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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Government has sealed off a hospital in  Amansea, Awka North Local Government Area, over what it called quackery and illegal medical services to the people. The hospital identified as Saint Norbert Hospital was sealed off following complaints of unhealthy environment, poor facility, including the surgical ward and dearth of equipment. The facility was shut down when a team from the state Ministry of Health led by the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, visited the hospital, Tuesday, after some background investigations was carried out on the illegal activities in the facility. Sealing off the facility, Obidike…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has denied media reports that he threatened to cut salaries of workers who fail to go to work on Mondays in compliance with the instruction of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). This is coming barely 24 hours after the Governor addressed workers in the state at the Ekwueme Square, Awka during the 2023 Workers’ Day celebration. A statement by Chris Aburime, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, said the workers were not threatened. According to him, the governor only advised the state workers to stop staying at home on Mondays.…

Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo state governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, on Tuesday, said he was ready to defeat the intimidation, and alleged thuggery of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and its governor, Hope Uzodimma, ahead of the November 2023 governorship election. Senator Anyanwu stated this at the PDP, stakeholders meeting and the presentation of his running mate, Jones Onyeriri, at the party secretariat located along Okigwe Road in Owerri. He alleged that the last elections showed that the APC, could not win an election without thuggery and falsification of results in Imo…

By Rudolf Okonkwo When I started reporting and analyzing Nigeria in the 1990s, I was unsure of the monster before me. Looking at the Nigerian political class from an up close and personal range, I could not rationalise their driving force. I witnessed the deceit they received at the hands of Ibrahim Babangida and wondered what force could be so powerful and blinding. Then, one Saturday morning in Lagos, he appeared on a TV show and said something so profound. He noted that the premium for power at the center was too much and had continued to push Nigeria’s political arena…

Our Reporter, New York Nigerian Professor of Creative Writing at the Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Georgia, USA, has said that Nigerian writers are well recognised globally as much as their counterparts in the music industry. She made the remarks while appearing as a guest at the online interview programme 90MinutesAfrica hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo on Sunday. The winner of the 2012 NLNG Prize for Literature said the global effect of Nigerian music is felt more because, unlike with books, many people can tune in to music simultaneously. She reiterated that this global recognition is also happening to Nigerian writers,…

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Federal Government to ensure adequate protection for media freedom in law and in practice, saying the relentless attacks on the media over the years had also undermined the general human rights protection for all Nigerians, democracy and sustainable development in the country. In a statement to commemorate this year’s World Press Freedom Day and the 30th anniversary of proclamation of the Day by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993, MRA said by strengthening the right to freedom of expression, which is a critical human right that serves as a driver for…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State has countered the protest by the All Progressives Congress(APC) in the State over the decision of the President of the Court of Appeal Honourable Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem to relocate the Ebonyi State Election Petitions Tribunal to Abuja. The party noted that contrary to the claims of the APC, the relocation was for the overall interest of Justice, peace, and safety. The PDP described it as unfortunate that a well-thought-out administrative Judicial decision has become the subject of crass blackmail, primitive influence peddling, name calling and obvious threats allegedly by officers…

  Ben Ezechime, Enugu The people of Obeagu and Amechi Uwani both in Awkunanaw, community of Enugu State have staged massive protests over the take over of their ancestral land through fraudulent means by Enugu State Government and it’s agents The protesting youths with their masquerades barricaded the main road to the city, with placards and chants of “Ugwuanyi leave our land for us; Ugwuanyi leave our land alone; This is our ancestral land, we have no other place to go.” They accused the governor of using his agents and surrogates to illegally acquire their land through the back door. The…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu No fewer than 1,000 residents of Ojiagu community in Agbani axis of Enugu State have received comprehensive free medical care from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Tuesday. The medical care, which is part of activities marking the 59th Anniversary of NAF, featured various forms of treatment for the aged, adult and children within the community as well as referral for critical medical conditions. Flagging off the medical outreach, the Air Officer Commanding (AOC), NAF Ground Training Command, AVM Sayo Olatunde, said that the exercise was in line with the NAF Corporate Social Responsibility to her host…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Police in Anambra State have been accused of trying to cover up  its officers and divert attention of the public from their alleged unethical activities in the state. Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), said the fresh allegation of N47 million theft against a whistleblower, Nnamdi Emeh, in an alleged organ harvesting case, involving operatives of the Anambra State Police Command is a ploy to cover up corrupt police officers. A statement by HURIWA National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, said the fresh accusation brought against Emeh, a National Youths Service Corps member, after…