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The Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial district, Chief Uche Ekwunife (Iyom) has weighed in on the ongoing hardship among Nigerians over the scarcity of the new Naira notes and called on the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria to take immediate and urgent actions that will ensure that the ugly situation does not linger any further. She said she had received several reports from constituents on the challenges occasioned by the unavailability of the new naira notes, and called on the Federal Government and the CBN to review the deadline. In a statement issued in Awka on Thursday,…

Alarmed by the rising cases of murder and kidnapping in Enugu State, especially in communities within Udi and Ezeagu Local Government Area, leaders of Agbaja areas of Enugu State have resolved to confront the problem in their communities. Agbaja Leaders of Thought, the umbrella association of Agbaja people in the state, has scheduled a high-powered meeting for Sunday 27th November,2022 to discuss the incidence and take far reaching decisions. Armed criminals In the past few weeks, the group had interfaced with various arms of government as well as the security agencies in the state with a view to finding a…

*Commences Equipping Of Health Centre She Attracted To Neni Community The Senate has adopted the motion for urgent need for the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports to complete and commence activities at the abandoned National Youth Development Facility, Mgbaukwu, Awka North LGA, Anambra state. The adoption followed the motion of urgent public importance under 41 and 51 of Senate standing rules sponsored by Senator Uche Ekwunife. Moving the motion, Ekwunife noted with concern that the construction of National Youth Development Centre Mgbaukwu which commenced in 2005 for the benefits of people of the South-East geopolitical zone has been abandoned…

The Agbaja Peoples Summit holding from November 2, 2022 received a big boost yesterday with the Governor of Enugu State, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi endorsing the project and pledging the state government's support. He commended a delegation of the Planning Committee which paid him a visit yesterday in his office for initiating the program which will focus on the unity and economic development of Agbaja land. He tasked the organisers to lead the effort in involving the private sector in the development of our rural areas. Prof Chinedu Nebo The delegation was led by Venerable (Prof) Chinedu Nebo who is…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has disowned the court case purportedly filed by him seeking the removal of Atiku Abubakar as presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in next year’s general election. The Governor who spoke to Thisday Newspaper on Friday afternoon denied knowing anything whatsoever about the purported suit or even knowing the lawyers who filed the suit in the first instance. “I don’t know anything about the so called suit. I did not ask anyone to file any suit for me” The media was on Friday morning awash with reports that Governor Wike and one…

By Sydney Chux Ezenta The crisis in the National Rescue Movement (NRM), has taken a new turn as indication has emerged that the police may arraign the party's suspended National Chairman, Chief Isaac Chigozie Ude and the suspended National Organizing Secretary, Hon. Dirisu Issa Mohammed on allegations of forgery and falsification of official documents. Ude and Issa Mohammed were alleged to have forged the signature of the party's presidential flagbearer, Mazi Okwudili Nwa-Anyajike and written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), purporting that he has withdrawn from the 2023 presidential contest. In a letter to the Chairman of INEC,…