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Sep

07

2025

Ohafia to embark agricultural empowerment scheme

Abia State, Column, Metro, News, Ohafia, Opinion, SponsoredAbia State, Metro, Ohafia, Opinion

The President General of the Ohafia Improvement Union (OIU) Worldwide, Chief Fab Kalu Uche, has said that the Union is embarking on an agricultural empowerment scheme to create wealth, provide jobs, and ensure food security. According to him, the OIU has recognised that true empowerment lies in economic independence, and hence, the "Hectare to Hectare" Agribusiness Scheme, which is an initiative designed to secure land, provide training, and offer support for the youth to engage in modern, profitable agriculture, and therefore moving away from subsistence farming to agribusiness. Chief Uche stated this in his goodwill message during the celebration of…

Sep

07

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Lessons from Brazil and South Africa – By abiodun KOMOLAFE

Column, News, Opinion, PoliticsAbiodun KOMOLAFE, Nigeria, Politics

The best way to view the Nigerian nation is that it stands at a critical juncture. The central question is how to transform it from its current state into the country it ought to be: one of the world’s top 12 economies, with a low poverty rate and a growing, sustainable middle class. In this context, the actions and decisions of the current government are particularly significant. The present government has made a very good start. While this is a contentious statement, it is the stark and honest reality. Without a painful fiscal rebalancing of the economy, Nigeria would have…

Sep

07

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Nigeria Unveils Landmark Sports and Creative Economy Partnership to Transform Moshood Abiola Stadium into World-Class Innovation Hub

Cultural Heritage, News, Politicsculture, Politics, Tourism

The Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, in partnership with the National Sports Commission, has taken a bold step towards national transformation with the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding in Abuja. The agreement, signed on Thursday, September 4, 2025, by the Honourable Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Barrister Hannatu Musa Musawa, and the Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mallam Shehu Dikko, was executed through the Ministry’s special purpose vehicle, the Creative and Tourism Infrastructure Corporation (CTICo). This milestone sets in motion the establishment of a National Arts, Cultural, Creative,…

Sep

06

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Mayday! Mayday! A Call To Unite Against The Execution Of Democracy By Tinubu And His ‘Gunmen’ I.

Column, News, Opinion, Politics2027, Nigeria, Nwaokobia Jnr, Politics

…Democracy Dies Where The Freedoms Enshrined In The Constitution Are Stifled And Strangled. …Tinubu With His Incessant Overseas Trips Like Nero 'Fiddles While Rome Burns'. …And Refusing The Opposition The Space To Organize Is Akin To Tying Democracy To The Shooting Range. I was forced by the troubling developments at home, over 10,712 Kilometres from my present location to suspend the series captioned '2027: Between Politics, Ambition And Country First' for this Mayday Call. We can talk about 2027 only when democracy survives the present madness at home. Clearly President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the minders of his Presidency appear…

Sep

03

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

RATTAWU Appreciates Mr President, Congratulates DG, EDs NTA On Reinstatement

Abia State, News, Politics, RATTAWU NewsBola Ahmed Tinubu, Prince Emeka Kalu, RATTAWU

PRESS RELEASE The President of the Radio Television Theatre and Arts Workers Union ( RATTAWU), the biggest and largest umbrella Union for Media and Cultural Workers in Nigeria, Comrade Prince Emeka Kalu (Magic Fingers), on behalf of RATTAWU members across the country, appreciates His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for reinstating Comrade Salihu Abdulhamid Dembos as the Director General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), a further demonstration of implicit confidence on the veteran broadcaster who was a one time President of RATTAWU. RATTAWU President commended the efforts of the Honourable Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris Malagi,…