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Dr Obinna Okpara Hosts Iwaji Akokwa 2023 New Yam Festival

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Today, August 25, 2023 is new dawn as Akokwa, a people whose illustriousness peaks to the high heaven eats new yam.For an annual festival of culture, tradition, style and glitz that is awaited with nostalgia, the 2023 edition is a rare and unique package as Dr. (Ambassador) Obinna Okpara (Nmirioma) is the chairman.He was appointed by the traditional ruler of the Akokwa ancient kingdom, Eze (Sir) Ikenna Okoli, KSC, (Okoli V) (Agbarakwuriibe lll ) The 11th Obi of Akokwa, as the Ozo ji 2023 (overseer of the new year festival).…

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Suspend plans for military intervention in Niger, ex-lawmaker advises ECOWAS

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A former member of the House of Representatives, Robinson Uwak, on Sunday, called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its chairman, President Bola Tinubu to suspend the planned invasion of Niger Republic.Uwak, in a statement in Abuja, said there was need to sustain the diplomatic channels already opened with the junta led by Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani and to agree on timelines for the return to democratic government.ECOWAS troops, in a meeting in Accra, Ghana, on Thursday, had pledged their readiness to join the standby force set…

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Protest Rocks Onitsha over arrest of Aluminum Chairman

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Aluminum dealers and traders at Oguta Road, Onitsha have protested the arrest of their Caretaker Committee Chairman, Mr. Tochukwu Aneke, by Police from the Central Police Station (CPS), Onitsha, Anambra State. The chairman was arrested Monday morning as the market was almost ready for the inauguration of the new Board of Trustees (BoT). The Secretary of the market told newsmen that the former chairman of the market and some removed BoT members were the reason for the protest. The protesters made up mainly of youths matched from Oguta Road through…

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NIGER COUP: ECOWAS ROMANCE WITH THE WEST

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By Abubakar Umar “The more money you spend on guns, the less money you spend on people! More weapons, less happiness; more guns, more misery!” Mehmet Murat Ildan The concrete ties which exist between Niger Republic and Nigeria dates back long before the colonial era especially the Northern part of Nigeria which shares a border of about 1500 kilometers with the neighboring country. Meanwhile, before the artificial borders created and imposed on Africans by the West, these are people that lived almost as one because they share common language, culture,…

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Do not Interfere in Presidential Election Petition Judgement – Groups Warn Tinubu

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Alphonsus Nweze President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been cautioned in an unmistakeable terms to allow the Five- man Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) free hand to freely and morally determine the cases before it in accordance with the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended and in line with the extant laws of the land. A coalition of four pro-democry and hunan rights groups in a joint statement made available to newsmen weekend said: “The Justices of the PEPT must also be allowed by the presidency , the…

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El-Zakzaky kicks against ECOWAS planned onslaught against Niger military junta

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The Leader of the Islamic Movement, His Eminence Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky (H), has kicked against the plan by the ECOWAS heads of states to deploy the military forces to Niger Republic to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum ousted by the military junta in the country. El-Zakzaky made this known while addressing a group of Qur’an reciters who paid him a visit in his Abuja residence. “We do not support the planned attack on the Niger Republic. The people of Niger are our brothers,” he said. The Islamic leader alleged that the…

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AMML accuses sister company of sabotaging its operations in Abuja markets against court order

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The Abuja Markets Management Limited (AMML), on Monday, accused its sister company, Abuja Investments Company Limited (AICL), of sabotaging its operations of managing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)-owned markets despite a valid court judgment.The AMML Legal Adviser, Felix Edacbe, made the allegation during a press briefing in Abuja.Edache alleged that the Group General Manager (GMD) of AICL, Mr Abubakar Maina, unlawfully directed his workers to take over the AMML offices across markets in the FCT.The lawyer, who alleged that the development had hindered the company from performing its mandate of…

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Onitsha South LG Boss Plans Fire Station At Bridgehead Market

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By Alphonsus Nweze The Chairman of Onitsha South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Mr. Emeka Orji, has promised to build fire station at the Bridgehead market as a way to checkmate fire incidence in the market. The chairman spoke weekend when the Fact-Finding Committee on November 8, 2022, explosion and fire incident at the market which he set up presented its report at the Local Government Headquarters. The chairman said the building of fire station in the market with complete fire equipment would be his priority to checkmate fire…

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Court Orders Bank, Police To Pay N2.2Million To Nursing Mother

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Alphonsus Nweze Federal High court sitting in Awka, the Anambra State capital, has ordered Isuofia Micro Finance Bank Ltd and Police to pay the sum of #2,200,000 (Two Million, Two Hundred Thousands Naira) to Ohadugha Gloria Chizara, a nursing mother for unlawful arrest and detention with her six months old baby at Okpoko Police cell. The case with suit No: FHC/ Awka / CS/ 121 /2022 was between Ohadugha Gloria Chizara, the applicant and Isuofia Micro Finance Bank Ltd, Nwafor Okechukwu, Nwoke Ifeoma, Commissioner of Police Anambra State, Ugochukwu Ugbo,the…

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Bulkachuwa can’t be arrested, investigated, NASS Clerk tells court

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The National Assembly (NASS) Clerk, Magaji Tambuwal, has told a Federal High Court, Abuja that’s Sen. Adamu Bulkachuwa enjoyed immunity from any form of proceedings in respect of words spoken or written at the plenary session.Tambuwal told Justice Inyang Ekwo in a counter affidavit filed in response to Bulkachuwa’s suit.Bulkachuwa had sued the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the NASS clerk, State Security Service, Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) and the Nigeria Police Force as 1st to 5th defendants respectively.The plaintiff asked the court to declare…

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