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By Jude Eze “De mortuis nihil nisi bene” (say nothing but good about the dead) – ancient Latin adage Of late, there has been an upward trajectory in the spate of social media backlash over lies being told of the dead in funeral eulogies and farewell tributes, especially among elites (VIPs and Celebrities). One of the smileys read “live a just life so that we don’t have to lie in your funeral oration.” Because the world had inordinately became obsessed with that medieval Latin adage cited in the opening quote of this piece; every dead man is by default, deemed a…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Member representing Orumba South and North Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives, Chief Okwudili Ezenwankwo, has disclosed the main reason he decamped from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to later join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Hon Ezenwankwo, earlier this year around April, announced his defection to PDP after he was said to have had a stint at the All Progressives Congress (APC), which he joined after he failed to win APGA primary ticket for the November 6, 2021, governorship election in the state. Speaking to newsmen in Onitsha, Anambra State, recently, Hon Ezenwankwo said his decision to dump the ruling party…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, will build a modern rehabilitation center for people with substance abuse disorder in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, announced this while performing the inauguration of the state technical working group for adolescent health and development at Jerome Udorji State Secretariat, Awka. The technical working group in the state Ministry of Health is an inter-ministerial committee that identifies and implements programmes aimed at addressing challenges facing adolescent health and development in the state. Members of the group are drawn from the academic community, the media, line ministries and agencies, civil society organisations,…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu A middle-aged woman, Mrs Onyinyechi Ozokolo from Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State has narrated how her husband, Mr Ndubueze Ozokolo allegedly attempted to chop off her eyes with his teeth. Ozokolo, a mother of five minor children who resides at Coal Camp, Enugu North Local Government Area, said that the incident happened on August 19, 2022. She said that it all started when she attempted to stop her husband from beating their 13-year old daughter with a machete. “He was beating our daughter with machete and I tried to stop him from causing grievous harm…
By Chuma Nwokolo Some beat the drums of separation, as they have a right to. Unfortunately, they sometimes beat those drums to the rhythm of an ancestral tribalism – which they market as revolutionary. But there is nothing revolutionary about tribalism. It is still as boneheaded and reactionary today as it was in the seventeenth century. With all our education we have ended up in the same canoe in which our ancestors were torpedoed, hundreds of years ago. That is the canoe of tribal hostility and isolationism. Because, when Europeans arrived in Africa in boatloads, even with their prototype weapons of…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Prof. Ben Odoh, has condemned the attack and destruction of his campaign billboards in the State. In a statement issued in Abakaliki, Odoh accused agents and thugs of the State Government as responsible for the act. As he explained: “the genesis of the mindless attacks on our billboards which occurred last night, Sunday, August 21, 2022 (because we saw it still hanging hours after the professional handlers, Rocana Nigeria Ltd had hung them) was that the state government, obviously jittery of the momentum gained by our consultative engagements in…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Chief Priest of Ogado, a deity in Akabo Mbaukwu in Awka South LGA, Anambra State, Emeka Okeke, popularly called ‘Ichoku Mbaukwu,’ has warned those who perpetrate heinous crimes in the state under the guise of traditional practice to get ready for the repercussions. Speaking to Ikengaonline in his Mbaukwu community, Ichoku, who is the custodian of over 50 shrines in Awka South, Anambra State Capital Territory said the use of the position of native doctor to perpetrate crime or encourage crime has huge repercussions and warned those involved to desist forthwith. He said the traditional practice is…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Government, in partnership with European Union Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (EU ROLAC) has inaugurated members of Anti-Corruption Committee drawn from different ministries in the state civil service. Inaugurating the eighty-four member committee over the weekend, in Awka, the state Head of Service, Barr Theodora Igwegbe, urged them to live up to expectations, as the fight against corruption must be won. She reminded members of the Anti-Corruption Committee that each of them was carefully chosen to ensure that corrupt practices were totally eradicated from the civil service. Barrister Igwegbe who is also the Chairman of the Steering Committee…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is working hard to collate the details of over 300 Nigerians stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Spokesperson of the ministry, Mrs Francisca Omayuli, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Recall that the affected Nigerians are among nationals from other African countries who are stranded and in custody for various reasons at the holding centre of Al Aweer Immigration Office, UAE. Some of the reasons include overstay, lost passports, lack of documentation, especially, in the case of infants, pending cases with Emirati Police among others. Omayuli said that the Ministry…
By Owei Lakemfa The news went round. The Federal Government and striking lecturers in the country’s public universities organised under the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, were meeting on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. Not a few hoped that the six-month strike by the lecturers would be resolved. But the outcome was as disappointing as the cavalier way the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, presented the report of the meeting to the nation. Also, it does not appear that the Buhari government is dealing honestly with the country on this issue. Let us examine two contradictory claims made at a…