Raymond Ozoji, Awka Mrs Uzoamaka Okonkwo, President of Rotary Club of Awka Rotary International, District 9142, and her Board of Directors have donated instructional material worth over N500,000 to Central Primary School Nando Anambra-East local government area of Anambra state. Okonkwo said the club decided to visit the school in line with rotary areas of focus on touching lives through ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has felicitated with Nigerians on the country’s 59th Independence Anniversary. In a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, the APC said, “We remember and salute our founding fathers who fought for the independence of our great country and also members of our Armed Forces, many of whom have paid the supreme ...

Casmir Igbokwe My experience at a police station in Lagos last week opened my eyes to the other side of the Nigeria Police Force. Some hoodlums had invaded a wedding reception in my town hall penultimate Saturday. In the melee that ensued, some people, especially women, lost their phones, wigs, shoes and other valuables. Some others were seriously wounded. As ...

The Lagos branch of Awba-Ofemili Development Union (ADU) has launched a N100m fund for a multi-purpose civic centre, just as call went out for building of institutions than individuals for the town to thrive. The Chairman of ADU Lagos, Mr. Remmy Chuks Nweke, disclosed this in his address to the branch’s maiden award and civic centre fundraising held Saturday at ...

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, says Nigeria’s Founding Fathers could never have fathomed that 59 years after birthing the largest black nation on earth, “we would be facing a situation where we do not have a free press, our judiciary being under attack, and our youths and activists, who should ordinarily ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka A Catholic priest and Professor of Philosophy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Rev. Prof Bona Uchenna Umeogu, has called on Igbo people predominantly living in South-East Nigeria, to sustain their rich Kolanut tradition. Umeogu, who is the former Dean Faculty of Arts, Unizik, spoke at the University Auditorium while delivering the 50th Inaugural Lecture at Awka yesterday. He ...

Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has said that the seeds for greatness are mainly sowed early in school. Obi was speaking at the weekend during his visit to the students of El Shalom Secondary School, Ogbaru, Anambra State, owned by the Anglican Diocese of Ogbaru. Obi said the visit was to redeem his promise ...

…says: the noises we hear are last gasps of our nation’s defeated foe REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE 59TH INDEPENDENCE DAY INTERDENOMINATIONAL CHURCH SERVICE, AT THE NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE, ON THE 29TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2019 PROTOCOLS God had promised, through the mouths of His trusted prophets, that He ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka Nagbana London village is a remote village in Umunnachi axis of Dunukofia local government area of Anambra state. The village which is predominantly peasant farmers is said to have existed without a befitting hospital where the rural populace could access healthcare services. Apart from the lack of a health facility, absence of roads, erosion and flooding are ...

After two months in kidnappers’ den, Mr. Samson Siasia’s mother, Madam Beauty Ogere Siasia, and other captives have regained their freedom. A family source who disclosed this on Sunday, said, “We thank God and every other Nigerians that have assisted us in ensuring Mama’s return home.” Madam Ogere was whisked away on July 15 by heavily-armed gunmen who invaded her Odoni ...