TRIBUTE
LINUS ALEKE writes that colleagues, friends, public office holders, and well-wishers have poured encomiums on the former Deputy Commander General of NDLEA, Sule Momodu, as he bows out of service after over three decades of meritorious service to the fatherland.
The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, has approved the appointment of Mr. Joachin Chinedum Achor as Acting Accountant General of Anambra State, effective immediately.
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Festus Adedayo
“Why should I bother myself with what is done to my body when I die? Oyomesi (the council of seven high-ranking chiefs in the Oyo Empire) knows what to do with my body!” That was what immediate past Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi 111, told me in his palace, a few weeks before he journeyed to Ibara - where Oyo buries its kings. He was furious with Ogun State traditional rulers. His grouse was with the Obas and Chiefs Law of 2021. That law has aberrant stipulations that are repugnant to tradition and customs. One of them is the provision stipulating that traditional rulers can be buried according to their religious dispositions.
..._Freezes Bands B, C, D and E Tariffs_
The Enugu State Electricityv Regulatory Commission (EERC), has issued a new tariff to MainPower Electricity Distribution Limited, the utility that succeeded Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, (EEDC), for electricity distribution in the state, reviewing electricity cost for Band A from N209/ kWh (per kiloWatt) to N160 kWh, effective from August 1, 2025.
......as Ozigbo admits Ikukuoma's nomination followed due process
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The Federal High Court sitting in Awka has fixed July 23,2025 for judgement in the suit brought before it by Chief Valentine Ozigbo, a defeated aspirant for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the party's April primary election.
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Former President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday afternoon passed on in a London hospital.
A two-paragraph statement issued on Sunday by his spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu, announced the demise of ex-President Buhari.
...Describes role as illegal
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Anambra State has been thrown into a serious pandemonium and chaos following the alleged involvement of the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Ude in the election of Senate Representatives to Joint Council/Senate Committee for Selection of Substantive Vice-Chancellor of the citadel of learning, even as the University community accused her of lying against the Visitor of the University, Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, CFR.
*Says Enugu Smart Schools initiative a shining example of way forward
Globally renowned author and public speaker, Chimamanda Adichie, has commended the positive developments in Enugu under the Governor Peter Mbah Administration, saying the state’s dark times were over.
Kenechukwu Ofomah
Awka
Two hundred youths in Anambra State are to be trained on the TAENPROWIZ Fish Production Business System and Technology under the second phase of the ECOWAS Commission and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Value Chain Business Development Partnership, otherwise known as the Taenprowiz Production System and Technology Partnership Center, Anambra State anchored by FABDA with legs at the Adazi-Nnukwu Fish Production Village Business franchise and the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam.
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By Ifeizu Joe
A Non Governmental Organisation, MacRose Pleasant Humanitarian Foundation, has commenced plans to hold its second health Outreach in Anambra State.
The Foundation with the motto: Helping The Less Privileged, was founded in July 2024, and held its first medical outreach in April this year, where it offered treatment to about 400 people with various ailments.
