Just a reminder!
My family name was OJUKWU but it was changed to DAMASUS during civil war to avoid being attacked by Nigerian soldiers in Asaba, Delta State - Actress Stella Damasus, 2021.
Just a reminder!
My family name was OJUKWU but it was changed to DAMASUS during civil war to avoid being attacked by Nigerian soldiers in Asaba, Delta State - Actress Stella Damasus, 2021.
The Lagos State government has shut down the Quilox nightclub, owned by popular lawmaker, Shina Peller.
The fresh shutdown of the popular nightclub was confirmed in a post via the X platform on Sunday from the Lagos State government agency responsible for the action, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA).
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has spoken after his meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
As earlier reported by Naija News, El-Rufai met with Obasanjo on Sunday at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
By Uzoma Ekweaga
Some staff of Anambra State Ministry of Housing were recently appreciated with multiple awards in both cash and gifts as a way of marking the end of the year and appreciating workers' performance and contributions in the ministry in 2023 .
By Paul Nwosu
Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo’s drive to weed touts out of Anambra State has given a bloody nose to the devil-may-care miscreants. It is of course expected that evil doers would always try to fight back by claiming to be victims. It is against this background that some residents of Okpoko community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State recently staged a protest against operatives of the State Anti-Touting Agency (SASA), claiming that they killed some of their residents.
By Chidimma Okoye
In accordance with her mission and vision statement, Kaycoune Success Empowerment Initiative (KSEI) has collaborated with its sister agency, Lifted Hands Organization (LHO) to meet the health needs of Akwaeze people in Aniocha local government and its environs by giving them free medical care at St. George's Anglican Church field Akwaeze.
I preserve my guitars for future autograph, auction sales
Famous guitarist and highlife musician, Eco Chimezie, who goes by the stage name Eco de Coque has disclosed how he gets his guitars.
Eco who spoke with journalists after a recent performance in Awka, stated that he buys then in parts from three different countries, before they are assembled and sent down to him.
In a pivotal meeting with President Tinubu, key resolutions were reached to address the lingering political turmoil in Rivers State. The signed and documented agreement aims to restore stability and cooperation in the state's political landscape.
-Impeachment Halted:
The agreement puts an end to any ongoing impeachment proceedings, signaling a shift towards reconciliation and collaboration.
Christmas: Sir Paul Chukwuma Fetes Anambra APC Executives As APGA Chieftain Joins Party
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
As a way of thanking God for gifting him with a twin babies (all boys), which has eluded him for years now and also for appreciating the executive members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for their steadfastness, the former National Auditor of the party, Sir Paul Chukuma (Onwa Umueri), on Saturday, 16th December 2023 shared over 800 bags of rice as well as cash gift to all the Local Government Areas and the state executives of the party.
The Ondo state government has faulted the news going round some media platforms that the Acting Governor, Lucky Ayedatiwa has frozen local government accounts.The state government described the news as false and misleading. A statement issued by the state Commissioner for information and orientation, Bamidele Ademola-Olateju urged officials of local governments to disregard the rumour.
The Enugu State Government has said it will reopen one lane of the Enugu- Port-Harcourt expressway collapsed bridge for use by Dec. 24.
The State Commissioner for Works, Mr Gerald Otiji, disclosed this while briefing newsmen after the State Executive Council meeting held at the Government House, Enugu on Friday.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State, had on Nov. 9, announced that Federal Government would commence the reconstruction work on the collapsed bridge.
President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said the entire Igbo nation has resolved to support the President Bola Tinubu-led government.
Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, in his palace yesterday, Chief Iwuanyanwu, while appealing to the monarch for a renewed relationship between the Igbo and Yoruba in Lagos, said, “During the election, we, Igbo didn’t vote for Bola because we were told it was our turn.
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
The Registrar of Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN), Pharm. Ibrahim Baba-Shehu Ahmed (FPSN), says there will be no going back on the relocation of Bridge Head Drug Market, Onitsha, to Oba, in Idemili South Local Government Area, even as he absorbed the Executive Governor of Anambra State Professor Chukwuma Soludo of any blame.
Anambra State Government has restated its commitment to supporting the streamlining of the state governance systems for greater efficiency, through development of frameworks, laws and procedures.
The State Deputy Governor, Dr Ifeanyichukwu Ibezim made the disclosure during a forum to kick off a two-day stakeholders’ engagement on the domestication of the Nigerian Start-Up Act in Anambra State, held in Awka.
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
It was a gathering of who-is-who across fields of endeavours in Nigeria on Friday, 8th December 2023 as Gran Hermano Academy, Awka, Anambra State marked her ten years anniversary in a grand style.
The Cambridge school established in 2013, had produced best students in mathematics, computers, WAEC, NECO, JAMB, sports and others both within Anambra, South East and Nigeria generally.
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
The fast rising Academy in the Southeast Geopolitical Zone, Gran Hermano Academy (GHA), Awka, on Wednesday, 6th December 2023 paraded round the city of Awka the Anambra State Capital with a call on Ndi Anambra to identify with the Academy. The parade was part of the activities lined-up for the 10th Year Anniversary Celebration of the Academy billed to hold on Friday, 8th December 2023.
After a series of delays, the Dangote Refinery, a mammoth $19 billion project in Nigeria, is finally poised to commence fuel production as the first crude shipment arrives at the facility, marking a significant milestone for the country’s oil industry.
Quoting industry sources and tanker tracking data, S&P Global, in a report on its website, spglobal.com, said that the OTIS tanker, carrying a 950,000 barrel cargo of Nigeria’s Agbami crude, set sail on December 6 and is currently en route to Lekki, the nearest land port to Dangote’s offshore crude receiving terminal.
By Pat Onukwuli
Famed for being an economic and commercial powerhouse and boasts of hosting Africa’s largest market in terms of geographical size and volume of goods, Onitsha is the jewel nestled on the banks of the majestic River Niger.
by Ejike Anyaduba
Foremost Nigerian Trade Unionist and community leader, Comrade David Ojeli, recently died at the age of 90 and will be buried Dec 9, 2023.
Ojeli was a Labour leader of note who fought many battles and led several agitations for better working conditions of the Nigerian workers. He was fearless and committed to the workers almost to the point of denying himself. A shrewd negotiator, he was hardly intimidated by the state into settling for less of the workers' demands. Quite consistent, he carefully shunned episodic moments when agitating for the rights of workers as has become common in the Union struggle over the years. In fact, Ojeli’s time as the national president of the Nigerian Civil Service Union (NSCU), which spanned the period between 1977 and 1986, was perhaps the most glorious in the lives of the Nigerian civil servants.
Youths from Nsugbe Community in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State on Tuesday, besieged the Anambra State Government House in Awka, in protest over the gruesome murder of two youths from the community, allegedly by the neighbouring Umueri Community.
The Executive Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, has appointed Professor Kate Azuka Omenugha as the acting Vice Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, COOU.
Kenechukwu Ofomah
Awka
The dilapidated Student Union Government SUG complex of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, being renovated by the Anambra State Youth Commander, Hon Gabriel Chukwunwendu has been completed and commissioned.
The Anambra State Chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Surveyor Amb. Obi Emeka Chukwudi believes Anambra State needs the frugality and financial prudence of Governor Chukwuma Soludo, considering its present fiscal condition.
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National crowdsourcing innovation is set to open on 21st November, 2023 with a focus on social innovations which educate and empower women to make informed health decisions on prenatal care and child immunisation.
The programme, which will close on 20th December, 2023, is powered by Social Innovation in Health Initiative (SIHI) Nigeria Hub in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (FMSTI) and the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR).
Ozor Nweke disclosed this in chat with newsmen at the corporate headquarters of the outfit in Awka on Tuesday.
Kenechukwu Ofomah
Awka
After eighteen years of neglect and abandonment, succor has finally come the way of the dilapidated Student Union Government SUG complex of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Giant House.
This is as the Anambra Youth Commander and Chairman/ CEO of Pool King Global Investment Limited, Hon. Gabriel Chukwunwendu, has commenced the renovation of the structure.
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has confirmed the escape of abducted resident doctor attached to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State, Dr Orockarrah Orock.
It was learnt that Orock attached to the Anesthesia Department of UNTH was on Saturday night kidnapped within the hospital premises, while on call duty.
The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested no fewer than 53 criminal male suspects for various offences while recovering firearms, ammunition and others exhibits in the state.
The police covered the following items which included: 28 firearms of assorted calibers, 30 live ammunition, 66 live cartridges, 25 vehicles and 16 motorcycles from the suspects arrested in various parts of the state.
...Calls for Accountability
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), has elected a new leadership
The election was held in Awka during the Annual General Conference of the group.
The following members of the Organization emerged as Members of the National Executive Committee. :
1 Comrade Dr Prince Kehinde Taiga Natural President.
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
In a significant move to guarantee support for the full digitization of appropriation processes for the 2024 Anambra State Budget, the State ICT Agency has initiated a drive to speed up the configuration of official emails for state workers.
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
The immediate past Deputy Majority Leader of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emeka Aforka, KSC, Jp, has showered encomiums on the Executive Governor of Anambra State ,Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, CFR, on his recent inauguration of the Special Anti-touting Squad, SASA, and the investiture of graduands of the state's '1 youth 2 skills' Programme of the, Light of the Nation, Anambra State of Nigeria.
Endorses Agenda
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
The Executive Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, last Saturday, alongside top government functionaries, power brokers, Captains of industry, technocrats, job creators attended the Solution Team Organization Anambra Central Zonal Mega Rally in Awka , Anambra State Capital.
APGA National Chairman, others to attend NUJ press week on Thursday
...as Igwe Onyido recieves honour as Anambra 2023 NUJ Man of The Year
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the Speaker Anambra State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Somtochukwu Udeze, and the Chief Judge of Anambra State, Hon. Justice Onochie Anyachebelu are expected to attend the 2023 Press Week , Media summit and Anambra NUJ Man of The Year Award ceremony of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ Anambra State Council in Awka on Thursday ,2nd November 2023.
Endorses Agenda
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
The Executive Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, last Saturday, alongside top government functionaries, power brokers, Captains of industry, technocrats, job creators attended the Solution Team Organization Anambra Central Zonal Mega Rally in Awka , Anambra State Capital.
APGA National Chairman, others to attend NUJ press week on Thursday
...as Igwe Onyido recieves honour as Anambra 2023 NUJ Man of The Year
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the Speaker Anambra State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Somtochukwu Udeze, and the Chief Judge of Anambra State, Hon. Justice Onochie Anyachebelu are expected to attend the 2023 Press Week , Media summit and Anambra NUJ Man of The Year Award ceremony of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ Anambra State Council in Awka on Thursday ,2nd November 2023.
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday struck out a charge filed by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, (AMCON) against Senator Ifeanyi Patrick Uba and his company, Capital Oil and Gas limited over an alleged N135 Billion indebtedness.
The judge struck out the charge following an oral application by AMCON's Counsel, Oluwaseun Onabowu seeking a withdrawal of the case.
At the last sitting in June this year, the court had directed that criminal summons be issued on Senator Ubah and his company.
On Wednesday, counsel to the complainant informed the court that consent Judgements had been reached in related cases in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, and therefore urged that the charges filed against the Defendants be struck out.
Counsel to the Defendants, Ifeoma Esom also confirmed to the court that agreements have been reached with the complainant.
Consequently, Justice Oweibo in a bench ruling struck out the change.
The charges as stated in the amended charge number FHC/L383/C/2019 read;
"That you, Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah, and Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited, sometimes between 2012 and 2018, in Nigeria and within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court, conspired together in making false claims in relation to the actual values of certain assets transferred to Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) under the Consent Judgment delivered in Suit No FHC/L/CS/714/2012 - AMCON v. Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited & Mr. Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah on the 1st day of July, 2013 in partial payment of the indebtedness of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited with a view to defeating the realisation of the said judgment debt of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited to AMCON then standing in the sum of 135Billion Naira contrary to Section 54(1)(a) and (d) of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria Act, 2010 (as amended) and punishable under the same Section of the Act.
"That you, Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah, and Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited, sometimes between 2012 and 2018 in Nigeria and within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court, being guarantor and debtor respectively, negligently, wilfully or recklessly made a statement or gave information knowing it to be false in relation to the actual values of the assets transferred to AMCON under the Consent Judgment delivered in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/714/2012 -AMCON v. Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited & Mr. Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah on the 1st day ofJuly, 2013 in partial satisfaction of the outstanding loan of N135 Billion Naira owed to AMCON contrary to Section 54(2) of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria Act, 2010 (as amended)and punishable under the same Section of the Act.
"That you, Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah and Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited, sometimes between 2012 and 2018 in Nigeria and within jurisdiction of this honourable did obstruct
the implementation of the provisions of the AMCON Act vis-avis the realisation of part of your outstanding debt of 135Billion Naira by frustrating the sale of of the landed property at banana island to Dayspring Development Company Limited,which property you both transferred to AMCON by virtue of consent judgement delivered by this honourable court on the 1st day of July,2013 in suit No FHC/CS/714/2012-AMCON V Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited &Mr. Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah and which act is contrary to Section(5)of the Asset Management Corporation ar Nigeria Act, 2010 (as amended) and punishable under the same Section of the Act.
"That you, Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah and Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited sometimes between 2018 and 2019 in Nigeria and within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court, did fraudulently convert the loan given to Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited (the company) and the proceeds derived there from under a direction that same be invested in the company's business to funding campaign for the election of you, Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah, into the Anambra South Senatorial District seat of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2018 - 2019, and which act is contrary to Section 383(2) and punishable under Section 390 both of the Criminal Code Act, Cap C38 of the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.
"That you, Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah and Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited sometimes between 2011 and 2019 in Nigeria and within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court, being mortgagors of properties listed In the Consent Judgment of this honourable Court in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/714/2012 - AMCON V. Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited & Mr. Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah, with intent to induce Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) to accept the title offered with respect to the said properties and with intention to defraud, concealed from the said AMCON instruments material to titles to the said properties which you subsequently failed to produce and thereby committed an offene contrary to Section 423 of the Criminal Code Act and punishable under the same Section of the Act".
The management of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has charged its staff to raise the benchmark to ensure continuous optimal quality service delivery to its esteemed customers in the South-East.
The Africa Center for Entrepreneurship and Information Development (ACEIDEV), an NGO, has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to advancing the proposed Enugu State Public Health Securities Bill through vital advocacy visits.
The leader of the ACEIDEV team, Mr. James Ugochukwu, gave the assurance after two pivotal advocacy visits to stakeholders in Enugu State on Tuesday to press for the successful passage of the Bill.
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, has tasked the University of Port-Harcourt (UNIPORT) Alumni Association on contributing to security and peace in the country.
Uzuegbu gave the task on Wednesday when he received and interacted with the leadership of the Anambra and Enugu Chapters of the University of Port-Harcourt Alumni Association, led by Dr Ozo Anikwe, in his office in Enugu.
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, has tasked the University of Port-Harcourt (UNIPORT) Alumni Association on contributing to security and peace in the country.
Uzuegbu gave the task on Wednesday when he received and interacted with the leadership of the Anambra and Enugu Chapters of the University of Port-Harcourt Alumni Association, led by Dr Ozo Anikwe, in his office in Enugu.
The South East Zone of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has expressed interest in aligning with the administration of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State in its transformative agenda of expanding the state's gross domestic product (GDP) from.the current $4.4 billion to $30 billion in the next four to eight years.
Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State has lauded President Bola Tinubu for ensuring safety and stability in all road within the country before now bedeviled by criminal activities.
Mbah, who was represented by the state Commissioner for Transport, Mr Obi Ozo, said this at the Passing-Out Parade of the 2023 Cadet Officers Basic Course at Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Academy, Udi on Friday.
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has taken electrical safety awareness to schools to sensitise students on the dangers of improper use of electricity appliances, wires and other inputs/outputs devices.
The sensitisation of the company to schools in Enugu metropolis is in continuation of its activities for the ongoing annual Customer Service Week (CSW) as well as in keeping with its customer education and safety awareness initiative.
The Umu-Igbo Unite Care, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has built a 10-room toilet facilities and overhead water tanks for Trans-Ekulu Girls Secondary School, Enugu, to end open defecation in the school.
The Project Coordinator of the NGO in Enugu, Miss Faith-Victor Onyekwere, disclosed this during the inauguration of the facilities at the school.
The Anambra State Chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN on Wednesday, took delivery of multiple Point of Sales, PoS machines, donated by the a real estate businessman, Chief Loveday Okechukwu Okoli.
The Facilitator of Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA II) Project, Mr Collins Nebo, has advocated that projects in communities must be people’s demand-driven for wider impact and usage by residents.
Nebo made the call on Wednesday in Enugu at the Community Accountability Committee Town-Hall Meeting of the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA II) being organised by the South Saharan Social Development Organisation (SSDO) and Actionaid Nigeria.
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) says that reviewed entrepreneurship and skills development curricula was meant to give students pre-requisite knowledge of creating job and being employs of labour after school.
The Executive Secretary of NBTE, Prof. Idris Bugaje, said this on Wednesday in Enugu during a National Workshop on the Reviewed Entrepreneurship and Skills Development Curricula for Entrepreneurship Educators in Nigeria Polytechnics and Similar Institutions.
Chief Hycienth Ngwu, former South-East Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), says Nigeria has the capacity to be the pride of the human race.
Ngwu, a founding member of the APC, said this on Thursday in Enugu to journalists while reflecting on the nation’s 63rd Independence Anniversary and the prospect of a great nation.
It would be recalled that Nigeria, as a nation, celebrates her Independence Anniversary yearly on Oct. 1.
Alumni from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) have pledged to use their connections to attract funds nationally and internationally to UNN, their alma mater, for rapid infrastructural development
Dr Ejike Oji, a Guest Lecturer and an Alumus, made the pledge in Nsukka on Friday when the alumni members paid a courtesy visit to Vice-Chancellor of UNN, Prof Charles Igwe, in his office.
The Chairman of Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area in Enugu State, Prince Ejike Itodo, on Wednesday announced the creation of a special office for security and youth matters.
“This special office is to ensure lasting peace and tranquility in the council area”, Itodo made the announcement during the local government prayer/security summit held at the council headquarters in Enugu-Ezike.