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The Supreme Court, today Friday, 16th April 2021 declared Sir Frank Ibezim as Senator for Imo North Senatorial District ending months of  legal fireworks of an election which was held on the 5th of December 2020. The supreme court affirmed that Senator Frank Ibeziem's Certificate issue has been quashed and declared a nullity for lack of evidence which ended the matter at stake. The Supreme Court also declared that the Judgment of both the High court and appeal court is a nullity due to lack of burden of proof, while the Supreme Court held that Senator Frank Ibeziem's appeal is granted as meritorious, enforceable and legitimate.

- Assures new operational protocols will bequeath to the Nation stable security order  The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Usman Alkali Baba, NPM, psc (+), fdc has unveiled a new policing vision and crime fighting strategies for the Nigeria Police Force. The IGP made the new operational protocols public, today, Thursday, 15th April, 2021, during the inaugural conference with Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police, Commissioners of Police and other Heads of Police Formations in the country, at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. The highlights of the new policing vision include; deploying cutting-edge policing technology and integrating intelligence-led policing practices to core policing functions, with a view to strengthening police capacity to stabilise the internal security order and restore public confidence in the Force. The new policing vision equally seeks to, among other things, give full effect to the concept of community policing and deliver quality police service t...

Some of the fallen poles yesterday at Royal Palm Transformer, Aba - Umuahia 33KV feeder, Aba District and along Enugu Road on Bas 11KV feeder, Nsukka District, as a result of heavy rainstorm. Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC) has attributed the loss of supply currently being experienced in parts of its network to the recent heavy rain and windstorm. The company expressed that the situation which led to loss of several High Tension (HT) and Low Tension (LT) poles, aluminum conductors as well as other line accessories, resulted in power outage affecting most of its 33KV and 11KV feeders. The Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka Ezeh made this known in Enugu today in a press release made avaliable to Nigerian Notch. According to Ezeh, the heavy storm which occurred over the weekend in parts of Anambra and Imo States, and yesterday evening in parts of Abia and Enugu States, destroyed electrical installations within the affected areas, thereby subjecting customers to power ou...

Valentine Ozigbo, the frontrunner in the November 2021 Anambra governorship election on the Peoples' Democratic Party platform, PDP, has commended the South East Governors' Forum on the recent formation of a regional security outfit named "EBUBE AGU ". The establishment of the security outfit was made public after the first South East Security Summit by the governors' forum held in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Sunday, April 11, 2021.  Mr Ozigbo, while appearing on Arise News' show, 'The Interview' on Monday, April 12, 2021,  commended the South East Governors' Forum for taking such proactive measure geared towards curbing the menace of insecurity which is rapidly overwhelming most parts of the country, including the South East.  According to the respected business leader, the establishment of regional security outfits is a welcome development. He also declared that the initiative's added benefit is that locals would constitute the security...

The governor's of the South East coming out from a high powered delegation in Owerri today agreed to set up a unified security outfit to protect the South East for the security challenges that has been witnessed in the past few months now. After exhaustive discussions on the current security challenges in the South East and with valuable contributions from participants at the first South East security summit in Owerri on this day Sunday April 11th 2021,resolved to strongly and unequivocally condemn terrorism and banditry in any part of Nigeria, particularly in the South East.  The meeting strongly condemned the burning of police stations, violent attacks on custodial centres with the unlawful release of inmates, and the killings including security personnel, natives/ farmers and headsmen.  The governor's also resolved that the five South East states are on the same page with the federal government on the issue of security challenges in the country.   This meeting is ...

The leadership of Otolo Youths in Nnewi, led by Hon. Emeka Ofoma has paid a courtsey visit to Chief Ifeanyi Ekwulugo (IYCON) to familiarize themselves with him for the community development he has been doing in Nnewi.  The youth leader said that they presented there development Initiative to him which they believe he will be of great importance to them. They also commended him for the visible community development he has been doing in his community which has benefited the youths in his community, especially the pallative he provided during the Covid19 that ravaged the world in 2020. In his response to the demands of the youths, Chief Ewkulugo thanked the youths for the honor of visiting him and charged them to be good ambassadors of Otolo Nnewi Youths and in the society. Hon. Ofoma who said it was a successful outing, also thanked Rev Fr Alponsus Okonkwo(Action) for his prayed for Otolo Youths which centred a successful direction in the leadership of the youths in Otolo, so that Ot...

The Duke of Edinburgh - Prince Philip - has died, Buckingham Palace has said. A statement from Buckingham Palace said: "It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. "His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle." This statement was published by the palace today. The Duke was married to Queen Elizabeth II for more than 70 years and became the longest-serving consort in British history. Into his 90s he carried out a busy programme of public engagements, reflecting his own charitable interests. He also travelled around the country supporting the Queen, both on state occasions and royal visits. For a man of his age he enjoyed relatively good health. He was taken to hospital over Christmas in 2011 for treatment for a blocked artery. In 2012 he was admitted to hospital during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with a bladder infection, and in 2...

Valentine Ozigbo, the leading Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial aspirant for the Anambra Governorship election, has for the umpteenth time, appealed to the leadership and members of the party to ensure a paradigm shift this time around by adopting a process that will bring about a consensus candidate at the party primary election.   The clarion call was made on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 while addressing party stakeholders at an interactive session organised by Hon. Engr. Sam Chinedu Onwuaso, the federal lawmaker representing Awka North/Awka South Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives.  "By consensus, I am referring to a primary election that will be founded on processes that are legally and procedurally in accord with the laws of the land and which in itself will be free, fair, credible, and widely accepted by relevant actors, especially the aspirants," Ozigbo told the PDP stakeholders.  Ozigbo, the immediate past President and Group CE...

The minister of state for Education, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba today presented 20 new private universities with licenses to enable them kick off academic sessions in the country. In a colourfull event today which is a clear testament to the continued partnership between Government and the Private Sector for the widening of access to quality education in the Nigerian University system, Hon Nwajiuba presented to these private universities these licenses as a show of Federal Goverment commitment towards ensuring that education gets to the grassroots. In his words, Nwajiuba said " I am delighted on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria to present provisional licences to 20 new private universities as approved by the Federal Executive Council at it's 3rd meeting held on 3rd February 2021." Continuing, he stated that "It is hoped that the government, while making efforts at addressing the issues of access to University education and enrolment of students in excess of...

 … ONE ARRAIGNED FOR ATTACKING EEDC PERSONNEL Three suspected vandals were last week apprehended in Akwa-Ukwu, Nnewi, Anambra State by members of vigilante group while attempting to vandalize a 300KVA distribution substation, property of Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC) located at Akwa-Ukwu, Nnewi District. The trio identified as Uchenna Ncheta, an indigene of Ebonyi State; Chinedu Eze, from Ihiala, Anambra State and Chuks Michael, an indigene of Abia State were immediately handed over to the Oba Police Division and subsequently transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Awka, Anambra State for further interrogation and possible prosecution. In his interaction with newsmen in Enugu on Wednesday, the Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, expressed worry over the continued attack of EEDC installations in the South-East by some unscrupulous elements; noting that these activities have undermined the efforts being made by the company to improv...