The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has reacted to the proposed one month lockdown of Imo state. Speaking on Friday, IPOB said it never gave such an order. IPOB was reacting to reports that the Imo State Police Commissioner, Alhaji Aboki Danjuma, claimed that it issued a threat to shut down the state’s workers’ secretariat for one month. Emma Powerful, the spokesman for IPOB, challenged the Police Commissioner to provide evidence where IPOB threatened Imo State workers or imposed a one-month lockdown. In a statement he signed, Powerful said Finland-based…
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IGBO WOMEN MEET IN OWERRI, INAUGURATE LOC FOR PAN IGBO WOMEN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, TO HOLD IN ENUGU STATE, IN NOVEMBER, 2024,
In a bid to achieve unity of purpose and security in Igbo land, Igbo Women operating under the aegis of Pan Igbo Women International Conference, in Collaboration with Akuruo ulo Media, have Inaugurated the Local Organizing Committee, which responsibility is to bring the entire Igbo Women together for the peace, progress and unity of the region and for the November 2024, lnternational Conference, slated for Enugu State. Speaking at the event, the Chairman of the occasion, Chief Summers Nwokie, (Ikuku Oma Mbaise) said that, the event marks significant milestone in…
Read MoreEdo Guber Polls: 10 Reasons Edo Must Prefer OLumide AKpata
By Steve Osuji On paper, this proposes to be a sumptuous election. It looks like one of those elections that presents a crushing landslide. To make it plain, if the Independent National Electoral Committee (INEC) manages to do a decent job, EXPRESSO is of the considered opinion that the Labour Party candidate, Olumide Akpata, will have a clean sweep of the Edo gubernatorial polls, holding in three week’s time (September 21st, 2024). Indeed, in ordered climes, we should expect a shellacking! Here are 10 reasons undergirding this open endorsement of…
Read MoreSouth Korea now offering residents $38,000 for dating, marriage
South Korea is grappling with the world’s lowest birth rate and is now turning to financial incentives to address its demographic challenges. In Busan’s Saha District, a new initiative offers residents up to $38,000 to encourage dating and marriage. This program is part of a broader national strategy aimed at reversing the country’s historically low fertility rate of 0.72 children per woman. The initiative seeks to make family life more attainable and financially viable while also creating opportunities for social connections through various events that bring together like-minded individuals. By…
Read MoreTinubu’s fear of regime change: Nigeria in paradigm paralysis
By Monima Daminabo Talks about past presidents of the country put Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in a class of his own. No matter what any of his unrepentant… Talks about past presidents of the country put Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in a class of his own. No matter what any of his unrepentant critics will say, one thing that will not be denied him is his aversion to hold on to power as a do or die dispensation. His rather ‘un-Nigerian’ disposition of aversion towards “seizing, grabbing and running with”…
Read MoreEnvironmental Sanitation In Owerri: Matters Arising
The need for a clean environment cannot be overemphasized. Medical experts hold that cleanliness reduces incidents of outbreak of diseases. This fact cannot be disputed. Indeed nexus exists between a clean environment and a healthy society. Anyone who looks around Owerri, the Imo State capital with sincerity will agree that the city and its environs have profound lapses in environmental cleanliness. The reasons for Owerri ‘s apparent decline in terms of environmental sanitation range from dumping of refuse indiscriminately especially, when some people including road sweepers make a habit of…
Read MoreKIDNAPPINGS, BANDITRY: NANS Knocks NCC’s Inability To Track Criminals, Abductors In Nigeria.
…Okunomo:NIN-SIM Registration failed exercise Many times, people have wondered how the kidnappers and other bandits who are causing untold mayhem in the country, manage to get away, even after they are captured on videos, recorded on other devices and most of all when they make contact with their victims’ families. Consequently, the Senate President of the Nigerian Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Henry Okunomo has expressed deep worry that in this age of tech advancement and the height Nigeria has attained in technological development, kidnappers could make contact with a…
Read MoreNFF appoints new Super Eagles coach
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced the appointment of a German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, as the new Super Eagles coach, with immediate effect. The statement read, “The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that it has reached an agreement with German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, to become the Head Coach of Nigeria’s senior men’s national team, Super Eagles.” “The NFF Executive Committee has approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development sub-committee to appoint Mr Bruno Labbadia as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles,” according to the federation’s General Secretary, Dr…
Read MoreORAUSA Holds 2024 Convention, To Build Multimillion Naira Medical Facility In Orlu
The Orlu Regional Assembly USA Inc (ORAUSA) a socio cultural organization of indigens of Orlu zone resident in the United States of America have concluded their annual Convention held in Boston, Massachusetts from June 19 to June 23, 2024. The convention as usual started with welcoming of the accredited delegates and their families by the ORAUSA National President, Dr Uzo Unegbu and visit to selected national monuments and points of attraction within the hosts area. On Friday June 21, the convention was officially declared open with a meeting of the…
Read MoreGovt rolls out new HIV prevention drugs for men
The government has launched an innovative program to provide HIV-negative men with event-driven pre-exposure prophylaxis (ED-PrEP) medication to prevent HIV infection. This initiative targets men who engage in infrequent, high-risk sexual encounters. ED-PrEP involves taking two tablets before sexual activity and one tablet daily for two days afterward. The program, which began in September last year, has already attracted 4,000 participants. Dr. Herbert Kadama, PrEP coordinator at the Ministry of Health, notes that this approach is both acceptable and convenient for men with occasional sexual partners. While Uganda’s HIV prevalence…
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