Rowland Odegbo
It is fairly right to say that the EndSARS protest achieved a lot even though it groaned at some point when it was abused to purpose. Apart from forcing the replacement of the accursed Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) with Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT), it also subserved other purposes chief among which was exposure of the frosty relationship between the government and the youth.
By John Ndu
The beneficiaries of the Federal Government's Conditional Cash Transfer programmes (CCT) in Anambra state have been commended for their hug investment and establishment of various enterprises through the scheme.
This was disclosed when the Livelihood Officer, Anambra State Cash Transfer Unit, (ANSCTU) Mr Christan Obiajulu visited some pilots wards in different local government in the state.
Former Super Eagles midfielder, Christian Obodo, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen along Refinery Road, Warri in Delta State,
Obodo, 36, was abducted by the gunmen when he stopped by to buy bananas on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Command, Onome Onovawakpoyeya, told Ashiwaju Media.
Ahead of the 2023 Presidential elections, some prominent leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from South East geopolitical zone have threatened to dump the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, if the presidential ticket was not ceded to the zone.
The PDP leaders also vowed not to take vice presidential position from the party, saying that anyone from the zone that accepts vice presidential ticket will be tagged as an enemy of the zone.
Patrick Obalim-Udoba, lawmaker representing Anambra west in the state house of assembly, has distributed bundles of “high-yield” cassava stems to the people of his constituency.
Obalim-Udoba, said cassava stem will help the communities to mitigate the negative effect of the flood and allow them to kick-start farming in earnest.
However, Trump reiterated his unsubstantiated claim that Biden stole the election through the rigging.
“He won because the election was rigged,” the president said in a tweet, adding that election observers were denied access to voting counting centres.
Trump also alleged that the votes were tabulated by a “Radical Left privately-owned company, Dominion, with a bad reputation and bum equipment that couldn’t even qualify for Texas”.
Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, the Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, has cautioned youths against allowing tribal and religious sentiment to divide them.
Kaigama, in an exhortation at a Prayer Programme – Holy Hour With The Youth – at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral on Saturday in Abuja, urged the youths to stand against disunity and vices.
The Enugu State Infectious Disease Hospital, formerly known as Colliery Hospital Enugu, getting set to commence operations for isolation and treatment of patients with infectious diseases, courtesy of Governor
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has approved the reappointment of Osarodion Ogie as Secretary to the State Government.
Governor Obaseki made the announcement via his twitter handle where he maintained that Osarodion's appointment remains the only appointment made for now as all other appointments will be made in February 2021 up
The distribution took place at the premises of the state’s Ministry of Youth and Sports on Thursday.
