StopASUUStrike: Can the Nation Ill-afford ASUU’s Strike?
By Prof M.K. Othman Perhaps the 10-page Press statement presented to the media by the ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, issuing a 21-day ultimatum was a bit disappointing to ordinary ASUU members. The document did not fully convey the urgent need for action to address the dire state of the public university system nationwide. Perhaps…
Akpabio greets Vice President Shettima at 58
…Says he’s a committed democrat, supportive, trusted vice president President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, CON has felicitated Vice President Kashim Shettima on his 58th birthday describing him as a committed democrat, supportive vice president who has contributed immensely to the stability of the polity. In a congratulatory message by his Special Adviser on…
Promote peace, be focused, innovative, Senator Barau advises Nigerian Youths
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I Jibrin has urged youths across the country to promote peace, be focused and be innovative in all their activities to address the challenges facing the country. Sen. Barau according to a press release e-signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Ismail Mudashir made the…
Minister Of Women Affairs Empowers 6 Women Cooperative Societies In Ebonyi
By Abah Joshua The Minister for Women Affairs, Honorable Uju Kennedy Ohanenye, has distributed empowerment equipment to six women cooperative societies across Ebonyi State. The Minister, who was represented by the Ebonyi State Honorable Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Barr.Mrs Felicia Nwankpuma, in her address, stated that the women cooperative societies were…
They’ve Pushed Me To The Wall, I’ll Not Allow Anyone To Play Around With Govt. Fund-Nwifuru To Contractors
By Abah Joshua The Executive Governor of Ebonyi State, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru, has continued to express unhappiness with contractors handling various projects in the State. Governor Nwifuru, who had threatened contractors handling over three hundred and thirty-eight projects in the State, reiterated on his official Facebook handle that government was not seeing any…
Daily Hope Devotional: September 2 Topic: THE SIN OF IDOLATRY (Part 1) Scriptures: 1 Cor. 10: 7; Exod. 20: 3 – 6; Matt 6: 24
Idolatry in the Biblical usage mostly is the paying of divine honor to any created thing; the ascribing of divine power to a carved image. Something crafted by human hands, made of wood or stone. An idol can be either physical object that symbolizes deity, or it can be an abstract concept such as greed….
Financial autonomy: Conference of Speakers calls for full implementation of Section 121(3)
The Conference of Speakers of state Legislatures of Nigeria has called for the full implementation of Section 121(3) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to engender the financial autonomy of state Legislature. The conference expresses deep concern over the routine flout of critical aspect of the Nigeria Constitution by some …
Stop Seeing Gov Nwifuru As Your Brother-Ex APC Guber Aspirant, Mbam Warns
By Abah Joshua A former gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State, Chief Elias Mbam has warned the people of Izzi extraction to stop seeing the Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru as their brother. He was speaking at the Grand finale of the 2024 edition of Izzi Nnodo…
Igbo Day Prayers : Ohanaeze Urges Ndigbo To Pray Against Suffering, Marginalization
By Abah Joshua The pan Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has made a solemn call on Ndigbo to avail themselves of the 2024 Igbo Day celebaratoin to seek God’s intervention in order to address the decades of suffering, oppression and socio-economic marginalization suffered by the people of the Southeast. A press statement issued on…
DAILY HOPE DEVOTIONALS: SEPTEMBER 1 PEACE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING (2) SCRIPTURE: JOHN 14: 27; PHILIPPIANS 4: 6 – 7
As studied in August 31 devotional, the peace that God gives to those who believe in Him is said to be that which “surpasses all understanding” (NKJV)._ Different Bible verses put it in various phrases such as “the peace that transcends all understanding” (NIV). We have “peace that passeth all understanding” (KJV). Another one…