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Agency Report Charles III on Saturday finally met his date with destiny after a lifetime as heir to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II, as he was officially crowned king in the first coronation in Britain since 1953. At 12:02 pm, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby placed the solid gold St Edward’s Crown on Charles’s head as a sacred and ancient symbol of the monarch’s authority. Cries of “God Save the King” rang out from the 2,300-strong congregation at Westminster Abbey and trumpet fanfares sounded at the climax of the solemn religious confirmation of his accession. Outside, ceremonial gun salutes…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Hoodlums suspected to be political thugs have burnt down the house of a 60-year-old widow, Mrs Monica Nweke, in Ebonyi State. The widow, it was gathered, was asleep alongside her two daughters and two grandchildren when the arsonists set her building ablaze at about 1.30am, on Tuesday. A community source, who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said the assailants set the building on fire and waited till the inferno gutted all the valuables therein, before leaving the scene. It was said that the widow, her two daughters and grandchildren escaped death through the back…
Ben Ezechime, ,Enugu No fewer than 15 senior officers of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) flew out (pulled out) ceremonially after a meritorious service to the nation. The out-going or retiring 15 senior officers also witnessed a ceremonial parade mounted in their honour and colourful aerial display of NAF’s fighter jets as well as other exhibitions. In a valedictory speech on Friday in Enugu, AVM Dauda Prayero, thanked President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, for repositioning NAF to meet contemporary challenges. Prayero, who spoke on behalf of the other retiring senior officers,…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Vice Chancellor, Godfrey Okoye University (GOU), Enugu, Rev. Fr. Christian Anieke, has offered full scholarship to Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) overall best student in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UMTE). The Student was also offered full scholarship to study in Godfrey Okoye College of Medicine. Anieke made the announcement during the presentation of a car to the first male student “Vice Chancellor For One Day” of GUO on Friday in Enugu. The Anambra-born Lotanna Azuokeke, set a new record in the just-concluded JAMB examination by scoring 337 marks. Azuokeke is said to be…
Our Reporter, Abuja Former Deputy Senate President, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and family doctor, Obinna Obeta, were Friday sentenced to various jail terms by a judge at the Central Criminal Court, also known as the Old Bailey, in the United Kingdom, for illegal organ harvesting plot. They were earlier convicted in March when they were found guilty of flying in a Nigerian man to obtain his kidney for the couple’s sick daughter, Sonia. At a sentencing hearing on Friday, Ekweremadu was jailed for nine years and eight months, his wife Beatrice was sentenced to four years and six…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Special Assistant to Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa State on Special Duties, Chief Chinedu Ugwa, has embarked on the construction of a 3-storey building primary school and civic center for Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide. The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Primary School/Civic Center which its construction has reached advanced stage is in Umuigbo-agu Amurri Awkunanaw in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State. Ugwa, who is also the National Financial Secretary of Ohanaeze Youth worldwide, said during the unveiling that the idea was to actualise the quest by Ohanaeze Ndigbo to make Education a priority in the South-East region. He described Education as the most enduring…
By Osmund Agbo But this overly simplistic view overlooks the complexity of the issue at hand. Mental illness is often cited as the root of gun violence, but this ignores the fact that many countries with similar rates of mental illness don’t have the same level of gun violence as the United States On the night of April 28, 2023, in Cleveland Texas, a sleepy community, 50 miles north of where my family and I live, bullet-riddled bodies of five human beings, including an eight-year-old boy lay lifeless, cut down in the most gruesome way. Their only sin was asking…
By Nkechi Ugwu Repeatedly, studies have shown that there is a rising incidence of gender-based violence occurring in different forms in Nigeria. These include sexual harassment, rape, physical violence, socio-economic violence, emotional and psychological violence, harmful traditional practices, online bullying, and trafficking of women, among others. Gender-Based Violence (GBV) remains a challenge that significantly stymies women’s rights and opportunities across the country. What would we not give to halt this dreadful phenomenon that is widely known to be a serious violation of human rights and a life-threatening issue? In 2020, during one of the activities to mark #16 Days…
A major pharmaceutical company based in Lagos, SWISS Pharma Nigeria Limited (Swipha), has recalled all batches of Polyfort Suspension from the market due to a ‘negative trend.’ Polyfort Suspension is an antacid drug used for the treatment of heartburn and symptoms associated with dyspepsia and indigestion. The company, in a statement signed by Superintendent Pharmacist/BDD Abbas Sambo, on Wednesday, May 3, announced that distribution of the drug has been stopped while all the products available in pharmacy shops are to be returned. According to the pharmaceutical company, the development, is on account of a result of ongoing stability studies on…
By Azu Ishiekwene We have a measurement problem eloquently illustrated in a Yoruba tale about a Mecca has-been. The fellow in this tale had just returned from a pilgrimage to Mecca, apparently the first to do so in his community. Upon his return, folks were understandably curious and wanted to know about the Holy Land. Thinking of what would best illustrate the majestic splendour of Mecca, the sojourner decided to use a native fowl as an example. “You all know our native fowl?,” he began. “Of course!,” his curious, attentive listeners chorused. “The fowl in Mecca is as big as…