Enugu youths storm streets, support Nnamdi Kanu in ending illegal sit-at-home in South-East

 

Enugu youths have stormed the streets in peaceful protest to support Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in his call to end illegal sit-at-home in South-East.

The youths, in their numbers on Saturday, marched though major roads and streets in Enugu metropolis with various inscriptions, which included: “Even Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is Against Sit-at-Home” and “Sit-at-Home Discourages Economic Progress”.

Enugu Govt urges mass media to create massive awareness on HPV vaccination

 

The Enugu State Government, on Friday, appealed to the mass media to support the state in creating massive awareness on Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination introduction in the state.

Mrs Ukamaka Nsude, State Health Educator in Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), made the appeal while interacting with a cross section of journalists from various media houses in Enugu.

An Open Letter To Governor Soludo From Blessed Wisdom Model School located in Onitsha, Anambra State

To:  Governor Chukwuma Soludo 

Anambra State Governor 

Subject: Investigation of Allegations against Blessed Wisdom Model School, Onitsha, Anambra State

I am writing to report the findings of our investigative team on the allegations made against the Blessed Wisdom Model School located in Onitsha, Anambra State.

Nasir El-Rufai’s Ministerial Nomination A Tragedy - Shehu Sani

President of the Civil Rights Congress and human rights activist, Shehu Sani, has said the nomination of the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, among the ministerial nominees by President Bola Tinubu is a "tragedy".

The activist said this in an interview on Arise TV News which is making the rounds on social media on Friday.

Asisat Oshoala, Agba Baller: 10 Things You Should Know About The Super Falcon's Player

Super Falcons player Asisat Oshoala made history Thursday, following Nigeria's 3-2 win against Australia at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. 

Oshoala who came in as a substitute in the 63rd minute of the match played at Brisbane Stadium, scored Nigeria’s third goal in the 72nd minute, leading the country to victory and becoming the first  Nigerian player (male or female) to score at three different FIFA World Cup. 

Senate Names 28 Tinubu's Ministerial Nominees

 

The Nigerian Senate has received the First Batch of President Tinubu’s much anticipated List of Ministers Designate 

The List containing names of 28 ministerial nominees was Presented to the President of the Senate by the Cheif of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.

EEDC notifies of planned prepaid meter upgrade, urges customers not to panic

 

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has notified its customers that by Nov. 24, 2024, all prepaid meters in its network will cease to accept credit tokens unless they are upgraded.

Lawmakers mourn colleague murdered in Enugu, demand improved welfare, security

Lawmakers in Enugu State under the aegis of the Forum of 260 Ward Councillors In Enugu State, on Tuesday mourned and held a candle light procession for late Mr Sylvester Ofunwa.

It would be recalled that Ofunwa, the Councillor representing Eha-Ulo Ward in Nsukka Local Government Area, was murdered by suspected hoodlums within his house at his home-town in Eha-Alumona community on Sunday, July 16

NEMA calls for proactive communities’ involvement in flood mitigation in South-East

 

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called for proactive communities’ involvement in mitigating flood disaster in the South-East as communities remained critical stakeholders in checking flood disasters and losses.

The Zonal Coordinator of NEMA South-East, Mrs Ngozi Echeazu, made the call while speaking with newsmen  in Enugu on Wednesday on proactive steps taken by the Agency before now.

We Have Gotten Approval To Float Anambra State Owned Football Team - Iloenyosi

 

  Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu

The Chairman of Anambra State Football Association (ANSFA), Gen Chikelue Iloenyosi, says that approval for Anambra State to own a football team just like other States in the country has been granted.

 Iloenyosi made the announcement at Awka City Stadium during a press conference which preceded the round of 16 match between Awka Capital Elite Football Club (ACE FC) and Nkpor Veterans Recreation Club.

NUJ, Anambra Govt bicker over alleged shut down of National Light Newspapers

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has criticized Gov. Chukwuma Soludo led administration in Anambra for allegedly shutting down the Anambra State-owned National Light Newspapers without any reason made public.

Tinubu as "Sobia" in need of Oluganbe leaf

 

Festus Adedayo 

Initial applauses from Bretton Woods and some local economists that greeted the economic reforms of the Bola Tinubu presidency were deafening. The reforms were termed bold and courageous. The most surgically painful of them, which drilled deep down into the marrows of Nigerians, was the removal of fuel subsidy. In a country that is almost totally dependent on PMS, the unbearable pains of the people reached ear-shattering decibel. Cars disappeared from the roads. Costs of transportation are tearing the roof, with rife social dislocations. Rates of crime have since been on the increase, with rising matrimonial disorder figures. Local political party panegyrists and their hirelings, in response to the harrowing pains that accompanied the policies, lapped up the time-worn cliché of “Rome was not built in a day” as requests for national patience. Why not allow a window into the counterpoise of that cliché, to wit that Rome was not destroyed in a day? With my eyes of metaphor, I see an unfolding disaster of Sobia that is afflicting villagers and townsmen.

Breakfast with Yebo Gogo, Kole Omotoso

 

Festus Adedayo 

In 2018 when news sieved in that that constellation of emeriti, Prof Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso, had crept into Akure, Ondo State, our association, Ooye Development Initiative, (ODI) bated him like mousetrap does mice. Was Akure big enough to contain that hippopotamus-statured literary giant? I wondered. I, perhaps, was the most excited of the lot. I had read Omotoso’s works with doting wonder and imagined if he wasn’t a gnome or some genie. So, this day in September, as we drove towards the then pot-holes ridden Oda road to honour an appointment given us by the professor, I fantasized that I would meet a hippo. We waddled through a forest-like jungle into his home. We were later shocked to see that it lacked electricity but Omotoso didn’t mind.