The Abia government says it cleared out the Lokpanta cattle market and condemned Hausa community leaders for condoning criminals and peddling untruths about the state government. The special adviser to the governor on security matters, Macdonald Ubah Rtd, said during a press briefing at the Government House, Umuahia, that Governor Alex Otti’s administration would make…
Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has announced plans for the first-ever seaport in South Eastern Nigeria. The project which will be located in Owazza, Ụkwa East LGA Abia state, has been flagged-off on 30th September 2023. Governor Otti made this announcement at the South-East Security Summit in Owerri, Imo state. The Governor also announced…
_Written by Mariam Mohammed_ The American leadership expert, John C. Maxwell posits that, “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” In common parlance, a man cannot give what he does not have. And very few will argue with this timeless aphorism when one takes into cognisance how leadership has impacted, positively or negatively, on the fortunes…
The National Coordinator, Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC), Chief Ugochukwu Nnam hailed the FCT Minister Chief Nyesom Wike on his efforts towards repositioning the Federal Capital Territory. While commending the short, medium, and long term plans of Chief Wike to overhaul the FCT and reposition it among the best cities in the world,…
As we take seriously, the need for a realistically more robust economic activities cum development of Southeast Nigeria where potentials of Ndigbo could be harnessed and deployed towards the end of attaining the full economic potential possibilities and economy of scale befitting of a people whose ingenuity and can-do spirit permeate all spheres of business…
President Akufo-Addo holds a positive outlook regarding a strong collaboration with BRICS nations, believing it will play a significant role in advancing Africa’s development. He emphasized that when combined with a sound trade framework within the continent, such cooperation has the potential to usher in substantial progress across Africa. The President conveyed this perspective during…
The Chief Executive Officer, Odengene Air-Shuttle Services (OAS), Captain Evarest Nnaji (Odengene) has stated that the only chance the South East Region has in achieving its economic potentials is by exploring the opportunities available to it in the aviation sector. Captain Nnaji stated this on Thursday at ‘The Aviation Career Meet’ held in Enugu. The…
Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972), M.S. in Educ. 1943, M.A. 1944, was born in Africa’s Gold Coast (now Ghana). As a young man, he was a school teacher before leaving his homeland to further his education in American universities. He later traveled to England where he worked for the decolonization of Africa and in the Pan-African movement…
“After independence, in order to build a great nation, each country went to work. But in Nigeria, after independence, our people went to pray and fast.” “So, while we were praying, Malaysia came here and took our palm seedlings and build a great factory of it.” “While we were praying, Singapore went into investment in…
