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Ben Ezechime, Enugu Delta Queens Football Club of Asaba thrashed Paul Ebebe FC of Abuja 6-0 to reach the Round of 16 of the 2023 Women’s Federation Cup competition. In the Round of 32 match played at the Rangers International FC training pitch, Mercy Omokwo put Delta Queens in front in the seventh minute. She went on to double the lead six minutes later, before Chinaza Agoh scored a hat-trick with goals in the 36th, 37th and 47th minutes to put the match to bed. Ifeoma Ifitezue made it 6-0 in the 78th minute. Delta Queens’ coach, Tosan Blankson, in…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Inter FC of Ngwo has defeated Purple Krown FC of New Layout 2-0 to win the 2023 edition of Enugu State League. Ebuka Okeke scored in the 13th minute of the final match played inside Rangers International FC training pitch, Liberty Estate,to put Inter FC on the lead. Ifeanyi Ogbodo scored the second goal for Inter FC shortly after, to ensure the team went into the break in front foot. Inter FC came out smoking after the interval, but could not increase the tally. The result ensured a back-to-back win for Inter FC, which also won the…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Tor Tiv, Prof. James Ayatse, has urged Nigerians to strengthen existing bridges of love, peaceful co-existence and mutual trust and eschew unfounded bitterness and baseless hatred among themselves. The traditional ruler made the call in an address on Friday in Enugu at the Handshake Across Nigeria 2, organised by Nzuko Umunna, an Igbo socio-cultural think-tank group. The event was used to launch a book “Nzuko Umunna Chronicles” as well as present and inaugurate the new executive of the group led by former Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo. He said that the existing bridges that bind us together as a nation…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Economic expert and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has urged the Federal Government to consider reforms that would address Nigeria’s economic woes. Prof Moghalu said the political structure of the country was responsible for the poor growth of the nation’s economy. He also said the over-reliance of states on the Federal Government for resources for the development of the regions and other sectors was stalling the economic growth of the country. Prof Moghalu said this Thursday while delivering keynote speech at the Ikengaonline Monthly Town Hall Meeting entitled: “Improving Regional Economy in the…
By Osmund Agbo There are some Nigerian writers whose work I regard as true masterpieces, but I can’t help feeling a bit intimidated by their style. Prof. Okey Ndibe is one of those writers. The granddaddy of this group, of course, is none other than the legendary Prof. Wole Soyinka. While writers like Chinua Achebe are known for limpid prose, these eggheads have a style that is characteristically turgid and impenetrable. Luckily, this particular book still managed to leave me with an ounce of my ego un-bruised, for which I am eternally grateful. The title of this memoir hit me…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Enugu has witnessed no fewer than 27 visually impaired students participating in the examination at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu Campus. Speaking on the exercise, Professor Emeritus UNN and Coordinator of the examination, Prof. Mosto Onuoha, said the exercise was the brain child of the current JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, to accommodate physically challenged persons in the country. He said the registrar conceived the idea of creating Jamb Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG), where eminent Nigerians were picked to actualise the dream of conducting the examination for this class…
By Owei Lakemfa Harry Belafonte did not seek social justice; social justice sought him out. When they met, he was ready for a life-long struggle to bring justice to the United States or more correctly, to bring the United States to justice even when he knew this might cost him his lucrative career, if not his life. At first, he was contented writing cheques and funding the campaigns of the civil rights movement, but in 1964 he said Black Americans and a lot of the conscientious White Americans had gotten to the point they could no longer tolerate more lynching,…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi South Senatorial candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Election, Linus Okorie, has lauded the decision of the President of Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem to relocate the Election Petition Tribunal to Abuja from Abakaliki, capital of the state. He stressed that it will save lives and guarantee justice for all parties. Okorie, who spoke in Abakaliki, noted that Ebonyi State was not safe for candidates of the opposition parties to freely prosecute their petitions. “I wish to commend the President of the Court of Appeal for perceptively acting in the best interest of justice and Ebonyians…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State has generated over N6 billion in the first quarter of 2023 according to the state’s Board of Internal Revenue. Chairman, BIR Abia State, Chijioke Okoronka, who disclosed this in Umuahia, said the state had a projection of N24 billion as IGR for the year, adding that it also targets N3 billion monthly as IGR. The BIR boss acknowledged a significant improvement in the state’s IGR, and attributed the success to the introduction of technology in revenue drive in the state. “There were innovations and changes in modern system of doing things that propelled the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia As the proposal by the out-going Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, to conduct a fresh Local Government election has continued to general ripples, Abia State Elders Forum, has advised the Governor to perish the thought. According to the elders, it is suspicious for an outgoing government to hurriedly conduct council poll 10 days to the expiration of its tenure. The Elders’ forum in a press statement jointly signed by its National President, His Grace, Archbishop Professor Princewill Ariwodor; and National Secretary, the Rev. Dr Joseph Adiele, advised Ikpeazu to allow the incoming administration to conduct…