The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah has congratulated the people of the state for making it to another year, saying it’s a new dawn and a new beginning in the state. Dr. Mbah, in his new year message on January 1, 2023, contained in a press … [Read more…]
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Christmas seems to come with different feelings for different people, and these feelings change at each stage of life. I hated Christmas and anything that reminded me of it. “Felix navidad, Felix navidad 🎶🎶”, Onwudinjo sang, but kept mute and shrank at the sight of me. I had warned him about singing of Christmas rhymes … [Read more…]
The biggest topic on the front burner in economic policy discourse in 2022, unexpectedly, is the abrupt decision by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to redesign the N200, N500 and N1000 notes. The public announcement came on October 26, 2022 by the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, via a press release. The announcement came with … [Read more…]
Does packing for your trip especially short travels come easy to you or does it give you sleepless nights like me? I am that person who never leaves anything I consider essential on a journey because I don’t want to wish I had taken it. I could pack two bags for a weekend; Too much … [Read more…]
It is the holidays and Christmas is my favorite holiday of each year. Christmas is usually the time to spend time with family, both nuclear and the extended family. The Igbos for instance, travel to their villages to be with their extended family. People also use the opportunity to visit people that they have not … [Read more…]
It’s no news of how so many Nigerians have been flooding the shores of Europe and America for better livelihood. With the current insecurity in the country seemingly getting worse, unemployment and underemployment at an all time high, increasing cost of things due to inflation, all making it harder to live in an already fragile … [Read more…]
In the sweet tastes of my days at Nsude, the freshman year didn’t really count, merely because the freshman year was a kind of puzzle. You really can’t tell what’s happening next until it starts happening. Information was gathered from all sources, and the brain did the work of retaining these information and producing it … [Read more…]
By M.O Ene Every decent person wants peace, but permanent peace is for the dead! The dead rest in peace, eternally in silence of the cemetery. The living is in constant struggle to survive, live, and thrive in a perceived peaceful and enabling environment that is secure and sustaining. (“A Piece on Peace,” 7.14.21) In … [Read more…]
Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for less than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415. Benedict spent his final years at the … [Read more…]
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has challenged those threatening to expel him from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to go ahead and try it if they can. Governor Wike gave the challenge at the Eneka Road Roundabout, venue of the flag-off ceremony for the construction of Eneka-Igbo Etche Road dualisation project on Friday. Governor Wike, … [Read more…]
…Says implementation of appropriation law commences 1st January next year Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Friday, assented to the 2023 appropriation bill of One hundred and sixty six billion, six hundred and two million, four hundred and sixteen thousand, seven hundred and seventy naira (N166,602,4I6,770.00) passed by the State House of Assembly. Signing … [Read more…]