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  ....... AS GOVERNOR IKPEAZU HOSTS VALENTINE OZIGBO Valentine Ozigbo, the flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2021 Anambra governorship election, was in Abia State on Sunday, October 3, 2021, as the PDP National Campaign Council for the Anambra guber election held a brainstorming session to strategise ahead of the November polls.  Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, the Executive Governor of Abia State, who is the Chairman of the National Campaign Council, hosted the meeting at his Umuobiakwa Country Home in Obingwa Local Government Area of the State, where members of the sub-committees of the Council were announced.  Several PDP leaders attended the meeting, including Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, the Minority Leader of the Nigerian Senate; Chief Osita Chidoka, a former Aviation Minister who serves as the Secretary of National Campaign Council; Sir Ude Okochukwu, the Deputy Governor of Abia State; Mrs Laurentia Mallam, a member of the PDP Board of Trustees, among others. While

The Southern and Middle-Belt Alliance (SaMBA) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and all south-eastern governors to as matter of urgency identify and apprehend the sponsors of the “Unknown Gunmen” in the region.  Insecurity: SaMBA requests Buhari as a matter of urgency to Identify and arrest sponsors of “unknown gunmen” in the South-east The group in its statement issued on Monday and signed by its Spokesman, Prince Rwang Pam Jnr. appealed to President Buhari to take immediate steps to tackle the growing menace of violence in Anambra and the entire South-East region.   SaMBA whilst commending the Nigeria Army’s proactive action against insecurity as it plans to commence three security exercises nationwide code named ‘Golden Dawn, Enduring Peace and Still Water’, further advised the soldiers to conduct these exercise with restraint and respect the  human rights of civilians.   The statement reads, “Recent activities of the so-called “Unknown Gunmen” in Anambra state and the South-

-- as phase one has been completed and commissioned! There has been a misleading publication making rounds and painting the Government of Imo State and President Muhammadu Buhari in bad light with respect to the Nekede / Ihiagwa / Obinze road. For clarity sake, the road in question was awarded in phases and phase one has been completed and commissioned while construction work on the next phase (Phase Two) would commence after the rains and subsequently, the last phase. While the Government feels the hardship and pains experienced by the residents and road users at phases two and three of the road, it's improper and unpatriotic for anyone to falsely propagate that the Nekede / Ihiagwa / Obinze road has not received Government's attention. The reconstruction arm of the 3R Government has continued to improve on the state of our infrastructure and it would touch every corner. #HopeNewAndElectronicMediaCenter

The Honorable Minister of State Education, Hon Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has led the celebration of World Teachers Day at the Eagle Square, in Abuja. This is to commeorate the celebration of World Teachers Day, a day marked out for teachers all over the world.  Accompanied by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education,  Arc Sonny Echono, Directors of the Federal Ministry of Education and Heads of Agencies and Parastatals of Education,on behalf of Mr President,  Muhammad Buhari, the Minister promised the government's commitment to consolidate on achievements so far towards the welfare of teachers. Prizes comprising of cars, buses and electronic home appliances worth millions of naira were given to deserving teachers and schools in both the public and private categories.

  The panic mood in Owerri on Monday resulted from a false alarm by elements within the Imo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Global Association of Concerned Imo Youths (GACIY) has alleged.  There was a rumored presence of unknown gunmen in Owerri and news that gunshots were heard at some parts of the capital spread like wildfire between the hours of 11 and 12.  This caused residents to scamper for safety. Some businesses shut down while most public schools released their pupils and students. But GACIY in a statement on Tuesday said the alarm was false and blamed the opposition party for spreading it, an action, according to the group, put both the young and the old in harm's way.  Part of the statement signed by the group's convener, Collins Ughalaa, read: "We resolutely condemn the false alarm raised by elements of Imo PDP which threw Owerri into a stampede, mass hysteria, and panic around midday Monday Oct 4, 2021. "By spreading fake news tha

By Kingsley Moghalu  I was a child during the Nigerian Civil War but I have good memories of the destruction and death from the war itself and the death from kwashiokor of at least a million children who died of starvation. I remember the death of my uncle Godson, my father's youngest brother and a Biafran soldier, and the wailing anguish of my now late grandmother at his funeral. The lives and futures of so many brilliant young men and women wasted in a conflict not of their making.  Till tomorrow, I continue to believe that Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu's violent coup of January 1966 (which ultimately failed as it was suppressed) was a wrong move, because that's what started the violent phase of the Nigerian crisis (there was a political crisis already). But I believe Nzeogwu and his co-conspirators from various ethnic groups in our country acted alone. No one sent sent them, let alone Ndigbo. They were simply hot-headed and misguided soldiers in a time in Africa when the milita