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Chukwudike Ndubeze, Awka. Some stakeholders in Anambra State have called for the empowerment of the girl child to gain leadership positions and play leadership roles in society. The brainstorming session was organized by the Nigerian Girl Guides Association, NGGA, Anambra State, during its Focus Group Discussion, FGD, held in Awka with the theme, “Empower Her, She Leads.” Declaring the event open, the association’s state commissioner, Mrs Charity Ezeakunne, harped on the imperative of women empowerment, noting that “gone are days when women should be relegated to the background in the scheme of things in society.” According to Mrs Ezeakunne, women empowerment means to…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Reformatory Institutions, and member representing Ezza-North/Ishielu Federal Constituency, Ebonyi State, Hon. Anayo Nwonu, on Sunday called for the release of a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Timothy Ngwuta who has been in prison custody over the protracted communal war between the people of Ezza/Effium, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. The people of Ezza and Effium both in the same LGA, have been at war for over one year with many lives lost and property worth billions of naira destroyed. Rev. Fr. Ngwuta, who was accused of promoting the war,…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia There is palpable tension and anxiety in the Abia political horizon as the rumour of alleged plot to impeach the Deputy Governor, Sir Ude Oko Chukwu, has continued to swell. The development has triggered angry reactions from various political blocs who see the move as a ploy to intimidate the Deputy Governor and possibly stampede him into abandoning his 2023 gubernatorial ambition. Abia-North stakeholders have warned against any move to impeach the Deputy Governor on trumped-up and frivolous charges. Rumour mills have it that there is a plot to impeach some Principal Officers of the State House…
By Owei Lakemfa Tunde Bakare, a 67-year-old pastor, would have been Nigeria’s Vice President had President Muhammadu Buhari won the 2011 election in which the former was his running mate. Even now, Bakare claims God had revealed to him that he would succeed Buhari as president. Perhaps, because the assurance is so certain, he is not even bothered about campaigning for the 2023 election. For a man who aspires to such high public office, it is assumed that he would think things through before going public. The least expected of such a man is not to re-tell in public with…
Stephen Ukandu (News/ Features Editor). Mr Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of the late popular gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, has been arrested by the police for alleged homicide. According to a police source, the suspect was picked up in Abuja on Sunday after the brother of the deceased gospel singer reported the matter to the police. The 42-year old Isuochi, Abia State-born Osinachi, died last Friday at an Abuja hospital after allegedly suffering from domestic violence inflicted on her by her Pastor husband. No sooner had the news of her shocking death filtered in than the social media was awash with allegations…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Unknown gunmen have attacked Ohaogelode community in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State killing many persons. The community is said to be a neighbouring community with Effium in Ohaukwu LGA which has been involved in intra-communal crisis. The crisis in Effium, which is between Effium and Ezza-Effium has claimed many lives and led to many Ezza-Effium people taking refuge in Ohaogelode community. Although the Police Spokesperson in the state, Loveth Odah, said she was not aware of the incident, a viral video of the said incident circulating online shows some corpses of the victims. In the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia After months of speculations, Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has finally declared his interest to run for the office of the President in 2023. Osinbajo disclosed his intention to join the presidential race via his Twitter handle on Monday. “I am today, with utmost humility formally declaring my intention to run for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the platform of APC,” the Vice President tweeted. Speaking later on Channels Television, the Vice President promised to uphold the rule of law if given the opportunity to become Nigeria’s President. He also…
By Farooq Kperogi I just got a chance to watch the video of Rotimi Amaechi’s declaration of interest to be Nigeria’s president. It was an unfunny clown show that dramatizes the descent of Nigeria’s presidential politics into the theater of the absurd. He started his clown show by jogging—along with a bunch of hungry, slavish flunkies—ostensibly to demonstrate his physical fitness. But he ended with a speech that demonstrated his intellectual unfitness. He gave a dizzyingly vacuous speech (whose title he couldn’t even remember!) that was punctuated by preplanned cheers and songs from a paid crowd of groveling toadies. This…
By Hassan Gimba I believe Nigerians should no longer accept to be fooled by those who use their sentiments to get into office. We must not forget yesterday if we want to correct our today for our tomorrow to be great. On March 26, 2018, when we warned on this page under the screaming headline, ‘Mr President, Nigeria is at War!’, some powerful figures had since told us they had given money to (or empowered the) enemies of Nigeria “to stop banditry”! But it is on record that we said: “Nigeria is in a state of war but it looks…
Michael Onwuka, Enugu Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has condemned the violent attack on his supporters during an expanded stakeholders meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State. Ekweremadu disclosed this in a statement on Sunday signed by his Media Adviser, Uche Anichukwu, and made available to newsmen in Enugu. Recall that the PDP in the council had summoned a stakeholders’ meeting on April 9 at Ndeaboh but the meeting ended in a fiasco during which supporters and associates of the senator were attacked. For instance, Mr. Chinedu Okwu, member representing…