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Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Department of State Services, DSS, has said that there would be no national development without security of lives and property. Abia State Director, DSS, Mr Friday Onuche, who made the remark Tuesday, when the executive of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Abia State paid him a courtesy visit, said security and national development were inseparable. He said: “There won’t be national development without security just as there won’t be security without national development.” The DSS boss who described the journalists as strategic partners tasked  media practitioners on developmental journalism. He also urged journalists…

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on Governments at all levels to fulfill their obligations to ensure the safety of journalists by investigating all attacks against media practitioners as well as prosecuting and punishing the perpetrators of such attacks. The organization said this would send a strong signal to those who attack journalists that they can no longer do so with impunity while also giving the media the confidence to carry out their functions without fear. MRA made the call at a press conference it organized to commemorate the 2022 edition of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes…

Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The apex Igbo social cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has expressed grief over the death of Igbo sage and elder statesman, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, describing his demise as a monumental loss to the Igbo race. Ohanaeze in a condolence message further described the former Aviation Minister as “a quintessential Igbo titan, icon and trail blazer.” Chief Amechi (Dara Akunwafor) aka, ‘The Boy is Good,’ died at the age of 93 after eventful years on earth. Ohaaeze Ndigbo in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, recalled “with freshness how Dara mortgaged the bloom of his…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Anambra State Government has made a passionate appeal to the Federal Government of Nigeria and the United Nations for their assistance in tackling some natural disasters bedeviling the state. Deputy Governor, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, made the appeal when he led the United Nations delegation to on-the-spot assessment of Oko erosion sites and the recent landslide which saw many buildings and economic trees cave-in some weeks ago. He narrated the environmental challenges facing the state to the international body and appealed to the international community, Federal Government and indigenes of the area to do all they could…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu On Sunday October 30, 2022, the South-East Governors Forum met at the Enugu State Government House to deliberate on several issues affecting Nigeria, with special attention to the region. Interestingly, the governor’s were meeting for the first time after one year in political wilderness characterised by broken and bruised political marriages. One among the issues discussed was, the case of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu (MNK), incarcerated Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In a communique issued at the end of the meeting, the forum of governors said that it would seek political solution to the release…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka  The only surviving minister of the First Republic and member of the pre-colonial ‘Zikist Movement’, Chief Mbazuluike Amechi is dead. According to a release from the family signed by Azeana Tagbo Amechi, Chief Amechi died in the early hours of Tuesday, November 1, 2022. Until his death, Chief Amechi, who hailed from Amihe village in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was a nationalist and the only surviving member of the Zikist Movement. The statement read: “With total deference to the will of the Almighty God, the Ume Amechi, Ezeana Ihinede families and the…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Gunmen have reportedly killed a member of the Ebubeagu security outfit in Ebonyi State. The incident, it was gathered, took place at Okposi community, in the Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state, at 11pm, on Sunday. The victim, whose name was given as Joseph Nwanja, was said to have been gunned down at a checkpoint in the area. A source said, “this man was shot dead at Okposi, Ohaozara LGA of Ebonyi State at 11pm by unknown gunmen while he was on duty as Ebubeagu officer. “His name is Joseph Nwanja. It happened yesterday, Sunday,” the…

Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Government has banned any form of political rallies in all primary and secondary schools from November 1, 2022. The State Governor, David Umahi, announced the decision at the citizens’ input and consultation for the 2023 budget estimation, and Nigeria 2023 pollution and housing census in Ebonyi State. Umahi said all political rallies, including the All Progressives Congress, must get approval from the Commissioner of Education before such rallies will hold. According to him, the ban is sequel to the defacing and destruction of facilities at the schools with faeces and other dirt during such rallies.…

Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A group known as Catch Them Young Community Initiative (CATYCOI) has kicked off the “Vote Not Fight: Election No Be War” Campaign in Awka, Anambra State. The campaign was to ensure a violence-free general election in the country in 2023. It was launched in 2014 and is in collaboration with the 2Face Idibia Foundation with support from National Democratic Institute and the United States Agency for International Development. The Executive Director CATYCOI, Mr. Nonso Orakwe, alongside other coordinators in the state, stormed the popular Nwoke Udi relaxation spot, situated along the ever-busy club road, Awka, where they partnered…

Ben Ezechime, Enugu Dr Dan Shere, former Secretary to Enugu State Government, who was kidnapped along the notorious Enugu-Nsukka road last week has said he was traumatized while in the custody of his abductors. He said this at his country home, Opi, in Nsukka Local Government Area, when he received some chieftains of the opposition Labour Party (LP) who paid him a solidarity visit. The kidnapped SSG was released by his abductors at the weekend. Among those who visited were, the State Chairman of the party, Barr. Casmir Agbo; Governorship candidate of LP, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga and Barr. Okey Ezea,…