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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday commissioned a Lithium processing factory built in Nasarawa State by a Chinese firm, Avatar New Energy Materials Company Limited. The commissioning, which took place at Kama Otto in Nasarawa Local Government Area, was in collaboration with the Nasarawa State Government. The President was represented at the occasion by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. In attendance were the Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, his Kogi State counterpart, Governor Usman Ododo, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, some Federal lawmakers, former leaders of the state and traditional rulers. In his address, Tinubu said the commissioning of the Avatar New Energy Materials Company Limited was an example of a good partnership between the Federal Government, State and Investors. The President said the establishment of the Lithium Company would not only create opportunities for the youth but would also position Nigeria as a k...

BY RAYMOND OZOJI, Awka  The President-General of Eziowelle Improvement Union (EIU) in Idemili-North Local Government Area of Anambra and National President of the Anambra State Association of Town Unions (ASATU) Chief Barr. Titus Nnabuike Akpudo has responded to the claims made by some financially unstable branch leaders of the town union.  Akpudo who convened a counter press conference at the ASATU national secretariat Government House Awka on Wednesday to set the records straight, said that the branch leaders of EIU who levelled unfounded allegations against him, were the characters constituting a cog in the town union's wheel of progress.   He explained that all the claims by the Lagos, Abuja and Onitsha branch leaders of EIU especially as it concerns the immediate takeover of the EIU office in Eziowelle by the dissident group were all lies from the pit of hell because he is still the President-General of Eziowelle Improvement Union (EIU) until electio...

Dr Samuel Chudi Ojiakor, a consultant anesthesiologist, in conjunction with other medical professionals in Anambra has successfully carried out a medical outreach program, in Umuonaga Village in Awka South LGA of Anambra state. The medical outreach was in honor of his father , Late PA Gabriel Onyibor Analokwu Ojiakor. Recall, that this outreach has been done before in commemoration of his 80th birthday before he went to join his ancestors.  Speaking on the outcome of the medical outreach organized on the 25th of April 2024, a day before the funeral of his late Dad, Dr Ojiakor stressed that the outreach was done to honor and Immortalize his father for his contributions in training several professionals including a doctor, pharmacist, engineer etc in the family. He said that it will be done every two years in his honor.  He said that " we were actually planning this for his 85th birthday but unfortunately he passed on 3 months to his birthday, so we decided to go ahe...