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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A group from Nkerehi community, Orumba South Local Government Area, have protested the purported change of the community’s name to Umuchukwu without due consultation with stakeholders of the community and members of town union executive. The protesters numbering over fifty marched to the Government House gate Awka, displaying placards with various inscriptions like “Governor, please set up a panel to wade into Nkerehi/Umuchukwu crises,” “Please avert further bloodshed in Nkerehi,” amongst others which beckoned on the government for action. Speaking on behalf of the protesters, the Secretary General of Nkerehi Progressive Union, Mr. Joseph Anulobi said the name of the…
Our Reporter, New York Nigerian comedian Obinna Simon popularly known as MC Tagwaye, has said that Nigeria is a strange country that is not yet ready for a leader with the kind of attitude that President Buhari has toward leadership. The comedian, who became famous for mimicking the President, made the remarks at the weekly online interview programme 90Minutes Africa hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo and Chido Onumah on Sunday. While attempting to exonerate President Buhari from the ills bedeviling his government, the comedian argued that the appointees of the government might be taking advantage of the President’s lack of supervision…
By Azu Ishiekwene If you haven’t had a good laugh, you have not been with him. And anyone who knows him knows I’m not joking. The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has the rare gift of humour. Not the run-of-the-mill kind that forces a courteous half-smile. It’s the kind that extracts the prey while putting the cat completely at ease; it just cracks your rib. It works in good times and in bad. And just as he has done in the last nearly over two decades of being clergyman and public intellectual, Kukah deployed this gift again in…
Steve Oko, Umuahia Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has descended on President Muhammadu Buhari, over the alleged plan by his administration to borrow another N11 trillion to finance the 2023 budget. The group warned that Nigeria was fast sliding into slavery as the monies already borrowed by the Buhari-led Government had not been repaid. COSEYL said that going for fresh loan would further worsen Nigeria’s economic woes and mortgage the future of the country. The Igbo youth body described the move as gross insensitivity and a confirmation that Buhari’s lacks the capacity to manage Nigeria’s challenges. COSEYL, in…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Director-General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Doyin Okupe, has dismissed as a ruse, speculations in some quarters that the presidential flag bearer of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has formed an alliance with his Peoples Democratic Party PDP, counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the 2023 general election. The former Presidential Assistant on Media and Publicity, said that the “imaginary alliance” rumour was part of the propaganda war unleashed against Obi by those who feel threatened by his swelling popularity and acceptance across Nigeria. Okupe who made the rebuttal in a statement Wednesday, said…
Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri The Imo State Police Command on Wednesday, paraded two male suspects, John Johnson, 24; and Ekene Nwaoji 21, both natives of Nde Achi Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, over alleged vandalism of electric cables at Ugiri in Isiala Mbano LGA of Imo State. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Michael Abattam, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri. He said their arrest was made last Sunday following a report from the community over the continued vandalism of their electric cables that left them in a blackout. According to him, “sequel to a report of the constant vandalism of EEDC…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia A former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Charles Ogbonnaya, has bluntly told Gov Okezie Ikpeazu to squarely face governance in Abia instead of following the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, around the world like his personal assistant. The former Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Theodore Orji, specifically tasked Ikpeazu to tackle the infrastructural challenges in the state to give the people a sense of good governance. He expressed concern that instead of making efforts to address the issues of governance affecting the state, the Governor is more or less interested in pursuing his…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Thirty-nine police officers in Anambra State have been promoted to new ranks by the Nigeria Police Force, Ikengaonline reports. The officers were elevated from the positions of Deputy Superintendents to Superintendents of Police, respectively. Speaking during their official decoration at the Awka Police Headquarters, Wednesday, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, represented by the State Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng, said the officers were considered after the Police authority found them worthy of elevation. He commended the officers for attaining the new height and urged them not to be carried away by the elevation or be…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, has called on the Anambra State Government to intervene and improve the condition of access road leading to its command in the state. The call was made during the official decoration of Immigration officers in Anambra State, who were elevated to new ranks following the announcement by the NIS Comptroller-General, Isah Jere Idris, in Abuja, Friday. Complaining about the road, the Assistant Comptroller-General of Immigration and coordinator controlling Zone G, ACG Dominic Asogwa said the people of the state do not deserve the sufferings they experience on the road, and urged the government…
By Peter Obi My Lord and Elder Brother, Bishop Kukah, hearty and warm fraternal greetings as you mark your 70th birthday; and join the legion of the righteous. I share in your joys as we celebrate your life and many impactful years in the service of God, the Church and the Country. You have remained a consistent voice against corruption, oppression, injustice and evil, which pervade every part of our nation. Through your preaching, writings and lifestyle, you have influenced and pointed many to the right ways of life. Yours is a life of service to God and humanity. Your…