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By Jude Eze In the words of one of the most electric and practical child-rearing experts in contemporary times, Dr. Ron Taffel: “even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over them. Adolescence is not about letting go. It’s about hanging on during a very bumpy ride.” This didactic advisory re-echoed in my ears three times in four years. The first time it rang was in June 2018, when ace Singer, Daniel Oyebanjo, more popularly known by his stage name D’banj lost his little son to drowning in his family pool in Lagos. Then…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has approved the unbundling and renaming of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The approval was said to have been given at the state executive council meeting on Monday. A statement released by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof Solo Chukwulobelu on Tuesday said: “The Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Obinna Ngonadi will henceforth be addressed as the Commissioner for Industry. “Executive Council Meeting of the State Government, approved the renaming of the Ministry yesterday.” He said the decision was to enable the Ministry of Industry focus on the industrialization agenda…
Our Reporter, New York The Chief Security Officer (CSO) of late Nigerian military dictator General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al Mustapha, has disclosed how Prof. Yemi Osinbajo allegedly taught Sergeant Barnabas Jabila Mshiola, aka Sergeant Rogers, to implicate him in the various high-profile political assassinations in the country during 1990s military junta. Major Mustapha, the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in the 2023 general election, made the allegations during his appearance as a guest in the presidential candidates series on 90MinutesAfrica with Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah. Sergeant Rogers was a member of General Abacha’s Strike Force, a…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A Nigerian soldier identified as Saeed Sabo, of the 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu, has reportedly stabbed a middle aged man to death in Umuahia, Abia State, for demanding that the soldier pay for goods bought previously on credit before buying a new one. The victim, Uchenna Offor hailed from Olokoro in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State. According to eye witness, the soldier attached to a Chinese construction firm came to buy something on credit around Umuahia Railway station but the victim demanded payment for the previous credit purchase. In the ensuing altercation, the suspect was said…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command has arrested two suspects while two others are on the run, in connection with the murder of a 36-year-old woman, Miss Joy Uchechi Nwachukwu, who they allegedly buried in a shallow grave. The victim was a cashier of HALIM 633 Synergy Cooking Gas Station located at Toronto/Road Safety by MCC Road Owerri, Imo State. The Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Michael Abattam, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri on Monday. Police said it swung into action after the report about the victim missing was brought to the command on 24 October…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri Many were feared dead as soldiers and youths clashed in Izombe, Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. It was gathered on Monday that the battle started last Saturday after suspected youths in the area attacked and killed a Dangote truck driver. The incident resulted to increase in security patrol teams in the affected community. Also, confirming the incident, Spokesperson of the 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, Captain Joseph Akubo, said: “The soldiers were on routine patrol in the area when they came under attack by the youths. “Two days ago, a Dangote Truck driver was killed coupled…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State House of Assembly on Monday summoned Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) over high tariff and epileptic power supply in the state. There has been a reduction in electricity power supply in the state in the last few months with increase in tariff charges which prompted the Assembly to summon the company. The subject came up during the Assembly plenary under a matter of urgent public importance. Moving a motion on the matter, the Deputy Speaker of the House and member representing Afikpo North West constituency, Kingsley Ikoro, said the company has been charging the masses very high…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, on Monday presented the 2022 Appropriation bill of N139,398,280,640.00 to the State House of Assembly. Tagged “Budget of Divine Mandate Consolidation and Continuity (C to C),” the governor said revenue to finance the budget is expected to come from the federal allocation and other revenue heads. He noted that his administration will implement about 41.67 percent of the budget “This budget is a transition budget which means that it will be implemented by this administration and the next. The current administration would implement 41.67% while the next would implement 58.33%.” “The budget estimate…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia National Population Commission, NPC, has pleaded with the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, not to disrupt the 2023 national population census in the South-East as was the case in the 2006 census when the Movement for the Actualisation for the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, scuttled the exercise in the zone. The Commission explained that successful conduct of the population census would be in the best interest of everybody including Biafra agitators advocating for referendum. NPC Federal Commissioner in charge of Abia State, Chief Jonny Nwabuisi, who made the appeal at a press conference Monday in Umuahia,…
By Onyishi Chidiebere Charles Students in Nigerian Universities, particularly federal universities, spend more years in school than their counterparts in other universities, especially private-owned universities, studying the same course. The reason is not far-fetched. It is because of the constant strike actions of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that they experience. It is beyond pathetic that students in Nigeria’s universities are left to suffer the consequences of the rifts between ASUU and the Federal Government owing to the latter’s inability to honour its agreement with the union. The Ministers of Education and Labour & Employment, spanning different administrations, have also…