Friday, May 24th, 2013
By Anolu Vincent/Owerri The Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Professor Cyril Asiabaka, has raised the alarm that the much dreaded HIV/AIDS now claims 215,000 lives of Nigerians annually, while millions of others are currently living with the lethal disease. Asiabaka...
Friday, May 24th, 2013
Before now, it was believed that Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF), a disease associated with uncontrolled urination among women, was confined to women in northern part of the country. But Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Lawrence Ikeakor, in this interview with REPORTER Chukwujekwu Ilozue, debunks...
Friday, May 24th, 2013
By Anolu Vincent/ Owerri Imo State government has announced plan to review the master plan of the Owerri capital territory to enhance the beauty of the area. General Manager of the Owerri Capital Development Authority (OCDA), Mr. Iheanyi Abaekwume, disclosed this Wednesday ...
Friday, May 24th, 2013
Bob Manuel Udokwu is an actor and film maker and hails from Ogidi – the home town of late Professor Chinua Achebe. He is also a member of the community’s funeral committee. He spoke recently with reporters and correspondent Okey Maduforo was there. Excerpts… ...
Friday, May 24th, 2013
The Aguata Council of Traditional Rulers has restated total loyalty to the administration of Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State. In a 14-point communiqué after an emergency meeting at the Council Hall, Neni, and signed by the traditional ruler of the 11 communities of the...
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
By Felix Uka/Abakaliki Elechi and Egwu at the occasion said the All Progressives Party (APC) has no chance in the state. The duo explained that the political background of their people would make it almost impossible for any opposition political party to beat the...
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
By Anolu Vincent/Owerri Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has resumed his call on the Economic and Financial crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-graft agencies in the country to commence a thorough investigation of the N67 billion allegedly squandered by the immediate past administration in...
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
By Anolu Vincent/Owerri The management of Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, says it has concluded arrangements for the commissioning of newly completed projects in the institution by the Minister of Education, Professor Ruquyyatu Ahmed Rufa’i. Deputy Registrar, Information and Public Relations, Nze Obinna Okafor, who stated this...
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
By Anolu Vincent/Owerri At least no fewer than 30 people were sent to their untimely graves last Friday evening at Umudagu Ihitte Isi Mbieri in Mbaitoli council area of Imo State by a mighty tree said to belong to a dreaded deity in the community....
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Imo State-born public commentator and cleric, Dr. Felix Nwosu, is not happy with the crisis that has split All Progressive Grand Alliance into several factions. He is not also happy that APGA leaders don’t show enough respect to Governor Peter Obi as the party’s leader....
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
By Felix Uka/Abakaliki In the first republic of Nigerian politics the Nigerian People Party (NPP) and the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) held sway. The main thrust for winning elections was then campaign-based. The politicians did go round their constituencies even when it meant going...
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
By Valentine Amanze The Igbo community in the Diaspora on the platform of Igbo World Assembly (IWA), has thrown its weight behind declaration of state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states by the Federal Government. IWA is the global body that represents the...
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
By Chukwujekwu Ilozue/Onitsha A poverty eradication programme in which the beneficiaries will coast home with between N5,000 to N10,000 every month has taken off in Anambra State. Known as Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) in which the very poor in Anambra State will be selected to...
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
By Chukwujekwu Ilozue/Onitsha After many months of distribution of over N1 billion to schools returned to their missionary owners, Anambra State government has commenced distribution of cheques for the rebuilding of public school infrastructure across the state. Governor Peter Obi, announced this while presenting a...
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
By Anolu Vincent/Owerri Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has canvassed true federalism in the country to encourage equitable distribution of wealth and decentralisation of power among the components of the federation. Okorocha who bared his mind at the 2013 Nigerian Bar Association Law Week...
