Police open fire on Abia poly students protesting rape by officers Police operatives shot into a crowd of protesting students of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, who were demonstrating at the institution’s campus on Thursday. The students were protesting the rape of their colleagues by officers of the police Rapid Response Squad as well as the … [Read more…]
The wealth of a state is characterised by the health of her people. Thomas Edison once stated that, “a time comes when the doctors of the future will no longer treat the human frame from drugs, but rather will cure and prevent diseases with nutrition”. This statement is finding expression in our time as the … [Read more…]
CHIEF BARRISTER UWAKWE AZIKIWE’S BIRTHDAY: THE MAKING OF A MODERN LEGEND By Prince Ejeh Josh, Esq. In the immortal words of the renowned American novelist, Chuk Palahniuk, “The unreal is more powerful than the real, because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it, because it is only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that … [Read more…]
Opinion: Frankly, FFK mirrors who we are By Ike Abonyi “With what we have witnessed, I would rather die than join a filthy, rat-infested, sinking ship like the Almajiri People’s Congress, APC.” -Femi Fani-Kayode If politicians had their way, most of what they say or do would suffer permanent delete. That way, no one would … [Read more…]
Breaking: We have no mandate to zone president, vice president positions – PDP Zoning Committee …Adjourns till next week for conclusion of work The meeting of the Zoning Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for National Offices of the Party ahead of the October 30-31 National Convention ended in Enugu, on Thursday, with the … [Read more…]
Just In: Ugwuanyi, Ekweremadu, Umahi, Nwodo, Obi of Otolo & Igwe of Nnewi, Chukwuma, Odengene, Nnaji, Frank Nweke II, Agubuzu, Oruruo, tipped to attend Frontier Discourse. As the buildup to The Pacesetter Frontier Magazine’s Annual Public Lecture Series and Awards dubbed Frontier Discourse continue, key religious, traditional and political leaders have been tipped to attend … [Read more…]
Anambra Elections: Ubah shuts down Nnewi, Nnobi, and Alor as he begins sensitization tour Nnewi, Nnobi and Alor Communities of Anambra State were brought to a stand still on Tuesday following the sensitization tour by the Candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the state’s forthcoming governorship election, Senator Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah and … [Read more…]
Breaking~The SOUTH EAST DEBATE’21; Former Nigeria First Lady,Prof Uche Azikiwe MFR to attend as Mother of the Day. .…Says it is a noble initiative…. The SOUTH EAST DEBATE’21, an inter higher institutions Debate Competition on RESTRUCTURING Continues to gain more weight and endorsements as the Wife of the former President of the Federal Republic of … [Read more…]
PRESS RELEASE 2023 PRESIDENCY: CONCERNED IGBO STAKEHOLDERS FORUM CONDEMNS NORTHERN ELDERS FORUM’S POSITION The Concerned Igbo Stakeholders Forum (CISF) has condemned a comment made by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum, which suggested that the North was ready to hold power beyond 2023. The leader of the Concerned Igbos Stakeholders Forum, Mr. … [Read more…]
Agriculture; Enugu Beneficiary thanks Governor Ugwuanyi for training her in improved rice farming methods. A beneficiary from one of the Enugu State agricultural development programmes, Mrs Kate Chukwuegbo has expressed gratitude to the state governor, Dr Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for the training she recieved. Mrs Chukwuegbo stormed the country home of Engr Mike Ogbuekwe, the Special … [Read more…]
Southern Nigeria Governors Forum Meeting: Concerned Igbo Stakeholders express worry over absence of SE Governors The Concerned Igbo Stakeholders Forum (CISF) wishes to express its sore displeasure over the nonchalant, lacklustre and laissez-faire attitude displayed by the Southeast Governors in their obviously loud absence during the Southern Nigerian Governors’ Forum which held in Enugu on … [Read more…]
Twitter ban to be lifted in ‘a few more days,’ Lai Mohammed says The federal government says the ban on microblogging giant Twitter will soon be lifted in “a few more days.” The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made the disclosure on Wednesday while fielding questions from State House correspondents in Abuja. According … [Read more…]