By Steve Osuji About two years ago, this column(Expresso) had bemoaned what it described as the ‘Demise of my Old Community Primary School’. Illustrated with ugly photos of a crumbling edifice with roofs caved in and the surroundings taken over by weeds. It was a picture of dereliction writ large. Readers of the article had mourned with me, many mooting the idea of initiating a self-help drive to rebuild the school. Apparently moved by the Igbo spirit of communalism and self-improvement, some men and women of Ibeme town who returned…
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NAWOJ Partners SMEDAN To Explore Technical Support For Women Journalists
By Vivian Ottih The need for women to venture into the dynamics world of commerce and industry to support their career has formed crux of discourse in recent times. Recently in a boardroom meeting between the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Association of Nigeria(SMEDAN) held in Abuja, the National Chairperson of NAWOJ, Aisha Ibrahim Bura stated that capacity building of members of the Nigeria Associationq of Women Journalists is one of the cardinal points that drives her administration’s resolve. In her words,…
Read MoreParliamentary Workers Get New Exco in Bayelsa
The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) Bayelsa State chapter has inaugurated a new executive to pilot its affairs for a period of four years. The inauguration which preceded the election held at the Assembly complex in Yenagoa was monitored by the national leadership of PASAN represented by the National Legal Adviser, Comrade Lawrence Achuta, the Bayelsa State Chairman of the NLC, Comrade Simon Barnabas and the NLC state Secretary, Comrade John Angesse, the Police and the Department of State Security. In a keenly contested election, Comrade Ekakara Ebiotu Peres…
Read MoreNCDMB Boss Visits Diri, Pledges collaboratiin With Bayelsa Govt From Agadaga Julius Bayelsa
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe has pledged to collaborate with the Bayelsa State Government to the mutual benefit of the Board and the State. A statement by the Corporate Communications Department of the NCDMB said Ogbe made the pledge during a courtesy visit to the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri at Government House, Yenagoa the Bayelsa State capital, stating that the purpose of the visit was to formally introduce himself as the new Executive Secretary of the Board.…
Read MoreEnvironmental Cleanness: Osuoha Moves Motion To Restore Sanity In Imo Markets
The Lawmaker for Ohaji/Egbema state constituency, in the Imo state House of Assembly,Hon.Uzoma Francis Osuoha has called for the restoration of clean environment in Markets in the state. The Lawmaker who made the call while moving a motion on the floor of the of the Assembly urged Governor Hope Uzodinma to mandate the Ministry of Environment and Imo State Almagmated Market Traders Association,ISAMMATA, to carry out clean up exercises every Thursday of the week. Hon. Osuoha, who is popularly called Eze Buguma by his constituents observed that markets both in…
Read MoreIPOB : We Are Not Averse To Genuine Restructuring Of Nigeria–Kanu …We can’t grow in unworking unitary structure
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has declared his support for genuine restructuring in Nigeria along the lines of the 1963 Constitution. Speaking through his younger brother, Prince Emmanuel, after a meeting at the Abuja headquarters of the Department of State Services (DSS), Kanu said that a holistic restructuring is essential for the country’s progress. Kanu stated, “We are not averse to the genuine restructuring of the country. We know that the country cannot grow or make progress under the current unworking unitary structure.” He…
Read MoreUmulewe Town Union: Okpara Emerges Caretaker Chairman …Election of Substantive Exco holds, Dec. 29
Elder Gregory Okpara has emerged the Acting President General, Umulewe Town Union, Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State. This followed an emergency congress of the community’s town union held on January 1, this year. Others who emerged with him include Chinonso Ugwuneri who is the Acting Secretary; Prophet Nna Eboh is the Acting Vice President, Mr Ikechukwu Nwosu is the Acting Treasurer, among other representatives of the various villages in Umulewe Autonomous Community. A communiqué issued at the end of the said emergency congress of the community…
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