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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka As part of plans to support farmers in the state, the Anambra State Government has given its assurance of the supply of specialised farm inputs. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Forster Ihejiofor, gave the assurance while addressing journalists in Awka, Anambra State capital on Thursday. He said farmers in the state are going to receive subsidised inputs to boost their outputs and food production at the end of the 2023 farming season. The commissioner emphasised that the government has the intention to develop a good system that produces healthy, affordable, and sustainable food. The goal, he…
Our Reporter, New York The Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the February 25 election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has argued that the failure of the electoral body, INEC, to adhere to its own guidelines in the conduct of the presidential election may be considered irrelevant by the Supreme Court in their determination of whether the election was properly conducted or not, going by the precedents already laid down in the judgments of the Ekiti and Osun States governorship election petition cases. Prince Adebayo made the remarks during a discussion on the events of the post-2023 election in…
By Agbo, Ochonu & Kperogi In the face of existential challenges facing Nigeria, the ensuing conversation arose among three Nigerians in the Diaspora on the way forward for a nation in crisis. Osmund: In the New York Times, there is an article that revealed how India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous nation based on recently released data by the United Nations. While this may not come as a surprise given China’s former One-child policy, it begs the question: why has India been unable to reproduce China’s economic success? According to the article, China’s aggressive investments…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Police Command in on Thursday said seven persons were murdered while two are still missing in the Tuesday’s attack on United States embassy officials in Anambra State. Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, who disclosed this in a press briefing, said two persons have been arrested in connection with the attack. The deceased were killed by gunmen between Amiyi/Eke Ochuche communities in Ogbaru Local q0pGovernment Area of the State. Echeng said the suspects were arrested during a raid of the hoodlums’ camp adding that they were assisting police in their investigations. He added that the suspects’ contacts…
By Azu Ishiekwene Two presidents in the last 24 years provide interesting examples of how to relate with the National Assembly. And between the two, the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, can decide how to model his relationship with the 10th National Assembly. The first example is President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was not only head of the executive branch, he was leader of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the de facto head of its Board of Trustees. But it didn’t end there. Obasanjo was also, in a manner of speaking, head of the legislature. That may sound like…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra Truth, Justice, and Peace Commission has called for the submission of memoranda from persons and organisations in various communities in the state, ahead of its proposed public hearing. This was contained in a statement signed by the secretary of the commission, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, and copied to all the presidents- general of town unions in the state. The statement directed that the memoranda should reach the Secretary c/o Mrs. China Obinyeluaku, office of the Secretary to the State Government, Government House, Awka, on or before the close of work on 12th June 12, or tipc.anambragov@gmail.com. It also directed…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday, raised an alarm that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of Governor Hope Uzodimma, in thestate has embarked on an illegal harvest of details of Permanent Voter’s Card, PVC, of the electorate in Imo, ahead of the governorship election. The PDP, State Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor, made this known to newsmen in Owerri while commenting on Governor Hope Uzodimma’s plan for the Imo Social Benefit Number, an ongoing registration exercise in the state. They said that the APC Imo Social Benefit Number was to manipulate…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has commenced mobile Meter Asset Providers (MAP) metering in Owerri, Imo State, as part of the company’s conscious effort to have all its customers access prepaid meters. The company said that the MAP metering programme allows customers to pay and get metered within 48 hours and reimbursed with the value of the cost of the meter through energy over a period. The Head, Corporate Communications of EEDC. Mr Emeka Ezeh, in a statement on Thursday in Enugu, noted that the company adopted this as a strategic approach to close the existing metering…
The Journalism and Development Seminars (JADESeminars) Initiative in collaboration with the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, on May 16 held a workshop to reflect on the performance of the media during the 2023 elections. Discussions focused on the role journalists played in the monitoring, reporting and coverage of the election. Participants agreed that the media did not live up to expectations before, during and after the elections due to many factors. Some of the reasons, according to them, were ethnic and religious bias of reporters, partisanship, influence of money, corruption, intimidation, and insecurity. One participant pointed out that…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Amaka Chiwuike-Uba Foundation (ACUF) says non-availability of modern asthma medicines and persistent poverty are the bane of most asthma patients within the country. The Chairman of Board of ACUF Foundation, Dr Chiwuike Uba, said this in a press conference on Thursday in Enugu announcing the forthcoming 2023 Amaka Chiwuike-Uba International Asthma Conference, to be held on Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Enugu. Uba said that in the country, “the profound lack of recommended asthma medicines in pharmacies is highly worrisome.” According to him, the available medicines, such as oral corticosteroids, have multiple adverse side effects; while…