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Feb

27

2024

On The Flip Side Of The Geometric Miracle Of 24/7 Light In Aba

Abia State, Business, Column, Economy, Metro, News, OpinionAbia State, Business, Economy, Odo Ijere

By Odo Ijere The commissioning yesterday of the Aba Independent Power Plant project designed and built by Professor Barthlomew Nnaji's Geometric Power Ltd over a 20 years period was indeed a shining armor spotted in a thick cloud. It started as a developing story that was too difficult to imagine to be true. A fairy tale sort of stuff of the Cinderella fame. But turning out to be true that at last, something good came out of the tribe of Benjamin. Thus, Aba, the Enyimba City, the pearl of the Eastern States, the elephant of the Igbo miracle, the engine…

Feb

25

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

The Incessant Foreign Travels Of Mr President Is Turning To National Embarrassment – Opinion

Column, Economy, Lifestyle, News, Opinion, PoliticsBola Ahmed Tinubu, Odo Ijere, Opinion, Politics

By Odo Ijere. The note verbale leaked message between the Qatari Foreign Mission in Nigeria and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is both very clear and apt message of rejection. The international community are using all manner of diplomatese to express their reservations over presidential tourism from Nigeria. What you perhaps do not know is that presidential visits is always a big deal and puts enormous diplomatic pressure on host nations. But why are Nigerians especially personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs always too fixated about foreign visits in the midst of economic uncertainty in their own country? But…

Feb

21

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ohanaeze asks President Tinubu to drop Nnamdi Kanu’s treason charges like he did to Sowore

Column, Lifestyle, Metro, News, Opinion, Politics, SponsoredBiafra, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Freedom, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, Ohanaeze Ndigbo

President Tinubu is being urged by Ohanaeze Ndigbo to drop the charges of treason against Nnamdi Kanu, saying that this was done for Omoyere Sowore and Igboho. In light of the recent admirable decision to drop the treasonable felony charge against Yoruba activist Omoyere Sowore, OHANAEZE NDIGBO takes a firm and uncompromising stand and urgently appeals to President Tinubu to show integrity and justice by dropping the terrorism charges against IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu. Bold and decisive leadership is needed at this crucial juncture to guide Nigeria towards genuine healing and unity. The highest Igbo socio-cultural organisation praises the Federal…

Feb

19

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

CSO demands immediate stop to 27 senior immigration officers’ illegal retirement

Column, News, Opinion, PoliticsEconomy, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

Taking into consideration the alleged unlawful retirement of 27 senior immigration officers, the Civil Society for Good Governance and Accountability has issued a severe warning to the departing Comptroller General of Immigration, Adepoju, as well as to the Minister of Interior, Tunji-Ojo. In a press statement that was issued on Monday in Abuja, the spokesperson for the organisation, Monday Okafor, called for immediate action to be taken in order to reverse this decision. "It is our demand that the commander Immigration Officer Adepoju and Minister Tunji-Ojo immediately reverse their decisions to retire these 27 top immigration officers without providing a…

Feb

19

2024

By Kalu Odinakachi

Repair Ihiagwa Road Before Rainy Season – Residents Plead With Gov Uzodinma

Column, Lifestyle, Metro, NewsHope Uzodinma, Imo State, Lifestyle, Metro

...Another abandonment will speak doom and more hardship in the state. By Cyril Aririguzo, KSM Residents of Nekede and Ihiagwa communities in Owerri West local government area of Imo State have urged the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma to come to their rescue by completing the remaining part of the road along the Nekede-lhiagwa-FUTO ack gate axis which was abandoned by the government half way. Addressing newsmen in Owerri recently, a member of the community and Chieftain of All Peoples Congress (APC) Hon (Dr.) Chiedo Ohamere feels they have been abandoned by the government for too long. He…