Felix Duru Mbah

*As NAWOJ Visits By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu The State Project Coordinator of Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) in Enugu State, Dr. Ebele Georgina Chukwu Onuora, has called for stronger partnership with the media to promote girl-child education, enhance school retention, and combat gender-based violence across the state. Dr. Onuora made the call while receiving the leadership of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Enugu State chapter, during a courtesy visit to her office in Enugu. Welcoming the delegation, Dr. Onuora expressed delight at the visit and described the media as a critical stakeholder in driving social change,…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu The Nigerian Army said it deployed troops in a joint operation within Amasiri and adjoining communities, Afikpo North Local Government Area (LGA) of Ebonyi to protect innocent citizens. This was contained in a statement issued by Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 82 Division, Lt.-Col. Olabisi Ayeni, yesterday, in Enugu. Ayeni noted that the attention of 82 Division headquarters had been drawn to videos currently circulating on social media, featuring journalists condemning deployment of troops to Amasiri following the killing of innocent citizens in the community, The Army spokesman said that the intervention of soldiers and…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi From the inner closet of Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has come a direct brick wall against his 2007 re-election aspiration. His kinsmen from the governor's Kunav community, Vandeikya Local Government Area (LGA), have called for his replacement as the state's Chief Executive in 2027. This is as Alia insists that he has six more years to complete his eight years as governor with his loyalists in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) repeatedly voicing it loudly that there is no vacancy in Government House, Makurdi, the state's seat of power, in 2027. The governorship…

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama has directed the immediate recall of Mohammed Baba Jamal from his post as Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria following allegations of voter inducement during the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC)'s Ayawaso East parliamentary primary yesterday. The decision has been hailed as exemplary of a leader intent on sanitizing his country's electoral process to weed out political corruption and clear the path for free and fair polls. The controversy arose after footage circulated on social media showing delegates allegedly receiving 32-inch television sets said to have been distributed by Mr Jamal’s campaign team. The decision to…

*'We're In Dire Straits, Help Us' By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna With sorrowful demeanor, leaders and residents of Kaso, a predominantly Gbagyi sub-urban community located in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, today reeled off heart-rending tales of woe of their travails at the hands of terrorists. At a protest media briefing, they revealed how attacks by the terrorists led, since 2016, to loss of lives of many of their relatives, the shutting down of the only primary healthcare centre in the area, closure of 13 primary schools and displacement of original occupants of 18 villages there. The mainly…