It is Unfortunate That There Are Still Cases Of Sickle Cell - Bishop Ezeokafor

            

 By Abuchi Onwumelu

The Catholic  bishop of Awka Diocese, HisLordship Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor hasdescribed as unfortunate the rampant casesof sickle cell in Nigeria.
In this interview withhis Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr. AbuchiOnwumelu, the Catholic prelate speaks on issues bordering about Sickle Cell Anemia and as it concerns the Church.

Excerpts

 Research has it that, despite the fact that we now live in an information age, babies with sickle cell anemia are still being born. How do you react to this and what is the Church doing to stem this tide?

Ufuma Community Marks 2015 New Yam Festival Amidst Pomp and Pageantry

BY Abuchi Onwumelu

The ancient kingdom of Uvume
(Now called Ufuma) in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State on Saturday 15 August, 2015 thrown into  atmosphere of ecstasy, glitz and glamour as the entire Ufuma Community converged at the palace of their traditional ruler, HRH Igwe S. Chika Uchime (Diji 111 of Ufuma) to commemorate the 2015 Egwu Otute (Ofala)  Cultural Festival.

Ufuma, one of the biggest communities in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State is endowed with rich cultural heritage handed down to them by their forebears. One of such traditional norms inherited from their progenitors is the New Yam Festival often used as an occasion to express profound gratitude to the gods of the land for bountiful harvest after having toiled in tilling and cultivation of the crop during the planting season.

E-X-P-O-S-E: Read How Ex SGF Anyim Allegedly Converted 3000 acre of Land for Centenary Village Project To SELF

 The National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, South-South zone, Honourable Cairo Ojougboh, has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to investigate the immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim, over alleged multibillion naira Centenary celebration scam.
Hon, . Ojougboh, in a five-page letter, dated July 21, to President . Buhari, alleged that the Centenary City project in Abuja, which was built by the Federation Government but which construction was coordinated by the former SGF as part of the activities to mark Nigeria’s 100 years as nation, was a scam.

APC National Leader Tinubu, Ambode APC Leaders, Others Shun FASHOLA’S Book Launch

 Prominent members of the All Progressives Congress, Tuesday, stayed away from a book launch chronicling the tenure of Babatunde Fashola at the helm of affairs of Lagos State.

Mr. Fashola was the governor of Lagos State between 2007 and 2015.

The books: The Great Leap, The Lagos Blowdown, and In Bold Print, were authored by Hakeem Bello, Special Adviser on Media to Mr. Fashola, and Dapo Adeniyi.

While Mr. Fashola’s predecessor and a leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu, failed to attend, he sent Tunde Samuel, who was among Lagos State delegates at last year’s National Conference, as his representative.

VIDEO: Watch How Nigerian Airforce Bombed Boko Haram Strong Hold----PhotoNews

INEC DEFENDS SENATOR EKWUNIFE's ELECTION BEFORE TRIBUNALL

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has defended its declaration of Senator Uche Ekwunife, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of Anambra Central Senatorial district during the March 28, 2015 general elections and urged the Justice Layai Abagana-led Election Petition Tribunal 1, sitting in Awka, the Anambra state capital to affirm the declaration.

The Electoral Oficer (EO) in charge of Idemili-North local

BUHARI SACKS AMCON MD, CHIKE OBI, APPOINTS LAWAN KURU

President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the management team of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON.
The president appointed Ahmed Lawan Kuru as new Managing Director of the Corporation to replace Mustafa Chike-Obi.
Mr. Buhari also appointed Kola Ayeye, Eberechukwu Uneze and Aminu Ismail as the new executive directors of the corporation. They will form the executive management team of the body.
Until his appointment, Mr. Kuru was the Group Managing Director of Enterprise Bank Limited.
He started his banking career with the old Habib Bank in 1985 and rose through the ranks to become an Executive Director of Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank) in 2005.

R-E-V-E-A-L-E-D: Massive Corruption, Leadership Deficiency Hamper NDLEA’s Drug War

By: ADEKUNLE YUSUF 

In spite of mammoth arrests, seizures and convictions of drug peddlers, the battle against illicit drugs is far from being won, as the criminal market continues to grow, drawing profit and impetus for organised crime. After keeping a close tab on the agency for more than two years, Assistant Editor ADEKUNLE YUSUF reports that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) requires an overhaul if it is to regain  its teeth to fight the drug war.

DNA Reveales How Harding Wasn’t America's First Black President,

 Bill Clinton was called the first black president because he crossed racial lines so easily, a distinction he lost when Barack Obama became the first actual black president. But for decades, some Americans claimed that the nation’s first black president was really Warren G. Harding.

It turns out that he wasn’t, really. At least that is the result of new DNA testing that according to scientists showed for the first time that Harding almost certainly had no recent ancestors with African blood, despite assertions that were spread far and wide a century ago in efforts to sabotage everything from his marriage to his political career.

yes, I hate Jay-Jay Okocha---Oliseh

 Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has finally laid to rest rumours that he does not see eye-to-eye with his former assistant in the Eagles Austin Jay-Jay Okocha when he said; ‘’yes, I hate Jay-Jay’’.

Oliseh and Okocha.

A reporter had asked him to clear the air on rumours that he does not see or stay in the same room with the former playmaker of the Super Eagles. The hall was like a graveyard when he made the pronouncement. He looked round and explained further. “I hate Okocha because anytime we play Tennis, he beats me.