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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Nnamdi Azikiwe University has dispelled reports of the sack of its newly appointed Vice Chancellor, Prof. Benard Odoh, by the Ministry of Education. Ikengaonline reported that the ministry of Education had in a letter signed by Mrs R. G. Ilyasu for the Permanent Secretary, annulled the appointment of the VC by the institution’s Governing Council for not following existing guidelines. Reacting in a letter signed by the Registrar, Barr. (Mrs) R. I. Nwokike and addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, the university denied any official meeting between the Pro-Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University and the Minister…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Professor Joy Ezeilo, has called on legal authorities in the country to respect, maintain and uphold the rights of Children in Nigeria in line with international laws and conventions. Ezeilo, a professor of Law said this via her social media handle on Sunday over the recent arraignment by the Federal Government of minors for participating in the End Bad Government protests. “Nigerian children’s rights must be respected and upheld. “Children who are in conflict with the law should be redirected away from the formal judicial process,” she said. According to her, the administration of criminal or the…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Federal Government has declared as null and void the appointment of substantive Vice-Chancellor and Registrar for Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The Federal Ministry of Education made the declaration barely one week after the Greg Mbadiwe-led governing council of the institution appointed Prof. Benard Odoh as the substantive VC. In a letter dated November 1, 2024, signed by Mrs. R.G. Ilyasu on behalf of the permanent secretary, it was revealed that the Minister of State for Education had met with the governing council on October 24 and agreed to reconcile with aggrieved parties before making any appointments.…
By Rudolf Okonkwo Because former President Donald Trump is just a friendly, humble, caring, and truthful guy who does not want to hurt your feelings, he will not tell you this. Fortunately for you, I am not a pleasant fellow like Trump. I will tell you things he will not. Trump must win this election, whether he likes it or not. And here are the reasons I think so. If Trump does not win, it is over for straight men and women. Within the next four years of Kamala Harris’s presidency, men married to dogs and women married to trees…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The partiality that inevitably affects judges has been noted in cases with a political flavour.” David Pannick, KC, Judges, p. 44 (1987) The state as we know it enjoys three notional monopolies. One is a monopoly of legitimate taxation. The second is a monopoly of the legitimate instrumentality of violence; and the third is a monopoly of legitimate dispute resolution. In Nigeria, all three monopolies are now contested by non-state entities. Of these three monopolies, many focus on the legitimate instrumentality of violence but it is the capacity of a state to resolve disputes lawfully and peacefully…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, has won 15 out of the 17 Local Government Areas in the November 2nd council election in Abia State. Young Progressives Party, YPP, secured the remaining two LGAs – Osisioma and Ugwunagbo. The results were announced by the Chairman, Abia State Independent Electoral Commission, Prof. Chima George, on Saturday night, at the ABSIEC headquarters, Umuahia. “We have fulfilled the duty we were inaugurated on 5th September to carry out. It wasn’t an easy task but we went beyond and above to raise awareness about the election across the state,” Chima said.
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia There was general voters’ aparthy in the November 2 Council poll in Abia State. Some residents were sighted playing football on the lonely roads as Government ordered restriction of movements to enable voters participate in the exercise. Unlike the 2023 general election that witnessed impressive turnout, majority of the voters in the council poll stayed away from the polling booths. At the polling units inside Amuzukwu Secondary School in Umuahia, the state capital, voters were very scanty. The few voters at the centre told Ikengaonline that voting started very late. The Presiding Officer in one of the…
…Allegations baseless, unfounded – Otti Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A Civil Society Organisation(CSO ) known as Nigeria Leadership Performance Index, has expressed worry over alleged government’s involvement and control of the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission in today’s (November 2nd) Local Government election in the state. The group in a statement by its team leader, Comrade Onyedikachi Kalu, and Secretary Comrade Friday Eleojo, stated that although ABSIEC had shown commitment to transparent and fair process to a credible poll, “there is still doubt and concerns over it remaining resolute and committed without bias till the end of the process.” According to…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Rotary Club of Onitsha Metropolis has restated its commitment to bringing back the reading culture in communities in Anambra State. President Rtn Oby Arinze stated this during a visit to the Onitsha Divisional Library where the club donated a vast collection of books to the library. The club members were received by the Director of Anambra State Library Service, Mrs Cordillia Obalum, who was represented by the Onitsha Divisional librarian, Mrs Julliet Enemuo. Arinze described reading as key to unlocking knowledge, creativity and progress, calling on stakeholders in education sector to join in the efforts to…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri …Uzodimma names conference centre after him The remains of the President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, was laid to rest in his country-home, Attah, in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State. The funeral was indeed a gathering of prominent Nigerians, friends and associates of the fallen leader of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, who gathered to witness his remains committed to mother earth after running what many described as a good race. In a funeral service held at the Cathedral of Saint Mathew Attah Ikeduru the Primate Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion,…