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Uli community in Ihiala local government of Anambra state over the weekend celebrated its 2018 new yam Festival with pomp. The new yam Festival which was one of its kind, was celebrated to mark the end of farming, and the start of harvest season. Delivering his speech from the throne, the traditional ruler of Uli community HRH, Igwe Damian Onyekaonwu(Ezeudoka II)thanked Uli indigenes home and abroad for coming out in their numbers to witness the new yam Festival. He prayed that God who made it possible for them to witness the 2018 new yam festival will also grant them the needed health and strength to go into work after harvest. He thanked all those that ensured that the new yam Festival was celebrated without hitch, and prayed God to replenish them hundred fold. In a brief interaction with newsmen, the President of Uli Community in Lagos, Chief Ikwuka Viginus Uzomah(Ogbuehiakuchikwadoro 1 of Uli, while adding his voice thanked God for making it possible for the community to celeb...

The leadership of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Anambra State Council, Tuesday, October 9, revalidated the inauguration of an arm of the union "National Link Chapel", in Nnewi, Anambra State. The Chairman and Secretary of NUJ in the state, Emmanuel Ifesinachi and Emmanuel Udeagha, respectively, led the leadership of the union to the inauguration. While performing the ceremony for the revalidation of the Chapel, the NUJ chairman, Comrade Emma Ifesinachi, commended the founder of the newspaper, Hon. Tempest Chinyelude Udeze Mike, for keeping the outfit afloat since 1994. He urged members to be good representatives of the chapel; and to practice according to the rules and ethics of journalism. Members of the Chapel include Tempest Udeze, Chairman; Chigozie Igbo, Vice Chairman; Amaka Obiefuna, Secretary; Mokwugwo Solomon, Assistant Secretary; Ngozi Asonibe, Treasurer; Echezona Okafor, Financial Secretary;  and Sir Nweke Nweke, Auditor. Other members include U...