DONS EZE, PhD THE KANKARA KIDNAP HOAX When we consider the kidnap of hundreds of students at Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, penultimate week, we begin to see that many things did not add up well. There were many loose ends, which have made us begin to think twice about the whole issue. … [Read more…]
By Chukwu Emmanuel Uchechukwu Since the 1950s, when the federal system of government came into operation in Nigeria, local government administration has received mixed views on its existence. Local governments, among other beneficial reasons, are created with the ultimate goal of bringing government closer to the people at the grassroots. In Nigeria particularly, the … [Read more…]
Press Release 20/12/20 Timi Frank Gives FG 14-day ultimatum to rescind appointment of sole administrator for NDDC …Says Akpabio’s defense insult to Niger Deltans Political Activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Monday, gave the Federal Government a 14- day ultimatum to rescind its illegal … [Read more…]
EDEBOR FOUNDATION DONATES EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN. charges others to imbibe the act of giving back to the society, as that is the surest way of receiving from God and man Written by: Nnamani Samuel Freeman and Patrick Ebuka Okoh. “At the end, it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished. … [Read more…]
Gov. Ugwuanyi presents N169.85 billion 2021 budget estimates Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Wednesday, presented to the State House of Assembly, the 2021 Budget estimates of One Hundred and Sixty Nine Billion, Eight Hundred and Forty Five Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Eight Thousand, Five Hundred Naira (N169,845,758,500.00), for consideration and passage. Presenting … [Read more…]
A lot of reasons abound why people enter relationships, some to seek companionship, some others seek love and to be loved, some others still seek alliance and synergy on some level but no one ever enters a relationship anticipating abuse of any kind, be it physical, sexual or mental. It is therefore not a surprise … [Read more…]
ARE YOU READY FOR MARRIAGE? By Uche Anosike Marriage is a widely discussed topic that many professionals and religious people have tried to demystify but it seems like the more we are shown, the more there is to be seen and with the alarming rate of divorce, and worse issues springing from the marriage … [Read more…]
On May 29, 2020, the people-oriented and visionary administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State marked its 5th Anniversary. On August 27, 2020, the Coal City State celebrated the 29th Anniversary of its creation. The epoch making events presented a veritable opportunity to reappraise the governor’s giant strides anchored on peace and good governance, … [Read more…]
The management and staff of the state Ministry of Health, Tuesday paid their last respect to the former Commissioner for Health, Late Prof. Anthony Ikemefuna Ugochukwu at the the Ministry’s headquarters in Enugu. Speaking during the lying in state, the Hon. Commissioner for Health Dr Obi Emmanuel Ikechukwu commiserated with the family of the late … [Read more…]
By Onochie Jon-Igwesi Let us go back in time to the evening of June 9, 2020. While putting finishing editorial touches to the maiden Democracy Edition of Pacesetter Frontier Magazine which was planned to be released on June 12, 2020, I received a call from my father, H.R.H Eze Barr Igwesi O. Igwesi. My father, … [Read more…]
Non-Fiction: A Single Mum and the Staring Eyes By Chinwe Ukairo I read somewhere that “Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” I was only nineteen, and as the first daughter of an Igbo family I had a lot of responsibility, not on the basis of finance but character-wise and moral-wise. I … [Read more…]