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Since the election of Senator Dr Ikemba Ifeanyi Ubah into the Senate on the 23rd of February 2019 on the platform of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), his political enemies who are still in shock over how he made it to the Senate from an unknown political party have not relented on their effort to either pull him down or distract him from making any meaningful impact in the Senate. These known and unknown political enemies started fighting him from the day he was declared winner and returned elected. The moment Ubah was declared winner, an attempt was made on the returning officer for Anambra state senatorial zone, Prof Umenweke. In a shocking move, the Professor and Dean of Law at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, who was the returning officer for the Anambra south senatorial election, few hours after announcing Ifeanyi Ubah winner, made a U-turn and declared the election inconclusive - that's when the hand of Esau but voice of Jacob began to unveil. The erroneous declaration of th...

The Assistant Inspector General of Police for  Zone 13, Zonal Command, situated in Ukpo, Dunukofia LGA, Anambra state, AIG Danmallam Muhammed, has officially resumed work at the command, with a call on all police commands in Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu states respectively to work in synergy to fight crime and criminal activities in the zonal command. He made this call today, while briefing newsmen at the zonal command headquarters at Ukpo, Dunukofia LGA of Anambra state. He hinted that after a closed door meeting with all the 3 commissioners of police in the zone, they resolved to fight every form of criminality in the zone to a stand still. The AIG, further stated that the new Zonal command under his watch will follow the precepts of constitutionalism, due process, and rule of law and order which is main constitutional role of the police. He assured, members of the public in these 3 states where the command has jurisdiction, about the safety of lives and property. He promised to def...

From Chinyelude Udeze, Nnewi The crisis rocking the family of the late Nnewi based business magnet, Chief Pius Ogbuawa (YOKO President) took dramatic dimension recently with the family engaging the social media to attack some of its partners, including Mr. Fang Du, a Chinese partner, Nonso Ukatu of the NONSEC Ltd; as well as Augustine Jideofor Emmanuel (a importer), which we gathered, threatened their business relationship. In the said online publication, Ogbuawa's family accused the said business partners of the attempt to hijack their family business by forcing them to sign bogus agreement that might pull the business down. The publication reads in part: P.O Ogbuawa's third wife, Amaka, connived with some of Ogbuawa's business partners, Nonso Ukatu (NONSEC) and Augustine Jideofor (AUSTIN-MANUEL) to take over the business empire of P.O. Ogbuawa & Sons Ltd.  "The trio contrived a figure of over 400,000USD as debt owed by the company to one Fang Du, a Chinese, and c...

  Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Saturday debunked the rumour making the rounds that he is nursing a presidential ambition ahead of the 2023 general elections. Lawan, who was reacting to recent publications about his purported plan to contest the 2023 presidential election, described the rumour as “beer parlour gossips” that should be disregarded as it has the potential of dragging the noble profession of journalism into the gutters. Lawan had through a statement signed by his Media Special Adviser, Ola Awoniyi, described the publications as mere distractions, adding that it would be too early in the day to be talking about 2023 when the country has pressing national issues to attend to. The statement reads in part: “It is easy to see that the report emanated from the sort of practice that drags the noble profession of journalism to the gutters as it only dresses up the lazy fantasy of its unimaginative authors as a fact. “The report apparently has its source in beer p...

Kaduna State has directed its civil servants to report to work on Monday, July 20, 2020, after working remotely for over three months at home, following the invoking of the Quarantine Act and Kaduna State Public Health Law, which quarantined all residents on March 26. A circular issued by the office of the Head of Service on Thursday, stated that different category of workers will work in different days of the week, from 9am to 3pm. According to the circular which was signed by Ibrahim Jere, Permanent Secretary (Public Service Officer), all Permanent Secretaries, Directors General, Chief Executives of Agencies and Parastatals, as well as Directors will work from Monday to Friday. The circular further stated that officers on Grade Level 14 and above will work for three days, including Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, while officers on Grade Level 7 to 13 will work on Tuesdays and Wednesdays only. The circular also noted that in an effort to contain the spread of Covid-19, visi...