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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Dr Mrs Nkechinyere Iwe, wife of the Vice Chancellor, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, MOUAU, has emphasised digital literacy among women and girls as inevitable skill for their global relevance and competitiveness. Speaking at this year’s celebration of International Women’s Day of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike Women Association (MOUAUWA), Dr Mrs Iwe, noted the importance of digital literacy among the 21st century women and girls. According to the VC’s wife, digital literacy is the yardstick for measuring literacy level as well as the major determinant of success in businesses. “If our women and girls…
By Owei Lakemfa I am blessed because I am blessed by women. This Wednesday, March 8, I received messages from some women wishing me a happy International Women’s Day. They know I am not part of their gender. But they are aware that I support, speak and fight for gender equity, equal rights and justice for all irrespective of class, race and gender. One of the earliest such messages I received came from the Cuban Ambassador Clara Pullido. She dotes on some of us like a mother hen protecting her beloved ones. She sees herself as a daughter of Africa. Her…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Opposition parties in Anambra State have been accused of using old doctored videos to attack State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo and his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) ahead of the March 18 state assembly election in the state. Christian Aburime, the press secretary to the governor, was reacting to two videos currently trending on the internet, where some youths, led by former commissioner, Christian Madubuko, made derogatory chants against APGA, and another where Soludo was purported to have said that he will not work with lawmakers from other political parties. Aburime in his response to the first video…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has called on Yoruba Leaders to speak out against the senseless attacks against Igbo interests in Lagos in the aftermath of the February 25 presidential and national assembly elections. IPOB in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, condemned the ongoing Igbophobia in Lagos, challenging Yoruba Leaders to rein in those behind the criminality, to avoid pitching both tribes which have lived together in harmony on a collision course. The statement made available to Ikengaonline read in part: “The leaders and elders in Yoruba land should call the criminals…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Ahead of the March 18 governorship and state house of assembly elections, a member of the Abia State House of Assembly, has raised alarm over alleged importation of hoodlums in Aba. The lawmaker, Hon. Obinna Ichita representing Aba South state constituency who said his attention was drawn to the ugly development by his constituents, urged the security agencies to quickly investigate the matter. Addressing a press conference in Umuahia, the lawmaker called for a swift and proactive action by the security agencies to avoid any situation capable of disrupting the upcoming elections in the state. Ichita who…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has confronted the Governor of Rivers State, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, over his alleged role against Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) during the presidential election which held on February 25, 2023. In a release signed by the National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, the meeting between the Ohanaeze and Wike was held on Thursday, March 9, 2023 at the Exco Chambers, Government House, Port-Harcourt. According to him, the Ohanaeze delegation was led by Dr. Kingsley Chidozie, the Vice President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo (Abia) who nominated Mr Peter…
By Ike Okonta Nigerians woke up in the morning of March 1 to the news that Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had won the presidential election. I live in Abuja, the nation’s capital and I can say that in the city the news of Bola Tinubu’s victory was greeted with profound silence. This is understandable. Several opinions running from September 2022 to early February 2023 had predicted that Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party, would win the election, and many Nigerians had come to expect this prediction to come to pass. Tinubu’s alleged victory therefore came…
By Agbo, Ochonu & Kperogi In the face of existential challenges facing Nigeria and leading up to the 2023 presidential election, the ensuing conversation arose among three Nigerians in the Diaspora on the way forward for a nation in crisis. Osmund: In our last discussion that focused on restructuring, Farooq made the following submission: “Well, Osmund, I’m basically saying that it’s impossible to restructure Nigeria under our American-style presidential democracy. If we want to renegotiate the basis of our federation, we should first get rid of the current system. That requires creative destruction which, I must admit, is hard. “A cursory historical…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The electorate in Anambra Sate have been told to consider candidates’ track records in voting who represents them at the next House of Assembly election in the state. Member representing Onitsha South 1 at the State Assembly, Hon. Uzoma Eli, gave the advise while addressing his teeming supporters ahead of the forthcoming election in the state. Hon. Eli who is seeking reelection on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), urged the electorate to ignore voting based on promises and sentiments but based on verifiable track records. Campaigning at Housing Estate Bridge Head Fegge, Onitsha South LGA, he said, “I like…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has expressed pains and displeasure over the failure of the Supreme Court to schedule the appeal brought before it by the Federal Government against the release of its Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB accused the apex court of deliberately obstructing justice for Kanu who has been in detention since he was renditioned from Kenya in June 2021. The pro-Biafra movement in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, expressed annoyance that over 100 days after the matter was brought before it, it had failed to entertain the matter.…