Barrister Emeka Ugwuonye from Ezeagu LGA of Enugu State is an activist lawyer of international training. He’s popular for numerous controversies that he involved himself in from the USA which saw him in Nigeria fighting tooth and nail to regain his freedom from prison and other detention facilities over what he would always call trumped up charges against him by the agents of the Nigerian state. In his long essay, he narrated his knowledge of the character called Festus Keyamo, SAN who’s trending over his acquisition of properties in America as a serving Minister in the Government of Nigeria.…
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A Technical Assistant to the Governor of Enugu State and Chief Security Officer of Awgu LGA of the state, Stanley Ezediuto has just bagged a Ph.D from the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Portharcourt. He studied Human Resource Management in his PhD class. In an interview after the convocation party of the university on the 22nd of April, 2023 with the press, Dr Ezediuto stated what his experience had been like while pursuing the coveted academic feat. Below was extracted from his acknowledgement comment: “I’m happy to have joined the league of PhD holders in the world today by dint…
The governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has appointed an industrialist, Chief Christian Udechukwu as the new Commissioner for Industry in Anambra State. The industrialist is from Nnewi North LGA of Anambra State. In a writeup by the former General Manager of the Anambra Broadcasting Service, Dr Uche Nworah, he described Udechukwu as a seasoned industrialist who had achieved a lot for himself and Anambra State in general. His writeup reads: “Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo Nominates Christian Udechukwu As Commissioner For Industry Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has forwarded the name of Mr Christian Udechukwu to…
PDP National Publicity Secretary Rejects INEC Declaration of APC as Winner in Ogun State Governorship Election Gentlemen of the Press, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reviewed the conduct of the Saturday, March 18, 2023 Governorship election in Ogun State and observed with concern that the result as declared by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is completely at variance with the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022 and Guidelines issues by INEC for the conduct of the election. Specifically, from the summary of collated results at the governorship election, it is evident that our candidate was in clear lead before…
When we talk about educational disadvantages in Ebonyi State, Ikwo LGA of the state should be exempted from it. Ikwo is a local government and has the highest number of Ph.D. holders in Ebonyi State. Afikpo immediately follows. Below are Ph.D. holders in Ikwo known to me. The majority of these people teach in the UK, USA, and elsewhere. Dead Ph.D. holders didn’t make it to this list. All the people here are alive and working. Only 10 – 15 of the Ph.D. holders here aren’t yet Associate Professors. About 50 are on the verge of defending their Ph. Ds…
Nwoba Chika Nwoba, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, has reported challenges in delivering a polling booth to a PDP official in the state. The challenges may have arisen from logistical issues or political interference, but further details were not provided in the brief statement. This post is a response from Nwoba Chika Nwoba, the Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Ebonyi State, to accusations that he did not deliver his polling booth to the PDP in the governorship poll. Nwoba explains that he faced security threats ahead of the election and had to be…
The President elect, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has constituted committees and their head to plan his inauguration as President of Nigeria on the 29th of May, 2023 at the Eagle Square, Abuja. The heads of the committees are as follows: President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has submitted 14 more names into the presidential transition council few weeks after he nominated former Lagos Finance Commissioner, Wale Edun and Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State as heads. Director, Budget and Finance – Abubakar Kyari Secretariat, Planning and Monitoring – Hon. Stella Okotete Media and Publicity – Bayo Onanuga…
Ebonyi Fortunes: Revisiting the Nigercem, Nkalagu ▪︎Nwoba Chika Nwoba In 1954, limestone in voluminous proportion was discovered in a community called Nkalagu, present-day Ebonyi State. The discovery was activated into production with the establishment of the Nigeria Cement Company Limited(Nigercem) in 1957 with the production facility and staff quarters in the community. The component communities upon which the Nigercem sits are the Nkalagu itself, Nkalaha, Umuhuali, and Amaezu in the present-day Ishielu LGA of Ebonyi State. The ownership of the company was enjoyed by the five Eastern states – Enugu, Anambra, Abia, Imo, and Ebonyi under the Eastern regional government.…
Dr. Ike Ekweremmadu has been on the political scene in Nigeria for quite a long time. He started his political journey as Chairman of Aninri LGA of Enugu State in the early 2000s. He later became Chief of Staff to the Governor of Enugu State. He was later appointed Secretary to the Enugu State Government by Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani who was Governor at the time. In 2003, he got elected into office as Senator representing Enugu West District. He held sway till today, making it 20 years he has been in the Senate on the platform of PDP. He’s one…
The Ebonyi State College of Education is at Achara, Ikwo LGA of Ebonyi State. It was established in 2001 from formerly being a College of Agriculture owned by the Norwegian Church of Agriculture Project (Norcap) of the Presbyterian Church. The College of Education was established by the first executive governor of Ebonyi State, Sen. Dr. Sam Egwu to cushion the effects of illiteracy that were characteristic of the majority of the people of the state at the time. College of Education The College of Education has the following courses offered in it: Economics Education Computer Education Mathematics/Biology Education Agricultural Science…