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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Oru West local government area of Imo State whas been burnt down, increasing the number of attacks on the Commission’s facilities to seven located in five states of the Federation in the last four months.  The arsonist attack, according to a statement signed by the National Commissioner and chairman,Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made available to journalists on Sunday in Abuja. The statement said the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Imo State, Prof Sylvia Uchenna Agu, reported that the office was attacked at about 4.00am on Sunday, December 4, 2022

Jordan Henderson's sweeping finish was not simply the pivotal moment in England's World Cup win over Senegal but a vindication of manager Gareth Southgate's sure touch in team selection. Henderson has been a lightning conductor for critics ready to poke at Southgate's perceived conservatism, but if one pick showed the England manager's priceless ability to shut out the noise and focus on the requirements of tournament football it was his decision to stick with Liverpool's 32-year-old captain. Needless to say, the court of social media opinion was vociferous in its condemnation of the choice before the game but Southgate is impervious to such outside influence and Henderson was central to a 3-0 win that sets up a quarter-final with France on Saturday. England beat Senegal to set up France quarter-final How to follow England quarter-final with France Fifa World Cup: Groups and schedule When England were struggling against the USA in the group stage, Southgate igno

Some legal practitioners in Nigeria have established another professional association of lawyers known as the Law Society of Nigeria (LSN) thereby splitting the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The association which is led by Kunle Ogunba (SAN), according to its promoters, was formed to break the monopoly of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), which is the sole umbrella body for the legal profession in Nigeria since 1933. A copy of its certificate of registration, seen by newsmen, showed that it was registered as far back as December 1994 On its Twitter page @LawSocietyofNig, the association describes itself as an alternative for change. It has Ogunba as its president, Hon. Nimi Walson-Jack as the vice president and Abdulquadir Alhaji Sani as the secretary. Other members are Olasupo Ojo as its welfare secretary, Chioma Ferguson as its treasurer and Douglas Ogbankwa (publicity secretary). In a swift reaction to the formation of the group, Richard Oma Ahonaruogho (SAN) who described himse

  Senator Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, the senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District at the Senate has organized a one day media seminar, workshop for youths under his media structure to better equip them on the modern trends in the social media world. The programme with theme, social media influencing as a veritable career option, was geared towards delivering quality influencing options while staying in line with basic information dissemination devoid of fake news.  The guest speakers at the event which took place at Classic Munich Hotel Nnewi, took turns to teach the Ifeanyi Ubah media structure on the need to use the social media as a veritable tool for self and community development.  Dr Justin Nwankwo, spoke on the pros and cons of the social media and how it can be used for added advantage towards delivering quality content to the public devoid of fake news.  In the same vein Ebuka Onyekwelu, took them on  election reporting and effective feedback from the situation on

Amb Charles Nwonye has applauded Prof Chukwuma Soludo on the employment of 5000 new teachers into the Anambra state civil service. In his words Amb Nwonye said "It is indeed a laudable feat achieved by the working executive governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo, with his recent employment of 5,000 teachers across the 21 local governments in Anambra State, on the 2nd December, 2022, with Nnewi North LGA getting more than 100 teachers, into the Anambra state civil service." " When some other governors recruit few months to leave office, he recruited just 8 months into office. He has indeed showed himself as a member of the academia and a lover of education."  It was not just the recruitment, he also showcased his good will to the beneficiaries by providing transportation allowance and Christmas gifts to them. A feat which others could not do.  This is despite the number of health officials he has recruited and other job opportunities created in a space of 8 m

Barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari had accused state governors of embarking on meaningless projects instead of wriggling Nigerians out of poverty the presidency has again put the states in the spotlight, this time, the nine oil producing states. Buhari had on Thursday accused the governors of thwarting development in the country by tinkering with local government allocations, saying an unnamed state governor misappropriated half of local government funds. On Wednesday, the federal government also blamed the high poverty rate in the country on state governors, alleging that the failure of the state governments to contribute their quota of development responsibilities is the reason why the poverty level has increased. Taking on the governors yesterday again, Buhari, through the presidency, stated that nine oil-producing states received a total of N625.43 billion 13 percent oil derivation, subsidy and SURE-P refunds from the federation account in the last two years, 2021-202