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Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has advised the South-East zone not to approach the in-coming Nigerian government with a “victim mentality.” He gave the advice Thursday at the Ikengaonline monthly town-hall meeting. Moghalu who spoke on the theme: “Improving regional economy in the homestead,” noted that only strategic engagement with other regions would better the fate of Ndigbo in Nigeria. The 2019 presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, said the South-East region “should concentrate on the issues, focus on them and deal with them.” Moghalu who spoke on…
Expands Subsidy Removal Committee Against the backdrop of the story in some media that the Federal Government has suspended the removal of petrol subsidy, the government has said that it has not suspended the removal, but has rather expanded the subsidy removal committee to include teams from the incoming administration and the state governors. The Honourable Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zaniab Ahmed, stated this in Abuja on Thursday, shortly after the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, chaired by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. She said that NEC deliberated on the issue extensively and came to…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has urged South-East Governors to jettison party differences, unite and generate regional master plan for the economic development of the zone. The President, Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET), made the advocacy while featuring on the April 2023 edition of the Ikengaonline town-hall meeting held on Thursday night. Professor Moghalu who spoke on the theme: Improving Regional Economy in the Homestead, said it was high time political leaders and stakeholders stopped allowing their individual and party interests to divide them, but came together to…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Protests on Thursday trailed the decision to relocate the Election Petition Tribunal from Abakaliki, the state capital, to Abuja. The All Progressives Congress (APC) and a youths group, Unwuekunenyi United Youths Forum, on Thursday, kicked against the relocation of the Tribunal. The two groups in separate statements described the decision as a ploy to subvert the course of justice. They called for the Tribunal to be returned back to Abakaliki, capital of the state. The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, had on Wednesday, announced that the office of the Ebonyi Elections Petition Tribunal, Abakaliki,…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki What a beautiful sight it was when the first inaugural flight landed at the President Muhammadu Buhari International Airport, Onueke, Ebonyi State. The Air Peace Hoper 5N-BXF landed safely with Ebonyi people coming from Abuja at 3:55 pm, local time. About 30imutes later the second Air Peace flight, this time from Lagos landed. The two flights elicited outpouring of joy and jubilation from the mammoth crowd at the stadium. Former Minister of Tourism, Frank Ogbuewu and wife were the first persons to land from the first aircraft followed by Comrade Chinedu Ogah, member representing Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency.…
Our Reporter, Abuja Former Nigerian minister of education and global advocate for good governance, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has said that in all her work experiences she had canvassed for the inclusion of women in leadership positions because of her total belief in the ability of women to get things done. She made this remark Thursday in Abuja in a symposium to mark her 60th birthday, which took place at the auditorium of the National Universities Commission, NUC. While answering questions from a select panel made up of graduates of the School of Politics, Policy and Governance (SPPG), which she founded,…
By Azu Ishiekwene Nigeria’s February/March elections undid many things. One of them was the 63-year-old myth that no wealthy and ambitious candidate could emerge president. Until the last presidential election. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria’s president between 1963 and 1966, came close. But while ownership of his extensive and authoritative newspaper chain made him influential, he was not wealthy. In any case, he was only a ceremonial president. The other leaders, especially the elected ones, up till now, had neither money nor ambition. And all, without exception, were also not prepared for office. A number of them even said so publicly. Bola Ahmed…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The era of dilapidated roads in Abia may have been over as a construction giant, Julius Berger Construction Company, has commenced inspection of the strategic but impassable Port Harcourt Road Aba. This is coming barely one week after the Managing Director of Julius Berger Dr Lars Ritcher, met with the Governor-Elect, Dr Alex Otti, in his Nvosi Isiala Ngwa South country home. Otti had during his campaign tours, promised to engage Grade A construction firms in the state if voted into power. A team of engineers from Julius Berger inspected the 5.9-kilometre Port Harcourt Road Aba to…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Anambra State Police Command has given the sum of N38,362,722.67 to sixteen families of deceased Police officers attached to the Command. Presenting the cheques to the beneficiaries, Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng said the gesture was an initiative of the Inspector-General of Police “family welfare insurance scheme” aimed at giving succour to the families of Police officers who died in active service. “The gesture is also aimed at spurring officers to greatness while discharging their statutory duties with the assurance that, their welfare is of paramount importance to the leadership of the Force,” he said. Echeng thanked…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Ogbugo Ukoha, Executive Director, Distribution System, Facility and Retailing Infrastructure, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, has said that Imo State had the largest Gas reserve in the country. He disclosed this while speaking to Journalists at a stakeholders engagement meeting on Gas Utilisation for the South-East zone in Enugu. Ukoha further urged industry operators and businesses to take advantage of the evolving business opportunities in the gas value chain. He said the objective of the engagement meeting was to enlighten the end user category to “urgently obtain the requisite petroleum storage license and to…