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By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu There are two countries whose well-being and stability reach into nearly every part of Africa. One is the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is nominally in the central African region but which shares borders with nine countries extending to all of the continent’s four other regions – Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Unsurprisingly, the DRC is in the regional organisations of every region of Africa except those of the North and of West Africa. The second is Sudan. With a current landmass of 1,886,068 km2 Sudan…
By Owei Lakemfa Mexico has drug cartels which can also be violent. One of the most infamous drug lords, Joaquin Archivaldo ‘El-Chapo’ Guzman, former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel is serving a life sentence in the United States, US. The drug cartels are a problem to Mexico which has other related challenges. First is the seeming insatiable appetite of Americans for drugs which provides a ready market. The second is the ceaseless flow of arms from the US to Mexico; some half a million annually, which arms the cartels, and make them difficult to bring down. However, the solution of some…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The newly inaugurated ESPOLY Business and Innovation School by the Enugu State Polytechnic will become innovation and Information Communication Technology (ICT) hub for Nigerians. The Executive Director of the school, Mr Roland Ediawe, said this at the official inauguration of the school in Enugu. ESPOLY is located at the former Enugu State University of Science and Technology AC building. He said that the school was focusing on entrepreneurship development, ICT training and Vocational and Technical Studies for students. He said they would partner with India and European countries on ICT, stressing that India became what they were today…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo, Friday, felicitated with Muslim faithful in Anambra State and across the country on the celebration of Eid-el-Fitri which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Congratulating the Muslim faithful on the completion of the 30-day fast, Governor Soludo stressed that the spiritual exercise had drawn them closer to Allah. He urged Muslims and other Nigerians to live in peace, love and harmony with one another as brothers and sisters. The Governor encouraged Nigerians not to lose hope, despite the difficulties and economic hardship in the country but charged…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Chief Imam of Enugu State, Alhaji Saeed Zulqarnaini, has called on Nigerians to eschew bitterness but strive to improve existing unity and peace in the country. Zulqarnaini made the call while speaking with newsmen after the Eid-el-Fitri prayers held at the Islamic Centre Prayer Ground in Uwani, Enugu on Friday. He said that the country and her people are closely related by both common humanity and historical ties. “There is a need to build on those things that unite us than those that divide us,” he said. According to him, the central message of Ramadan is that…
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo There is a joke in America that every citizen of the US has an FBI file. That might have been the dream of the first FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover, but he could not accomplish it. For now, the typical people with FBI files are activists, troublemakers, and those involved in illegal activities. So, people who deal in financial fraud, murder, drug trade, etc., are guaranteed a robust FBI file. Once the US Justice Department has an adversary encounter with you, the FBI opens a file for you. That means Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, has a rich…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Following the resent upsurge in cult related gang fights and deaths of youths in various parts of Enugu State, the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Ahmed Ammani, has issued warnings to the residents about the activities of the criminal elements. In a statement by the Command’s Public Relation Officer (PRO), Daniel Ndukwe, the Commissioner urged parents, guardians, community and religious leaders in the state to “caution and dissuade their children, wards, or subjects from partaking in secret cultism and other criminal activities.” According to the PPRO, Supreme Vikings and Black Axe confraternity are some of…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has lost his mother, Dame Dorothy Nsonma Ihedioha (Nee Okereke), who died on Thursday. Ihedioha disclosed this in a statement to newsmen in Owerri, on Friday, adding that she died in Abuja. According to Ihedioha: “After a fruitful and eventful life of God’s abundant mercies and grace, our mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Dame Dorothy Nsonma Ihedioha (Nee Okereke) gloriously transited to eternity on Thursday 20th April 2023 in Abuja, with her family by her side.” “Mama celebrated her 90th birthday on 28th August 2022. While we thank friends and well-wishers who identified with…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki All is now set for the Ebonyi State International Cargo Airport to commence its maiden test flight operations in a few days time. Site Manager of the project, Engr. Frank Ngwu, said that the Airport was ready for continuous flight operations. Ngwu, Special Assistant to Governor David Umahi on Infrastructural Development, noted that the airport has the largest terminal in the country. “We are ready for the test flight, as you can see, we are here at the runway, and you can see the level of the marking of the runway. We can say that 95 percent of the runway has…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command on Thursday said a suspect robbing students at Sokotext Lodge along Amaeze Road, by Federal Polytechnic Nekede Back-gate, was shot onTuesday. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Henry Okoye, confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri. The command said it received a distress call and its operatives moved into action, and on getting there the suspects opened fire on them, and in the course of the gun battle one of the suspected robbers was gunned down. “In a follow up to a distress call received on 18/04/2023 at about 0430hrs, from the Command’s…