release…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A thirty-one-year-old man, Benjamin Ufoh has been arrested by Ebonyi State Police Command for allegedly defrauding St. Augustine Seminary College, Ezzamgbo, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, the sum of N425,000. Ufoh, who is now cooling off at the SWAT office inside the police headquarters, Abakaliki, the state capital waiting for arraignment, was arrested following a petition by the College Solicitor, Sampson Ekigbo, to the state Commissioner of Police. In the petition, the school alleged that the suspect  approached the Rector of the College sometime in November, 2022 and represented himself as a Staff of a health company which…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Administrative Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Abia State, Mr Clement Oha, has explained that the reason the 2023 polls in the state were credible was because the electoral umpire “insisted on doing the right thing.” Oha who made the explanation Thursday when the Ambassador Sunday Onukwubiri-led new leadership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, visited the commission, noted that there were challenges in some areas particularly Obingwa during the governorship poll but the transparency of INEC saved the situation. The Administrative Secretary who was the Acting Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, during the…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide; and the Association of Igbo Town Unions, ASITU, have agreed to synergise for the development of Igboland. The two groups spoke to newsmen in Owerri, on Thursday shortly after a courtesy visit by ASITU to Ohanaeze President General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. National President of ASITU, Chief Emeka Diwe, said both bodies would work with unity in advancing the Igbo cause. He said: “ASITU’s leadership visited Ohanaeze President to fraternise with him and to commend him on his fatherly role in development of Igbo land. “We also went further to explain…