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- Insists the South East must be factored in National Leadership Equation.  The Young Nigerian Voices, YNV, ably led by Alhaji Ibrahim Bature has urged both the Nigerian Ruling All Progress Congress, APC and PDP to consider the Igbo's in their zoning arrangements to balance the power sharing formula for Equity, Justice and Fairness. According to the press release made available to news men in Abuja by the YNV National Cordinator, Alhaji Bature through the National Publicity Secretary, Justice C. Osuji  at their inaugural meeting, the group insisted that it would be barefaced injustice if the South East is denied the opportunity to produce the next President of Nigeria considering the longstanding culture of rotation of the elevated position, between the North and South, which he said is in tandem with the spirit behind the Federal Character, which is an indispensable part of the Nigerian Constitution.  Speaking futher, Alhaji Ibrahim Bature emphasised that Nigeria been on a tripod

An Onitsha based media consultant, Comrade Egbuna Daniel has warned against the politicization of the death of Prof Martin Ifeanyichukwu who allegedly died of Covid-19 related complications for selfish reason. Comrade Daniels said that it is worrisome that attempts are being made by some persons to rap the unfortunate incident on the Chairman Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC) of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) Nnewi, Dr Joseph Ugboaja in order to score cheap political goals. The media guru said that the buck if there is any should stop on the table of Chief Medical Director (CMD) or the consultant that handled the case. "I don't see any reason why this unfortunate incident should be rapped on Dr Joseph Ugboaja. What I think we should  be asking now is which private hospital in Nnewi kept the late professor for so long before it got to emergency level. "That particular private hospital should  be identified and closed down immediately based on the COVID

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has granted Obiano bail, stressing that the recent arrest and questioning of Willie Obiano, the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, is not political. The EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said this on Monday while fielding questions from reporters at the 5th Annual General Assembly of the Network of National Anti-corruption institutions in West Africa (NACIWA). Mr Bawa also said the commission had granted an administrative bail to Mr Obiano but the ex-governor had yet to meet the bail conditions. “Nothing political about the arrest of the former Anambra State Governor, Wille Obiano. He has been grated bail. But we await (when) he fulfils his bail conditions. Mr Obiano was arrested at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos at about 8.30 p.m. on Thursday. Sources at the commission, who asked not to be named because they were not authorised to speak to the press on the matter, said Mr Obiano was arrested as he was prep

The management of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, NAUTH, Nnewi, Anambra State, has warned that  the death of Dr. Martins Ifeanyichukwu, Associate Professor of Laboratory Sciences and Immunology in the hospital, should not be politicised. Dr. Martins Ifeanyichukwu died on his way to Irruah hospital in Edo State, on Monday, January 11, after about two weeks battle with COVID-19.  Speaking to newsmen in Nnewi, yesterday, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Professor Anthony Igwuegbe, said the hospital tried its best to keep him stable before referring him to Irruah. "The death of Dr martins is devastating to us all, and we ask God to accord his soul an eternal rest as we console the family he left behind. However, his death has paved the way for some individuals to attack principal management staff of the hospital, including the CMAC, Dr. Joseph Ugbaja, who was accused of negligence of duty. "In view of this news making the rounds about Dr. Martin's

The outgoing president of United States, Mr. Donald Trump has finally conceded to President elect, Joe Biden after a long bickering on purported electoral fraud as speculated by Republicans on the last US Presidential election. Mr. Trump’s concession comes moments after the country’s parliament affirmed Biden’s Electoral College victory, American news network CNN is reporting. The outgoing U.S. leader, who lost his re-election bid in the keenly contested poll last November, described his controversial and largely tumultuous first tenure as the “greatest first term in the presidential history of the US, CNN said Thursday.  His acceptance, will pave way for the smooth handover of power to the president elect, Mr Joe Biden. Joe Biden has been declared winner in the November polls by the electoral college after over 2 months of bickering and strife by the Trump Presidency. Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States of America, and is a democrat.

On the 28th of December 2020, members of the Anambra Progressives And Development Union in their numbers stepped out for the second time, with  royal dance steps as witnessed some months earlier in Nnewi: This time bigger and better as those in the diaspora that couldn't make the first commissioning as a result of flight restrictions came in in full force.  They were dancing at Nnamdi Azikiwe University premises  where they birthed a new gigantic and ultramodern medical complex built in less than six months, that would serve not just the students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University and the university community but also the people of Anambra central and Ndi Anambra in general. As mentioned earlier, this won't be the first time they are stepping out in such grandeur as they did same in September at the permanent site of Nnamdi Azikiwe University teaching hospital in Nnewi/Oraifite, where they also built and  donated a medical complex, which currently is the only functional building in t