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The Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, says it has uncovered monumental salary fraud in the Ajaokuta Steel Company.  The umbrella body of Igbo youth organisation said this in a statement made available to journalists on Friday, signed by its national president, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike. This is coming amid concerns over the state of the federal government-owned facility.  According to him, the latest discovery was one of the many alleged heists going on in the company. Okwu disclosed that a preliminary investigation carried out showed that there was a high level corruption within the company's staff recruitment process.  Ohanaeze youths said, “in our continuous drive to expose the economic sabotage and high level corruption in the Ajaokuta Steel Company, we beamed a searchlight on the company’s employment process.  “To our greatest chagrin, findings showed that staff members are not paid the same amount as outline in...

......Wants Presidency and National Assembly to Ensure More Funds For Commission To Engage In Environmental Remediation. The National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC SouthEast has commended the leadership of Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC For it’s development strides since the inception of his leadership.  Arodiogbu, stated this whilst entertaining questions from journalists on the performance of the NDDC as well as his expectations from the creation of the South East Development Commission, SEDC.  Arodiogbu described Ogbuku as a technocrat with a visionary approach to issues of development having initiated first class projects such as the “Light Up The Niger Delta”  a number of groundbreaking road infrastructure projects spanning the nine states that make up the Niger Delta and a number of initiatives which would have turned the region around had they been implemented since it’s incepti...

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has expressed anger over the exclusion of the entire South-East from first phase disbursement of the students loan scheme. This is coming amid outcry that tertiary institutions in region was marginalised by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). It could be recalled that the Federal Government, through NELFUND, announced last week that N2.9 billion had been disbursed to 27, 667 students as the first set of beneficiaries of the loan scheme across 19 tertiary institutions in the country.  The list excluded potential beneficiaries from the South-East.  In a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday, the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike described the development as unacceptable. Okwu, who said the reasons given by the NELFUND was unjustifiable, noted that it flies in the face of reason for the managers of the loan to state that n...

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Monday, for the first time, physically met with former Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Mike Igini. The duo met at the ongoing 2024 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference in Lagos. Igini, while exchanging pleasantries with Akpabio noted, " this is the first I am physically meeting with the President of the Senate, we have only been seeing on Television." Akpabio also admitted that he has never seen the former INEC chief physically till today. It would be recalled that Igini presided over the 2019 elections in Akwa Ibom State. He ordered the results of the Senatorial election of Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, to be taken to Uyo for declaration of the winner against the Electoral Act.  Igini, presided over the declaration of the results after the figures were cancelled and results sheets mutilated in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former Akwa Ibom INEC...

- Comforts Wife, Mrs Uche Ubah Describes Senator Ubah's Loss as a Devastating Blow to the Ruling Party The National Leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) paid a condolence visit to the Abuja home of the late Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, CON, on Friday, August 23, 2024. The delegation was led by the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje, and included members of the National Working Committee (NWC), the Chairman of the Progressives Governors' Forum, Governor Hope Uzodimma, Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim, Minister for Youth Development, and other high-ranking officials. During the visit, the APC leadership expressed their deepest condolences to the family of the late Senator Ubah and praised his contributions to the party and the nation. They described him as a true hero and philanthropist who dedicated his life to serving humanity. In his speech, the National Chairman of the APC, Alhaji Umar Ganduje, recalled the eff...

...Lauds Soludo, Fixes Date For Official inauguration   By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The State officers of the National Union of Market Traders Employers of Nigeria (NUMTEN), Anambra State Council led by Comrade Nnamsom Nwafor-Orizu, on Friday, 23rd August 2024 held its maiden Executive Council meeting in Awka, Anambra State Capital with a call on the traders and market leaders to embrace and identified with the Union created solely to serve as a bridge between the traders and the government.   Speaking during the inaugural meeting held at Horizontal Palace Opposite Kwata Flyover, Awka, the Chairman of the NUMTEN Anambra State Council, Comrade Nnamsom Nwafor-Orizu thanked the members of executive strictly drawn from different markets in the state, for their proactiveness and punctuality, emphasizing that they were given a huge assignment and must be accomplished, saying that their duty was to oversee all the activities going on in the over 64 recognizable markets in A...

Says Damian Okafor an Impostor The Ohaneze Youth Wing, a prominent Igbo youth organization, has affirmed Mazi Chukwuma Okapalaezeukwu as its Youth Leader Worldwide, dismissing claims by Damian Okafor, who they described as an impostor. In a press release made available to newsmen in Enugu, the Ohaneze Youth Wing leadership stated that Mr Damain Okafor was duly elected as Youth Leader in August 5th 2021 and later suspended, investigated by a panel set up by the NEC of the youth wing, recommendation made by the panel to the parents body and a committee was set by our fathers and same report submitted for replacement, since then Mazi Chukwuma has been working tirelessly to promote the interests of Igbo youths worldwide, and that 23 out of 24 executive members of the group have before now passed a vote of no confidence on Engr Damian Okafor and had since suspended him indefinitely.  The organization's publicity secretary Mazi Art Chika Adiele however declared, "We wa...

Says Damian Okafor an Impostor The Ohaneze Youth Wing, a prominent Igbo youth organization, has affirmed Mazi Chukwuma Okapalaezeukwu as its National President, dismissing claims by Damian Okafor, who they described as an impostor. In a press release made available to newsmen in Enugu, the Ohaneze Youth Wing leadership stated that Chukwuma Okapalaezeukwu was duly elected as National President in 2022 and has been working tirelessly to promote the interests of Igbo youths worldwide, and that 23 out of 24 executive members of the group has before now passed a vote of no confidence on Engr Damian Okafor and has since suspended him indefinitely.  The organization's assistant national publicity secretary National publicity secretary Ohanaeze youth wing worldwide, Mazi Art Chika Adiele however declared, "We want to set the record straight. Chukwuma Okapalaezeukwu is our authentic National President. Damian Okafor is an impostor who has been trying to cause confusion and ...

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has waded into the attacks on the House of Representatives Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu over his declaration that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will take over Abia State in 2027.  It could be recalled that Kalu, while appearing on a media show had declared that as number 6 citizen of the country, his state won’t remain in opposition.  His speech has attracted wild condemnation, especially from members of the Labour Party, Governor Alex Otti’s political platform.  However, in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday, the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike said the attack on Kalu was needless.  He was of the opinion that the political statement as made by Kalu did not in any way demean the office of the governor.  According to him, “we are constrained to react to the unfortunate comments that have tr...

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has expressed concern over the spate of kidnapping in the South-East.  The group’s worry comes amid the escalating cases of kidnapping across the five South-East states.  In a statement made available to journalists on Thursday, the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike urged the governors of the five states to sit up and tackle the scourge headlong.  Okwu, who said the surge in kidnapping and other criminal activities was worrisome, noted that it had become a nightmare to travel through most of the roads.  “We are concerned that people now travel through the various roads in the South-East under tension.  “No day passes by without reports of abduction of commuters in various parts of the South-East.  “This is despite the countless number of checkpoints in the South-East zone.  “It has become a nightmare to commute from...