By: Nneka Aroh I was speaking with a very young pharmacist from the South East yesterday. I advanced the restructuring/true Fiscal Federalism as what I believe is the way out of Nigeria’s muddle. He would not buy it. “Forget it ma’am. It’s better we just go. Give us ten-fifteen... Read more
Paper presented at The Conference – MEMORY AND NATION BUILDING: BIAFRA 50 YEARS AFTER: A SOBER REFLECTION. By PROF. T. UZODIMA NWALA President Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF). Introduction. Before I thank the organisers of this Conference and pay my tribute to the Memory of my friend, late Major-General Shehu... Read more
Speech of the President of Ohanaze Ndigbo Chief Nnia Nwodo Jnr at the Yar Adua center on 50 years of Biafra. The Acting President Prof Yemi Osinbajo and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo were guests. 50 YEARS AFTER BIAFRA: REFLECTIONS AND HOPES PROTOCOLS: 1. I am grateful to Shehu Musa Yar... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong A major disaster was averted in Calabar, Cross River State on Good Friday when an uncompleted multipurpose Indoor Sports Hall at the U. J. Esuene Sports Stadium collapsed. The structure, which contract was awarded for $14 million (N2.2 billion) to serve as one of... Read more
King Dumaro Owaba, Obanobha 111 of Ogbia Kingdom in Bayelsa says the communities in his domain were poised to use the Oloibiri festival to showcase its culture and tourism potentials to the outside world. He said that the festival was targeted at attracting tourists and investors to the... Read more
The Nigerian delegation to the 42nd annual meeting of the just-ended Islamic Development Bank had during a business meeting with the IsDBG Vice-President for Operations, Nigeria’s former Minister for Finance, Dr. Mansur Muhtar, urged the Bank to fast-track the implementation of ongoing projects being funded by the Bank in... Read more
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi, has inaugurated two bridges recently completed by his administration at Amangwu Edda in Afikpo South Local Government Area. He performed the ceremony during inspection of projects in Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone as part of activities marking the 2017 Democracy Day... Read more
The Bayelsa government on Wednesday said it planned to create at least 7,000 temporary jobs from the implementation of projects funded from the $50 million development facility from the World Bank. The loan stock is part of World Bank’s intervention with $200 million in four states in the Niger... Read more
Residents of Otuoke, host to the Federal University, Otuoke, took to the streets of the university town disrupting academic activities at the university. They were protesting alleged marginalisation of indigenes into key positions in the institution located in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The protest... Read more
THE CONSTITUTIONAL GRIEVANCES OF EASTERN NIGERIA ARE OF THE NATURE OF A SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTATION AND SO TRANSCEND THE LEGISLATIVE POWERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF NIGERIA: AN OPEN MEMORANDUM TO EASTERN NIGERIA POLITICIANS ACROSS ALL POLITICAL PARTIES LNC 11/04/17. The remediation to the Constitutional enshacklement and enslavement of Eastern... Read more
