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Dr. Obinna Okpara Takes the Helm as Chairman for the Iwaji Akokwa 2023 New Yam Festival

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On this auspicious day of August 25, 2023, the Akokwa community indulges in the consumption of new yam, marking a significant moment in their illustrious history. The anticipation for the annual festival, which encompasses culture, tradition, style, and glamour, is met with a sense of nostalgia. However, the 2023 edition stands out as a truly exceptional affair, with Dr. (Ambassador) Obinna Okpara (Nmirioma) assuming the role of chairman. Dr. Okpara’s appointment as the overseer of the new year festival, known as Ozo ji 2023, was bestowed upon him by the…

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Ogbaru Market Case: Justice Okuma adjourns till July 22 for judgment

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Alphonsus Nweze Justice Alexious Okuma of Atani, Anambra State High Court, has adjourned till July 22, 2022, for judgement in the fundamental right application brought by Chief Ndubuisi Ochiogu and others against the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Obinna Ngonadi, and Attorney-General of the State. In the case, Ochiogu through his lawyer is praying the court to quash his sack and replacement with a Caretaker Committee by the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry without hearing his side of the allegations in which they relied on to sack him in…

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Youth group prays court to sack Buni as APC convention chair

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The Progressive Youth Movement (PYM), on Friday, prayed a Federal High Court to stop Gov. Mai-Mala Buni of Yobe from parading himself as the National Chairman, Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC). PYM, a support group, made the call in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1577/2021 dated and filed Dec. 10 by its counsel, Emmanuel Ekwe. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buni and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are 1st to 3rd defendants in the suit. In an affidavit filed by the chairperson…

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Alleged unlawful appointment: Lawyer asks court to remove federal character chair, secretary

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A lawyer, Festus Onifade, has urged a Federal High Court, Abuja to make an order, directing the Chairman and Secretary, Federal Character Commission (FCC), Mrs Mueeba Dankaka and Mohammed Tukur respectively, to vacate office forthwith. Onifade, in an originating summons marked: FHC/ABJ/709/2021 dated and filed July 19, 2021 before Justice Inyang Ekwo, sued five respondents in the matter.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), FCC, Dankaka and Tukur are among the respondents.The legal practitioner averred in his affidavit in support that while…

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Onitsha-North: A sharp focus on federal allocation

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The Federal Ministry of Finance,Abuja published in the Sun newspaper of Monday Dec. 9, 2019, the distribution of revenue allocation to Local Government Council by Federation Account Committee for the month of April, 2019. In the publication, all the local councils were listed according to their States and what they got. In Anambra State, Onitsha-North Local Government Council got a total allocation of N131,307,997.32k. Breakdown: Gross Statutory Allocation is N100,577,134.91k. Deduction is 0k Exchange Gain Difference is N154,671,44k Value Added Tax is N30,576,190.97k This is just for a month. This…

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