The Chairman of Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area in Enugu State, Prince Ejike Itodo, on Wednesday announced the creation of a special office for security and youth matters.
“This special office is to ensure lasting peace and tranquility in the council area”, Itodo made the announcement during the local government prayer/security summit held at the council headquarters in Enugu-Ezike.
A popular Gospel Singer, Buchi Atuonwu, popularly known as Buchi, has urged the public to disregard rumour making the rounds in the social media that he has passed on.
Buchi, the global acclaimed gospel singer, refuted the rumour in a telephone interview with newsmen in Enugu on Wednesday.
Maj.-Gen. Hassan Dada, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, has charged officers and soldiers of 13 Brigade Nigerian Army to be disciplined and professional always.
“Troop must continue to have an unalloyed loyalty in the discharge of their constitutional role,” Dada charged while addressing the troops during his operational visit to 13 Brigade’s Akim Barracks, Calabar.
The Enugu State Fire Service, on Monday, celebrated restoration of water supply after four years of operating without water supply in its main office in Enugu.
The Director, Enugu State Fire Service, Mr Okwudiri Ohaa, who led the celebration in a viral video, told newsmen in Enugu that Gov. Peter Mbah had made the job of fire-fighting simpler in the state.
Chief Hycienth Ngwu, former South-East Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), says that “Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) judgment is a reflection of wishes of majority of Nigerians”.
Ngwu said this to journalists in Enugu on Thursday while reacting to the PEPT Judgment which reaffirms the victory of President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the Feb. 18, 2023, Presidential Election.
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Festus Adedayo
Prof Akinwumi Isola’s Efunsetan Aniwura (1981), his first play written in 1961-62 while he was a student at the University of Ibadan, is highly celebrated. It is a historical drama which reflects proceedings of the 19th century reign of the heroine, second Iyalode (Queen of women) of Ibadan, Efunsetan Aniwura. Aniwura – one with a surplusage of gold – a fiery, Egba-born but wealthy Ibadan slave owner and merchant, held the title from 1867 – 1874. The unwritten law among the coffle of slaves she kept was that no female slave must get pregnant. Thus, when Adetutu, one of her female slaves was audacious enough to get impregnated by a fellow slave called Itawuyi, upon hearing the news, Efunsetan’s immediate but fierce retort was, afefe ti fe, a ti ri’di adiye! Translated, it means, the wind has blown and the hidden rump of the fowl has been exposed.
By Ejike Anyaduba
Divine Rays British School (DRBS) Obosi, Anambra State, may not easily provoke the attention accorded a few schools presumed to be the best in Nigeria perhaps because of its relative newness. But the school which is barely six years old has no less grooming skill than the best, and has since attained academic grandeur yet to be equaled by any of its contemporaries. In fact, the achievements of schools its age if pitted against the DRBS's, easily pale in comparison.
The South-East Coordinator of NEMA, Mrs Ngozi Echeazu, disclosed this to newsmen in Enugu on Monday, while fielding questions on NEMA’s practical steps to contain and reduce impact of flooding in the zone.
Members of Association of Tricycle Riders Transport Union (ATRTU) Enugu State have given a vote-of-confidence on its current Chairman, Mr Sunday Ozeh, for his exemplary and people-focused leadership.
The ATRTU union members also gave a vote-of-confidence on its current Board Chairman, Mr Benjamin Ikah, for his exemplary fatherly guidance and peaceful disposition.
WaterAid Nigeria and South Saharan Social Development Organisation (SSDO) have presented “A Pillar of Water Sector Award” to Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State for his visionary focus on water provision.
Evelyn Mere, Country Director of WaterAid Nigeria, presented the award on behalf of the NGOs during the inauguration of the 20,000-litre motorized borehole in Ukwuinyi community of Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State on Saturday.
