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......Accuse him of not doing enough for the region, despite resources availed to the agency_  Members of the National Working Committee, NWC of the All Progressives Congress,APC seem to be at logger heads with the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, over his refusal to intimate the party about the agenda of the NDDC for the region.  A source close to an NWC member from one of the states within the Niger Delta region told journalists that in line with the party's desire to ensure that the Renewed Hope agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is successful, the members of the NWC from these nine states, namely Abia, Akwa Ibom,Bayelsa, Cross Rivers, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers, as well as the Zonal Chairmen of the SouthEast,SouthSouth and SouthWest regions and had requested a parley with the NDDC helmsman to understand how he has managed so far the affairs of the commission since his emergence at the commission....

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has described as despicable the killing of five soldiers in Aba, Abia State on Thursday. It could be recalled that the soldiers were killed at a military checkpoint in Aba by unknown gunmen who were believed to be enforcing the May 30 sit-at-home order.  The incident has continued to attract condemnations from across the country.   In a statement made available to journalists on Friday, the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike said such acts were barbaric and alien to Igbo values and cultures.  Okwu said Ndigbo had sanctity for human lives, noting that it was callous for anyone to shed blood while at the same time mourning the fallen heroes.  According to the Youth President, “what happened in Aba on Thursday similar incidents in the past are pointers to the fact that infiltrators have taken over the Biafra struggle.  “We h...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday commissioned NASENI Compressed Natural Gas(CNG) Reverse Engineering Training, Filling and Conversion Centre in Abuja. NASENI refers to National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure. The agency was established in 1992 by the Federal Government to conduct developmental work in the area of manufacturing. President Tinubu was represented at the event by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. In his address, President Tinubu said: "Our administration’s Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas Initiative(PiCNG) is a flagship program by which we are actively supporting a private-sector-led rollout of critical gas infrastructure to drive innovation and industrialization in Nigeria. "It is also a major contribution to our vision of fully harnessing Nigeria’s immense gas resources, as a transition fuel on the journey to net-zero, as envisaged by our Energy Transition Plan(ETP). "Let me say ...

...Recover Toyota Sienna, Assorted Plate Numbers, Guns, Charms, Others  BY RAYMOND OZOJI,  Awka  The Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service (NHFSS) Anambra State Command has bursted kidnappers' den discovered in Anam forest Anambra-West Local Government Area of the state.  Speaking on the operation which was carried out in the afternoon of 31st May, 2024 the Deputy Commander-General of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service (Technical Services) Amb. Dr. John Metchie said acting on intelligence, D.O Odanike and Ojukwu led operations into the forest.  Metchie said officers of the NHFSS traversed the deepest parts of the forest only to find an abandoned Toyota Sienna vehicle and other weapons of mass destruction which includes a pistol, one AK47 rifle, locally fabricated guns, assorted vehicle plate numbers, charms and other incriminating items.  The DCG technical services who thanked D.O Odanike and Ojukwu as well as other officers o...

The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has rated the President Bola Tinubu administration above average.  The Igbo group said this while assessing the current administration as it clocks one year in office May 29.  This is also as the Igbo group urged the President not to hesitate in sacking any member of his cabinet who is not contributing significantly towards the realization of the Renewed Hope Agenda.  In a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday, the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike said President Tinubu’s government had been making conscious efforts towards restoring the economic fortunes of the country.  Okwu, who said Tinubu inherited a battered economy, noted that it would not take rocket science to fix the country.  According to him, “as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu government marks one year in office, it is our considered ...

BY  RAYMOND OZOJI,  Awka  Azia community in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State is set to elect a brand new traditional ruler after 10 years of kingship imbroglio.  All roads therefore lead to the civic centre on 1st June, 2024 where 4 serious contenders for the traditional stool of Azia will test their popularity and acceptance amongst Azia people.  Recall that stakeholders from Azia community had gone to Government House Awka to seek government intervention in the Igweship battle rocking the community.  Government however resolved that the solution to the prolonged Igweship problem in Azia was for an election to be conducted inorder to get another Igwe that would replace Igwe P.M.C Ojuro who joined his ancestors many years ago.  Speaking exclusively with this journalist on the Igweship election of Azia community, the President-General of Azia Town Union, Dr. Nwabueze Tonna Ferdinand said adequate security arrangements have been ...

BY RAYMOND OZOJI, Awka  Anambra State Commissioner for Health Dr. Ben Afam Obidike says Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo is increasing access to quality and affordable healthcare judging from the transformations in the health sector.  Speaking exclusively with this journalist at Golden Tulip Hotel Agulu Anaocha council area during an event recently, Obidike said a lot have been achieved in the health sector within two years of the present administration.  He said over 60,000 women have benefited from the state government free antenatal and child delivery services together with free cesarian sessions (CS) which he said cost close to a million naira in private hospitals.  The Commissioner explained that the construction of five new general hospitals as well as the renovations ongoing in the primary healthcare centres coupled with the recruitment of almost a thousand healthcare workers were all concrete evidence that the present state government is meeting the health ...

BY RAYMOND OZOJI, Awka  In the early hours of 29/5/2024, Anambra Police acting on credible information intercepted one Amalu Onyedika ‘M’ aged 32years old of Eziagu in Enugu State in Nkwelle, Oyi LGA of Anambra State, recovered one locally made pistol and four live ammunition. A statement from the Police spokesman SP Ikenga Tochukwu has it that Onyedika claimed to be a Technician who deals with Aluminum and Glass windows business in building materials, Onitsha but he confessed to being a member of the junior Vikings secret cult. He said he joined the notorious gang at the age of 22 and has been mentioned as one of those terrorizing Nkwelle and its environs. The Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, directs that the investigation be widened and deepened to bring to book other gang members at large and the case should be charged to court after the investigation. 

.........Commissions Defence Intelligence Headquarters  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has assured members of the Armed forces and other Intelligence agencies, of the commitment of his administration to their welfare and provision of other administrative and logistics requirements to enhance their productivity to enable them carry out their mandate. President Tinubu gave the assurance while speaking at the commissioning ceremony of Headquarters Defence Intelligence Agency, Abuja on Thursday.  Represented by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu said, " I assure you along with the entire armed forces of Nigeria that I will sustain the provision of the welfare, training and other administrative and logistics requirements to enhance your productivity and to enable you carry out your mandate. " I am persuaded that a conducive and well- equipped intelligence outfit would positively impact on the overall intelligence gathering effort, processing...

BY OZO RAY, Awka  The Anambra State Police Command has warned enemies of the state and emissaries of rifts circulating threatening videos and obnoxious social media materials about a purported total lockdown on 30th May to stay far away from Anambra State because the Police and all other security agencies will not tolerate any breach of the fundamental rights of the citizens especially as it concerns right to freedom of movement.  A statement from the office of the Police Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, has authorized the citizenry to go about their normal lawful daily routines and disregard the compulsory illegal sit-at-home order from the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).  IPOB had issued earlier warnings and threats of a total lockdown and compulsory stay-at-home in the entire Southeast region of Nigeria on 30th May, 2024 for the repose of the souls of fallen heroes of Biafra...