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83-Year-Old Deacon Chukwu Okoroafor For Burial In Bende Dec. 14 [SEE POSTER]

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83-Year-Old Deacon Chukwu Okoroafor For Burial In Bende Dec. 14 [SEE POSTER]

All is now set for the final burial of late Deacon Chukwu Eke Okoroafor of Ndi Ego Amuta Isiala/Amaelu Autonomous Community Ezeukwu Bende LGA Abia State. He passed away at the age of 83. A burial arrangement released on behalf of the family by Mr. Vincent Chukwu said the octogenarian will be laid to rest on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. On Tuesday,...

INEC Says No Critical Election Material Destroyed In Imo Headquarters Attack

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that none of the critical election materials was destroyed in the attack on its State Headquarters office in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Monday. The Commission in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Card Education Committee Chairman, Festus Okoye also confirmed that there were no...

Relief As Chief Okeke Funds Rehabilitation Of 30km Arochukwu Road

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Relief As Chief Okeke Funds Rehabilitation Of 30km Arochukwu Road

Motorists along the 30km Arochukwu Road will soon heave a sigh of relief as the APC candidate for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency of Abia state, High Chief Dan Okeke has sponsored the grading/rehabilitation of the state road. The project is to commences from Umuye Ihechiowa to St. Paul’s Junction Ututu. This follows the outcry of people from Ihechiowa Ututu and Arochukwu respectively...

It’s Suicidal To Return APC To Power, Arewa Group Warns Nigerians

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A group of northerners, led by Prof Usman Yusuf, former chairman of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Mahdi Shehu and Ladan Salihu of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) have said it is suicidal and destructive allowing the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to return to power in 2023. The declaration was made by the group, Northern Awareness Initiative, on...

Sit-At-Home: Igbo In Diaspora Are Afraid To Come Home To Celebrate Xmas With Their Parents –  Joe Igbokwe

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Sit-At-Home: Igbo In Diaspora Are Afraid To Come Home To Celebrate Xmas With Their Parents -  Joe Igbokwe

The Special Adviser for Drainage and Water Resources to the Lagos State Governor, Joe Ignokwe has said Igbo in Diaspora are afraid to come home for Christmas to see their parents, in-laws, and loved ones. Joe Igbokwe made the statement following the attack in Enugu on Saturday by hoodlums enforcing Simon Ekpa’s five-day sit-at-home order in the South East. Joe Igbokwe...

Hardship: APC Has Spoilt Christmas For Nigerians — Ayu

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PDP Transformed Ebonyi Into London, Will Do Same For Nigeria – Iyorchia Ayu

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has promised the people of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that a federal government under him as president will give the nation’s capital all that is due to it and its citizens appointed into government positions.  In the same vein, PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, said due to the...

Political Power Too Weighty To Learn On The Job – Ikpeazu

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Political Power Too Weighty To Learn On The Job - Ikpeazu

Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has stated that those aspiring to lead after him should not be persons who want to use political power to learn on the job in order to avoid a disruption of the lives and livelihoods of the people of the state at this critical time in history. The governor made the remark at the...

Buhari Jets Out To Washington DC

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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday, December 11, depart for Washington DC, USA, to join other African leaders at the United States-Africa Leaders Summit. In a statement signed on Saturday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari will address his counterparts from various countries on the topic: Conservation, Climate Adaptation and a...

Ohanaeze, Yoruba Youth Council Back CBN’s Withdrawal Limit Policy

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Banks Will Keep Accepting Old Naira Notes After Deadline – Godwin Emefiele

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide and the Yoruba Youth council have thrown their weight behind the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) new cash policies. The CBN last week announced a cash withdrawal limit policy, which has generated mixed reactions from Nigerians. However, the youth councils in a separate statement by the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu...

Wike, Makinde, Sanwo-Olu Bag Honorary Doctorate Degrees

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Wike, Makinde, Sanwo-Olu Bag Honorary Doctorate Degrees

The management of Ajayi Crowther University on Friday conferred honorary doctorate degrees on Governors of Oyo, Rivers, and Lagos States respectively, Seyi Makinde, Nyesom Wike, and Babajide Sanwo-Olu respectively. Governor Makinde was conferred with a Doctorate of Science in Engineering (Honoris Causa), Wike was conferred with a Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) while Sanwo-Olu was conferred with a Doctor of...

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