NIGERIAN NOTCH

_---  As Senator attracts and commissions a block of classrooms, other social interventions in Ukpo community_ The Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, Uche Ekwunife PhD, on Friday July 16, 2021, paid a courtesy visit to the clan head of Dunukofia Ancient Kingdom and Eze Ukpo in Dunukofia, HRM Igwe Dr Robert C Eze, Okofia VI. The glamorous event which was graced by members of the Igwe's cabinet and many prominent sons and daughters of the Ukpo community was preceded by the commissioning of a block of classrooms built by the Senator at Community Secondary School, Ukpo. Speaking at the gathering, Ekwunife who had in the past few months embarked on massive commissioning of projects across the senatorial district described the Ukpo community as a community rich in culture and heritage. The performing lawmaker while recalling that Ukpo was the first community she attracted a project when she was member of house of representatives, thanked the...

Ohanaeze Youth Council(OYC), the apex youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has tagged the obvious ploy to cause disaffection between Prof Obizor and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as ill-fated. The group has therefore observed with keen interest the malicious blackmail against the noble leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo led by Amb. Prof. George Obiozor. In a Press release made avaliable to Nigerian Notch, reads thus "The content of the cheap blackmail in the first and second paragraph stated thus, “I am the President General of Ohanaeze ndi Igbo not Nnamdi Kanu. Nobody gave him the veto power to decide for the Igbos. Whatsoever he was doing at his Radio Biafra is solely for him and has no link with the entire Igbo community”. “I could remember how many times we called him to order, yet he refused to heed to our calls, now he’s about to face what is bigger than him” Continuing the group said that "In the foregoing, Ohanaeze Youth Council wish to inform the general public, Igbo y...

.....seeks opportunities for Ukpo indigenes His Royal Majesty Igwe Dr Robert C. Eze (Okofia VI)  has called on the Nigeria Correctional Service to consider youths of Ukpo whenever the Service is carrying its recruitment excercise . Igwe Dr R.C. Eze made the call when he received in audience the new and 17th  Comptroller, Nigeria Correctional Service, Anambra State Command, CC. Patrick Chukwuemeka, fsi, at his Ukpo Palace in  Dunukofia, Anambra state.  The Comptroller who  came in company of CSC. Magnus Uchegbu, the Squadron Commander of Anambra State Correctional Service, Francis Ekezie,   the Command PPRO among other officers and men of the NCS, informed Igwe Robert Eze that the purpose of his visit was to formally inform him, that he was recently posted to the State and pledged to maintain the already existing cordial and mutual relationship between the Command and Ukpo community.  The new NCS boss, Patrick Chukwuemeka particularly t...

In what appeared to have come as a rude shock to APGA, and the Camp of Professor Charles Soludo, the name of Professor Charles Soludo was visibly absent in the name published by INEC this morning in corfomity to electoral guidelines.  Attached is the list as published by INEC.

As part of its efforts towards entrenching the right knowledge and orientation in its public, the Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC) has embarked on massive stakeholder education/sensitization campaign to schools within its franchise area. The campaign is aimed at orientating school children who are seen as the “leaders of tomorrow” at the early stage of their lives on electrical safety and electricity distribution operations. The Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr. Emeka Ezeh, made this known after the team from EEDC visited Lady Ibiam Girls Secondary School, Enugu, to engage the students earlier today (Thursday). According to him, these children are witnesses to illegal activities going on within their environment, and are already growing up, seeing these illegalities as normal. “As a result of this, our organization decided to adopt the approach of “training up a child in the way he/she should go, so that when he/she grows, he/she will never depart from it”....

Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development, FENRAD, a human and environmental rights group is calling on the Military High Command to ensure that it's personnel drafted to the South East are called to order. This was contained in a statement made available to Nigerian Notch by the organization, through it's leader  Comrade Nelson Nnanna Nwafor, reads in part "the unlawful 'detention' of some customers at Shoprite, Umuahia following a claim of vandalism and robbery by some men and/or officers of the Nigeria Army who had also gone to the grocery and household retail outlet for shopping as those who only became their victims is unacceptable." According to sources and clips obtained online publications, the group said that, " the friction climaxed when upon returning to the car from the mall the military personnel raised an alarm to the effect that their car had been vandalised and their cash stolen. The tension was heightened further when t...

The 3R government of Imo State is not leaving any stone unturned in the recovery program of the administration.  The gazetted white paper report from the judiciary commission of inquiry on land matters seems to be inexhaustible with list of public properties illegally acquired by the Rochas Okorocha administration and associates. Following a court order, the Imo State government recovered 53 hectares of land from Orji in Owerri North LGA of Imo State which were illegally acquired by former Governor Rochas Okorocha. This is in addition to the over 40 hectares of lands recovered from him. The government of Imo State would not be emotionally blackmailed into abandoning the mandate of Imolites which includes but not limited to the recovery of all public and private properties illegally acquired by anyone. While it is the right of anyone to acquire lands whenever the state advertises for such, it remains the prerogative of the law to dictate the procedure and process for such acquisitio...

...proceeds of illegality remains illegal and cannot be converted for charity. Going through the write-up referenced above and credited to media team of former Governor Rochas Okorocha, as conflicting in facts and ignoramus in analysis, it became pertinent that a proper perspective be made available for the interest of the general public, and in schooling the author and his compatriots. Conflict of interest is a very simple phenomenon and doesn't require advanced tutoring to understand and as such feigned ignorance over it amounts to shear wickedness and purposeful deceit to the audience. This is a pinch, on the ignorance to the fact that one cannot approbate and reprobate at the same time. No doubt, the Rochas Foundation is a non governmental organization owned by Rochas Okorocha and operates on charity as claimed in the content. However, you do not give out what doesn't belong to you in the name of charity and no amount of sentimental / emotional blackmail would justify the f...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Imo State chapter has received with delight and great satisfaction the news of the recovery of old Imo Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) premises, Orji, in Owerri North LGA, by Imo State Government of Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma. This was contained in a press statement issued by APC through the Director General  of it's Media Center, Cajethan Duke.  Recall that the IBC premises officially designated by Imo State Government to house officials of the corporation was fraudulently converted into personal use by former governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha in favour of his immediate family and close political associates during his reign in office. The statement further stated that the provocative and reckless conversion of public assets into private use, which was the hallmark of Okorocha's administration, remains one anomaly every right thinking Imolite has remained hopeful that any responsible administration will address with eve...

Classified information filtering out of Anambra High Court indicates that Sen. Ugochukwu Uba since last night, the 12th of July, 2021, following the adjournment of his controversial suit by Hon. Justice Obiorah Nwabunike to September 14th, 2021, has been mounting pressure on High Court Judges in the State to prevail on him to rescind his decision. It would be recalled that on the 5th of July 2021, Hon. Justice Obiorah Nwabunike had in his ruling on an ex parte motion brought before him by Sen. Ugochuckwu Uba, restrained the Peoples Democratic Party from presenting, receiving, parading or accepting Valentine Ozigbo as the authentic Governorship Candidate for Anambra State.  The ruling which by the effect of Order 40, Rule 3(3) of the High Court of Anambra Civil Procedure Rules 2019, had a lifespan of 7 days, suffered judicial fatality on the 12th of July 2021, with Justice Obiorah declining an application by Uba to renew the said order. In declining the application, the ...