(2517,1,'2020-05-17 07:11:50','0000-00-00 00:00:00','&nbsp;\n\nEnugu state government has announced that two out of the ten active cases in the state have tested negative for Coronavirus disease.\n\nThe cases are a 3-year-old and 13-year-old contacts of the 3rd case in Enugu, who is an indigene of Bauchi state, with positive travel history to and from Jos, Plateau state.\n\nThe state commissioner for health, Obi Emmanuel-Ikechukwu disclosed this in a statement, revealed that the patients are undergoing assessment for discharge from the state isolation and treatment centre .\n\nCurrently, Enugu state now has 8 active cases of covid-19, two already treated and discharged while another two are on the verge of being discharged after testing negative for coronavirus disease twice.\nEND','Another Two Covid-19 patients tested Negative in Enugu','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-05-17 07:11:50','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2517',0,'post','',0),(2519,1,'2020-05-17 07:14:31','2020-05-17 07:14:31','&nbsp;\n\nEnugu state government has announced that two out of the ten active cases in the state have tested negative for Coronavirus disease.\n\nThe cases are a 3-year-old and 13-year-old contacts of the 3rd case in Enugu, who is an indigene of Bauchi state, with positive travel history to and from Jos, Plateau state.<!--more-->\n\nThe state commissioner for health, Obi Emmanuel-Ikechukwu disclosed this in a statement, revealed that the patients are undergoing assessment for discharge from the state isolation and treatment centre .<!--more-->\n\nCurrently, Enugu state now has 8 active cases of covid-19, two already treated and discharged while another two are on the verge of being discharged after testing negative for coronavirus disease twice.\nEND','Another Two patients test Negative For Covid-19 in Enugu','','publish','open','open','','another-two-covid-19-patients-tested-negative-in-enugu','','','2020-05-17 07:14:31','2020-05-17 07:14:31','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2519',0,'post','',0),(2523,1,'2020-05-17 17:09:33','2020-05-17 17:09:33','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2524\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG-20200517-WA0096-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" />\n\nRivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has expressed shock over the sudden death of his Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu.<!--more-->\n\nHe described late Nwakaudu as a loyal and dedicated professional who contributed immensely to the implementation of development policies in Rivers State.\n\nThe governor on behalf of his family, the government and people of the State condoled with the bereaved family and prayed God to grant them the fortitude to bear the great loss.\n\nThe Late media aide to Governor Wike Nwakaudu died today at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH) after a brief and undisclosed illness.\n<blockquote>He held the office since 2015 until his sudden death.</blockquote>','Governor Wike\'s Top Media Aide is Dead','','publish','open','open','','governor-wikes-top-media-aide-is-dead','','','2020-05-17 17:09:33','2020-05-17 17:09:33','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2523',0,'post','',0),(2524,1,'2020-05-17 17:08:34','2020-05-17 17:08:34','','IMG-20200517-WA0096','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20200517-wa0096','','','2020-05-17 17:08:34','2020-05-17 17:08:34','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG-20200517-WA0096.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2529,1,'2020-05-17 17:33:55','0000-00-00 00:00:00','&nbsp;\n\nKano State Government has reduced salary of public office holders by half because of the shortfall in federation account and internally generated revenue due to COVID-19. The reduction is with immediate effect.\n\nThe slash was announced by Chief Press Secretary to the Kano State Governor, Abba Anwar and made available to TVC News.\n\nAccording to the statement would, both the Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, his deputy Nasiru Gawuna amongst other top senior government officials.\n\nOther affected government officials are local government council chairmen, deputy chairmen, elected councillors, supervisory councillors amongst others.','Just In: Kano Government slashes salary of Public Office Holders by 50 percent due to COVID-19','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-05-17 17:33:55','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2529',0,'post','',0),(2532,1,'2020-05-17 17:36:39','2020-05-17 17:36:39','&nbsp;\n\nKano State Government has reduced salary of public office holders by half because of the shortfall in federation account and internally generated revenue due to COVID-19. The reduction is with immediate effect.\n\nThe slash was announced by Chief Press Secretary to the Kano State Governor, Abba Anwar and made available to Newsmen.\n\n<!--more-->\n\nAccording to the statement would, both the Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, his deputy Nasiru Gawuna amongst other top senior government officials.\n\nOther affected government officials are local government council chairmen, deputy chairmen, elected councillors, supervisory councillors amongst others.','Just In: Kano Government slashes salary of Public Office Holders by 50 percent due to COVID-19','','publish','open','open','','just-in-kano-government-slashes-salary-of-public-office-holders-by-50-percent-due-to-covid-19','','','2020-05-17 17:36:39','2020-05-17 17:36:39','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2532',0,'post','',0),(2536,1,'2020-05-18 15:22:35','2020-05-18 15:22:35','Elecrion petition Tribunal has dismissed petition filed by the Social Democratic Party and its governorship candidate Natasha Akpoti challenging the election of Yahaya Bello as governor of kogi state.<!--more-->\n\nIn a unanimous judgment the tribunal held that all evidence presented by the petitioner were based on hearsay, awarde cost of N100,000 thousand in favour of each respondents to be paid by the petitioner\n\nIn the petition the SDP and its governorship candidate Natasha Akpoti accused the elected Governor and his deputy of falsifying documents used in contesting the election.\n\nThe tribunal held that the issue of falsifying has no correlation with the issues at the tribunal.\n\nOut of 13 Witnesses called by the petitioner, onlt the first witness gave credible testimony\n\nThe 12 other witnesses based their testimonies on hearsay.','tribunal Dismisses SDP Petition Against Governor Yahaya Bello','','publish','open','open','','tribunal-dismisses-sdp-petition-against-governor-yahaya-bello','','','2020-05-18 15:22:35','2020-05-18 15:22:35','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2536',0,'post','',0),(2538,1,'2020-05-18 21:07:24','2020-05-18 21:07:24','Suspected book haram fighters are presently attacking Dapchi community in Yobe state.\n\nEye witnesses say the insurgents kidnapped large number of persons during the gruesome invasion.<!--more-->\n\nThe number of casualties and number of structures destroyed cannot be ascertain for now due to lack of poor network in the affected area.\n\nDetails later...','Breaking: Suspected Boko Haram attacking Dapchi Community in Yobe State','','publish','open','open','','breaking-suspected-boko-haram-attacking-dapchi-community-in-yobe-state','','','2020-05-18 21:07:24','2020-05-18 21:07:24','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2538',0,'post','',0),(2540,1,'2020-05-19 09:48:55','2020-05-19 09:48:55','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2486 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG-20200511-WA0001-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" />\n\nEnugu state government has announced that another two out of the 8 active cases have tested negative for Covid 19 disease.\n\nThe state commissioner for health Emmanuel Ikechukwu made this public in a statement made available to Newsmen in Enugu, informed that the three new cases as reported by the NCDC are results of patients who entered the state illegally in the period of lockdown.<!--more-->\nThe cases are, a 25-year-old male who lives in Lagos, but came in through Ondo state, another is a 38-year-old male from Okpuje in Nsukka LGA who lives in Nassarawa state and the last is a 28-year-old Widow from Igbo-Etiti LGA, who lost her husband to Covid 19 in Lagos, she was reported to have tried to smuggle the husband corpse back to Enugu for burial despite the lockdown regulations.\n\nEnugu state now has 15 confirmed cases in all, with 6 treated and discharged while other 9 active cases are currently receiving treatment at the state isolation and treatment centre.\n\nEND','Enugu Discharges another two Covid-19 patients as state Records Three new cases.','','publish','open','open','','enugu-discharges-another-two-covid-19-patients-as-state-records-three-new-cases','','','2020-05-19 09:48:55','2020-05-19 09:48:55','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2540',0,'post','',0),(2542,1,'2020-05-19 20:23:55','2020-05-19 20:23:55','&nbsp;\n\nSokoto state government has announced the discharged of additional five patients of COVID-19 from the state Isolation centre in Amanawa.\n\nThis was revealed in a statement on the twitter handle of the State ministry of health.<!--more-->\n\nThe state had earlier on Monday discharged four patients from the same facility, taking the total number of discharged persons in the state to seventy five patients representing 78% of the total active cases of Corona Virus in the state.\n\nThe state commissioner for health and Chairman Taskforce on COVID-19, Mohammed Ali Iname had over the weekend announced that the state has discharged a total of sixty six patients of COVID-19 representing 61% of the total active cases in the state.\n\nHe however, caution residents to continue to observe the social distancing, and ensure the use of facemask in public places and also wash their hands regularly under running water.\n\nSOKOTO state had banned unnecessary social gathering and also make the use of facemask compulsory in all public places in the state as well as engages the services of volunteers to continue to sensitize residents on the need to live a healthy lifestyle as a measure against the spread of COVID-19.','COVID-19: 75% of Sokoto Active Cases Discharged','','publish','open','open','','covid-19-75-of-sokoto-active-cases-discharged','','','2020-05-19 20:23:55','2020-05-19 20:23:55','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2542',0,'post','',0),(2544,1,'2020-05-19 20:39:04','0000-00-00 00:00:00','Women\nEnugwu-Ukwu (Anambra) May 19, 2020 The Public has been urged to avoid the act of stigmatisation of persons affected by the coronavirus as it was not a death sentence but should sensitise the populace on precautionary measures.\n\nNewsmen reports on Tuesday that a Community Leader Mrs Ngozi Mbachi appealed to women of Aboatulu Kindred Meeting during its COVID-19 pandemic palliative distribution.\n\nMbachi said that over 50 Women from Enugwu-Ukwu in Njikoka Local Government Area, Anambra benefited from Aboatulu Women union palliative program .\n\nShe urged the public to stop staigmation of persons already affected by the virus as such act would derail the efforts to contain the spread in various communities of the state.\n\n“All we need to do at the moment was to observe all the precautionary measures given by WHO and medical experts, stigmatisation would make the people to hide relatives with close symptoms.\n\n“ Nobody would like to live with the stigmatisation associated with the coronavirus, the fear of been miss treated would make people to hide information,” she said .\n\nMbachi said that the people at rural areas are already aware of the dangers linked to the coronavirus, but sound enlightenment was required to drum the measures to the people.\nShe urged the beneficiaries of the COVID-19 palliatives to be prudent in management of the resources available to them so not to run out of food stock while the pandemic lasts.\n\nMbachi appealed to Anambra state government to tighten security at borders in order to forestall influx of people as well as prevent spread of coronavirus pandemic in the state and not to create fear.\n\nShe said that the union empowered ten women with fund to engage in small business like Zobo drink, puff puff, chichim and buns to ensure that the family are well cared for at the moment of hardship.\n“ No woman should fold her hands now but should try out their hands in lots of small business venture and farming to make ends meet,” she said\n\nMrs Nwabugwu Okafor a centenarian , who benefited from the palliative said it would cushion the effects of coronavirus pandemic been experienced in the community and expressed joy over the action.\n\nMrs Elizabeth Okafor, aged 93, grandmatron of the Aboatulu women union urged the women to use the palliative wisely and ensure that the educate their children on need to observe COVID-19 precautionary measures.\n\nOkafor said that since there was no known cure for the virus that they would follow all directives given to them so as to stay alive and appeal to government to ensure that security operatives carry out their duties.\n\nMrs Grace Anagor, Vice President of the union said that the executives sourced over N500,000 from their husbands to achieve the vision to cushion effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their members .\n\nShe advised the women to carry the news to all their families and ensure they follow all directives to the latter.\nMrs Patty Anagor, a member of the union commended the union executives for the training and empowerment giving to the women to sustain their families assured that they would spread the message to others.\n\nMrs Uju Ekwoanya , the resource person who trained the women on soap making, bleach, zobo drink, buns and other snacks urged them to ensure that palliative was used for the purpose it was given.\n\nMrs Veronica Agu one of the women empowered for the small business commended the union leadership for devising such idea and promised to start off the business in addition to her other business.\n\nMrs Obioma Okafor and Ngozi Anagor beneficiaries of the economic empowerment said that the union has done well by the act of empowerment and educating them on need to observe COVID-19 precautionary measures and starting a business for them .\nNewsmen reports that the beneficiaries included women entrepreneurs, the indigent and the aged, received cash gifts, bags of rice, among others.\n\nAlso that the women were equally educated on COVID- 19 protocols including hand washing, social distancing, use of face mas','COVID-19:stop stigmatising  victims because  virus is not a death sentence- Women Group','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-05-19 20:39:04','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2544',0,'post','',0),(2548,1,'2020-05-19 20:46:07','2020-05-19 20:46:07','Enugwu-Ukwu (Anambra) May 19, 2020 The Public has been urged to avoid the act of stigmatisation of persons affected by the coronavirus as it was not a death sentence but should sensitise the populace on precautionary measures.<!--more-->\n\nNewsmen reports on Tuesday that a Community Leader Mrs Ngozi Mbachi appealed to women of Aboatulu Kindred Meeting during its COVID-19 pandemic palliative distribution.\n\nMbachi said that over 50 Women from Enugwu-Ukwu in Njikoka Local Government Area, Anambra benefited from Aboatulu Women union palliative program .\n\nShe urged the public to stop staigmation of persons already affected by the virus as such act would derail the efforts to contain the spread in various communities of the state.\n\n“All we need to do at the moment was to observe all the precautionary measures given by WHO and medical experts, stigmatisation would make the people to hide relatives with close symptoms.\n\n“ Nobody would like to live with the stigmatisation associated with the coronavirus, the fear of been miss treated would make people to hide information,” she said .\n\nMbachi said that the people at rural areas are already aware of the dangers linked to the coronavirus, but sound enlightenment was required to drum the measures to the people.\nShe urged the beneficiaries of the COVID-19 palliatives to be prudent in management of the resources available to them so not to run out of food stock while the pandemic lasts.\n\nMbachi appealed to Anambra state government to tighten security at borders in order to forestall influx of people as well as prevent spread of coronavirus pandemic in the state and not to create fear.\n\nShe said that the union empowered ten women with fund to engage in small business like Zobo drink, puff puff, chichim and buns to ensure that the family are well cared for at the moment of hardship.\n“ No woman should fold her hands now but should try out their hands in lots of small business venture and farming to make ends meet,” she said\n\nMrs Nwabugwu Okafor a centenarian , who benefited from the palliative said it would cushion the effects of coronavirus pandemic been experienced in the community and expressed joy over the action.\n\nMrs Elizabeth Okafor, aged 93, grandmatron of the Aboatulu women union urged the women to use the palliative wisely and ensure that the educate their children on need to observe COVID-19 precautionary measures.\n\nOkafor said that since there was no known cure for the virus that they would follow all directives given to them so as to stay alive and appeal to government to ensure that security operatives carry out their duties.\n\nMrs Grace Anagor, Vice President of the union said that the executives sourced over N500,000 from their husbands to achieve the vision to cushion effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their members .\n\nShe advised the women to carry the news to all their families and ensure they follow all directives to the latter.\nMrs Patty Anagor, a member of the union commended the union executives for the training and empowerment giving to the women to sustain their families assured that they would spread the message to others.\n\nMrs Uju Ekwoanya , the resource person who trained the women on soap making, bleach, zobo drink, buns and other snacks urged them to ensure that palliative was used for the purpose it was given.\n\nMrs Veronica Agu one of the women empowered for the small business commended the union leadership for devising such idea and promised to start off the business in addition to her other business.\n\nMrs Obioma Okafor and Ngozi Anagor beneficiaries of the economic empowerment said that the union has done well by the act of empowerment and educating them on need to observe COVID-19 precautionary measures and starting a business for them .\nNewsmen reports that the beneficiaries included women entrepreneurs, the indigent and the aged, received cash gifts, bags of rice, among others.\n\nAlso that the women were equally educated on COVID- 19 protocols including hand washing, social distancing, use of face masks.','COVID-19:stop stigmatising victims because virus is not a death sentence-- Women Group','','publish','open','open','','covid-19stop-stigmatising-victims-because-virus-is-not-a-death-sentence-women-group','','','2020-05-19 20:46:07','2020-05-19 20:46:07','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2548',0,'post','',0),(2551,1,'2020-05-22 17:40:06','0000-00-00 00:00:00','&nbsp;\n\nFormer Kano Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Muazu Magaji, has tested negative for COVID-19 and discharged from isolation centre.\n\nThe former commissioner who was fired by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on April 18th for celebrating the death of former chief of staff, late Abba Kyari and tested positive for COVID-19 on may 7th.\n\nMedia Aide to the former commissioner, Ibrahim Yaro Dawakin Tofa confirmed his recovery to TVC News.','Sacked Kano Commissioner tests negative, discharged from IIsolation.','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-05-22 17:40:06','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2551',0,'post','',0),(2553,1,'2020-05-22 17:49:04','2020-05-22 17:49:04','The Kano Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Muazu Magaji, has tested negative for COVID-19 and discharged from isolation centre.\n\nThe former commissioner who was fired by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on April 18th for celebrating the death of former chief of staff, late Abba Kyari and tested positive for COVID-19 on may 7th.\n\nMedia Aide to the former commissioner, Ibrahim Yaro Dawakin Tofa confirmed his recovery to Newsmen in Kano.','Sacked Kano Commissioner tests negative, discharged from Isolation','','publish','open','open','','sacked-kano-commissioner-tests-negative-discharged-from-isolation','','','2020-05-22 17:49:04','2020-05-22 17:49:04','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2553',0,'post','',0),(2555,1,'2020-05-22 17:55:01','2020-05-22 17:55:01','Imo state Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma signed into law, the bill repealing pensions &amp; gratuity for former Governors, Deputy Governors, Speakers and Deputy Speakers.<!--more-->','Just in: Governor Uzodinma Signs Into Law Bill That Repeals Pension for Ex- Governors, Deputies, Speakers & Deputy','','publish','open','open','','just-in-governor-uzodinma-signs-bill-to-repeal-pension-for-ex-governors-deputies-speakers-deputy','','','2020-05-22 17:55:01','2020-05-22 17:55:01','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2555',0,'post','',0),(2559,1,'2020-05-22 18:03:20','2020-05-22 18:03:20','&nbsp;\n\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof. Godswill Obioma as the Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council.\n\nIn a statement signed by the spokesperson of the council Azeez Sani, he announced that the appointment was contained in a letter signed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.\n\nGodswill a Professor of Education Measurement and Evaluation, will have an initial tenure of five years, which took effect from May 14.<!--more-->\n\nPresident Buhari had terminated the appointment of Prof Charles Uwakwe as the council’s registrar over various offences bordering on financial impropriety Alongside four senior officials','Breaking: President Buhari Appoints Godswill Obioma As NECO Registrar.','','publish','open','open','','breaking-president-buhari-appoints-godswill-obioma-as-neco-registrar','','','2020-05-22 18:03:20','2020-05-22 18:03:20','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2559',0,'post','',0),(2564,1,'2020-05-22 18:12:35','2020-05-22 18:12:35','&nbsp;\n\nWith the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations around the corner and the month-long Ramadan fast coming to an end, President Muhammadu Buhari will be conducting his Eid prayers with his family at home.\n\nThis is in observance of the lockdown measures in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, put in place “to save lives and protect people from all dangers.”<!--more-->\n\nThis is also in line with the directive of the Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III suspending Eid congregational prayers across the country as well as the protocol against mass gathering issued by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.\n\nFurther to this, the President who has traditionally shared the joyous moment with top government officials, political leaders, community heads, Muslim and Christian religious leaders and children, will not be receiving these homages in a bid to stop the coronavirus from further spreading.\n\nGarba Shehu\n\nSenior Special Assistant to the President\n\n(Media &amp; Publicity)\n\nMay 22, 2020','PRESIDENT BUHARI TO OBSERVE EID WITH FAMILY AT HOME','','publish','open','open','','president-buhari-to-observe-eid-with-family-at-home','','','2020-05-22 18:12:35','2020-05-22 18:12:35','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2564',0,'post','',0),(2569,1,'2020-05-22 18:50:45','2020-05-22 18:50:45','The House of Representatives has warned Ministries, departments and agencies of government to desist from tampering with the 2020 budget.\n\nIts Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Aliyu Betara, handed down the warning in a statement on Friday.<!--more-->\n\nThe lawmaker was responding to reports that some MDAs were already adjusting their budget proposals to suit their needs following the downward review of the budget from N10.59 trillion to N10.52 trillion due to the dwindling oil prices as a result of COVID-19 outbreak.\n\nEND','Just In: House of Reps Warns MDAs To Stop Tampering With 2020 Budget','','publish','open','open','','just-in-house-of-reps-warns-mdas-not-to-tamper-2020-budget','','','2020-05-22 18:50:45','2020-05-22 18:50:45','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2569',0,'post','',0),(2573,1,'2020-05-27 18:14:43','2020-05-27 18:14:43','.\n\nLOCATION: Enugu, Awka,Owere, Ebonyi State, Port Harcourt.\n\nWill you like to be part of..\nHealth Counseling on Cancer, High Blood Pressure, Arthritis, Diabetes, HIV etc. , Our organization offers you this opportunity to be trained and retrained as a Nutritionist so as to carryout specific functions of providing health assistance and information to people.\n\nSALARY: Minimum of 30,000 Naira( depending on your qualifications)\n\nProvisions include full-time or Part-time.<!--more-->\n\nREQUIREMENTS:\nMust at least posses any of this Qualification; Bsc, HND, NCE,SSCE (at least 5 credits) in any field.\nN:B\nSuccessful applicants will undergo a 2 months healthcare training on how to use health care facilities for the following test:General body test, Comprehensive Body check up etc.\n\nHOW TO APPLY\nInterested applicants should forward his/ her details ( NAME, QUALIFICATION, LOCATION, AGE, PHONE NUMBER) to the company\'s emails: achimedesrockkonsept@yahoo.com. For more information call HRM @ 09039490514.','JOB OPPORTUNITY @ARK ROCK CONCEPT','','publish','open','open','','job-opportunity-ark-rock-concept','','','2020-05-27 18:14:43','2020-05-27 18:14:43','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2573',0,'post','',0),(2575,1,'2020-05-27 19:17:47','2020-05-27 19:17:47','&nbsp;\n\nOndo State Police Command says it has rescued a Naval officer, Lt Commander Ajare Uchegbulah Amadi who was abducted in Akoko Axis of the state\n\nThe naval officer was kidnapped last week along Ago-Ajayi-Oba highway in Akoko area of the state.\n\nThe stat<!--more-->e commissioner of Police, Undie Adie said the naval officer\'s release was sequel to aggressive manhunt launched by combined security operatives .\n\nThis, he said made the kidnappers to abandon him in the forest and took to their heels.\n\nThe Ondo police commissioner warned travelers to strictly adhere to the ban on interstate movement imposed by the Federal government as a means to curtail the spread of COVID-19.\n\nHe said criminals are taking advantage of the empty roads to advance their nefarious acts. .','Just in : Police rescue kidnapped Ondo Naval Officer.','','publish','open','open','','just-in-police-rescue-kidnapped-ondo-naval-officer','','','2020-05-27 19:17:47','2020-05-27 19:17:47','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2575',0,'post','',0),(2577,1,'2020-05-30 07:41:51','2020-05-30 07:41:51','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2578 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG-20200530-WA0074-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" />\n\nEjike Anyaduba\n\nMay 30th, 2020, made it 53 years since the defunct state of Biafra was born.\nThe birth of the young state was troubled as she was immediately absorbed in an impious war of survival with Nigeria.\n\nFor 30 months, a savage internecine warfare raged between the two armies of unequal strength and fire power.<!--more-->\n\nOverwhelmed, and faced with certain defeat, Biafra surrendered unconditionally.\n\nFive decades on the effects of the war still linger, resisting every effort at erasure. The mitigating postwar policy of the victorious Nigerian government led by Gowon, aimed at reconciling, reconstructing and rehabilitating the defunct Biafra failed to make good enough impact.\n\nProperties seized from the Igbo who constituted the bulk of what was Biafra, especially in Rivers state, remain abandoned till date while basic infrastructure in the five Igbo states of the South east remain in decrepit condition.\n\nThis situation is not made better with the subtle, but consistent effort in turning the Igbo out of doors of certain offices in Nigeria.\n\nTo date, certain positions have been denied the Igbo. But where such positions are made available to them, (which has been few and far between) they are caused to assume a refrain of favour -- chorused by the state, its surrogate media and a few self-abusing Igbo.\n\nConstant reference is made of such appointment with the government that effected it, singled out for unmerited praise.\n\nPerhaps palsied by shock of the loss of the war, the intelligent among the Igbo became cagey, leaving the brash and the self-abusive compatriots to speak when silence should have sufficed. On many occasion the appointment of an Igbo to a position he is entitled to has been made to look like a favour.\n\nEven if the appointee was most deserving or the appointment came at the verge of retirement, expressions of gratitude were still lavish.\n\nInspector General of Police Ogbonnaya Onovo and Comptroller General of Customs Bernard-Shaw Nwadialor were some of those whose appointments to the headship of the two organs of the government conformed to the conditions above. Neither was undeserving of the office he was appointed. Neither had enough years on the job before the appointment. Nonetheless, the appointments were celebrated by the brash and self abusive Igbo.\n\nThe appointment of Brigadier General David Ndefo as the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, Kaduna, between 2000 and 2001 did not go differently. This time the media upped the game of reminding the readers that appointing an Igbo to a G.O.C position was a favour to be eternally grateful.\n\nMajor General Azubike Ihejirika\'s appointment as the Chief of Army Staff was a tad above the ordinary run of reportage. It was advertised in the national dailies with comments of gratitude as if a mercenary was appointed.\n\nNigeria stands a chance of becoming a major economy in the world without her practised discriminatory treatment of a section of her people. This is because apart from their quality contributions to Nigeria, the Igbo are a major stakeholder to the development of the country. The full potential of any nation is not realized with a section of it consciously emasculated. Rather it is achieved by encouraging equality and availing each section limitless opportunities to aspire to any position.\n\nThe memories of the war should be erased permanently by consciously integrating every section of the country. Efforts must be made to eschew provocative statements capable of inflaming the state to a second conflict. It is difficult for any nation to survive two civil wars. History is yet to record that any nation became great on account of repeated internal wars.\n\nCountries that survived civil wars were known to be stronger and close knit perhaps because they learnt as did Bertrand Russell early that \"war does not determine who is right, but who is left\". The lessons of war they also know are better appreciated in peace time.\n\nNigeria has a good chance of becoming great by leveraging on the ingenuity of the Igbo. It is fairly right to argue that the Igbo are the uniters of Nigeria. No other tribe has done as much.\n\nSadly, after the Biafran war, Nigeria deliberately ignored the Igbo. The ingenuity of the Biafran scientists was totally ignored. It died with the war. No government saw the wisdom in adapting the technology. The effort at having the technology developed with the formation of Project Development Institute (PRODA) Enugu, was not encouraged by lack of attention. It has since suffered neglect.\n\nNigeria has failed to get her acts right with a succession of leaders without vision.\n\nThe Biafran war and its attendant waste were avoidable had good reason prevailed. Avoiding a repeat should be consciously pursued. Provocative statements as well as actions should be discouraged.\n\nThe anniversary should be for reflection. It should be able to remind us of the cruelties of war and encourage us on the path of circumspection.\n\nEjike Anyaduba\nAbatete\n\n.','Biafra anniversary: Time to heal the wounds','','publish','open','open','','biafra-anniversary-time-to-heal-the-wounds','','','2020-05-30 07:41:51','2020-05-30 07:41:51','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2577',0,'post','',0),(2578,1,'2020-05-30 07:40:08','2020-05-30 07:40:08','','IMG-20200530-WA0074','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20200530-wa0074','','','2020-05-30 07:40:08','2020-05-30 07:40:08','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG-20200530-WA0074.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2580,1,'2020-05-31 07:36:50','0000-00-00 00:00:00','&nbsp;\n\nThe Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Nasarawa State Bishop Joseph Masin has regained his freedom.\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The CAN chairman was abducted by gunmen on Wednesday night at his residence in Bukan-Sidi in Lafia, the state\'s capital.<!--more--></p>\nState Commissioner of Police Bola Longe confirmed the release of the chairman in an exclusive telephone conversation with newsmen in lafia.\n\nTen suspects have so far been arrested by the Nigeria Police in connection with the abduction.\n\nThe CAN chairman has reunited with his family members amidst jubilation.','Just In: Abducted NASSARAWA CAN Chairman Regains Freedom','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-05-31 07:36:50','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2580',0,'post','',0),(2582,1,'2020-05-31 07:40:04','2020-05-31 07:40:04','&nbsp;\n\nThe Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Nasarawa State Bishop Joseph Masin has regained his freedom.\n\nThe CAN chairman was abducted by gunmen on Wednesday night at his residence in Bukan-Sidi in Lafia, the state\'s capital.<!--more--><!--more-->\n\nState Commissioner of Police Bola Longe confirmed the release of the chairman in an exclusive telephone conversation with Ashiwaju media in Lafia.\n\nTen suspects have so far been arrested by the Nigeria Police in connection with the abduction.\n\nThe CAN chairman has reunited with his family members amidst jubilation.','Abducted NASSARAWA CAN Chairman Regains Freedom','','publish','open','open','','abducted-nassarawa-can-chairman-regains-freedom','','','2020-05-31 07:40:04','2020-05-31 07:40:04','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2582',0,'post','',0),(2587,1,'2020-06-02 11:23:51','0000-00-00 00:00:00','&nbsp;\n\nThe Senate has thrown its weight behind the call for justice for Uwaila Omozuwa and Tina who suffered ill fates that led to their deaths.\n\nLawmakers condemned in strong terms the rape and Murder of Uwa , a 100 level Student of Uniben as well as 16 year old Tina who was killed by a trigger happy Policeman.i<!--more-->\n\nThe Senate called for the immediate arrest of the culprits and also urged the Federal Government to launch a campaign against the brutality and rape of the girl Child .\n\nThe Senate also held a minute silence in honor of the deceased and others who have suffered the same brutality.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','NASS Condemns UNIBEN Student\'s Killing','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-06-02 11:23:51','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2587',0,'post','',0),(2591,1,'2020-06-05 19:17:29','0000-00-00 00:00:00','Lagos Agric commissioner Prince Gbolahan Lawal emerges Oniru-Elect\n\nThe Lagos State Executive Council, under the leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, having satisfied all legal requirements, has approved the nomination and appointment of Prince Gbolahan Lawal as the new Oba-Elect of Iruland (the Oniru-Elect of Iruland).\n\n\nA statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, on Friday stated that the appointment of Prince Lawal as the Oniru-Elect, which takes immediate effect was made on Friday afternoon, during the State’s Executive Council meeting, where final ratification was made on his nomination.\n\nPrince Gbolahan Lawal, succeeds late Oba Idowu Abiodun, former Oniru of Iruland, who passed on in year 2019 at the age of 82.\n\nGbolahan Wasiu Lawal born on July 24th 1970 to late Chief T. A. Lawal- Akapo, the Ojora of Lagos (1977-1993) and Olori M. A. Lawal-Akapo. Gbolahan is a Lagos Prince from the Ojora, Aromire, Shokun and Abisogun branch of Oniru Royal families of Lagos State.\n\nHe is a seasoned administrator with over 25 years postgraduate experience with an in-depth knowledge of the workings of the Public Sector. He is driven, focused, steadfast and passionate. Prince Lawal’s excellent leadership, communication, collaborative and organizational skills have over the years sharpened his ability to identify, analyse and proffer strategic transformational change.\n\nPrince Lawal holds an Executive MSc in CITIES (LSE, Cities) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He also obtained an MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies [SOAS], University of London in 2008; a BSc Hons. in Botany from the University of Port-Harcourt in 1992 and a product of the famous St. Gregory’s College, Lagos.\n\nIn addition, he has completed several courses and programmes amongst which are the International Housing Finance Program (IHFP) in 2018 and Advanced Management Programme (AMP) from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA in 2015. He is also a product of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the World Bank Institute, Washington D.C. In the last 8years, he has been on the board of the Lagos State Security Trust Fund.\n\nPrince Lawal started his career as a Scientific Officer with the Raw Materials Research and Development Council at the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology in 1994. He later joined The Nigerian Police Force and was commissioned as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent. While in the force, he held several duty posts amongst which was serving as an Aide-de-camp [ADC] to the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He retired voluntarily from the Nigerian Police in 2008 as a Superintendent of Police.\n\nPrince Gbolahan Lawal was a Senior Special Assistant on Special Projects to a former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN). In this capacity, he coordinated the Agriculture-Based Youth Empowerment Scheme (AgricYES). The success of the innovative Agric-Yes paved way for his appointment as the Honourable Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives in Lagos State in 2011.\n\nHis impeccable public service record and his ability to address urban challenges also led to his appointment as the Honourable Commissioner for Housing by former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State in October 2015, a position he held until May 2019.\nA lot of programmes and landmark projects were achieved under his watch as the Honourable Commissioner such as the Rent-to-own home ownership program, Master Craftsman program, Lagos Affordable Public Housing (LAPH), and The 4-IN-14 days bungalow housing development.\n\nIn 2019, Gbolahan Lawal was reappointed as the Honourable Commissioner for Agriculture in Lagos State by the current Governor of the State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu essentially based on his sterling performance and quality leadership he provided in his first stint in the office. Suffice it to say that during his first reign as the Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives in Lagos State, Gbolahan was the brain behind programmes and projects such as the School Agric programme, the Agric-YES summer school for senior secondary schools and the Eko Rice Mill, Imota.\n\nDuring his second spell as the Honourable Commissioner, he has brought to bear his previous experience and expertise in the field. He came up with the idea of an Agricultural Stakeholders Summit in furtherance of the efforts of the State Government to make Lagos a 21st century economy with the agricultural sector playing a vital role in sustainable food security and diversification of the economy. Essentially, the Summit developed strategies that will ensure the State attains sustainable food security, improved nutrition, generate employment and create wealth through a combination of business and development platforms in partnership with the private sector.\n\nAs an offshoot of the Summit, he also saw to the development of a five-year Agricultural Roadmap for the State (2020-2025). The roadmap focuses on the development of agricultural value chains where the State has competitive and comparative advantages including the provision and availability of improved inputs, increased productivity and production. Suffice it to say that he was similarly instrumental to the organisation of a roundtable discussion on the implementation of the Roadmap in order to ensure adequate planning to circumvent risks and uncertainties in the sector.\n\nPrince Lawal is also the brain behind the reforms and development of the Red Meat Value Chain in Lagos State; Agricultural Value Chains Empowerment Programme, a programme targeted at farmers, service providers, transporters, input manufacturers and suppliers within the system whose services are required for the successful implementation of increase productivity in Agriculture; an appraisal of Farm Estate and Settlements in the State; Lagos Agriprenuership Programme; the very popular Lagos Seafood Festival and the EKO City Farmers’ Market.\n\nLawal also successfully midwifed and superintended the State Government\'s food security and palliative efforts during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Suffice it to say that to curtail the spread of the disease, the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu declared a lockdown in the state and initiated various interventions in the areas of health, food and security to ameliorate the pains that the lockdown had on the citizenry. And it was Lawal’s Ministry of Agriculture that successfully coordinated and to the admiration of all, the twin efforts of the Emergency Food Response and the Temporary Food Markets.\n\nHe also has several awards in recognition of his outstanding performances in both sectors he served as Honourable Commissioner.\n\nHe is happily married with children, a sports, music and arts enthusiast.','Lagos Commissioner Emerges Oniru-Elect','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-06-05 19:17:29','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2591',0,'post','',0),(2593,1,'2020-06-05 19:20:12','2020-06-05 19:20:12','The Lagos State Executive Council, under the leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, having satisfied all legal requirements, has approved the nomination and appointment of Prince Gbolahan Lawal as the new Oba-Elect of Iruland (the Oniru-Elect of Iruland).\n\n\nA statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, on Friday stated that the appointment of Prince Lawal as the Oniru-Elect, which takes immediate effect was made on Friday afternoon, during the State’s Executive Council meeting, where final ratification was made on his nomination.<!--more-->\n\nPrince Gbolahan Lawal, succeeds late Oba Idowu Abiodun, former Oniru of Iruland, who passed on in year 2019 at the age of 82.\n\nGbolahan Wasiu Lawal born on July 24th 1970 to late Chief T. A. Lawal- Akapo, the Ojora of Lagos (1977-1993) and Olori M. A. Lawal-Akapo. Gbolahan is a Lagos Prince from the Ojora, Aromire, Shokun and Abisogun branch of Oniru Royal families of Lagos State.\n\nHe is a seasoned administrator with over 25 years postgraduate experience with an in-depth knowledge of the workings of the Public Sector. He is driven, focused, steadfast and passionate. Prince Lawal’s excellent leadership, communication, collaborative and organizational skills have over the years sharpened his ability to identify, analyse and proffer strategic transformational change.\n\nPrince Lawal holds an Executive MSc in CITIES (LSE, Cities) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He also obtained an MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies [SOAS], University of London in 2008; a BSc Hons. in Botany from the University of Port-Harcourt in 1992 and a product of the famous St. Gregory’s College, Lagos.\n\nIn addition, he has completed several courses and programmes amongst which are the International Housing Finance Program (IHFP) in 2018 and Advanced Management Programme (AMP) from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA in 2015. He is also a product of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the World Bank Institute, Washington D.C. In the last 8years, he has been on the board of the Lagos State Security Trust Fund.\n\nPrince Lawal started his career as a Scientific Officer with the Raw Materials Research and Development Council at the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology in 1994. He later joined The Nigerian Police Force and was commissioned as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent. While in the force, he held several duty posts amongst which was serving as an Aide-de-camp [ADC] to the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He retired voluntarily from the Nigerian Police in 2008 as a Superintendent of Police.\n\nPrince Gbolahan Lawal was a Senior Special Assistant on Special Projects to a former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN). In this capacity, he coordinated the Agriculture-Based Youth Empowerment Scheme (AgricYES). The success of the innovative Agric-Yes paved way for his appointment as the Honourable Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives in Lagos State in 2011.\n\nHis impeccable public service record and his ability to address urban challenges also led to his appointment as the Honourable Commissioner for Housing by former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State in October 2015, a position he held until May 2019.\nA lot of programmes and landmark projects were achieved under his watch as the Honourable Commissioner such as the Rent-to-own home ownership program, Master Craftsman program, Lagos Affordable Public Housing (LAPH), and The 4-IN-14 days bungalow housing development.\n\nIn 2019, Gbolahan Lawal was reappointed as the Honourable Commissioner for Agriculture in Lagos State by the current Governor of the State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu essentially based on his sterling performance and quality leadership he provided in his first stint in the office. Suffice it to say that during his first reign as the Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives in Lagos State, Gbolahan was the brain behind programmes and projects such as the School Agric programme, the Agric-YES summer school for senior secondary schools and the Eko Rice Mill, Imota.\n\nDuring his second spell as the Honourable Commissioner, he has brought to bear his previous experience and expertise in the field. He came up with the idea of an Agricultural Stakeholders Summit in furtherance of the efforts of the State Government to make Lagos a 21st century economy with the agricultural sector playing a vital role in sustainable food security and diversification of the economy. Essentially, the Summit developed strategies that will ensure the State attains sustainable food security, improved nutrition, generate employment and create wealth through a combination of business and development platforms in partnership with the private sector.\n\nAs an offshoot of the Summit, he also saw to the development of a five-year Agricultural Roadmap for the State (2020-2025). The roadmap focuses on the development of agricultural value chains where the State has competitive and comparative advantages including the provision and availability of improved inputs, increased productivity and production. Suffice it to say that he was similarly instrumental to the organisation of a roundtable discussion on the implementation of the Roadmap in order to ensure adequate planning to circumvent risks and uncertainties in the sector.\n\nPrince Lawal is also the brain behind the reforms and development of the Red Meat Value Chain in Lagos State; Agricultural Value Chains Empowerment Programme, a programme targeted at farmers, service providers, transporters, input manufacturers and suppliers within the system whose services are required for the successful implementation of increase productivity in Agriculture; an appraisal of Farm Estate and Settlements in the State; Lagos Agriprenuership Programme; the very popular Lagos Seafood Festival and the EKO City Farmers’ Market.\n\nLawal also successfully midwifed and superintended the State Government\'s food security and palliative efforts during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Suffice it to say that to curtail the spread of the disease, the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu declared a lockdown in the state and initiated various interventions in the areas of health, food and security to ameliorate the pains that the lockdown had on the citizenry. And it was Lawal’s Ministry of Agriculture that successfully coordinated and to the admiration of all, the twin efforts of the Emergency Food Response and the Temporary Food Markets.\n\nHe also has several awards in recognition of his outstanding performances in both sectors he served as Honourable Commissioner.\n\nHe is happily married with children, a sports, music and arts enthusiast.','Lagos Agric commissioner Prince Gbolahan Lawal emerges Oniru-Elect','','publish','open','open','','lagos-agric-commissioner-prince-gbolahan-lawal-emerges-oniru-elect','','','2020-06-05 19:20:12','2020-06-05 19:20:12','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2593',0,'post','',0),(2597,1,'2020-06-06 13:35:07','2020-06-06 13:35:07','&nbsp;\n\nBy Ejike Anyaduba\n\nLike every other town in Anambra state and elsewhere, Nteje community which is the headquarters of Oyi Local Government Area was also affected by the Covid-19 lockdown order of the state. The hardship occasioned by the stay-at-home order made living difficult for most of the folks whose survival hangs precariously on a balance – those whose feeding rests squarely on daily toil.\n<!--more-->\n\nConscious of the effect of the lockdown on this category of people the Obiano government promptly made arrangements to ease the hardship through palliatives. Food items like rice, beans and condiments were issued out to all the 181 communities in the state to ameliorate the condition. To ensure that reasonable number of people was covered, especially the target beneficiaries (the youths and the aged), certain protocols were observed in ladling out the items.\n\nOne, the palliatives were not lumped together. They were shared in tranches. Two the protocols in sharing them were strictly adhered to. The aged were the first to be reached with two hundred bags of rice and condiments. Every community received the number with instruction to the town union Presidents General to ensure that those from age 70 and above were given.\n\nBarely two weeks after the youths took delivery of four hundred bags per community. The idea to double their ration was perhaps because of their number. Again, attention was paid to the sharing details. The vulnerability status of the youths in the hundred and eighty one communities was taken into consideration in the sharing exercise. Though a far reaching exercise, but in the end not everybody was accommodated. As the effect of the lockdown and adapting to the “new normal” life stretched those not accommodated in the exercise sulked. Hunger and other forms of denials strain the limit of their patience, pushing a good number into begging for sustenance.  Few public-spirited individuals saw the need to make interventions to shore up the lack.\n\nAmong those who did was Igwe Rowland Odegbo, (Aborgu 2 na Nteje), the traditional ruler of Nteje in Oyi local government of Anambra state. He felt the vicarious pains of those involved and made corresponding intervention. His palliatives came hard on the heels of the government’s. He ordered three hundred and fifty bags of Uncle Stan brand of rice to be shared in all the wards in Nteje. Stakeholders were asked to avail the committee empanelled to distribute the palliatives with twenty names, in some places ten, of  vulnerable persons from each of the minor wards in Nteje. Twenty bags were given to members of the vigilante services. The distribution was in line with the protocols used in the sharing of the ones by the government. The only difference was that while the previous palliatives had target audience (the aged and the youth), the one by the Igwe cut across age. But all had one thing in common – the beneficiaries were all economically vulnerable as a result of the lockdown. The sharing, especially of the government’s palliatives, followed a patterned distributive channel. Four oldest people, three men and one woman, were selected from every minor ward in Nteje. This arrangement held for as long as there were elderly and economically vulnerable men in a particular ward otherwise women in similar circumstance were used in their stead.\n\nA lot of people have since expressed surprise at the magnanimity of Igwe Odegbo. How thoughtful his actions. But many more who were privy to his many good works, especially in the area of attracting development to Nteje community were not surprised. Rather they pray for him to live long enough to do more. Echoing the sentiment, the President General of Nteje community Chief B.U Chinweze said that he was at once surprised and confident of the Igwe’s action. Surprised because he said he has lived long enough to witness successions to the igweship throne in Nteje and could not recall similar gesture. Confident because he was privy to some of the infrastructural development attracted to Nteje by Odegbo by leveraging on his position as the chairman of Anambra North traditional Council and his good relationship with the state government.  “Since my over 60 years of life I have not seen where Igwe gave out palliatives to the people. They were always given. In fact, they receive from the people and could make demands when necessary”.\n\nChief Chinweze told of the many developments attracted to the community by the Igwe through his contacts. He listed the projects as the Akamanato- Nsugbe road, Ekeigwe –Nando road, Eziudo-Umunya- Umudioka road etc. Of the three only Eziudo-Umunya-Umudioka road is completed. The other two are ongoing. However the story of the Umudioka-Umunya-Nteje road is slightly different. According to Chinweze the road was awarded by the previous government and its construction started from the Umudioka end. By the time Governor Obiano took office work had progressed up to Umunya but did not cross to the Nteje stretch with its improvised bridge. It took persuasions and pleas from the Igwe for the Governor to direct effort towards its completion with the Nengo Bridge firmly fixed.\n\nIt is believed that Nteje is now on the fast lane of development and will not return to trudging on the road through acts of divisive politics. The youths, women, men, Ndi Nteje and friends of Nteje Aborgu should rally round their traditional ruler and support the development initiatives in the community. Communities thrive better in an atmosphere of peace and harmony.\n\nEjike Anyaduba\nPublic Affairs Analyst, Abatete)','Igwe Aborgu Nteje And Covid-19 Intervention','','publish','open','open','','igwe-aborgu-nteje-and-covid-19-intervention','','','2020-06-06 13:35:07','2020-06-06 13:35:07','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2597',0,'post','',0),(2601,1,'2020-06-08 21:02:44','2020-06-08 21:02:44','&nbsp;\n\nBy Peter Nwasike\n\nThe Anambra State House of Assembly, has called for urgent rehabilitation of a major road, connecting the four large villages that made up Nnewi Town, in Nnewi North Local Government Area. The motion was moved by Hon. Nonso, Smart Okafor (APGA, Nnewi North), and seconded by Hon. Onyebuchi Offor (PDP, Ekwusigo), at the plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Uchenna Okafor, (APGA, Ayamelum).<!--more-->\nExpatiating on the motion, Hon. Nonso Okafor, said that the major road had been existing from the olden days, connecting the four villages of Otolo – Uruagu – Umudim – Nnewichi, and was the main avenue through which the people reach out to their kindreds. He said that in recent times, when Nnewi has grown to the status of cosmopolitan city, with large commercialization and industrialization, the road has been over-stretched with infrastructures badly dilapidated, adding that today, the road has become impassable. He called on Governor Obiano to expedite to rehabilitate the roads, so as to help the large population concentration and heavy vehicular movement, transact businesses smoothly. He thanked Governor Obiano for rehabilitation of 100 foot Road Erosion site.\nContributing to the motion, Rt. Paschal Agbodike (Ihiala II), said that as he passes through Nnewi to his Constituency, he is a living witness to excruciating inconveniences that the said road cause to commuters. He said that as Nnewi is a large commercial and industrial town, it generates immense revenue to the State, and so, deserves good network of roads for transactions.\nIn his conclusion, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Uchenna Okafor, ruled that House of Assembly, appeal to the Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, to cause the construction of Otolo-Uruagu-Umudim_nnewichi road, which have become impassable.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','HOUSE CALL FOR REHABILITATION OF NNEWI MAJOR ROAD','','publish','open','open','','house-call-for-rehabilitation-of-nnewi-major-road','','','2020-06-08 21:02:44','2020-06-08 21:02:44','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2601',0,'post','',0),(2603,1,'2020-06-09 16:21:10','2020-06-09 16:21:10','<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2604 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sam-okwaraji-mum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"177\" />\n\nThe Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV) the initiative of the Nigeria Police Force Under IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu aimed at saving Nigerian Children/Youths from the Claws of Cultism,Thuggery,Sexual and Gender Based Violence(SGBV),Substance Abuse as well as other Vices in partnership with the MatchMakersConsult International and Salute Nigeria Initiative(FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER) have expressed their sincere condolence on the demise of the mother of the late Football Icon and Nigerian<!--more--><!--more-->Patriot and team player,Late Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji.According to the National Coordinator Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices(POCACOV) CSP Ebere Amaraizu in a reaction on behalf of the Pocacov Partners of MatchmakersConsult International and Salute Nigeria Initiative(Finger off the Trigger Campaign) Condole with the Okwaraji Family on the Demise of the Matriach Janet Okwaraji.Though we can not blame God as He has the Final say but it is regrettable as it would have been an honour a thing of Joy if the mother had stayed alive to witness and grace the Pocacov/Sam Okwaraji Memorial Tournament/Coaching Clinic for our Children and Youths of South East.On behalf of all Pocacov Stakeholders and Ambassadors, I sincerely Condole with the family on the demise of the mother of the late football icon and patriot.\n<div></div>','POCACOV Condoles Sam Okwaraji\'s Family over Mum Death','','publish','open','open','','pocacov-condoles-sam-okwarajis-family-over-mum-death','','','2020-06-09 16:21:10','2020-06-09 16:21:10','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2603',0,'post','',0),(2604,1,'2020-06-09 16:20:31','2020-06-09 16:20:31','','sam okwaraji mum','','inherit','open','closed','','sam-okwaraji-mum','','','2020-06-09 16:20:31','2020-06-09 16:20:31','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sam-okwaraji-mum.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2606,1,'2020-06-09 16:25:44','2020-06-09 16:25:44','<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2607 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/enugu-govr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" />\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">…As govt decontaminates market</p>\nEnugu motor spare parts dealers have applauded the untiring efforts of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, in containing the spread of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the state.\n\nSpeaking shortly after the state fire service, led by its Chief Fire Officer, Engr. Okwudiri Ohaa, decontaminated the Enugu Motor Spare Parts Market, Coal Camp, popularly known as “Tinker”, the President of the association, Chief Crescent Ugwoke, said that the traders “don’t know how to thank His Excellency our governor, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi, for his efforts to eradicate Coronavirus Disease in Enugu State”.<!--more-->\n\nChief Ugwoke who stated that this is the second time the state government decontaminated the market since the outbreak of the virus, described the exercise by the state fire service as a “wonderful job”.\n\nHe expressed gratitude to God that “it is through the efforts of the governor, that Enugu is among the least states in the South East zone with records of positive cases of this disease, not minding that Enugu State has more boundaries with the Northern states”.\n\nHis words: “We are very happy with our dear governor. I am sure that whoever puts his trust in God, our Almighty God will never fail him. Enugu State is in the hands of God. This is true because you people can see that when this Coronavirus Disease came into this country, Enugu State was the first to record two cases in the South East zone.\n\n“But as I am talking to you today, Enugu State is now the lowest in the South East. So, I thank God Almighty that it is through the efforts of the governor that we were able to achieve this feat as we pray harder for the end of the disease”.\n\nEarlier in his speech, the Chief Fire Office, Engr. Ohaa, stated that the exercise was in compliance with the directives of Gov. Ugwuanyi that the market should be decontaminated and fumigated for a second time “probably before the market will re-open for business”.\n\nHe maintained that “Enugu is the most consistent state in disinfecting its areas” since the outbreak of COVID-19, saying: “After we decontaminated Ogbete Main Market, Enugu, on May 31, the next point of call was the INEC office which we did very well”.\n\nEngr. Ohaa, therefore, reassured the people of the state that “this is not going to be the last until this Coronavirus Disease is totally eradicated in the country”.','Enugu motor parts dealers hail Ugwuanyi’s efforts on COVID-19','','publish','open','open','','enugu-motor-parts-dealers-hail-ugwuanyis-efforts-on-covid-19','','','2020-06-09 16:25:44','2020-06-09 16:25:44','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2606',0,'post','',0),(2607,1,'2020-06-09 16:25:28','2020-06-09 16:25:28','','enugu govr','','inherit','open','closed','','enugu-govr','','','2020-06-09 16:25:28','2020-06-09 16:25:28','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/enugu-govr.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2610,1,'2020-06-09 16:31:03','2020-06-09 16:31:03','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2611\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Igbo-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></strong></p>\n<strong>By Peter Nwasike  07037946858</strong>\n\n<a href=\"mailto:unclepeters555@gmail.com\">unclepeters555@gmail.com</a>\n\nIn my last edition, I mentioned how Dr. Sunday Ajai contended that: “AFTER DR. NNAMDI AZIKIWE, THE IGBO DO NOT HAVE A LEADER THAT THE REST OF THE NATION CAN RESPECT AND TRUST”. (New Telegram Newspaper, Thursday, February 27, 2020, page 14)\n\nI asserted that former Governor of Anambra State, Sir Peter Obi enjoys respect and trust from other Nigerians, and promised to prove it with facts and figures. Here is my contention.<!--more-->\n\nThe advent of Peter Obi in politics is synonymous with the emergence of biblical David in the affairs of Isreal. David was a shepherd boy tending his father’s sheep in the forest. Isreal was pitched in war with Philistine. One day, David’s father, Jesse, sent David to take food to his elder brothers at war front. In the presence of David, a soldier-giant of Philistine, Goliath, ridiculed Isreal as cowards and David hurled verbal vituperations to the aggressive enemy. Then David volunteered to confront the giant in personal combat. In spite of his youth, David conquered the giant-enemy. He then became leader of Isreal and led them to numerous victories, that his regime established peace and prosperity that Isreal enjoyed during the reign of David’s successor, Solomon, in the ancient history, and went on to succeed in the visccitutudes of their chequered history, till today, 2020, when they are among the world powers, inspite of their small population and land-mass.\n\nWhen the nascent democracy started in 1999, the youthful 38-year-old Peter Obi (born in 1961), was a businessman in trading venture, in Private Sector. By 2002, bad governance in Anambra State, compelled him to direct his gaze to Public Sector, in governorship. He posed the question: “ARE WE CURSED, OR ARE WE THE CAUSE?” Like David, Peter felt that he had the moral rectitude, mental sagacity and physical capacity to give the people what they were loosing in quality leadership. He volunteered to contest for governorship in 2003. He found a platform in the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA). He contested and won, but malicious detractors rigged him out. He went to court and reclaimed the mandate on March 17, 2006. Hoodlums confronted him, demanding that they were security AGENTS OF THE State and must be settled. He told them that the Police were the security agents approved by Constitution, and so they should do their work. Another gang of thugs boasted that they were the custodians of Motor Parks and Markets and must keep their booty. He sent Police to chase the thugs out but they rebuffed the Police. Obi re-inforced the Police with Army and succeeded to retrieve the Parks and recovered the revenue. The criminals who were already armed by their former masters, bragged that they would make the State ungovernable for Obi, and unleased terror and kidnapping which paralyzed business. Obi re-enforced the Police and Army to arrest them, and in the process, re-enforced the Police with Patrol vans, commication gadgets, welfare packages, etc. He approached his primary constituency, the Banks, and appealed to them to perform their SOCIAL WELFARE RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS, by helping to equip the Police, and the Banks generously responded. In 2007, Obi assembled many Patrol Vans and necessary equipment for the Police, and invited the then Inspector General of Police, IGP Mike Okiro, who came and took delivery of the equipment, at a colourful ceremony held at Ekwueme Square, Awka. On another occasion, in 2009, Obi assembled another batch of Patrol Vehicles, and invited the then Inspector General of Police, IGP Ogbonnaya Onovo, who came and took delivery, at a colourful event at Women Development Centre, Awka. The Police testified that Governor Peter Obi was the first Governor who understood that equipping the Police, is equally the responsibility of State Governors, as Chief Security Officers of their respective States, and should not be abandoned only to the Federal Government. They expressed immense gratitude to Governor Peter Obi, and promised to reciprocate with dedication and patriotism to protect the State.\n\nThe hoodlums persisted in their nefarious criminality and Obi sent Executive Bill to the House of Assembly, to enact law on capital punishment, on armed robbers and kidnappers, with demolition of their houses which they use as hideouts. He also sent another Executive Bill, for formation of Village Vigilante Group, who shall receive training and discipline from the Police, so as to assist the Police with village security. This is the genesis of Community Pooicing in Anambra State. At every Christmas, Obi sent money of One Million Naira for Road Rehabilitation and One Million Naira, for Village Vigilante Groups, making it a total of Two Million Naira, for each of the 181 Communities in the State, for logistics on road palliative measures, and security. With the law of capital punishment on armed robbers and kidnappers, Obi implemented it at Uli, Ihiala Local Government Area, Oraifite, in Ekwusigo LGA, Awkuzu, in Oyi LGA, Old Market Road, in Onitsha North LGA. It was Obi’s war on criminality that forced hardened criminals like Evans out of Anambra. Safety of life and property were restored and those abroad began to return home to celebrated festivals and marriage at Christmas and New Years at home, because of Obi’s policy of palliative works on roads and security in villages.\n\nAnother war Obi fought on assumption of office was impeachment. He came to office on March 17, 2006, on the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), but the envious opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), were annoyed and swore to remove him. They used their over whealming majority in the House of Assembly and actualized the impeachment on November 2, 2006. Obi challenged the malicious impeachment in Court and was re-installed on February 9, 2007. The sponsors of the impeachment, who were in the service of the Federal Government and membership of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of PDP, mocked Obi as “Youth Corpse Governor”. This means that as Obi came in 2006, and General Election was due in 2007, Obi would be in office for only one year and they would take over. They bragged to use their “Federal Might”, to achieve their inordinate ambition. Obi called Press Conference, and reminded them that the Constitution of Nigeria stipulated that a Governor has a term of four years, starting from the day he was sworn-in, and so, he shall complete his term in 2010, not 2007. But the detractors who were desperate to become governor, boasted of “Federal Might”, because “might is right”, and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to conduct illegal governorship election in April 2007, and installed themselves on May 29, 2007. This is a proof of the contention of Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, in his Convocation Lecture to Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State, on Friday, March 20, 2020, when he said: “The political elites have exploited the country and turned it into a jungle where the arbitrary rule of men has replaced the rule of law and mere human instincts have become substitutes for Constitutionalism”.\n\nObi, as a law-abiding citizen, vacated office and they bulldozed their way with impunity. On June 14, 2007, the Supreme Court, Abuja, delivered judgement on tenure interpretation, sacked the imposters, and Obi returned to complete his four year term, which ended in 2010. Thus, Obi became the testing ground and reference point for staggered governorship election in Nigeria. Further developments in other States, on governorship tenure interpretation, vindicated Obi, as seen in Bayelsa, Kogi, Edo, Ondo, Ekiti states.\n\nHaving settled in office, Obi embraced the recommendation of the United Nations Organisation (UNO), on the then Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), which directed Government to execute development projects in both urban and rural areas, so that rural dwellers could stay at home and achieve socio-economic self-actualisations. Obi then rolled out his economic blueprint to implement the global directive, which he called ‘ANAMBRA INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (ANIDS), which were to execute comprehensive development projects in all sectors in all places simultaneously. Roads and bridges were built in many places in urban and rural areas. Two of the major bridges were the Odo Bridge, at the boundary of Awgbu and Amaokpalla in Orumba North LGA, and Ezu Bridge at Amansea – Ebenebe in Awka North LGA. He improved facilities in Education and Health. He reasoned that in areas of critical services such as Education and Health, Public Private Partnership (PPP) is imperative. As Government seized mission schools since 1970, after the civil war, Obi deemed it wise to return the schools to the Mission, for management, while his Government shouldered financial matters. He sent Executive Bill to House of Assembly for law to legally return schools to Mission. When the House made the law Obi promptly signed it and returned schools to Church, with huge sums of money for rehabilitations. He then sent another Executive Bill, to the House, for secondary schools in Anambra to become centres for computer literacy. He implemented the law and equipped secondary schools with computer sets and science laboratory. Being efficiently administered by the Church and effectively funded by the Government, qualitative education manifested in schools, that Anambra began to win national competitions and represented Nigeria in international competitions, with victories. Obi also funded Mission Hospitals to improve on their services with modern facilities.\n\nAgricultural and Industrial Sectors also received boost, with machines for mechanized agriculture and invitation to entrepreneurs to invest in the State. He drew the attention of the then President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to Innoson Motor Manufacturing Company, Nnewi and also the Jewel Pharmaceutical Industry, Awka, for connections to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in funding, and patronages by the Federal Government, to mention but a few.\n\nObi also reasoned that development of youths should be in mental, moral and physical ramifications. He recovered the Sports Stadium, Onitsha, which was encroached upon with Local Government Office, relocated the office to another convenience place and rebuilt the stadium, with football field, tartan tracks, basketball courts, etc. On the day of commissioning the reconstructed and refurbished stadium, on Wednesday-Friday, 8-10 July 2009, Obi invited sports legends, in the persons of Kanu Nwankwo (Football) and Mary Onyeali-Omagbemi (Athletics), for inspiration to youths. He granted free days to students and pupils in public schools, so as to participate in the 3-days occasion, during when Mary Onyeali (A Native of Mbaukwu, Anambra State, conducted intensive Coaching Courses, for coaches and athletes. He also recovered and reconstructed the Township Stadium, Fegge-Onitsha, in the same manner. He equipped the Ministry of Youths and Sports, with two Luxury Busses, for transportation and Anambra began to participate in National Sports Competitions with success, which they did not in previous regimes.\n\nAmong legacy projects that Obi built in his first term were two magnificent large houses that accommodate the State Secretariat, buildings at Chukwuemeka Oduegwu Ojukwu teaching Hospital, Awka, which also included Medical College, with hostels for students. Buildings and equipment at General Hospital Onitsha, which recovered their accreditation, which was lost in 1985, during Army Rule, but subsequent Democracy Regimes ignored. Buildings at Chuwkuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University at Igbariam and Uli campuses. Buildings at Nwafor Orizu College of education, Nsugbe. Introduced Stock Exchange Market at Onitsha, and built houses for it. Built Judges Quarters, bought cars for Judges, Magistrates, Permanent Secretaries. Paid the arears owed to Pensioners, by previous regimes, amounting to Sixteen Billion Naira, and paid pensioners and workers as and when due, to mention but a few.\n\nBy 2009, Obi’s spectactular achievements made him to organize “Facility Tours”, for various groups to visit the various projects in preparation for his re-election on 2010. Among the groups that visited were Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Traders Associations, Market Women, Church Groups of Catholics, Angelicans, Pentecostals, etc. All of them agreed that Obi did well in first term, and deserves re-election for second term, for eight-years of full tenur.\n\nTaking cognizance that Anambra is not an oil producing State, which gets 13% Derivation Allocation from the Federal Government, one is mesmerized at Obi’s financial prudence, which made these capital intensive projects possible. Immediately he won his second term in 2010, the then President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, invited him to Abuja, and appointed him as a Member of National Economic Council. President Jonathan wanted to benefit from the financial expertise of Obi.\n\nMy next edition shall be on Obi’s example being emulated in Anambra State in particular, and Nigeria in general, which made him an Igbo Leader and a national personality that is respected and trusted by Nigerians of other States.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','“THE IGBO NATION AND 2023 PRESIDENT ELECTION”     THE IGBO HAVE MEN OF INTEGRITY WORTHY OF TRUST BY ALL NIGERIANS','','publish','open','open','','the-igbo-nation-and-2023-president-election-the-igbo-have-men-of-integrity-worthy-of-trust-by-all-nigerians','','','2020-06-09 16:31:03','2020-06-09 16:31:03','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2610',0,'post','',0),(2611,1,'2020-06-09 16:30:35','2020-06-09 16:30:35','','Igbo','','inherit','open','closed','','igbo','','','2020-06-09 16:30:35','2020-06-09 16:30:35','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Igbo.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2614,1,'2020-06-09 16:39:46','2020-06-09 16:39:46','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2615 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/land-2-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" />\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>By Peter Nwasike  </strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe persistent excavation of laterite, stone and sand, in various places, have ignited the concern of lawmakers in Anambra State, at their plenary session, at Awka. In a motion of “URGENT PUBLIC IMPRTANCE”, Hon. Chief Lawrence Ezeudu, (APGA, Dunukofia), raised alarm of the devastating effect of the illegal excavations, and the environmental degradation it caused. He was seconded by Hon. Barr. Chukwuka Ezenwunne (APGA, Idemili South).<!--more-->\n\nExpatiating on the motion, Hon. Ezeudu, intimated that during their “OVERSIGHT FUNCTION”, at various erosion sites, in the State, they visited the defunct, Airport Site at Oba, in Idemili South LGA, and discovered that many unauthorized persons had trespassed into the place, and engaged in indiscriminate minning of soil, stone, sharp sand, for their illegal commercial purposes. He said that when they came, they discovered a signpost, mounted by the Ministry of Environment, with the inscription:”STOP EXCAVATION OF SOIL”, but inspite of this warning, people continued to indulge in the illegal practices. He said that the gully they created were so deep that it could swallow two-stories building. He said that the nearby places, have been witnessing large cracks of gully, and if not checked, they could aggravate into large scale erosion proportion. He called on the Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, to use an Executive Order, and stop the illegal excavation of laterite, stone and sharp sand, in the area, and other places, immediately.\n\nIn his contribution, Hon. Barr. Chukwuka Ezenwunne, whose area the environmental degradation is being aggravated, said that the place was a site acquired by the Government of Old Anambra State, for Airport project, but was not executed, by the Military Government in 1985. But when the civilian Government, came, they evaluated it as unsuitable for Airport, due to proximity of bad torpography that precipitate erosion. But unfortunately some land speculators encroached into it, and began to sell land for building and for sand excavation for business. He called for such illegal business transactions to stop, as it is detrimental to the welfare of people.\n\nIn his ruling, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Uchenna Okafor, frowned at such illegal business enterprises, and asserted that the House was “urging the Governor, Chief Obiano, to issue an Executive Order, prohibiting the unauthorized excavation of laterite, stones and sharp sand at the defunct Airport Site, and prosecute the defaulters, henceforth.\n\n&nbsp;','ILLEGAL SAND EXCAVATORS INCURE WRATH OF ANAMBRA  LAWMAKERS','','publish','open','open','','illegal-sand-excavators-incure-wrath-of-anambra-lawmakers','','','2020-06-09 16:39:46','2020-06-09 16:39:46','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2614',0,'post','',0),(2615,1,'2020-06-09 16:38:38','2020-06-09 16:38:38','','land 2','','inherit','open','closed','','land-2','','','2020-06-09 16:38:38','2020-06-09 16:38:38','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/land-2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2617,1,'2020-06-11 08:54:30','2020-06-11 08:54:30','&nbsp;\n\nBy karen James Iwuchukwu\n\nMan inhumanity to his follow man is given a heads up through the activities of scrupulous individuals with evil mindset, bringing in counterfeit, unwholesome, fake, substandard products even arms and ammunition into the society just to make gains without recourse on their impact to societal health and peace. This activities were what Importers Association of Nigeria (IMAN) Anambra State chapter were combatting for a safer society.\nSpeaking to news men at their corporate headquarter in Onitsha, the IMAN chairman Anambra state Comr. Emeka Ojukwu warned scrupulous individuals importing goods into the country and the state in particular to desist from importing fake, adulterated, unwholesome products, arms and ammunition into the country as these acts are negatively portraying the image of IMAN in bad light to the federal and state governments. He stated that the destruction of the IMAN image cannot go unchallenged as the association special taskforce are working perfectly <!--more-->with the security agencies to bring down the activities of such individuals. He advise the importers to be law abiding, following the ethics and code of conduct guiding the association.\nComr. Emeka Ojukwu asked Importers to identify and support IMAN for a positive coverage of their corporate activities against harsh policies of extortion against their businesses.\nHe added that government should give importers soft landing bills that will necessitate proper payment of levies not excess charges to the states internally generated revenue ministries.\nThe IMAN chairman regretted the payment of container levy by its members across different locations in the state. This he said is extortion as they have being paying heavy duty charges to the government.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','IMAN ON Container levy Extortion: Govt must Address the Anomalies--- EMEKA OJUKWU','','publish','open','open','','iman-on-container-levy-extortion-govt-must-address-the-anomalies-emeka-ojukwu','','','2020-06-11 08:54:30','2020-06-11 08:54:30','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2617',0,'post','',0),(2623,1,'2020-06-14 17:36:57','0000-00-00 00:00:00','&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEdo State Governor Godwin Obaseki today paid a visit to Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.\n\nBoth Governors immediately went into a closed door meeting at the Government House in Port Harcourt.\n\nThe reason for the visit remains unknown but may not unconnected with Governor Obaseki’s disqualification by the APC from participating in the party’s Governorship primaries in Edo State.\n\nThe visit to Rivers State also comes amidst rumors of Governor Obaseki’s defection to the Peoples Democratic Party.','','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-06-14 17:36:57','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2623',0,'post','',0),(2627,1,'2020-06-14 17:40:13','2020-06-14 17:40:13','&nbsp;\n\nEdo State Governor Godwin Obaseki today paid a visit to Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.\n\nBoth Governors immediately went into a closed door meeting at the Government House in Port Harcourt.\n\nThe reason for the visit remains unknown but may not unconnected with Governor Obaseki’s disqualification by the APC from participating in the party’s Governorship primaries in Edo State.<!--more-->\n\nThe visit to Rivers State also comes amidst rumors of Governor Obaseki’s defection to the Peoples Democratic Party.\n\n&nbsp;','Govr. Obaseki visits Govr. Wike in PH','','publish','open','open','','govr-obaseki-visits-govr-wike-in-ph','','','2020-06-14 17:40:13','2020-06-14 17:40:13','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2627',0,'post','',0),(2631,1,'2020-06-21 20:42:25','2020-06-21 20:42:25','<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2632\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/download-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></p>\nBy Peter Nwasike\n07037946858\nunclepeters555@gmail.com\nSir Peter Obi handed over the governorship of Anambra State to Sir Willie Obiano on March 17, 2014. Obiano was convienced of laudable projects built by Obi and affirmed his acknowledgement with the slogan of “CONTINUE, COMPLETE, COMMISSION, COMMENCE (CCCC)”. This meant that he shall continue with on-going projects of Obi, complete them, commission them and then commence his own projects.<!--more-->\nObiano was faithful to his pledge. Security of life and property was vital, because, without security, there would be anarchy and chaos, and nobody could work to earn income and enjoy life. So, Obiano promptly embarked upon security and convened security conference so as to devise ways to operate in atmosphere of peace and tranquility. The security summit was made up of experts who produced useful advice. He was told that the Police need patrol vans, because, wear and tear had depreciated those supplied by his predecessor, and also that Police created new Stations. Obiano granted their request and like his predecessor, who came from Banking Sector, Obiano appealed to the Banks for help, and also to some business moguls to remember to perform their “SOCIAL WELFARE RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS” with donation of vehicles for security. The response he received enabled him to conceive the idea of “OPERATION KPOCHAPU”, and assembled many vehicles which he gave to the Police. The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, came and took delivery of the vehicles at Ekwueme Square, Awka, in 2014. Obiano also continued with Obi’s Village Vigilante Group, and also law on capital punishment of criminality. He sent executive Bill to Legislature to enact law on the Administration of Village Vigilante Group, with the Traditional Ruler of each town, to be the Chief Security Officer of his town and the Chairman of the Vigilante Group, with the Town Union, led by the President General to be the work-force of the Vigilante Group.\nAs it is said that naturally, the new should surpass the old, Obiano applied pragmatism in the security architecture, with technological transfer from America, when he launched the “OPERATION KPOCHAPU”, in 2019, with numerous Patrol Vans, Smart Cars, Helicopters, Circuit Camera Television (CCTV), at a colourful ceremony held at Ekwueme Square, Awka, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, came and took delivery of the sophisticated equipment, in 2019.\nWith Obi’s security ingenuity initiated in 2007, continued by Obiano in 2019, other States and Federal Government have emulated Oni in 2020. Infuriated by horrible criminality of Fulani herdsmen in Southern Nigeria, in devastating farmlands and crops, killing, kidnapping, rapping, the South West States, who are Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Ekiti, Lagos, have combined to set up a security outfit which they call “AMOTEKUN”. In spite of initial opposition by Federal Government, South-West security architecture have come to stay, and ever since, the heinous criminality of the herdsmen have been controlled. The Federal Government has also seen the wisdom of Village Vigilante Group, and mandated the Police to help villagers to form it, as it is for self defence. The Police advised that various towns can form what they call “SPECIAL CONSTABLE”, with indigenes of 25-45 years as work-force. They shall be under the training, discipline, command and control of the Police, while the respective Towns shall shoulder the financial burden. They call it “COMMUNITY POLICING”. So, what Obi started in 2007, the Federal Government is understanding in 2020.\nWhen Obi came to office in 2006, he met an empty Treasury. But as a prudent administrator, he applied his ingenuity as financial expert, and saved money to execute many capital intensive projects. He succeeded, that when he was handing over to his successor, it was not empty Treasury but over Seventy Billion Naira. When This-Day newspaper honoured Obi with “GOVERNOR OF THE DECADE MERIT AWARD”, the New Telegraph newspaper reported him as saying: thus:\n“I reduced my convoy to five vehicles and I used the N150 million for two bullet proof cars to buy almost 50 Peugeot cars at M3 million each, gave 17 to Judges and 18 to Permanent Secretaries”. (New Telegraph news-paper, January 23, 2020, back page, by Ike Abonyi). Abonyi went on to say: “Former Governor Peter Obi did not only hand over a clean note in this regard to his successor, but ensured that there were no salary arrear, whether of workers or pensioners. But instead, left an assets base in investments to the tune of about N75 billion. This is inspite of the huge infrastructural developments spread out in the State, plus record performance in education, health and human capital development”.\nIn its report on the Merit Award, Fides newspaper reported thus: “This Day newspaper said that Mr. Peter Obi was honoured as “GOVERNOR OF THE DECADE” (2010-2020), based on what it called his: “Saliant and often overlooked epochal contributions to governance in Nigeria, which the Paper itemized as:\n1. Introduction of civility in governance\n2. Investigation in the banks carried out by the paper which proved that the money Obi said he saved and bequeathed to his successor was real.\n3. Obi’s infrastructural development that is still the talk of the town in Anambra State.\n4. His singular earth-quaking rebuilding of Education Sector in Anambra State.\n5. The altering of the political calendar of Nigeria, through epochal Court Judgement”.\nReacting to the criteria, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, while speaking during the presentation of the Award, spoke prophetically: “We have watched you over the years. You will go higher, my son”. (Fides newspaper, January 26 February 1, 2020, page 21, by Jude Atupulazi).\nBut Chief Ayo Adebanjo was not alone in watching Peter Obi with appreciation. Former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, also noticed Obi. When Obi won his second term election in 2010, Jonathan was mesmerized by his achievements in his first term, within four years in a State that was not an Oil Producing State, and who was wallowing in bankruptcy and riddled with crime and strife. Jonathan therefore appointed Obi as a member of the National Economic Council, so that the Federal Government could as well benefit from Obi’s financial prudence, frugality and expertise. Obi justified the confidence reposed in him, and with his advice, President Jonathan sent an Executive Bill, to the National Assembly, to enact law for the creation of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, (NSIA), to administer the newly created “SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND (SWF)”.\nThe SWF was to take custody of Excess Crude Oil Export, for safe keeping, and under Obi’s watch, it came into operation in 2012, with initial deposit of One Billion Dollars ($ 1 billion). This Obi’s wise advice was one of the grudges of the then Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibike Amaechi nursed against President Jonathan. Amechi wanted the money to be shared out to them, especially, the Oil Producing States, for squander. The incumbent President Buhari, inherited the SWF in 2015, and was one of the treasureable assets he inherited from his predecessor, Jonathan, in 2015. Recently, reports show that in 2019, Buhari put $250 million (250 Million Dollars) into the SWF, and its size has risen to over 21 Billion US Dollars ($21 Billion Dollars) (Saturday Telegraph, February 29, 2020, page 4).\nAs Peter Obi is always anxious for economic solvency of Nigeria, recently, he raised alarm on borrowing of money by the Federal Government. He said that between 2018 – March 2020, Nigria had borrowed over one-quarter of her Gross Domestic Products (GDP), and warned that at that rate of borrowing, Nigeria was mortgaging her future with “such excessive and reckless borrowing”. (New Telegraph Newspaper, March 12, 2020, page 7).\nWhen Peter Obi arrived as Economic Adviser to President Jonathan, he noticed the menance of out-of-school children known as ALMAJIRI, in Northern Nigeria. As lover of education, he was worried that children were being negatively oriented at their impressionable tender age, with stark illiteracy. He had always said that the greatest currency that leaders of present generation, should bequeat to children, was education. He always warned that “The children we abuse today, will take revenge on us tomorrow”. To correct this ugly trend, he advised Jonathan to established free school, with free uniform, free books, free food, for the out-of-school children (ALMAJIRI), in Northern Nigeria. The schools functioned till Buhari took over in 2015. For reasons best known to him, Buhari sacked the almajiri schools, and the almajiri children returned to streets, begging for alms. Recently, some State Governments, such as Kano and Kaduna, have understood Obi’s innovation, pragmatism and magnanimity, and initiated measures to expand their schools and absorbed the almajiri children, with scholarships, to give the abandoned children positive socialization.\nObi remains consistent in his ideology that positive socialization of children today, through qualitative education, shall make them assets to society, tomorrow, not liabilities, as they constitute today, by becoming dangerous recruitment camps, for Boko Haram terrorists, and Fulani killer herdsmen. So, as he had been magnanimous in funding education while in office, Obi continues to be generous to them when out of office. He always visits many schools, including those in Northern Nigeria, owned by Missions of various Christian denominations, and gave them One Million Naira each school, in addition to Buses and Computers.\nAmbassador (Lady) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Anambra State-Born world reputed novelist, in her Public Lecture, to mark One Hundred Days In Office, of Governor Willie Obiano’s First Term, in 2014, praised the laudable beginnings of Obiano, and the great prospects that shall come. She reminiscensed on the ugly past, and lamented the repugnant and shameful conditions in which Anambra was plunged before (1999-2006). She regretted how Anambra was a metaphor for poor governance. When the political culture was about malevolent shrines, kidnapping and burnt buildings, schools closed and teachers were forced to resort to petty trading, and children were denied learning as if in Dark Ages. Chimamanda compared with the prevailing situation and heaved a sigh of relief and asserted: “But Anambra rallied”. And for me, that redemption, which is still an on-going process, is personified in our former Governor Peter Obi. I remember, the first time I met him years ago, how struck I was, how impressed, so simply and so noiselessly. How Government House here in Awka, was often empty of hangers-on, because he had a reputation for what our people call “being stingy”, which, in other parts of the world, would be called, “prudently refusing to waste the people’s resources.\n“Former Governor Peter Obi, ekenekwo m gi ( I salute you). May the foundation you built stand firm and may our Governor Chief Willie Obiano build even more”. (SUNRISE MAGAZINE, AUGUST 2016 PUBLICATION, Page 21-22). Obi’s lofty academic attainments, especially in economics, Entreprenuership, Business Administration, made him to be always invited by different groups for public lecture. On such occasions, he would reel out the history of economic developments of many Nations, from his fingertips, manifesting that if given the chance, he is the best President for Nigeria in 2023. Obi’s numerous emulatable legacies, in Anambra State in particular, and Nigeria in general, cannot be exhausted in an article like this, except in a book. But the prudent thing is that he should be allowed to go and continue the good legacies in the Presidency in 2023.\n\nPicture at next page','IGBO AND 2023 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PETER OBI, ROLE MODEL FOR EMULATION IN LEADERSHIP','','publish','open','open','','gbo-and-2023-presidential-election-peter-obi-role-model-for-emulation-in-leadership','','','2020-06-21 20:42:25','2020-06-21 20:42:25','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2631',0,'post','',0),(2632,1,'2020-06-21 20:41:36','2020-06-21 20:41:36','','download','','inherit','open','closed','','download','','','2020-06-21 20:41:36','2020-06-21 20:41:36','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/download.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2635,1,'2020-06-21 20:51:22','2020-06-21 20:51:22','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2636 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cvvvv-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" />\n\n<strong>By Peter Nwasike  </strong>\n\n<strong>07037946858</strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe Abba Town Union (ATU), Njikoka Local Government Area, Anambra State, has petitioned the Anambra State House of Assembly, Awka, requesting for intervention to resolve land dispute amicably. The request was made by the Town, when their leaders made a peaceful protest march, to the House, recently.<!--more-->\n\nIn their protest letter, signed by Engr. B.C. Anaekwe (President General), and delivered to the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Uchenna Okafor, the Town intimated that land dispute had existed between them and neighbouring towns for many years, which had been adjudicated by many Courts, at High Court, Appeal Court, and Supreme Court, but no final judgement yet. At the latest adjudication, it was discovered that the file case of the ealier hearings were missing. The Supreme Court, averred that: “The loss of the records of the appeal is a factor that has vitiated and rendered the judgement invalid”. The Supreme Court then advised that: “It is in the best interest of the parties to go back to the trial Court and sort the mess”. (Page 21, paragraph 1, of the Supreme Court Judgement).\n\nThe President General said that they and their neighbours complied with the mandate of the Supreme Court and made concerted efforts to locate the missing records and settle amicably, but all efforts proved futile. But to their utmost consternation, one of their neighbouring disputants, took laws into their hands and unleashed terror and victimization on them. The aggressive neighbor used bulldozers and demolished their crops, denied them access to their farmland known as AGU-ABBA, and hindered their efforts to respond to the directives of the State Government for massive farming, (UGBO AZUNO) to avert precipitation of farmine, consequent upon COVID. 19. The hostile neighbor also demolished their market stalls, at their OYE ABBA MARKET, which they intend to develop into an international market, as it is situated on the popular Onitsha-Enugu Expressway. They also demolished the peremeter fencing of their Secondary School, owned by the State Government, together with that of their indigenous industries. They regard these acts of harassment, intimidation and victimization, as militating against the tenets of civilization, which required natives to contribute to the urbanization of their homes, so that people could live at home and achieve socio-economic actualization, and minimize youths migrating to urban areas.\n\nThe Abba people therefore called on the Legislature, as one of the Arms of Government, to intervene and resolve the matter amicably and save them from being disposed to their inheritance.\n\nThe Speaker, Rt. Hon. Uchenna Okafor, thanked Abba people for making peaceful protest to the rightful authority, to express their grievances. He said that it shows that they are law-abiding citizens who heed the advice of the Governor, to channel issues of land dispute for peaceful solution, and not resort to violence, precipitating fatality. He assured that security and welfare of the people is the cardinal duty of Government, and so, they shall take necessary measures, together with the Executive, to ensure that people live in mutual understanding and respect and go about their business in atmosphere of peace and tranquility. Among those in the Abba Delegation was Dr. Mrs Ngozi Obi-Chukwuma, President, Women Wing.','ABBA PEOPLE PETITION HOUSE FOR PEACE WITH NEIGHBOURS','','publish','open','open','','abba-people-petition-house-for-peace-with-neighbours','','','2020-06-21 20:51:22','2020-06-21 20:51:22','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2635',0,'post','',0),(2636,1,'2020-06-21 20:50:33','2020-06-21 20:50:33','','cvvvv','','inherit','open','closed','','cvvvv','','','2020-06-21 20:50:33','2020-06-21 20:50:33','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cvvvv.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2638,1,'2020-06-22 16:37:34','2020-06-22 16:37:34','<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2639\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG-20200622-WA0082-146x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"300\" /> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2640\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG-20200622-WA0083-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" /></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This is contained in a statement by the Police public Relations officer DSP Bala Elkana it says  at about 4pm on sunday , Ilasan Police Station received an information that, a couple identified as, Olamide Alli female and Chris Ndukwe  were found dead in the man\'s residence at road 5, House 16a, Victory Point Estate, Ilasan.</div>\n<!--more-->\n<div dir=\"auto\">The woman was said to have been found laying in the pool of her blood with deep cuts on her head, while the man  mouth was foaming with whitish substance.</div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It is alleged that the man stabbed the woman to death with kitchen knife and thereafter drank some poisonous substances suspected to be snipper insecticides.</div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Two blood stained kitchen knives, two empty bottles of the poisonous substances, three empty cans of red bull energy drink and a plier were recovered from the scene.</div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meanwhile, the corpses have been deposited in a public mortuary for autopsy.</div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"> some family members revealed that the couples were in relationship for over seven years, though not married they have two boys aged 7 and 3.</div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It is not yet clear what might her triggered the murder.</div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP  Hakeem Odumosu psc has ordered a thorough investigation into the case.</div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">NB</div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">FATHER\'S DAY MURDER:</div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A COUPLE FOUND DEAD IN THEIR HOME</div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"></div>','Lagos police command says a 39 year old man is suspected to have killed his girlfriend and then committed suicide.','','publish','open','open','','lagos-police-command-says-a-39-year-old-man-is-suspected-to-have-killed-his-girlfriend-and-then-committed-suicide','','','2020-06-22 16:37:34','2020-06-22 16:37:34','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2638',0,'post','',0),(2639,1,'2020-06-22 16:36:09','2020-06-22 16:36:09','','IMG-20200622-WA0082','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20200622-wa0082','','','2020-06-22 16:36:09','2020-06-22 16:36:09','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG-20200622-WA0082.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2640,1,'2020-06-22 16:36:18','2020-06-22 16:36:18','','IMG-20200622-WA0083','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20200622-wa0083','','','2020-06-22 16:36:18','2020-06-22 16:36:18','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG-20200622-WA0083.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2642,1,'2020-06-24 08:09:23','2020-06-24 08:09:23','&nbsp;\n\nBenue State Government has announced that the first death from the coronavirus has been recorded in the state.\n\nThis is even as the confirmed cases rise to 47 from the initial figure of 39 at the weekend.\n\nThe Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Sunday Ongbabo disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday.\n\nAlthough he could not categorically confirm the cause of death, the Commissioner said the victim was being managed by the state government.<!--more-->\n\nAccording to him, the patient had other health complications arising from a surgery he had, adding that a post-mortem test conducted on the corpse came back positive for COVID 19.\n[6/24, 6:42 AM] TVC Ondo Moradeyo: Amotekun arrests 42 cows over invasion, destruction of farmlands in Akure\n\nOndo State Security Network Agency, codenamed \"Amotekun Corps\" has arrested 42 cows for destroying farmlands around Alagbaka extension in Akure, the Ondo state capital.\n\nThe state Commander, Amotekun Corps, Adetunji Adeleye, explained that the cows were arrested after series of 5 complaints by owners of the farmlands in the axis.\n\nAccording to him, over eight separate farmlands with crops such as maize and cassava were completely destroyed by Fulani herdsmen who usually graze their cows around the affected area.\n\nThe Corps Commander noted that the herders who were heavily armed chased away the farm owners who later contacted the Amotekun Corps.\n\nHe added that on seeing the owners of the affected farmlands, the heavily armed herders attempted to kill them but the farmers ran for their dear lives.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Benue Records First COVID-19 Death','','publish','open','open','','benue-records-first-covid-19-death','','','2020-06-24 08:09:23','2020-06-24 08:09:23','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2642',0,'post','',0),(2646,1,'2020-06-24 08:15:15','0000-00-00 00:00:00','&nbsp;\n\nOndo State Security Network Agency, codenamed \"Amotekun Corps\" has arrested 42 cows for destroying farmlands around Alagbaka extension in Akure, the Ondo state capital.\n\nThe state Commander, Amotekun Corps, Adetunji Adeleye, explained that the cows were arrested after series of 5 complaints by owners of the farmlands in the axis.<!--more-->\n\nAccording to him, over eight separate farmlands with crops such as maize and cassava were completely destroyed by Fulani herdsmen who usually graze their cows around the affected area.\n\nThe Corps Commander noted that the herders who were heavily armed chased away the farm owners who later contacted the Amotekun Corps.\n\nHe added that on seeing the owners of the affected farmlands, the heavily armed herders attempted to kill them but the farmers ran for their dear lives.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Amotekun arrests 42 cows over invasion, destruction of farmlands in Akure','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-06-24 08:15:15','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2646',0,'post','',0),(2649,1,'2020-06-24 08:20:36','2020-06-24 08:20:36','&nbsp;\n\nOndo State Security Network Agency, codenamed \"Amotekun Corps\" has arrested 42 cows for destroying farmlands around Alagbaka extension in Akure, the Ondo state capital.\n\nThe state Commander, Amotekun Corps, Adetunji Adeleye, explained that the cows were arrested after series of 5 complaints by owners of the farmlands in the axis.<!--more-->\n\nAccording to him, over eight separate farmlands with crops such as maize and cassava were completely destroyed by Fulani herdsmen who usually graze their cows around the affected area.\n\nThe Corps Commander noted that the herders who were heavily armed chased away the farm owners who later contacted the Amotekun Corps.\n\nHe added that on seeing the owners of the affected farmlands, the heavily armed herders attempted to kill them but the farmers ran for their dear lives.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Amotekun arrests 42 cows over invasion, destruction of farmlands in Akure','','publish','open','open','','amotekun-arrests-42-cows-over-invasion-destruction-of-farmlands-in-akure','','','2020-06-24 08:20:36','2020-06-24 08:20:36','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2649',0,'post','',0),(2652,1,'2020-06-25 10:50:51','2020-06-25 10:50:51','<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2653 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/download-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"170\" />\n\nAs the House of Representatives halts the consideration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s $22.7bn loan request, federal legislators from the Southeast have however kicked against the loan already approved by the Senate, report Deji Elumoye and Udora Orizu\n\nThe Senate’s approval of President Muhammadu Buhari’s $22.79 billion external borrowing request on Thursday, March 5, stirred the hornet’s nest especially, among the Southeast caucus of the Ninth National Assembly that faulted the non-inclusion of Southeast zone among the zones to benefit from the 34 infrastructure projects to be executed with the loan.\n\nA lot of protests and grievances also trailed the loan approval by the upper chamber with the public and the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faulting it.\n\n<!--more-->\n\nPresident Buhari had on November 28, 2019 forwarded a request to the National Assembly to reconsider and approve the federal government’s 2016 to 2018 external borrowing plan to help Nigeria finance the capital components of the 2020 budget. The loan if approved, he said, would be used to execute key infrastructure projects across the country.\n\nThe President had sent the same request to the Eighth Senate under Bukola Saraki in 2016 wherein he requested for about $30 billion. The then lawmakers, however, rejected the request as majority voted against it when it was brought for consideration.\n\nThe President, in the November 28 letter to the Ninth Senate led by Dr. Ahmad Lawan, explained that the external borrowing plan target-projects cut across all sectors.\n\nAccording to the document accompanying the President’s request, the loan would be spread across many financial institutions. Over 70 per cent of the loan would come from the Exim Bank of China, while the remaining funds will come from the World Bank and Africa Development Bank, among others.\n\nThe breakdown is as follows: Exim Bank of China ($17bn), World Bank ($2.95bn), Africa Development Bank ($1.88bn), Islamic Development Bank ($110m), Japan International Cooperation Agency ($200m), German Development Bank ($20m) and French Development Agency ($480m).\n\nThe Senate’s approval of the loan on March 5, was however not without protests from the PDP Senators with Senate President Lawan and the Minority Leader, Senator Eyinaya Abaribe being locked in very bitter altercations over the whole procedure.\n\nChairman of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Loans, Senator Clifford Ordia, had barely laid the report and was about to read the executive summary, when Senator Adamu Aliero asked the Senate President to postpone deliberation on the document to enable them study the report.\n\nLawan rejected the suggestion warning that the report may have become a public debate before last week, because the press would definitely get copies and publish the contents.\n\n“According to Senate rules, the report should not be subjected to line by line consideration. We are not doing second reading on this. We have recommendations which we will vote on but before we reach that stage, what is here is what is to finance our capital budget,” the Senate President said,\n\n\nAbaribe was, however, quick to fault the position of the Senate President saying, “The position is that we would now approve some of this. It is when we get to the point of looking at each one of them that we will now determine which of these projects will help in growing our economy. Now that you have said we will take it line by line.\n\n“We are going to pass a loan approval of $22.7bn and we, who are going to pay back that are making efforts to make sure this is clarified and Mr. President, you are not giving us the privilege to make our points known and come across. We don’t see anything that is so difficult for us.”\n\nThe Senators eventually approved the loan request when they emerged from the closed-door session that lasted for over three hours.\n\nIt, however, took the Southeast caucus of the National Assembly one whole week to express their reservations on the loan. The lawmakers made up of Senators and House members from the zone met after last Thursday’s plenary in the office of Abaribe and resolved to separately meet with the leadership of both the Senate and House over the loan request approved by the Senate. Immediate past Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who is the Leader of the Southeast caucus in the National Assembly led the ‘protesting’ Southeast legislators to the meeting that lasted for about three hours.\n\nEkweremadu, who briefed the press after the meeting with Lawan and Gbajabiamila, in company with Abaribe, Deputy Minority Leader, House of Representatives, Hon. Toby Okechukwu; Deputy Whip and House of Representatives, Hon. Nkiru Onyejeocha, among others gave a synopsis of the loan.\n\n“You’ll recall that in the last National Assembly, there was a borrowing plan presented by the federal government but for some obvious reasons, especially exclusion, it was not taken. This has been returned in the present National Assembly. Regrettably, the Senate passed the borrowing plan last Thursday, which excluded the whole of the Southeast.\n\n“I would like to use this opportunity to thank some of our colleagues, who were in the chamber that day, especially, Senator Abaribe, who made spirited efforts to get the issue of equitable distribution addressed. Most of us were not in the chamber that day. Like myself, I was attending the INEC retreat on electoral reforms in Lagos as a member of the Senate Committee on INEC.”\n\nHe posited that the caucus met last Wednesday and decided to engage the National Assembly leadership on the issue\n\n“We met as a Caucus last night after consulting with our people and getting their feelings on this issue. We decided that the best approach would be a constructive engagement with the National Assembly leadership. So, this afternoon, we had a very good conversation with both the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.\n\n“They showed not just concern, but commitment to addressing these issues. And we are satisfied with those assurances. And we are believing that the matter will either be revisited or since it has not been passed in the House, that the appropriate thing will be done so that our people’s fears could be assuaged.\n\n“We want to thank the Senate President and the Speaker for their assurances and their commitments to national unity and justice for all parts of Nigeria. We believe that equity should be the way for our country to make progress. It is our thinking that since what the federal government presented is a borrowing plan, there is still an opportunity for us to look at the distribution so that every part of the country will have a sense of belonging in the way the loan facilities will be managed.\n\n“We believe ultimately that every part of Nigeria will be part of the repayment. And if we are going to be part and parcel of the loan repayment, it makes every sense that we all also benefit from the utilisation of those funds. We are concerned about certain facilities, including the Eastern Railway Corridor from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri, access to the sea through dredging and developing of seaports in our area, power projects etc”.\n\nResponding to why some Senators, including the Southeast Senators were not at plenary on the day the loan was passed, the Chairman of the Senate committee on Environment explained, “I cannot remember any day 109 Senators were present during a sitting. Not even on the day of inauguration. It has never happened. We all have our own assignments and sometimes they take us out of the plenary or the National Assembly entirely. “But if a matter comes up and you are not there and a decision is taken, we have under our Rules, what you could do, which is what we are raising now. What you could do is to come under our Rules for the matter to be rescinded and be taken again. We understand that. We have been here for a long time.\n\n“Meanwhile, you can’t be in two places at the same time. Those Senators from the Southeast, who were not there were on one national assignment or the other. So, it is unfair to say we were not all there. It came up in the last Senate and we ensured it was not taken. If it has now been taken in the current Senate that is democracy in action.\n\n“Also recall that the Southeast has only 15 Senators. It is part of the issue of marginalisation we have been talking about and that is why we have been pushing for restructuring. Even if you put all the 15 members of the Senate from the Southeast together at a sitting and you vote, definitely, you know what will be the outcome. So, it is not a matter of playing to the gallery. We are here to engage our colleagues in a way that they would understand our concerns and we will get results. That is what matters. Minority will have their say, but majority will have their way”.\n\nOn the part of the House, the consideration of the loan request has been kept on hold, due to a petition by a member, Hon. Henry Nwawuba on behalf of Southeast Leaders, under the aegis of Southeast Elite, who described the loan as illegal.\n\nNwawuba at plenary earlier last week stressed that the borrowing and procedure being used were against the norms, laws and constitution of Nigeria.\n\nResponding, Speaker, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila asked the lawmaker why the petition came from the elite and not the common man?\n\n“On the issue of the Southeast elite, I guess the $22.7bn does not concern the Southeast’ poor men, it is only for the elite. Honourable Nwawuba, this $22.7bn you complained about does not concern your constituents? Only the elite? Until we get a petition from the common man, who you represent, I’m not sure we will address that petition.”\n\nNwawuba, who is the Deputy Chairman of House Committee on Niger Delta Affairs later told THISDAY that the document was basically seeking to save the National Assembly from embarrassment, saying there’s a disconnect between the loan proposal and Fiscal Responsibility Act.\n\nHis words: “The elite raised alarm, I presented the petition this afternoon on the floor of the parliament challenging its efficacy. There’s a way we can contravene the constitution by approving this loan and we will be taken to court as a parliament for that approval that we have given.\n\n“There’s a disconnect between the loan proposal and fiscal responsibility act, which says that for every loan, we will take in this country it must be accompanied by a cost benefit analysis of the implementation of the loan.”\n\nThe lawmaker further explained that the petition also sought to stop the House from passing the loan request and do some more work to ensure that economic activities will be triggered to repay this loan.\n\nFollowing Nwabuba’s petition, the House during plenary the next day postponed deliberation on the loan request, while Gbajabiamila, who made the announcement said the consideration of the external loan request by the President should be stepped down for now.\n\n…And the Immunity Clause Amendment Debate!\n\nIf the proposed amendment of some sections of the 1999 Constitution scaled through in the Senate, the election of President, governors, lawmakers and other political office holders including serving politicians may be affected,\n\nThe constitutional amendment is seeking a new minimum educational qualification for those seeking to be president, governors, senators, members of the House of Representatives and State Houses of Assembly.\n\nThe political office seekers have to pass through this new hurdle in order to be eligible to run for any office.\n\nTitled: “A Bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to provide for the amendment of Section 65(2)(a),131(d), Section 106(c) and Section 177(d) therein, to provide for minimum qualification for election into the national and states assembly, office of the President and governors, and other related matters, 2020, the bill, which passed second reading on the floor of the Senate last Thursday was sponsored by Senator Istifanus Gyang (Plateau North).\n\nThe Bill also seeks to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to provide for the amendment of Sections 65 (2) (a), 131 (d), Section 106 (c) and Section 177 (d) on minimum education qualification for those seeking election into the State Assembly, Governor, National Assembly and office of The President.\n\n“The Constitution of The Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (in this Bill referred to as ‘the Principal Act’) is altered as set out in the Bill,” part of the proposed amendments reads. The Bill is seeking the alteration of section 65 (2) (a) of the Constitution, which deals with the qualifications for intending members of the National Assembly\n\n“While the existing law which the Bill seeks to amend reads: ‘A person shall be qualified for election under subsection (1) of this section if he has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent’, Section 65 (2) (a) is now rephrased to read ‘if he has been educated to at least National Diploma level or its equivalent.”\n\nThe Bill also seeks the alteration of Section 131 (d), which deals with minimum requirements for anyone running for the office of the president. The current Section of the Constitution states that the person must have “been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent”.\n\nThe proposed Section 131 (d) is now rephrased to read: “He has been educated up to at least HND level or’ its equivalent.”\n\nAs for the House of Assembly, the Bill seeks the alteration of section 106 (c) of the Constitution. While the existing law stipulates that, anyone aspiring to be a member of the House of Assembly must have “been educated up to at least the School Certificate level or its equivalent,” Section 106 (c) is now rephrased to read: “If he has been educated up to National diploma level or its equivalent.”\n\nAs for the governors, the Bill seeks the alteration of section 177 (d) of the Constitution. The current Section states that the person must have “been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent.”\n\nSection 177 (d) is now rephrased to read: “If he has been educated up to at least Higher National Diploma Level or its equivalent.”\n\nThe implication of these proposed amendments, if passed by the two chambers of the National Assembly and assented to by the President, is that some of the current political office holders including governors and legislators cannot seek re-election as they possess only school certificate (WASC), which cannot be tendered during elections in 2023.\n\nAnother crucial aspect of the legislative process is that which seeks to strip sitting presidents and the vice presidents of their immunity, particularly in issues of criminal matters. Thus, if the proposed constitution amendment passes into law, the governors and their deputies will no longer enjoy immunity.\n\nNigeria’s 1999 Constitution as amended ensures that, the president, vice-president, governors and deputy governors, enjoy immunity in order to be protected from litigation or persecution.\n\nHowever, part of the bill reads: “This Act provides for qualification of the immunity clause to exclude immunity for public officers referred to in Section 308 from criminal liability, where the offence involves misappropriation of funds belonging to the federal, state or local government and also the use of thugs to foment violence.”\n\nThe proposed bill provides that a President, Vice President, Governors and Deputy Governors shall lose their immunity if they are investigated by security and anti-graft agencies, including the courts.','FG’s $22.7bn Loan and Southeast’s Exclusion Protest','','publish','open','open','','fgs-22-7bn-loan-and-southeasts-exclusion-protest','','','2020-06-25 10:50:51','2020-06-25 10:50:51','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2652',0,'post','',0),(2653,1,'2020-06-25 10:50:26','2020-06-25 10:50:26','','download (2)','','inherit','open','closed','','download-2','','','2020-06-25 10:50:26','2020-06-25 10:50:26','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/download-2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2657,1,'2020-06-27 06:18:27','2020-06-27 06:18:27','&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEjike Anyaduba\n\nWith access to improved social and natural resource infrastructure as the new community development focus of many a state in Nigeria, the Anambra state government in partnership with the World Bank has seized the initiative to make a lot of positive interventions in communities around the state.\n\nUnder the auspice of the Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA), it was able to determine, using the State Poverty Map, twelve focal local government councils of Awka North, Anambra East, Anambra West, Ayamelum, Orumba North, Dunukofia, Orumba South, Anaocha, Oyi, Ogbaru, Idemili North and Ihiala and positively altered development in 53 communities and among 16 vulnerable groups within them.<!--more-->\n\nEstablished March 19, 2009, through an enactment by the State House of Assembly, the Agency did not take off immediately until August 1, 2018. It was literally in limbo for nearly almost a decade. But by March 2019, when it started community implementation, it was able to record breathtaking achievements, paling every other Agency in comparison. In fact, few, if any, can stake greater claims to improved community development than the CSDA.\n\nIt is right to argue that but for the responsive Willie Obiano administration which rustled up the statute, establishing the Agency and empanelled the board, the Agency would have come in vain. At best it will still be existing in outline.\n\nLed by the traditional ruler of Nteje in Oyi local government council Chief Rowland Odegbo and managed by Mr. Chudi Mojekwu, who had had a taste of management at the State FADAMA project, the Agency has made appreciable impact in improving development in the focal communities. It has, with its pro-poor intervention projects in the select communities, successfully reduced poverty in those places and empowered the people.\n\nPerhaps the Agency is able to navigate the process of community development and achieved as much as it has done because its activities are in sync with the Community-Choose-Your-Project program of the Obiano administration. The Obiano’s development model which is novel in concept and unique on impact encourages the work of the Agency and allows for ease of intervention. The Agency does not have to belabor otherwise excessively complicated administrative procedure that often impedes development at that level.\n\nSo far the Agency has made far reaching interventions in very many communities within the focal local council areas. It has received expression of interest from well over a hundred communities and about twenty-five vulnerable groups in the state and made interventions in fifty three communities and sixteen vulnerable groups. These interventions are made in about seven key sectors of the economy like education, environment, health, water resources, rural transportation, rural electrification, and socio-economic activities.\n\nHowever, no intervention is made without recourse to the communities which reserve the right of choice of projects they host. Interestingly, what the Agency does is not any different from what the state is doing with the Community-Choose-Your-Project initiative of the government. The Agency empowers the communities by giving them resources and the authority to use them responsibly. The communities plan, part-finance, implement, monitor, and maintain sustainable and socially inclusive multi-sectoral micro projects.\n\nApart from its pro-poor intervention projects and the empowerments it has made, the Agency has approved forty-one Community Development Plans, sixteen Group Development Plans, containing about two hundred and three Micro projects from the seven approved sectors. It is expected that these plans may come in handy for use by the state in her effort to improve lives in the rural communities. The Agency has also completed a hundred and sixty-nine micro projects with about two million five hundred and fifty-nine thousand, four hundred and forty beneficiaries. By the same token, about five hundred and forty temporal jobs, direct and indirect, were also created by the Agency.\n\nTo the credit of the Obiano government, keying into the World Bank assisted projects has redefined development of some critical sectors of the rural economies. It has also given the communities, hitherto without opportunities, access to improved social and economic infrastructure. Those without access roads, clean water supply, electricity, skill acquisition centres, health centres, schools, markets, flood control etc have since been provided them.\n\nIssue of social responsibility did not receive less attention from the Agency.\nSensitization on protocols observation for the Covid-19 pandemic was not left out and is being carried on in the communities with as much commitment as the empowerment program. Ditto for psychosocial support given to care-seekers and victims of various kinds of trauma, including gender-based violence, domestic violence, rape, sexual abuse, herdsmen attack etc. None of the victims is left without some succour.\n\nThe Agency is not without a few challenges. Funding of the projects has slowed down due to the Covid-19 pandemic which compelled a stay-at-home regime. There is also the issue of managing the huge number of expression of interest from the communities without commensurate funding because of budgetary and time constraints. Implementations are also faced with threat of rains and flooding.\n\nRegardless, with what the Agency has achieved within its short period of existence it is being positioned to be the consolidation and institutionalization Agency for the Government community and social development interventions. A synergy between the Agency and the Community-Choose-Your-Projects Initiative of the Obiano administration promises to obliterate traces of poverty in virtually all the poor communities in the state.\n\nEjike Anyaduba\n\nWrites from Abatete\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','The giant strides of the Anambra Community and Social Development Agency','','publish','open','open','','the-giant-strides-of-the-anambra-community-and-social-development-agency','','','2020-06-27 06:18:27','2020-06-27 06:18:27','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2657',0,'post','',0),(2661,1,'2020-06-29 13:28:16','2020-06-29 13:28:16','&nbsp;\n\nNEWS: New President General Of Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly Worldwide/ National Executives Emerges.\n\nBarr Basil Onyeachonam Onuorah has emerged as the new President General of OHANAEZE NDIGBO GENERAL ASSEMBLY WORLDWIDE.<!--more-->\n\nOnyeachonam is an indigene of Mmiata Anam in Anambra West LGA of Anambra State, the Principal Partner of ONYEACHONAM CHAMBERS, two time governorship candidate in Anambra State, philanthropist, author and a scholar of international repute.\n\nBarr ONYEACHONAM in his inaugural address said that OHANAEZE NDIGBO GENERAL ASSEMBLY is not a factional body but the main Ohanaeze Ndigbo which is being restructured to exist legally as a lawful organisation, represent the interest of Ndigbo and be accountable to Ndigbo.\n\nHe maintained that it is a thing of joy to announce to Ndigbo all over the world that OHANAEZE NDIGBO is now registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission in Nigeria with the registration number RC N0:144918, and that OHANAEZE NDIGBO is witnessing its first formal inauguration as a lawful organization with corporate identity.\n\nHe further stated that as the apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, the newly inaugurated National Executive will provide the much needed unity, direction, guidance, advice, mentorship to the youths and political way forward for NDIGBO.\n\nHe made bold to state that come 2023 an Igbo man will be elected as the President of Nigeria.\n\nThe newly inaugurated National Executive wants the Federal Government of Nigeria to equitably address the genuine agitations of Ndigbo and also insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari must sit up to the current security challenges in Nigeria, most especially in Igbo land, to dissuade our Ndigbo from inevitable self-help.\n\nThe National Publicity Secretary of the organization, Hon Sir Chimzobam Kingsley Nnalue made the incorporation certificate available to the press and affirmed that this is the first time OHANAEZE NDIGBO GENERAL ASSEMBLY WORLDWIDE is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission and has also gained the recognition of notable Igbo leaders, Federal Government of Nigeria, Charter of the United Nations and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).\n\nEze Dr Kelly Nkeli Nzekwe\nThe Chairman Board of Trustees, His Imperial Majesty Eze Dr Kelly Nkeli Nzekwe said that he was one of the founding fathers of OHANAEZE NDIGBO GENERAL ASSEMBLY WORLDWIDE in 1976 and called on Ndigbo all over the world to join hands together and make OHANAEZE NDIGBO great again.\n\nHe said that the principal aim of the founding fathers then was specifically to unite Ndigbo and speak with one voice. He regretted that the organisation later lost its principal focus and degenerated to a political tool in the hands of some greedy politicians which created room to the formation of several Igbo organisations, due to lack of confidence in the affairs of Ohanaeze.\n\nEze Dr Nkeli stated that on the 25th of November 2019, some notable Igbo stakeholders visited his palace to discuss way forward on how to restructure Ohanaeze Ndigbo and give it a corporate legal status instead of merely existing as a pressure group and a political tool in the hands of few individuals.\n\nHe expressed his happiness that the newly inaugurated National Executive led by Barr Onyeachonam has given the organization the much needed legal status as a corporate personality and acceptability to Ndigbo.\nEND','Breaking: Basil Onuoha Emerges New Ohaneze\'s PG','','publish','open','open','','breaking-basil-onuoha-emerges-new-ohanezes-pg','','','2020-06-29 13:28:16','2020-06-29 13:28:16','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2661',0,'post','',0),(2664,1,'2020-07-09 22:18:22','2020-07-09 22:18:22','<img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/11778996_cvvvv_jpeg746c22eb1b493b46be85732693642d96\" alt=\"Abba People Petition House For Peace With Neighbours - Crime - Nigeria\" />\n\nBy Peter Nwasike\n07037946858\n\nThe Abba Town Union (ATU), Njikoka Local Government Area, Anambra State, has petitioned the Anambra State House of Assembly, Awka, requesting for intervention to resolve land dispute amicably. The request was made by the Town, when their leaders made a peaceful protest march, to the House, recently.\nIn their protest letter, signed by Engr. B.C. Anaekwe (President General), and delivered to the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Uchenna Okafor, the Town intimated that land dispute had existed between them and neighbouring towns for <!--more-->many years, which had been adjudicated by many Courts, at High Court, Appeal Court, and Supreme Court, but no final judgement yet. At the latest adjudication, it was discovered that the file case of the ealier hearings were missing. The Supreme Court, averred that: “The loss of the records of the appeal is a factor that has vitiated and rendered the judgement invalid”. The Supreme Court then advised that: “It is in the best interest of the parties to go back to the trial Court and sort the mess”. (Page 21, paragraph 1, of the Supreme Court Judgement).\nThe President General said that they and their neighbours complied with the mandate of the Supreme Court and made concerted efforts to locate the missing records and settle amicably, but all efforts proved futile. But to their utmost consternation, one of their neighbouring disputants, took laws into their hands and unleashed terror and victimization on them. The aggressive neighbor used bulldozers and demolished their crops, denied them access to their farmland known as AGU-ABBA, and hindered their efforts to respond to the directives of the State Government for massive farming, (UGBO AZUNO) to avert precipitation of farmine, consequent upon COVID. 19. The hostile neighbor also demolished their market stalls, at their OYE ABBA MARKET, which they intend to develop into an international market, as it is situated on the popular Onitsha-Enugu Expressway. They also demolished the peremeter fencing of their Secondary School, owned by the State Government, together with that of their indigenous industries. They regard these acts of harassment, intimidation and victimization, as militating against the tenets of civilization, which required natives to contribute to the urbanization of their homes, so that people could live at home and achieve socio-economic actualization, and minimize youths migrating to urban areas.\nThe Abba people therefore called on the Legislature, as one of the Arms of Government, to intervene and resolve the matter amicably and save them from being disposed to their inheritance.\nThe Speaker, Rt. Hon. Uchenna Okafor, thanked Abba people for making peaceful protest to the rightful authority, to express their grievances. He said that it shows that they are law-abiding citizens who heed the advice of the Governor, to channel issues of land dispute for peaceful solution, and not resort to violence, precipitating fatality. He assured that security and welfare of the people is the cardinal duty of Government, and so, they shall take necessary measures, together with the Executive, to ensure that people live in mutual understanding and respect and go about their business in atmosphere of peace and tranquility. Among those in the Abba Delegation was Dr. Mrs Ngozi Obi-Chukwuma, President, Women Wing.\n\nSee photo next page','ABBA PEOPLE PETITION HOUSE FOR PEACE WITH NEIGHBOURS','','publish','open','open','','abba-people-petition-house-for-peace-with-neighbours-2','','','2020-07-09 22:18:22','2020-07-09 22:18:22','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2664',0,'post','',0),(2667,1,'2020-07-09 22:25:53','2020-07-09 22:25:53','<img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2017/03/anambra-assembly.jpg?fit=650%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Anambra assembly constitutes 29 standing committees | Premium ...\" />\nBy Peter Nwasike\n07037946858\n\nThe Anambra 7th House of Assembly, celebrate one year in office, having been inaugurated on June 12, 2019, and on Friday, June 12, 2020, invited guests for modest celebration, preceding with Thanksgiving Church Service, officiated by the Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Paulinus Ezeokafor. Bishop Ezeokafor commended the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Uchenna Victor Okafor, for his piety in seeking God’s intervention with Thanksgiving Mass, adding that “Unless God builds the house, labourers toil in vain”. He prayed that the intentions of the conveners of the ceremony shall be granted by God, as their services are for God and humanity.<!--more-->\nBishop Ezeokafor commended the lawmakers for championing the interests of the people at grassroots, as was seen during the COVID.19 LOCKDOWN, when they sensitized their various constituencies, on the appropriate measures to be taken for efficacious prevention, as well as giving them free materials and food items, to ameliorate the situation. He expressed delight that during their tenure of 6th Assembly, they complemented his advocacy by enacting laws for frugal funeral ceremonies and humanitarianism on patients of Sickle Cell Sickness, which had been signed into law by the Governor. He commended the cordial relationship between the Legislature and the Executive, which have facilitated peace and prosperity in the State.\nBishop Ezeokafor remarked on the threat to security, existing in some rural areas, and referred to Dunukofia and Ayamelum Local Government Areas, where herdsmen use their cattle to terrorize farmers out of their farmlands, as the herdsmen seek for open grazing for their cattle. He noted that all over the world, modern system of occupation is espoused, and that is why mechanized agriculture is practiced by farmers, with machines, for growing and processing food items. In such cases, cattle rearing, which is Animal Husbandry, is done by CATTLE RANCHING. He urged the lawmakers to emulate their counterparts elsewhere, and enact law on CATTLE RANCHING, so that farmers and herdsmen can co-exist peacefully, in their respective lucrative businesses.\nThe Speaker, Rt. Hon. Uchenna Victor Okafor, noted that the Legislature has three main functions, which are,\n(a) Positive representation of their people\n(b) Enacting good laws\n(c) Oversight functions, on how the Executive implement their laws in building projects\nHe said that they are alive to their responsibilities in positive representations, as seen that lawmakers often sponsor motions, for necessary projects in their areas, among them road infrastructures, erosion control. During the COVID.19 pandemic, lawmakers were magnanimous in sensitizations and palliative measures to their people, which helped to combat the deadly virus. The Legislature also co-operated with the Executives in controlling the COVID.19, both individually and collectively, as they set up a Committee for that, led by the Deputy Speaker. He said that in making laws, and motions for good governance, the COVID.19 and Infections and Dangerous Diseases Prevention and Eradication, Budget 2020 Appropriation, Anambra State Erosion and Watershed Management laws, were made, to mention but a few. He intimated that in the next one year, they shall, introduce innovation such as LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND RESEARCH OFFICE (LEBRO), with modest printing press, for enhancement of legislative engineering, and appealed for philanthropists for help to actualize the project. He pledged continued cordiality with the Executive and also expressed gratitude to Bishop Ezeokafor, for sanctifying the Legislature, with the Holy Mass, as it has assured them of God’s intimacy with them, and they shall be motivated to work with vigour, vision and optimism of success.\nIn his remarks, Governor Willie Obiano, congratulated the Legislature, and pledged to reciprocate their kind gesture, for mutual understanding, respect and co-operation of each other, as their services are for the people. Among those present on the occasion were Rev. Fr. Michael Muonwe, Secretary, Awka Diocese, Rt. Hon. Paschal Agbodike, Deputy Speaker, Hon. Peter Ibida (Njikoka II), Mr. Pius Udoh, Clerk of the House and many others.','ANAMBRA 7TH ASSEMBLY CLOCK 1 YEAR IN OFFICE','','publish','open','open','','anambra-7th-assembly-clock-1-year-in-office','','','2020-07-09 22:25:53','2020-07-09 22:25:53','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2667',0,'post','',0),(2669,1,'2020-07-10 09:04:28','2020-07-10 09:04:28','<img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1?ui=2&amp;ik=0b26466b41&amp;attid=0.1.1&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1671812104157294580&amp;th=17337840477e6ff4&amp;view=fimg&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ_kTWfowRMWW9DsR9bp7nm4xCbgSb50y-Jj3b5GsulSWfTJVpaqbHW5c0urklSAEigJ6Qeos9VIPnybxtNxofsHgrTQTmROpzZN8s-sQFYIguF7Oy08Plagupg&amp;disp=emb\" />\n\nFrom Chuks Collins, Awka\nJuly 10, 2020\n\n*Chief Modozie addressing the gathering in his house.\n\n*a section of the decampees at the meeting\n\nAnambra 2021: PDP, APGA, APC excos, 300 members tear membership cards, decamp to Labour Party\n\nFrom Chuks Collins, Awka\nJuly 10,2020\n\nThe newly rejuvenated and repackaged Labour Party (LP) in Anambra state has continued its stride in routing the other key political parties in the state, including the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA), the People\'s Democratic Party(PDP) and the All Progressives Congress(APC) ahead the fast approaching 2021 Anambra governorship election.<!--more-->\n\nIn a consultative gathering yesterday jointly hosted by the LP\'s deputy Chairman in the state, Chief Itego Modozie and Awka South council\'s Ward 8 of the party led by the Woman Leader, Mrs Margaret Okorare, key state, council and Ward leadership of the APGA, PDP and APC in Anambra publicly denounced their membership of their former parties. They then tore their membership cards as a sign that their move was permanent\n\nThe significantly colourful event which was at the instance of the Awka South council, Ward 8 chapter saw Chief Modozie and other leaders of the party warmly receive the decampees to the Labour Party(LP) and instantly gave them the party\'s membership cards and other paraphernalia that accord them full rights and membership of LP.\n\nModozie who also used the opportunity to unveil the identity of the party\'s proposed governorship candidate in the 2021 election, Grp Capt Nnamdi Benson Nnoruka (rtd)from Anambra South senatorial zone. He told them that he personally shifted his political support from APGA to LP because key campaign promises made to the state and his Awka South Council area in particular had been jettisoned. These, he listed to include roads, erosion control, employment, youth/women empowerment, industrialization, urban renewal/development, community/industrial peace among others.\n\nHe admitted that Gov Wille Obiano is a good man with a heart to uplift Anambra state but was unfortunately surrounded by seeming conscienceless self-serving money mongers who are currently raping the finances of the state.\n\n\"I have benefited from his administration, but I want more citizens to benefit too, to be carried along. After all they are the ones who toiled to install the government, before all these strange faces came from nowhere to high jack the appointments, projects and contracts.\n\n\"Many citizens are complaining but the aides are blocking the governor from seeing, hearing or listening to the concerns and challenges being faced by the people. More so, some communities has no single appointee while some have more than fifty. Most key innovative programs have been left in ruins and abandoned to become eyesore.\n\n\"That is why Nnoruka, a distinguished career Airforce officer and administrator, a lawyer of repute and a man deep rooted in fairness has stepped forward to bring the necessary changes and transformation in the state.\n\n\"We can see how his presence in the party has continued to attract high caliber politicians, top retired military officers who had previously watched with baited breath the shoddy situation go on. We have resolved to work tirelessly daily to collapse the entire structures of APGA, PDP, APC and YPP into he Labour Party to enable us achieve the task ahead...\", he added.\n\nLooking literally forlorn and distraught, the incoming members most of who took turns to address the gathering described Nnoruka as gentlemen that had through the instrumentality of the defunct Anambra Peoples Forum(APF) and in concert with other concerned statesmen/women fought to save and salvage the state from an army of buccaneers during the era of Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju as governor.\n\nWhile publicly disposing and tearing their membership of their former parties vowed to stand firm with Nnoruka, Chief Modozie and others to restore the state to the part of moral financial rectitude, fair/balanced spread of appointments and general development.','Anambra 2021: PDP, APGA, APC excos, 300 members tear membership cards, decamp to Labour Party','','publish','open','open','','anambra-2021-pdp-apga-apc-excos-300-members-tear-membership-cards-decamp-to-labour-party','','','2020-07-10 09:04:28','2020-07-10 09:04:28','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2669',0,'post','',0),(2671,1,'2020-07-16 12:14:03','2020-07-16 12:14:03','<img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://live.mrf.io/statics/i/ps/tribuneonlineng.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Anambra-Guber-Contestants.jpg\" alt=\"Anambra 2021 guber: Group vows to resist imposition of candidates\" />\n\nUncle Peter Nawsike 07037946858\nunclepeters555@gmail.com\n\nThere is an adage that “Peace Is Better Than Strife”. That is why anybody who is in leadership position, who worths his salt, always advocates for peace and equity, because, “What is good for the Goose is also good for the Gander”. Thus, envy, bickering, enemity, jealousy, hatred, acrimony are eliminated, because rancor is an ill-wind that blows nobody good.<!--more-->\nIn 2009, former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, was campaigning for second term to start in 2010, to end in 2014. He came to Anambra North Senatorial Zone, with Venue at Nteje, Oyi Local Government Area. The people of the said Anambra North Senatorial Zone, complained that since the creation of the State in 1991, non of their indigene was Governor. They argued that at the creation of the State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, from Igboukwu, Aguata LGA, Anambra South Zone, was Governor from 1992-1993. Barr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju, from Uli, Ihiala LGA, Anambra South Zone, was governor from 1999-2003. Dr. Chris Ngige, from Alor, Idemili South LGA, Anambra Central Zone, was governor from 2003-2006. Mr. Peter Obi, from Agulu, Anaocha LGA, Anambra Central Zone, was Governor from 2006-2010-2014. The people asserted that the condition of supporting his second term was that their indigene should succeed him in 2014. They argued that the foremost nationalist who brought Independence for Nigeria in 1960, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, (Zik), was from their Zone, Onitsha Town, in Onitsha North LGA. So, they have capable hands to give Anambra State qualitative leadership. In response, Obi agreed with them that they have capable people, and that he would work towards the goal. Eventually, Obi won the second term in 2010, and when about to complete his second term, during shopping for his successor in 2012, remembered his Oral Gentleman Agreement with the people of Anambra North Senatorial Zone, and rooted for his successor to emerge from them. Desperate governorship aspirants, among them, Senator Andy Uba, from Uga, Aguata LGA, Anambra South Zone. Dr. Chris Ngige, from Alor, Idemili South LGA, Anambra Central Zone. Chief Ifeanyi Ubah, from Nnewi, in Nnewi North LGA, Anambra South Zone. Hon. Mrs. Uche Ekwunife, from Nri, Anaocha LGA, Anambra Central Zone. Chief Godwin Ezeemo, from Umuchu, Aguata LGA, Anambra South Zone, etc. They opposed zoning, saying that Anambra people never held meeting to discuss zoning and agreed on it. They contended that the office of governorship should be thrown open to all zones, so as to get best, as zoning shall deny the State quality leadership in such high office as governor.\nBut thanks to Peter Obi’s sagacity, equity, justice, fairness, resilience, and his candidate to succeed him, emerged from the North Senatorial Zone, in the person of the incumbent governor, Chief Willie Obiano, from Aguleri, Anambra East LGA, Anambra North Senatorial Zone.\nEven, in 2017, when Peter Obi and Willie Obiano fell out of grace, and Obi wanted to replace him, Obi still maintained the zoning principle. Obi chose a candidate from the Anambra North Zone, in the person of Ambassador Oseloka Obaze, from Ochuche, in Ogbaru LGA, Anambra North Zone. Obi and Obaze affirmed that they would do for only one term, of four years (2018-2022), to complete the tenure of Anambra North Zone. They schemed for this by choosing a learned personality, as Running-mate for Obaze, in the person of Dr. Alex Ekwueme’s daughter, Barr. Mrs. Alexandra Onyelukwe, whose maiden home was from Oko, in Orumba North LGA, Anambra South Zone, and her matrimonial home, from Nnewi, in Nnewi North Zone LGA, in Anambra South Zone. In 2022, his Deputy, Barr. Mrs. Alexandra Onyelukwe, should succeed him in the zonal principle, for the next 8 years, from 2022-2026-2030.\nAs it is said that an adult does not stay in the house, while the mother-goat gave birth while tied to the tether, so the Traditional Rulers Council, who are the Royal Fathers of the State, gave their fatherly advice, and urged politicians to maintain the zoning formula. In this case, when Willie Obiano from Anambra North Zone, must have completed 8 years in 2022, his successor should come from the Anambra South Zone. After the eight years of 2022-2026-2030, the Governorship should rotate to Anambra Central Senatoral Zone. The Ohaneze Ndigbo, Anambra State Branch, the Anambra State Association of Town Unions (ASATU), all endorsed the rotational system. So, with this development, the Governorship zoning has become a convention in Anambra State, and must be obeyed.\nIt should be mentioned that Britain, who were former colonial masters of Nigeria, from whom Nigeria got Independence in 1960, is one of the most stable and wisest Nations in the World. The laws that guide them are both WRITTEN CONSTITUTION AND UN-WRITTEN CONVENTION. So, let Anambra emulate their former wise master, by ruling themselves with both WRITTEN CONSTITUTION AND UN-WRITTEN CONVENTION, which governorship zoning represents.\nWhen malicious detractors were critizing rotation to Anambra North Zone, in 2009, their skepticism was that riverine people who are accustomed to pounded yam and fresh fish, could hardly give qualitative governorship, and that they have no money-bags to pick the bills of expensive governorship campaigns. According to Pamela Eboh, “The murky waters of politics in Anambra State, infested by crocodiles, require people who have deep pocket”. But Obiano’s fantastic achievements have shamed them. When Obiano was coming to office in 2014, he appreciated the achievements of former Governor Peter Obi and pledged the slogan of “CONTINUE, COMPLETE, COMMISSION, COMMENCE (CCCC)”. This means that he shall continue the projects of his predecessor, complete them, commission them and commence his own projects. Obiano has been faithful to this pledge. Look at the area of SECURITY, which is the iron pillar of development projects, because no development can thrive, if life of people and property are not safe. In fact, the credit of originality of efficient security in Anambra should be given to Peter Obi. When he came in 2006, private army of his predecessors and armed robbers seized the Motor Parks and markets, and confiscated their revenue. Peter Obi adopted the constitutional measures of using Police and Army for security work, and chased the criminals from the State. He made judicious use of his “SECURITY VOTES, and re-enforced the Police/Army with equipment. He appealed to his original constituency, THE BANKS, to remember to perform their “SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS,” by helping to equip the Police, which yielded positive results. Obi sent “EXECUTIVE BILLS”, to the Legislature for law of CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, on kidnappers. He implemented the law at Uli, Ihiala LGA, Oroifite, in Ekwusigo LGA, Old Market Road Onitsha, in Onitsha North LGA, to mention but a few. It was Obi’s strategy that chased away notorious criminals, like Evans, from Anambra State.\nAs it is said that the student should learn from the teacher and try and surpass the teacher, Obiano, who pledged to commence on the foundations of his predecessor, started from the security foundation of his predecessor, in financing security from State resources, and as both of them came from the banking sector, also emulate Obi to appeal to the Banks for assistance. Obiano then surpass Obi, especially, with the latest “OPERATION KPOCHAPU 2” with the latest superior sophisticated equipment, which is Technological Transfer from America, comprising “Close Circuit Camera Televisions (CCCT), speed security vehicles, for Police, Army, other Security Agencies, which have confirmed Anambra as the safest State in Nigeria.\nObiano’s system of good governance has blossomed economic progression in Anambra. His expert security which guaranteed safety of life and property, has attracted numerous investors to the tune of over Five Billion Dollars. His diversification of the economy into Agriculture has made Anambra a great producer of the most staple food items, the Rice and the Cassava, which formerly, drained foreign exchange from the State. He attracted the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Godwin Emefiele, who pumped Seven Billion Naira, to the State, through the Coscharis Mechanised rice Farms, and Obiano’s Anambra State Small Business Agency (ASBA) helped local farmers with Two Billion Naira, and all these combined efforts from large scale farmers and small scale farmers, in the system of mechanized agriculture, have made Anambra superior in agricultural produce in Nigeria.\nWhen Obiano came in 2014, Anambra local farmers were producing 80,000 metric tons of rice, while consumption was 320,000 metric tons yearly. He introduced new system which made production to rise to 500,000 metric tons in 2019, and thus, Anambra has food sufficiency and surplus for export. Other areas of good governace, with rural urbanization as recommended by the United Nations Organisation (UNO), are N20 million choose your project, to each Town, with native contractor and labour so that money can circulate to villagers. Quality health care, buttressed with Anambra State Health Insurance Agency (AISHA), Education, which are verifiable, speak for themselves. Hon. Barr. Paully Onyeka, former Member of Anambra House of Assembly, (Ekwusigo Constituency, Anambra South Zone), testified to Obiano’s capability of good governance, and said: “The truth is that Obinao’s achievements are crystal. They are very clear and evident enough even for the blind to notice. Many landmark projects are either fully completed or on-going”. (Fides newspaper, July 12-18, 2020, page 6).\nSo, Obiano’s achievements, have vindicated the wisdom of advocates of governorship rotational zoning. It has proved the biblical adage that “A REDEEMER CAN COME FROM NAZARRETH”.\nDesperate governorship seekers have started their game of malicious skepticism again. They are saying that zoning should be jetitioned, to pave way for their so-called “quality leadership”. But there are many potential quality leaders, from the Anambra South Zone, where All Progress Grand Alliance (APGA) has zoned her governoship candidate for 2021, judging from their proven records of intelligent, humanitarian and philanthropic services to the people. Among them are Prof C.C. Soludo, from Isuofia, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, from Nnewi, Prof. Kingsley Muoghalu of Nnwei. Chief Godwin Ezeemo of Umuchu. Dr. Godwin Maduka of Umuchukwu. Engr Johnbosco Onunkwo of Igboukwu. Hon. Emeka Azubogu of Nnewi. Hon. Okwudili Ezenwankwo of Nanka, Chief Allen Onyema of Iseke, Chief (Mrs) Nkoli Imo of Ukpor, to mention but a few. Can any of these desperate governorship seekers from Anambra Central Zone, beat the records set by the above mentioned public spirited leaders. They should wait for 2030, and then they can come to prove their own mettle.\n\nCORRIGENDUM\nIn our edition of the DONAC PILOT, December 31, 2019 page 12, titled: “HON. PHARM. OBINNA EMENAKA, CONCLUDES FREE MEDICAL OUT-REACH”, held at Nando Town, Anambra East Local Government Area, Anambra State, we described Chief John Iwuno, as the Traditional Ruler of Nando. The true identity and designation of CHIEF IWUNO is that he is A COMMUNITY LEADER, in Nando.\nWe also described Prof. Charles Nwadigwe, as President General of Nando. The true identity and designation of PROF. CHARLES NWADIGWE, is that he is the PRESIDENT OF IVITE-NANDO.\nWe also described Sir Anthony-Mary Amali, as a Community Leader. The true identity and designation of SIR ANTHONY-MARY AMALI, is that he is the CHAIRMAN, NANDO CARETAKER COMMITTEE.\nAny embarrassment that the mistake caused to Nando Town and Hon. Pharm. Obinna Emenaka, is sincerely regretted.','ANAMBRA 2021: ZONING IS PANACEA FOR POLITICAL PEACE','','publish','open','open','','anambra-2021-zoning-is-panacea-for-political-peace','','','2020-07-16 12:14:03','2020-07-16 12:14:03','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2671',0,'post','',0),(2677,1,'2020-07-25 10:06:09','2020-07-25 10:06:09','IGBO NATION AND 2023 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION\nJOB FOR JOURNALISTS, IN PURSUIT OF EQUITY AND JUSTICE\n\nBy Peter Nwasike\n\n07037946858\nunclepeters555@gmail.com\n\nBy virtue of their profession as public educationists and informants, Journalists, that is media practioners, are sensitive to prevailing circumstances, and are always in the forefront for amicable solution. That is why they are called “POLITICAL WATCHERS”.<!--more-->\nSo, in the olden days, when Nigeria was in colonial bondage, it was through journalism profession that agitation for freedom were initiated. A notable figure was a tutor in secondary school, in Lagos. Mr. Ernest Ikoli, who left teaching job at Kings College, Lagos. He hailed from Brass, in the then Eastern Nigeria, now Bayelsa State. He founded a newspaper, the AFRICAN MESSENGER in 1921, and used it to galvanise citizens to contribute to self rule. By 1934, he co-operated with others to form the Nigeria Youth Movement (NYM), and remained consistent in agitating for Independence. By 1937, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (Zik), who also hailed from Onitsha, in the then Eastern Nigeria, and now in Anambra State, founded his own newspaper, the WEST AFRICAN PILOT, with its motto as “ SHOW THE LIGHT AND PEOPLE SHALL FIND THEIR WAY” and other newspapers, also, to broaden the scope of political enlightenment to achieve Independence.\nWith versatile academic attainments as an erudite journalist, Zik re-enforced his colleagues and intensified agitation for Independence. When the political parties he met on ground, the Nigeria National Democratic Party (NNDP) and Nigeria Youth Movement (NYM), became unpopular, because of mutual jealousy in quest of party privileges, Zik collaborated with other people, such as Harbert Macaculay, Hezikiah Davis, and formed a truly national political party, the National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC) in 1944.\nWhen election to Lagos Letislative Council, introduced by British Colonial Government, with 1922 Clifford Constitution, and commenced in 1923, with 3-yearly term, was repeated in 1947, Zik contested as a new candidate in NCNC, and because of the goodwill he accumulated with his newspapers, especially, the WEST AFRICA PILOT, won the election and became Councillor in Lagos Legislative Council. With his profession, as a journalist, Zik continued to guide Nigeria and won Independence in 1960.\nBut tribalism and religious fanaticism from Northern Nigeria, precipitated by the monstrosity of population, because of Muslim culture of polygamy of one man with four wives with numerous children, most of them street orchins (almajiri) who matured into bandits, imposed mediocre, ignorant and imbecile leadership on Nigeria, from 1960, to the military destruction and corruption till 1999. That was why Bishop Mattew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, said, in the interview he granted to Kenny Ashaka of Daily Sun newspaper of Monday, June 1, 2020, page 13, as follows:\n“No part of the country has produced military or civilian President as Northern Nigeria had done. The North still insists that it wants to hold on to power at all costs. Yet, it has lacked the capacity to translate this power into meaningful and useful impact on the lives of even its immediate constituency”.\nSo, when the wisemen of G.34 who played leading role for the Army to return to barracks, were about to transform into a full-fledged political party, as PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), led by an Igboman, the erudite Dr. Alex Ekwueme, they reasoned that if a system of equity and justice were not incorporated into the method of selecting quality leadership, through zoning, the North will continue to use the repugnant and reprehensible population to continue to monopolise the leadership with mediocrity and imbecility and ignorance. The PDP then incorporated in their constitution, that the North should rotate Presidency with the South. So, when the North rule for two terms of eight years, full tenure, the South shall take over for another two terms of eight years of full tenure.\nEven though, that this is not in the 1999 Constitution, it has become a wise convention, which must be observed to ensure equity, justice and invariably enthrone PEACE, because “PEACE is better than strife”. After all, Britain, which is one of the wisest and most stable nations in the world, rule themselves with both WRITTEN CONSTITUTION and UNWRITTEN CONVENTION”.\nAccording to Chinua Achebe, “For the second time in our short history, we had to face the disturbing fact, that Nigeria needed to liberate itself anew. This time, not from foreign power, but from our own corrupt and inept brothers and sisters”. (There was a Country, by Chinua Achebe, 2006, pp 143-144).\nIn this war to liberate Nigeria from corruption, inept and imbecile leadership, Journalists should not sit on the fence, but should be in the forefront. They should emulate Zik, who was one of them in the profession and participate actively. As the North had entrenched themselves in the Presidency, even though they did not play any positive role to get Independence, but used population clout, to reap what they did not sow, virtues of equity demands that they must not smell that Seat in 2023. The South West, through Obasanjo, got it in 1999-2007. The North, through Umaru Ya’radua, 2007-2010. The South South, through Goodluck Jonathan 2020-2015. The North again, through Buhari, 2015 till date. Now, it is certainly the turn of South East (Ndigbo). So, journalists should be actively involved in the crusade for South East Presidency in 2023.\nBut when it came for South East, it must not be just anybody. It must be someone who can make his kinsmen proud. The prescription of Bishop Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto to select good leadership, is apt, as follows: “Every aspirant to a high office must be measured, not by the size of his or her material resources, but the content of their intellect. They must show us what they have accomplished and be COMPULSORITY SUBJECTED TO RIGOROUS PUBLIC DEBATES, AS ONE OF THE PRE-CONTIDITIONS. Anyone seeking to govern us must demonstrate a strength of both character and deep intellectual capacity to wrestle with the problems of Nigeria and the world”.\nThe former Governor of Anambra State, Sir Peter Obi KSS, CON, has the prescriptions of Bishop Kukah. He is an erudite scholar in Economic Development, Banking and Finance, Leadership and Peace Studies, etc. He is always invited by elite organizations for public lecture. On such occasions, he keeps his audience mesmerized by accurate analysis of political and economic developments of different nations. He is generous to education of youths, as seen that, always, he visited schools in Anambra State and Northern States, donating Computer, Bus, Science Laboratory, and money, to the schools, especially Christian schools in Northern Nigeria. And these Christian Schools in the North, are playing humanitarian roles in educating the out-of-school children (Almajiri) abandoned by their parents, to become street orchins and liability to Nation, as recruits of Fulani killer herdsmen.\nPeter Obi is a role model when it comes to leadership. When she delivered a lecture, to mark the First 100 Days in Office of Governor Willie Obiano, in his First Term in 2014, Ambassador (Lady) Chimamanda Adichie, reminiscence on the ugly days of locost (1999-2006), when bad governance enveloped Anambra in negativity, and said:\n“But the truth is that I have not always been proud of Anambra. I was ashamed when Anambra became a metaphor for poor governance, when our political culture was about malevolent shrines, and kidnappings and burnt buildings. When our teachers were forced to become petty traders and our school children stayed at home”.\n“But Anambra rallied, and for me, that redemption, which is an on-going process, is personified in our former Governor Peter Obi. I remember the first time I met him years ago, how struck I was, how impressed, that in country noted for empty ostentation, our former Governor travelled so simple and so noiselessly. And perhaps he is proof that you can in fact, perform public service in Nigeria without destroying the eardrums of your fellow citizens and without scratching their cars with the whips of your escort”.\n“I was struck by others things. How he once arrived early to church, because, according to him, he tried not to be late-in a society that excuse late-coming by government officials, because he wanted young people to see that governors came to church on time. How he visited one of the schools handed over to the Missions, and gave the School Prefect his direct phone number. How Government House here in Awka, was empty of hangers-on, because he has a reputation for what out people call “being stingy”, which in other parts of the world, would be called “prudently refusing to waste people’s resources”.\n“Former Governor Peter Obi, ekenenkwo m gi (I salute you). May the foundation you build, stand firm and may our Governor Willie Obiano build even more”. (SUNRISE MAGASINE, AUGUST EDITION 2014, page 21-22).\nI remember that the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Anambra State, has a magazine called “THE WATCH DOG”. The Chairman of NUJ, Sit Emmanuel Ifesinachi, should revive the magazine, and make it a mouth piece in this war to redeem Nigeria from corruption and inptitute and ignorance and enthrone good governance, with South East at the Presidency, in 2023, and with Peter Obi as the President in 2023, based on MERIT and EQUITY, and crowned with JUSTICE. NUJ should collaborate with Ohaneze Ndigbo and organize Public Debate for Peter Obi, now.','Igbo Nation And 2023 Presidential Election','','publish','open','open','','igbo-nation-and-2023-presidential-election','','','2020-07-25 10:06:09','2020-07-25 10:06:09','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2677',0,'post','',0),(2679,1,'2020-07-25 10:24:23','2020-07-25 10:24:23','By Peter Nwasike\nAs political parties in the State strategize to produce flag bearers ahead of the 2022 governorship election in Anambra State, a former Managing Director of the Transport Company of Anambra State (TRACAS) and Chairman Board of Directors Onowuuli Resources Limited an Airtel Partner in Anambra State, Ogbuehi Onowu Frank Igwe (a.k.a Onowu Uli) has called on political parties to field candidates from the Anambra South Senatorial Zone in accordance with the gentleman’s agreement for rotational governorship in the State.<!--more-->\nOnowu Igwe in a press statement at his Umuoma Uli residence, noted that since the agreement is not constitutional, it is imperative for the people of the Anambra South Senatorial zone to practicalize horse trading techniques to convince its Anambra Central and Anambra North counterparts to support their governorship aspiration.\nHe noted that equity demands that the people of the Anambra South extraction be given an opportunity given the fact that the Anambra Central zone has produced Ex-Governors – Dr. Chris Ngige and Chief Peter Obi who were in office for about eleven years, and the Anambra North Zone which is completing its 8 years of rule.\nAccording to Onowu Igwe, the Southern zone has produced Ex-Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju who ruled for four years and Ex-Governor Chukwuemeka Ezeife who was in office for some months.\nThe performance of Governor Willie Obiano in office, Onowu Igwe rated his service delivery as high with a particular reference to the development of the Anambra North Senators zone which justifies the maxim that charity begins at home.\nIn his calculation, every elected Governor should strive to develop his zone while in office to ensure overall developments in all the three senatorial zones in the state.\nOnowu Igwe used the forum to urged Governor Obiano to address the challenges facing the Ihiala Local government area and the Uli Community with reference to enhancing democracy dividends in the area.','ANAMBRA 2022: POLITICAL PARTIES URGED TO FIELD GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION CANDIDATES FROM ANAMBRA SOUTH SENATORIAL ZONE ','','publish','open','open','','anambra-2022-political-parties-urged-to-field-governorship-election-candidates-from-anambra-south-senatorial-zone','','','2020-07-25 10:24:23','2020-07-25 10:24:23','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2679',0,'post','',0),(2680,1,'2017-08-21 09:55:50','2017-08-21 09:55:50','','11','','inherit','open','closed','','11-2','','','2017-08-21 09:55:50','2017-08-21 09:55:50','',0,'http://pennews.pencidesign.com/pennews-default/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2015/11/11.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2681,1,'2020-07-25 10:33:06','2020-07-25 10:33:06','JOHN THE DIVINE ANGELICAN CHURCH, AWKA BECOMES A PARISH\n\nBy Peter Nwasike\n\nThe St. John the Divine, Anglican Church, Ngozika Housing Estate, Awka, was raised to Parish status, on Friday, July 10, 2020. Formerly, it was an Out-Station of Church of Pentecost, (Anglican Communion), Government House, Awka.<!--more-->\nThe Archbishop of Niger Province, and Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Alexandar Ibezim P.Hd, JP, performed the inauguration ceremony, to consummate the elevation status of the Parish, in the presence of the Clergy and Laity, of the Parish.\nPreaching the sermon, Archbishop Ibezim reiterated the injunction of Jesus Christ, when He mandated the First Discliples, to disseminate the Goodnews of salvation to all corners of the earth, with promise that he, Jesus, shall be with them all time, till the end of the world. Archbishop Ibezim commended the parishioners, for understanding the Divine mandate and started the Christian activities when they began to reside here, in a humble way, even in rented apartments, and with their faith, God watered their mustard seed, to grow into a giant tree, where many people have come to worship God in joy and gladness. He praised them for their tremendous faith, which made them to voluntarily contribute generously, to raise such magnificent edifice, to serve as befitting place of God’s house, in conformity with tastes and standards, with modern architecture and furnishings. He noted that anybody who entered the church, must acknowledge that the parishners sowed abundantly in God’s vineyard, and so, God shall actually sow abundantly in their individual vineyards.\nThe erudite and saintly Prelate, admonished them that the place is a holy place for sacred worship and fervent prayers, and must be accessed with solomenity and faith, adding that those who come here, both at this time of inauguration, and subsequent days, shall have their intentions granted by God. He paid special tribute to the Parish Priest, Rev. Prof. Benjamine Osisioma, and his wife, Prof. Mrs. Hilda Osisioma, for bringing their lofty academic attainments for efficient and effective administration of the new Parish. He said that the potential intellectualism of the parish, has qualified it to be a training venue for their “DIOCESSAN RESOURCE CENTRE”.\nThe Parish Priest, Rev. Prof. Benjamine Osisioma, expressed gratitude to Archbishop Ibezim, for coming to perform the solemn inauguration ceremony. He pledged the dedication of the perishioners, in the evangelization duties, both spiritually and physically.\nThe occasion was graced by members of the Clergy, Parish Council and Choristers, who sang melodiously during the solemn ceremonies.','ST\' JOHN Anglican Awka Becomes a Parish','','publish','open','open','','st-john-anglican-awka-becomes-a-parish','','','2020-07-25 10:33:06','2020-07-25 10:33:06','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2681',0,'post','',0),(2684,1,'2020-08-24 17:52:12','2020-08-24 17:52:12','WILFUL DEMOLITION OF MY PROPERTY: A CRY FOR JUSTICE\n\n&nbsp;\n\nJ.J. Emejulu\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Governor of Enugu State, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is after my life. He wants to take over my large expanse of land known as the Airport Road Layout Phase IV and V. This lands measures over 400 plots. I bought it from Umuenwene Iji, Nike, Enugu, Enugu East local government area in 2008.<!--more--><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2685\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG-20200824-WA0123-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></p>\nBut the plot by the Gov Ugwuanyi to terminate my life and take over the land came to a head precisely on Friday, August 14, 2020. That was two days (12th of August, 2020) after the execution of the Order of Mandamus by an Enugu State High Court issued to the IGP to make sure that I take over full possession of my property which Gov Ugwuanyi was hiding under the cover of the Federal Ministry of Aviation to grab from me by claiming that it is now part of Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.\n\nLet me state this unequivocally that I am a patriotic Nigerian. So I am not opposed to government acquiring any land, including my own for overriding public interest. I also know that normally acquisition is done through due process. But what Gov Ugwuanyi is trying to do in my case is completely different. He wants to appropriate my land for his personal gain, using his office as the governor of Enugu state to achieve that.\n\nMy travails started about 5 years ago when the then Chairman of Enugu East LGA, Hon. Cornelius Nnaji and his nephew the Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly approached me to give them half of the entire layout or they would use their position to take away the land from me. When I refused and called their bluff they now went and incited Umuchigbo community and Edward Ubosi’s community to start laying claims to my land. Both communities went to court against me over the ownership of the layout. But the court presided over by Justice J.O. Odugu in suit no. E/247/2015 gave judgment in my favour.\n\nConsequently, I employed five security men to guard the layout for me.  But Nnaji and his cohorts wrote a petition to Governor Ugwuanyi that I was harboring kidnappers in the place. One fateful day the Governor led a team of security operatives to the layout and arrested my security men, tagged them criminals and charged them to court. They were remanded in prison custody for good one year before I could secure their release through the court. The Governor even approached the then State Commissioner of Police Enugu State, Mr. Ojukwu, to arrest me, accusing me of harbouring kidnappers in the place. But the Commissioner explained that he was aware of the presence of the security men at the layout and that I was not harbouring kidnappers there. So the Commissioner declined the order to arrest me.\n\nDetermined on taking my land forcefully from me, Nnaji and his cohorts brought in one Emeka Ene, the Managing Director, En-Power Energy Ltd, based in port Harcourt and empowered him to start construction of a free Trade Zone in the layout. Nnaji even invited Governor Ugwuanyi to come and declare the place a free trade zone, the same land he had earlier accused me of harbouring kidnappers in. Nnaji further co-opted two serving commissioners in Enugu state government and promised them five plots of land each in the layout. They went into the land and demolished 25 duplexes, nearing completion, claiming that the layout is a free trade zone belonging to the Enugu State Government.\n\nThe owners of the demolished buildings now sued to court, alleging that I sold government land to them. The trial Judge, Justice A.R Ozoemena, in suit no. E/642/2016 gave judgment in my favour, stating that I am the bona fide owner of the layout and that the layout neither belongs to the Enugu State Government nor was it revoked by it. It was after I took possession of the layout based on this judgment that Gov Ugwuanyi invited me. When I met with the Governor I complained to him how Hon. Nnaji, Hon Edward Ubosi and some serving commissioners under him have been trying to dispossess me of my land. Convinced about my plight the Gov invited the Commissioner for Lands Mr. Solomon Onah that very night and warned him in my presence to desist from trying to dispossess me of my land.\n\nSurprisingly, two months after my meeting with the Governor in 2018, they drafted some mobile Policemen to give protection to the area, saying they were protecting the Akaunu Ibiam International Airport land. This is the same layout Hon Nnaji and gang earlier claimed belonged to Umuchigbo community, later a free trade zone of the Enugu state government, is now being claimed to be the property of the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Aviation. To make good their scheme they co-opted the manger of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Chief Security officer of FAAN Enugu, including some Air force men to be guarding the area. Meanwhile Nnaji and co have sold some plots of land from the same layout they claim belong to the Federal Government to private developers to the extent that 30 buildings were erected in the layout. Obvious that Nnaji and his cohorts have convinced the Enugu State Government to dispossess me of the land, I now ran to the Inspector General of Police and explaining my plight he gave me some police protection. Two weeks after, I moved in there and started construction. The Enugu State Commissioner for Capital Development Authority and some officials of FAAN, accompanied by operatives of the Nigerian police and the Air Force, loaded in five Hilux trucks stormed my layout and demolished several buildings and five thousand beacons. They said the buildings were obstructing free flow of traffic in the Airport, claiming the demolished buildings were illegal structures on FAAN land.\n\nIt is important to state here that Emeka Ene the MD of En-Power who Nnaji as the chairman of Enugu East LGA  brought and gave C/O on my layout took me to court, claiming ownership of the layout. I am now in court with him over the land in suit no. E/094/2019.  Note also that the same Hon Nnaji who is now claiming the layout belongs to the Federal Government has also sued along his brothers to an Enugu State High Court (Court 8) in suit no. E/9/2020, claiming that the layout belongs to their Nnaji nuclear family.\n\nIn the course of my travails, I had also reported the matter to the EFCC whose officials after investigation turned in their report in my favour.  With the recent completion of the renovation work at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport Governor Ugwuanyi is now trying to hide under the perimeter fencing of the Airport to take over my layout. To achieve this they decided to fence in my layout which is over 400 plots into the Airport land. I then approached an Enugu State High Court which issued an order of mandamus, compelling the State Commissioner of Police to assist me possess my land. Consequently, the Commissioner gave me 40 police men to execute the order of mandamus which is to assist me take full possession of my layout by removing illegal structures built on it. This incident happened on Wednesday August 12, 2020. The Governor of Enugu State was later to drive to the Layout, accompanied by heavy security men. Fuming with rage, the Governor said that I damaged Federal Government property with armed thugs. He then drove straight from to my private residence at No 23 Eziokwe str. Trans Ekulu, Enugu. Fortunately, I was not in house when he came, but he met a friend of mine Hon. Arc. Paul Eze who was a colleague of his in the National Assembly. Hon Eze represented Uzo-Uwani/Igbo Etiti Federal Constituency while the Gov represented Udenu/Igbo Eze North Federal Constituency. Hon. Eze is currently paralysed and is recuperating in my house after he was discharged from the hospital. Governor Ugwuanyi told Eze that he had come to demolish my house and that he would kill me; that I cannot come from Anambra state and be contesting a choice property with him in Enugu State where he is the Governor.\n\nThe Governor later invited the Minister for Aviation and told him that I used some armed thugs to destroy FAAN property at the Airport and that I should be dealt with. The Governor immediately followed up by demolishing my two palatial duplexes. Painfully, I did not remove even a pin before the houses were demolished. He even declared a manhunt for me and directed that I should be shot on sight.\n\nThis is the trouble I am passing through in the hands of Gov Ugwuanyi. I am appealing for the intervention of well meaning Nigerians, especially illustrious Igbo sons and daughters to help me secure my life and my hard earned layout.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nArc J.J Emejulu\n\nNkolofia Village, Awka Etiti\n\nAnambra State','WILFUL DEMOLITION OF MY PROPERTY: A CRY FOR JUSTICE','','publish','open','open','','wilful-demolition-of-my-property-a-cry-for-justice','','','2020-08-24 17:52:12','2020-08-24 17:52:12','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2684',0,'post','',0),(2685,1,'2020-08-24 17:51:30','2020-08-24 17:51:30','','IMG-20200824-WA0123','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20200824-wa0123','','','2020-08-24 17:51:30','2020-08-24 17:51:30','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG-20200824-WA0123.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2687,1,'2020-08-26 08:44:45','0000-00-00 00:00:00','&nbsp;\n\nBreaking :Subdued Femi Fani Kayode Eats The Humble Pie..Apologises To Journalist\nCKN NIGERIA Published: August 26, 2020\n\nA subdued Femi Fani Kayode despite his macho man rants has finally apologized to a journalist whom he insulted at a press conference in Calabar.\n\nThe viral video has been condemned by Nigerians across party and professional line saw the ex Minister for Aviation verbally attacking the journalist for asking a question which he found offending\n\nHe went on to say he would not apologise for his utterances.\n\nThe Nigerian Union Journalists through its President Chief Chris Isiguzo condemned the act and ask Fani Kayode to tender an apology.\n\nThis was his unedited apology\n\n\"I met with my advisors till late last night and I wish to say the following. I hereby withdraw the word \"stupid\" which I used in my encounter with a journalist in Calabar.\n\nI have many friends in the media who I offended by losing my cool and using such words. I hereby express my regrets for doing so.\n\nI do however wish to state categorically that no threat of physical harm was ever made to the journalist in question and neither did I send anyone to threaten him. Anyone that says otherwise is lying and I challenge them to bring the proof.\nI would never seek to physically harm a journalist. For the last 30 years I have defended and worked with journalists and fought for the right of freedom of expression.\n\nI am also very close to many in that profession. I would be the last to seek to disparage those that are honorable and noble within its ranks.\nI hope that this will assuage the pain and anger of anyone that was hurt or offended by this ugly episode. I have now put this matter behind me and moved on. Now my tour of the South continues. Moving to yet another state today!\"','FEMI FANI-KAYODE APOLOGISES AT LAST BUT STILL LACED WITH PRIDE','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-08-26 08:44:45','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2687',0,'post','',0),(2690,1,'2020-08-28 22:26:41','2020-08-28 22:26:41','&nbsp;\n\nAfter my recent exposure of the plot by the Governor of Enugu State, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to terminate my life over my Airport Road Phase IV and V Layout Emene, Enugu, my good friend, Arc. Paul Eze, who was in my house on the fateful day the Governor invaded my house with a battalion of armed Police men for what he <!--more-->considered an affront on his authority to continue to lay claim to my property, decided to change his statement. Eze witnessed the threat and reported same to me. But has since recanted his opinion. Laughable as his sudden volte face, his actions are not altogether unexpected. It is clear that it takes an exceptional courage for an ordinary citizen to withstand executive pressure. So I do not take to heart his denial that Governor Ugwuanyi told him that he would kill me.\n\nFOR THE RECORDS\n\nArc. Paul Eze is my friend who is currently battling some health challenges. He was in my house where he was recuperating after his discharge from the Orthopedic hospital, Enugu on the fateful day the Governor stormed my house and told him that he would kill me for daring to challenge his authority. Eze told me categorically that Governor Ugwuanyi was really fuming. He equally said to me that because he saw the level of anger in the Governor, he decided to call our bosom friend during our days at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus(UNEC) former Governor Chimaroke Nnamani, now a Senator probably to see if his intervention would calm the Governor down. But according to Eze Chimaroke turned out to be more angry with me than the Governor. He said that Chimoroke told him that if he were Governor Ugwuanyi, that he would eat me raw (N’oga ata m na ndu). And I asked why?\nWhat was my offence? What is that I did wrong that Governor Ugwuanyi would threaten to kill me?\n\nIt was simply that the police assisted me to execute an Order of Mandamus duly issued to the Inspector General of Police and the Commissioner of police, Enugu state, to aid me in the take-over of my property which was being taken away forcefully by Governor Ugwuanyi under the pretence that he was reclaiming the Federal Ministry of Aviation land. Nothing more, nothing less!\n\nBut if the Enugu state government wanted to acquire my estate for overriding public interest, couldn\'t it have done so without recourse to rapine? It is important to state that Eze asked me to thread cautiously that I was being tracked by the Governor. Anyway, I do not hold any grudges against my friend, Eze for denying what he told me. I appreciate his fears. It is also important to state that Eze called my younger brother, a Professor with whom he is also acquainted to narrate the threat by Ugwuanyi. I am aware that in case of doubt that every conversation I had with Eze, including the one he had with my brother, can be retrieved from the network providers.\n\nRESPONSE TO CORNELIUS NNAJI\'S LIES\n\nIn response to Cornelius Nnaji\'s assertions that my two court judgements are defective, it only portrays the nature and character of a federal legislator who instead of coming to a court of law to contest the judgement after about four years of its delivery only resorts to delivering his own judgement in the media. He still has time to appeal the judgement. I tendered my receipts of purchase of the layouts and the power of attorney to the EFCC and the Police and those in charge of selling the community land with his brother Igwe Julius Nnaji as the chairman of the Umuenwene iji Nike and all volunteered their statements. Cornelius has never represented the community in that capacity and was never part of the community representatives that did the transaction with me. The community that sold land to me has never complained about the authenticity of our transaction. Cornelius wants us to commence another trial outside the courts,four years after judgements were delivered and certificate of possession issued to me.\nAn incurable land grabber, he has unashamedly lied against me and dishonoured court judgments. From instigating Umuchigbo to contest ownership of the land; to allegation of kidnap: to the claim of the land as state government Free Trade Zone; to claims that the land belongs to Airport/Federal Government and finally that the land was never sold to me, Cornelius showed how shallow his thoughts are. It is the same so-called Airport land that he is in court with me, claiming that it is his father\'s land. A matter that is already subsisting in a High Court of justice should not be discussed freely like Cornelius is doing. He should allow the presiding judge give his verdict on the matter.\nMy point here is that Cornelius Nnaji and Governor Ugwuanyi are so obsessed with their primitive acquisition that they would do anything including violence destruction of my property at 23 Eziokwe street Trans Ekulu and possible termination of my life. They know very well that my land has nothing to do with Airport land, but their greed for rapine has so blinded that they have no sense of justice and fair play.\n\nIs it not risible that the same government claimed that in its first Exco meeting in January, 2020, as reported in the Sun newspaper of January 24, 2020, it approved the FAAN request for more land and that it will issue them(FAAN) c of o to that effect. By executive pronouncement or an illegal act my land immediately became federal government land. Don\'t forget the person they issued the first c of o when it was state government land (Empower Energy Ltd)is now in court with me so they now want FAAN to equally join in court with illegal c of o issued to them.\n\nIt is important to state that before now I had given Governor Ugwuanyi and his brother, Onyii Ugwuanyi some plots of land in the layout after the former intervened on my behalf at the early stage of this case. That was when Cornelius started experimenting with government seizure of my land after he could not appropriate it for himself. He wanted it made a Free Trade Zone and got about five serving Commissioners to sing along with him. I reported the matter to the Governor who immediately put a call across to his Commissioner for Lands, Hon. Solomon Ona and warned him to desist from disturbing me on the land. Pleased with the Gov\'s kind intervention, I offered him and his brother Onyii, through whom I gained access to the Gov, some plots of land. But something happened here. The deed of lease and power of attorney in regard of this transaction were not done in their names - perhaps the existing tradition.\n\nSENATOR GIL NNAJI SPOKE\n\nIt is pertinent to state that while this happened Senator Gil Nnaji, Cornelius Nnaji’s half brother spoke. In a press statement he issued after Governor Ugwuanyi demolished my private house at 23 Eziokwe Street, Trans Ekulu, Enugu, without allowing me the liberty of taking out a pin, Senator Nnaji stated it clearly that I am the bona fide owner of the Airport Road Phase IV and V Layout, Emene. More than that Senator Nnaji, an illustrious son of Umunwene Iji community that sold the Layout to me also owns an estate very close my Airport layout. He was very emphatic about my ownership of the Layout. No doubt he is in a good position to prove whether I own the layout or not.\n\nHowever, it still surprises me that a Governor will deliberately commit rapine of the nature Ugwuanyi has done and even threaten to kill me over my property. It is equally befuddling that Cornelius,a law maker, will dismiss all the court judgments secured against him as fake judgments. As I stated above, it not only tells the kind of law maker he is, but also the type of representation he is offering his good people of Nike in the National Assembly. His greed and rapine compare to none that I know or have read about. Cornelius Nnaji is simply exhibiting wickedness emboldened by arrogant use of state power.\n\nI am once again calling on good spirited Nigerians not to allow me lose my hard-earned property – what I labored all through my life to procure. The concerted effort to dispossess me of this land is not unconnected with the fact that Ugwuanyi, Cornelius Nnaji and their cohorts find it difficult to accept that a \"sojourner\' among them could own such massive expanse and choice area of land.\n\nI am earnestly asking for your support in this trying time. Thank you all.\n\nArc. J. J. Emejulu\nNkolofia village\nAwka Etiti\nAnambra State','MY AIRPORT LAND DEMOLITION/THREAT TO LIFE: EZE LIED UNDER PRESSURE -- J.J EMEJULU','','publish','open','open','','my-airport-land-demolition-threat-to-life-eze-lied-under-pressure-j-j-emejulu','','','2020-08-28 22:26:41','2020-08-28 22:26:41','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2690',0,'post','',0),(2694,1,'2020-08-30 13:47:31','2020-08-30 13:47:31','&nbsp;\n\nUMUENWENE IJI, NIKE COMMUNITY SIDE OF THE STORY\n\nWe are members of the Board of Trustees of Umuenwene Iji, community of Nike, Enugu. We want to make our position clear on the raging controversy, surrounding the ownership of the Airport Road Phase IV and V Layout. To <!--more-->be silent on this matter and at this point will mean connivance with the forces that are bent on dispossessing Arch. J.J Emejulu of his land and we do not intend to do so.\n\nOur Board of Trustees which came into office in 2015 got to know about the sale of the expanse of land on Airport road known as Airport Road Phase IV and V. We made inquiries concerning the deal. After painstaking investigation we found out that the land actually belongs to Arch. J.J. Emejulu and that he bought it in 2008 from our community (Umuenwene Iji, Nike). We have no issues with him.\n\nON HON. CORNELIUS NNAJI’S RECENT CLAIMS\n\nHon Cornelius Nnaji is our son and he is currently the member representing Enugu East/Isiuzo Federal Constituency in the National Assembly. For whatever reason, he is one of those saying that the Airport Road Phase IV and V does not belong to Arch. J.J.Emejulu. But he is wrong.\n\nFirst and foremost, Hon. Nnaji is not a member of the Board of Trustees of Umuenwene Iji, Nike community and has never been. Though a bona fide son of our community, but he was neither privy to the sale nor vested with the right to represent and or speak for Umuenwene Iji, Nike community on the issue of the ownership of the Airport Road Phase IV and V. The affairs of the community are entrusted in the hands of the Igwe, the Elders and the Board of Trustees. And up to this moment the Trustees of the community leadership have not expressed willingness to be assisted in the discharge of their duty. They are on top of their job and would rather Hon. Nnaji concern himself with the job of representing them in the National Assembly and stop usurping their office. We shall be content to have him focus on his legislative work in the National Assembly and allow us the responsibility of managing the community affairs. We cannot be more appreciative if he abides by this position.\n\nON THE FALSE CLAIMS BY G.O.D ENEH FAMILY\n\nIt is important to also ask G.O.D Eneh family from Udi Local Government, Area which is also claiming ownership of Airport Road Phase IV and V Layout to desist from doing so. They should do well to stay out of contest of the ownership of the Layout.\n\nIn the first place, our community Umuenwene Iji, Nike did not transact any land business with them. And based on this, we see their claim as not just baseless, but particularly infantile. Umuenwene Iji, Nike has never had anything to do with the Eneh family. Eneh family bought their own land which is distinct from the Airport Road Phase IV and V Layout from Umuchigbo Iji Nike. The boundary between the two communities (Umuenwene Iji and Umuchigbo Iji) was determined by the Supreme Court decades ago and reaffirmed in 2017.\n\nFor the avoidance of doubt, Dr. George Eneh that is laying claim over Arch. J.J.Emejulu’s land may have forgotten that their late father Chief G.O.D Eneh bought all his land from Umuchigbo Iji, Nike and none from Umuenwene Iji, Nike community. He may have also forgotten the High Court judgment on the boundary between Umuenwene Iji and Umuchigbo Iji community in Suit No. E/247/2015 which stated in paragraph 3 of the Consent Judgment that All Lands from Thinker’s Corner via Old Airport road to Ekochin Hospital, Enugu which contains Airport Road phase IV and V belongs to Umuenwene Iji, Nike community while All Other Land after Ekochin Hospital, Enugu, belongs to Umuchigbo Iji, Nike community. And that in paragraph 5 of the same judgment, it is clearly stated that the said Airport Road Phase IV and V Layouts were duly gazetted as shown in Drg. Nos E/278 and E/294 Town Planning Department, Ministry of Lands and Survey, Enugu State and that they have been bought over by Arch. J.J. Emejulu and that he should now be allowed Peaceful and Quiet Ownership of Same.\n\nWe decided to make reference to some these court judgments on the matter in order to put the record straight and to discourage false claimants to the Airport Road Phase IV and V Layout from further vain pursuit. In fact, we will be failing in our duty before God and man if we remain silent over an issue we are deeply involved. We are not complicit in this and do not want further escalation of the matter before it will be wrongly interpreted that Enugu state is treating Arch Emejulu unfairly because he is from Anambra state. We are not oblivious of the consequence of this perception and we are urging those involved to rethink their steps.\n\nThanks\n\nMr. Nnaemeka Agu (SAKWE)\nPhone No. 08168617752\nSecretary, Board of Trustees, Umuenwene Iji, Nike Community','WILFUL DESTRUCTION OF ARCH. J.J.EMEJULU HOUSE AT NO. 23 EZIOKWE STR. TRANS EKULU, ENUGU:','','publish','open','open','','wilful-destruction-of-arch-j-j-emejulu-house-at-no-23-eziokwe-str-trans-ekulu-enugu','','','2020-08-30 13:47:31','2020-08-30 13:47:31','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2694',0,'post','',0),(2698,1,'2020-09-20 07:35:47','2020-09-20 07:35:47','The Anambra spirit\n\nEjike Anyaduba\n\nIt is a good thing to be proud of one’s state, and I am. Anambra is perhaps one of the few states in Nigeria that have chalked up some good mention. Her respect comes not from her size, but her worth. She has limited land space - the next smallest state after Lagos and currently battles soil erosion in over a thousand sites that further shrinks her size. The worth of Anambra in the words of the British philosopher, John Stuart Mill, “is the worth of the individuals composing it”. Anambra stakes good claim to producing people of high intellect, uncommon industry and brilliant accomplishments.<!--more-->\n\nShe may not always get her acts right and can trip up on issues that require little understanding to resolve. The failed abduction of her governor sometimes in 2003 was one such issue that required less of the approach she employed in dealing with the problem. However, with sufficient dose of the Anambra spirit she easily springs back from every crisis to stay the pace.\n\nAnambra is blessed with quality human capital and a succession of good leaders. What she loses, running intense and money-guzzling political campaigns, she duly compensates with her capacity to keep aglow the light that illuminates the path that other states follow.\n\nIn the last couple of years, the state has made some giant leap in governance that puts her ahead of others better positioned to lead the charge. She has been mentioned as one of the few states in Nigeria that live above the margins of poverty. The National Bureau of Statistics in its 2019 official report named Anambra, Lagos, Delta, Ogun, and a few other states as having the least percentage of poverty head count in Nigeria (Guardian newspaper 04/05/2020).\n\nThis viability status of the state was long acknowledged by many Nigerians who are worried at the bad turn of events in country. Marveling at the speed with which Anambra bridged the gap in her educational development to set the pace for states, most of which are oil-producing, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce said in his Common Sense series: “Twenty years ago Anambra and other Southeast states lagged in education and had poor boy child school enrolment, but today Anambra leads the nation in WASSCE results. For the past three years Anambra has had over 60% pass rates in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination”.\n\nOn the heels of this were no less commendations from other Nigerians who were impressed with development trajectory in the state. At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and its attendant lock-down, the Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS) which has been brought to a fairly even level with the best anywhere in Nigeria, led the way in online teaching in the country. The initiative was copiously endorsed by the Minister of State for Education, Mr. Emeka Nwajiuba. Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, was no less impressed when on a stopover visit in the state he joined Governor Willie Obiano on inspection of the ongoing construction at the Anambra International Cargo, Airport. He was direct in commending the effort of the government in constructing one of best airports in Nigeria, on completion. He simply called it mind-blowing. Airline owner and CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, would seem to be more effusive when, after a visit of the construction site, he quipped while interviewed that he felt proud to be called an Anambra son.\n\nIf there were endorsements on the airport project and other infrastructural development effort of the Obiano administration, more should come when a critical appraisal is done on the overall progress of the state and if the achievements of the administration are measured less in brick and mortar. What the administration has achieved in intangible development will compel both the Governor’s ardent supporter and his rabid critic to unite in commendation, especially for wresting the state from the vice grip of kidnappers and armed robbers. Though there may be occasional disturbances in notorious flashpoints in the state, but they do not detract from the fact that Anambra rides today on the crest of a wave of peace. She is seen as one of the safest states in Nigeria on account of the administration’s effort. What it has achieved outside the traditional role of fixing roads and bridges is better experienced in the conviviality, evident in the return of social and business activities in the state. It is not just about an upsurge in the population of people resident in the state, but businesses, land, service delivery have all gained greater value. A visit to social events in the state or a walk to sporting arena like Ekwueme square in Awka would convince a doubting Thomas that a progressive society is emerging at the double.\n\nIt took the achievement on security to unlock the potentials hitherto latent in the state. Every sector of the state economy has leapt to sudden height to the extent that Anambra can now boast of a product brand or two - like the Anambra rice. People, particularly investors, who until now, had scoffed at the idea of bringing their investments home either out of fear of abductors, armed robbers or other wastes of space, have in one burst of energy changed the investment profile of the state. Some of these industries like Coscharis Farm, Awka Millennium City, JOSAN Rice mill, Lynden Integrated Farms, Ekcel Farm, Stine Rice, Chelsea Farm etc though in existence, were unproductive for the reasons above. There is also appreciable rise in micro, small and medium businesses in the state with the establishment of the Anambra State Small Business Agency (ASBA) in 2014 by the Obiano administration to facilitate access to resources required by investors in that cadre of enterprise to achieve sustainable development in Anambra state.\n\nThe effort of the administration in strengthening some institutions of government like the tax system and health insurance scheme has led to some changes that are impacting positively on the state. From netting N8billion in tax returns in 2013, the state has notched up to N26 billion in 2019. The Anambra State Internal Revenue Service, using improved data collection has been able to nip off leakages and established, through collaboration with National Bureau of Statics, that about 1.2 million people are doing business in the state. It is not any different in what the state does with her introduction of the Anambra State Health Insurance Agency (ASHIA). Well over 90,000 persons are on the scheme, twice the number of enrollees on a standard health insurance scheme. It is well to remember that certain ailments not easily on health insurance scheme like tuberculosis is on ASHIA scheme. With a monthly fee of N1, 000 and N12, 000 per year a resident becomes an enrollee on the scheme. No doubt, Anambra\'s development curve is on the rise and does not betray any sign of downward slant. It is expected to be furthered in the months ahead.\n\nEjike Anyaduba\n\nAbatete','The Real Anambra Spirit','','publish','open','open','','the-real-anambra-spirit','','','2020-09-20 07:35:47','2020-09-20 07:35:47','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2698',0,'post','',0),(2701,1,'2020-09-26 09:39:17','2020-09-26 09:39:17','&nbsp;\n\n(By Kenechukwu Felix Anosike)\n\nI read the report making its rounds on the Social Media concerning a house purportedly purchased by Chief Primus Odili, Okosisi Aguleri and the Chief of Staff to the governor of Anambra State. Some write ups said the house was purchased in UK, some said it was purchased in US. Some said it was $2 million cash payment, some said $1.8 million dollars cash payment yet others say N763 million cash payment, all from Anambra State coffers. I reached out to Chief Primus Odili to ascertain the veracity of the write up and found out that they were all false allegations. <!--more--><!--more--><!--more--><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2702\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/images-6-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />nThe write up in every ramification is Politically motivated. The author, Ikenna Ellis Ezenekwe is a well known serial blackmailer who has a penchant for blackmailing Politicians. He has in the past blackmailed former Gov. Peter Obi which led to his arrest. He has blackmailed Iyom Uche Ekwunife to the extent of producing a fake sex video. This led to his arrest by SSS. He was also arrested and detained by DSS as a notorious blogger that thrives on blackmail. His major target of the attack of course is not Chief Primus Odili but the Government of Anambra State for whom he works. The underlying mischief and inherent blackmail is unimaginable. It is therefore important that we put things right.\n\nFor purposes of clarity, a good number of us that know and work closely with Mr Primus Odili know that he has lived and still lives in US for over 20 years. We know that prior to becoming the Chief of Staff to Governor Obiano in 2018, he is the CEO of a Healthcare outfit in the US registered since 2006 which his Wife is still running till date. This is a verifiable Healthcare outfit that is contracted with the State of TN and currently has over 40 employees on it’s payroll.\n\nDespite the cheap blackmail of the mischief makers, Chief Primus Odili is well known for helping to sponsor, support and champion ASA USA free medical missions to Anambra State since 2004.\n\nThe allegation that Chief Primus Odili purchased a house worth $1.8m and paid cash is laughable and not believable given the context and country or countries involved. It never happened.\n\nMost advance countries of the world especially US and UK thrive on loans, mortgage facilities or 30 years House loan payment on monthly installment as the credit of the party allows.\n\nWith Chief Odili’s years and exposure in the business world of the US, it will be unthinkable for him to make such CASH purchase even if he has the money knowing fully well the implications. It is only ignorance of the laws of the US and UK that will make someone say or believe that somebody can indulge in such cash transactions without qualms.\n\nNow, does Chief Primus Odili have Mortgage in America.? The answer is yes. He has been having mortgage since 2005 when he bought his first house and currently he has a 30 years jumbo loan mortgage of $1.8m financed by One of the largest mortgage financial institutions in the United States which he will pay back on monthly installment for the next 30 years. What has Chief Primus Odili’s mortgage got to do with Anambra State government, Absolutely nothing.\n\nChief Primus Odili has his legitimately established business since 2006 still running on contract in America and if a reputable American Lender after thoroughly reviewing his credit worthiness and his financials adjudge him capable of obtaining and repaying the loan and extended the facility to him, what offense has he committed? Absolutely none.\n\nOne wonders therefore the need for the blackmail if not sheer wickedness and political interest. Chief Primus Odili’s mortgage loan in America has nothing to do with Anambra State and should be treated as such.\n\nIt is clear that the intention of the writer was to malign the character and integrity of Chief Primus Odili and the government of Anambra State. If this is not the case, the writer will not insinuate that there was an outright CASH purchase when he has no such evidence of cash payment. He will tell whoever that cares to know that Chief Primus Odili currently has a Jumbo Mortgage Loan which will take him 30 years to pay off. This would have made better sense and not the cheap blackmail he is peddling. There should be a limit to indiscretion in our political climate.','Wicked False Allegations and blackmail against Chief Primus Odili','','publish','open','open','','wicked-false-allegations-and-blackmail-against-chief-primus-odili','','','2020-09-26 09:39:17','2020-09-26 09:39:17','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2701',0,'post','',0),(2702,1,'2020-09-26 09:35:17','2020-09-26 09:35:17','','images (6)','','inherit','open','closed','','images-6','','','2020-09-26 09:35:17','2020-09-26 09:35:17','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/images-6.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2705,1,'2020-09-27 20:49:25','2020-09-27 20:49:25','<p style=\"text-align: left;\"></p>\n(By Peter Ikebuilo)\n\nMy attention was drawn to a social media publication by Ikenna Ellis Ezenekwe alluding that the Chief of Staff to Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra State, Chief Primus Odili, made away with funds entrusted under his care as a young Catholic seminarian only to travel to the United States of America where he worked with one Dr. John C. Nwofia, a well-known Spine consultant and Medical rehabilitation Specialist with a big clinic at Brentwood, Nashville. According to Ikenna, Chief Odili, conniving with a female account officer at the medical facility duped it of $18,000.00 US.<!--more-->\nIkenna is evidently working in concert with the story-bearer of the recent house purchase claim which the bitter opposition seeks to hang on Chief Odili’s neck. It is therefore an unraveling plot scripted in bad blood, intended to smear the image of the Chief of Staff and malign Gov. Willie Obiano.\nIkenna forgot that Primus Odili has classmates in his days in the seminary who actually have authoritatively informed me upon enquiry that no such theft was recorded against Odili here in Nigeria; instead the records show that the promising young man opted out of the seminary on his own volition irrespective of a remarkable track record he kept while his stay lasted. Indeed, Primus left the seminary while his ban for diaconate ordination was being announced.\n\nIt is clear that once a foundation is faulty, the entire building is bound to collapse. Thus, I did not continue to waste my precious time and energy to call US and ask about Dr. John C. Nwofia and the $18,000.00 US which I know from my discoveries when asked about the person of Ikenna Ezenekwe that the story must be a mere fabrication by Ikenna.\n\nReflecting on the entire thing, the true character of Ikenna Ellis Ezenekwe reemerged. A write up by Valentine Obienyem, the media aide to former Gov Peter Obi, titled, \"Impending Attack On Obi: A Strange Call From Ikenna Ezenekwe\", published by 247ureports.com on September 4, 2018, clearly made me to know that the said Ikenna is \"a fraudster who can do anything for money\", according to Mr. Obienyem. Val narrated how Ikenna was expelled from the Saharareporter which he co-founded with Sowore.\nI was shocked to see that Ikenna has no good family that he could call his own as his American wife divorced him because of his peculiar life of lies and deceit; and he even suffered some other marital embarrassment after he married a Nigeria lady without informing her of his AS genotype status, not until they had an SS child. This is a man who dubiously collected $10,000.00 US from ex-gov Peter Obi to treat his sick father who was dying of prostate cancer only to disappear into the tin air with the money, to the astonishment of his family and people. Ikenna is the fraudster who resurrected the news of erosion that killed some people in his hometown, Nanka, in 1974. He colluded with the man who lost his entire family in the 1974 incident and dubiously obtained money from former Gov Peter Obi when he was on seat in Anambra State. He went ahead to fraudulently obtain cash donations and relief materials from many organizations and the general public in that fake erosion scheme. With the bursting of the scam, Channels TV returned to the man-victim who confessed that he was acting Ikenna\'s script and that the relief materials and money he garnered were shared with Ikenna.\n\nWe are therefore not surprised at the level of Ikenna’s traditional subterfuge which he treacherously deploys in seeking pecuniary gains. Apart from Peter Obi, Ikenna also blackmailed former Gov. Orji Uzo Kalu of Abia State, Senator (Iyom) Uche Ekwunife, and numerous others in the past. Thus, blackmailing Chief Primus Odili merely extends Ikenna’s scope of his blackmail victims. Chief Odili is not Ikenna’s first victim; he is not likely going to be the last.\n“He who sells his conscience to the devil, must also be ever prepared to feast with him.” Ikenna Ellis Ezenekwe is “synonymous with fraud and mischief\" and sundry fraudulent acts through which his ruin will naturally come someday, for he who lives by the sword, most likely dies by it.','Ikenna Ellis Ezenekwe on His Blackmail Bit','','publish','open','open','','ikenna-ellis-ezenekwe-on-his-blackmail-bit','','','2020-09-27 20:49:25','2020-09-27 20:49:25','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2705',0,'post','',0),(2707,1,'2020-09-28 20:54:16','0000-00-00 00:00:00','<blockquote>FAs Community and Social Development Project winds down operation in Anambra</blockquote>\nEjike Anyaduba\n\nEvery project has a life span, and so does the Community and Social Development Project (CSDP). The Project (an Anambra State Government Planned Undertaking in partnership with the World Bank) has made its mark after nearly two years of operation and would be closing shop on the 30th of September, 2020.\n\nThe Anambra State Community and Social Development Agency (ANCSDA)came into existence over a decade ago through an enactment by the Anambra State House of Assembly, but the Project did not take off immediately until August 1, 2018, and commenced community implementation by March of 2019. The implementation came due because of the special interest shown by Governor Willie Obiano in community development which his government had earlier demonstrated in the Community-Choose-Your-Project initiative. The board of the Agency was constituted under the chairmanship of the traditional ruler of Nteje, Chief Rowland Odegbo and overseen by Mr. Chudi Mojekwu who had earlier managed the state FADAMA project.\n\nArriving at the needy communities in the twelve focal Local Government Areas of Awka North, Anambra East, Anambra West, Ayamelum, Orumba North, Dunukofia, Orumba South, Anaocha, Oyi, Ogbaru, Idemili North and Ihiala was achieved, using the State Poverty Mapping. While the areas of intervention – about seven sectors in all - were determined by the communities through expression of interest. The communities also planned; part financed, implemented, monitored and maintained any of the projects they host.\n\nTo the Agency’s credit, a total of sixty-two communities, seventeen vulnerable groups and well over two million beneficiaries have been empowered with access to improved social and natural resource infrastructure. About two hundred and forty nine micro projects were supported with over a thousand temporal jobs, direct and indirect, created. Trainings were offered the youths in various skills acquisition like carpentry, tailoring, phone repairs, bead making, hair dressing etc with a proviso to step it down on return to their different communities.\n\nApart from project implementation and other forms of pro-poor interventions, the Agency was able to approve Fifty eight Community Development Plans and Seventeen Group Development Plans for possible use by the state in her quest for integrated development. It also made some critical interventions in area of social responsibility in giving psycho-social support to care-seekers and victims of various kinds of trauma, including gender-based violence, domestic violence, rape, sexual abuse, herdsmen attack among others by the Agency staff trained on such matters. The Agency equally played pivotal role in sensitization of many communities on protocol observation at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. True to that commitment, the sensitization was taken to the far reaches of the communities by the Agency’s field workers who had earlier been trained on the pandemic protocols.\n\nHowever, not all its efforts to provide access to improved economic and social infrastructure to the communities, hitherto without them, came through. Working with the resources available to it, the Agency was able to attend to appreciable number of expression of interest communicated to it by the communities. Note however that not all of them could be managed as the Agency’s guns were without sufficient power, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, to bring about total reduction in the request made. Its funding was affected because of budgetary and time constraints in much the same way rains and flooding threatened some of the projects implementation.\n\nSo far as the achievements of the Agency were, nothing except perhaps Governor Obiano’s Community-Choose-Your-Project model that covers all the one hundred and eighty communities in the state can claim effective implementation. The Agency achieved within its short period of existence remarkable improvement in infrastructural development in the focal communities where its efforts were directed. The Amanuke Feeder Road and Culvert, the Ndiukwuenu Science Lab, Okpeze Rural Rlectrification, Ezi Anam VIP Toilet, Enugwu Aguleri Civic Centre, Nkpunando Health Centre, Umuzu Community Secondary School, Igbakwu Community Secondary School, Onneh Water Borehole etc were some of the projects implemented by the Agency which will continue to speak to the hearts of the beneficiary communities.\n\nWith what it achieved through the Community and Social Development Project, the Anambra State Community and Social Development Agency could easily claim to be the consolidation and institutionalization Agency for the government’s community and social development interventions. It brought immeasurable joy to the communities and it is expected that any other project that may come in its stead, should strive to consolidate on the gains already made. Without doubt, the CSDP accentuated all the efforts made by the Anambra state government in driving a comprehensive and equitable development of the state. Already the beneficiary communities are expressing the hope that the Project should continue or worse case scenario metamorphose into a new one in order to continue with the good works.\n\nIn the Agency, the state has a chance to drastically reduce poverty of infrastructural development in most of her rural communities,especially those considered to be particularly in need. Perhaps it is only in continuity that this expectation is better served and the whole idea of comprehensive development as envisaged by the Obiano government can be achieved.\n\nEjike Anyaduba\n\nAbatete','','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-09-28 20:54:16','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2707',0,'post','',0),(2712,1,'2020-09-29 06:59:47','2020-09-29 06:59:47','&nbsp;\n\nEjike Anyaduba\n\nEvery project has a life span, and so does the Community and Social Development Project (CSDP). The Project (an Anambra State Government Planned Undertaking in partnership with the World Bank) has made its mark after nearly two years of operation and would be closing shop on the 30th of September, 2020.\n\nThe Anambra State Community and Social Development Agency (ANCSDA)came into existence over a decade ago through an enactment by the Anambra State House of Assembly, but the Project did not take off immediately until August 1, 2018, and commenced community implementation by March of 2019. The implementation came due because of the special interest shown by Governor Willie Obiano in community development which his government had earlier demonstrated in the <!--more-->Community-Choose-Your-Project initiative. The board of the Agency was constituted under the chairmanship of the traditional ruler of Nteje, Chief Rowland Odegbo and overseen by Mr. Chudi Mojekwu who had earlier managed the state FADAMA project.\n\nArriving at the needy communities in the twelve focal Local Government Areas of Awka North, Anambra East, Anambra West, Ayamelum, Orumba North, Dunukofia, Orumba South, Anaocha, Oyi, Ogbaru, Idemili North and Ihiala was achieved, using the State Poverty Mapping. While the areas of intervention – about seven sectors in all - were determined by the communities through expression of interest. The communities also planned; part financed, implemented, monitored and maintained any of the projects they host.\n\nTo the Agency’s credit, a total of sixty-two communities, seventeen vulnerable groups and well over two million beneficiaries have been empowered with access to improved social and natural resource infrastructure. About two hundred and forty nine micro projects were supported with over a thousand temporal jobs, direct and indirect, created. Trainings were offered the youths in various skills acquisition like carpentry, tailoring, phone repairs, bead making, hair dressing etc with a proviso to step it down on return to their different communities.\n\nApart from project implementation and other forms of pro-poor interventions, the Agency was able to approve Fifty eight Community Development Plans and Seventeen Group Development Plans for possible use by the state in her quest for integrated development. It also made some critical interventions in area of social responsibility in giving psycho-social support to care-seekers and victims of various kinds of trauma, including gender-based violence, domestic violence, rape, sexual abuse, herdsmen attack among others by the Agency staff trained on such matters. The Agency equally played pivotal role in sensitization of many communities on protocol observation at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. True to that commitment, the sensitization was taken to the far reaches of the communities by the Agency’s field workers who had earlier been trained on the pandemic protocols.\n\nHowever, not all its efforts to provide access to improved economic and social infrastructure to the communities, hitherto without them, came through. Working with the resources available to it, the Agency was able to attend to appreciable number of expression of interest communicated to it by the communities. Note however that not all of them could be managed as the Agency’s guns were without sufficient power, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, to bring about total reduction in the request made. Its funding was affected because of budgetary and time constraints in much the same way rains and flooding threatened some of the projects implementation.\n\nSo far as the achievements of the Agency were, nothing except perhaps Governor Obiano’s Community-Choose-Your-Project model that covers all the one hundred and eighty communities in the state can claim effective implementation. The Agency achieved within its short period of existence remarkable improvement in infrastructural development in the focal communities where its efforts were directed. The Amanuke Feeder Road and Culvert, the Ndiukwuenu Science Lab, Okpeze Rural Rlectrification, Ezi Anam VIP Toilet, Enugwu Aguleri Civic Centre, Nkpunando Health Centre, Umuzu Community Secondary School, Igbakwu Community Secondary School, Onneh Water Borehole etc were some of the projects implemented by the Agency which will continue to speak to the hearts of the beneficiary communities.\n\nWith what it achieved through the Community and Social Development Project, the Anambra State Community and Social Development Agency could easily claim to be the consolidation and institutionalization Agency for the government’s community and social development interventions. It brought immeasurable joy to the communities and it is expected that any other project that may come in its stead, should strive to consolidate on the gains already made. Without doubt, the CSDP accentuated all the efforts made by the Anambra state government in driving a comprehensive and equitable development of the state. Already the beneficiary communities are expressing the hope that the Project should continue or worse case scenario metamorphose into a new one in order to continue with the good works.\n\nIn the Agency, the state has a chance to drastically reduce poverty of infrastructural development in most of her rural communities,especially those considered to be particularly in need. Perhaps it is only in continuity that this expectation is better served and the whole idea of comprehensive development as envisaged by the Obiano government can be achieved.\n\nEjike Anyaduba\n\nAbatete','As Community and Social Development Project winds down operation in Anambra','','publish','open','open','','as-community-and-social-development-project-winds-down-operation-in-anambra','','','2020-09-29 06:59:47','2020-09-29 06:59:47','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2712',0,'post','',0),(2717,1,'2020-09-30 22:16:37','2020-09-30 22:16:37','R and his blackmailing stories\n\n(Chima Igwe)\n\nIkenna Ellis Ezenekwe the publisher of 247ureports.com is a wonderful person. He cuts the picture of a sedate and thoughtful personality. Nothing about him suggests he could be anything short of the persona. But sadly he is.<!--more-->\n\nUntil he relocated to Nigeria from the US in a very questionable circumstance, Ezenekwe was a guy with a lot of promise. The Anambra State Association, USA an association of Anambra indigenes resident in the US to which he was a foremost member reposed reasonable trust in him. Ezenekwe also had the trust of Sowore with whom he co-founded the Sahara reporter. It was not long before he lost both.\n\nIt took a sponsored visit to Nigeria by the ASA, USA for Ezenekwe to betray the cause. He could not deliver on his assignment as he frittered away the money entrusted in his care. Impecunious and without any hope of surviving in Nigeria, Ezenekwe hopped onto a campaign trail of moneybag politician. In time his services were otiose and he was laid off. Ezenekwe went on the fiddle. He went and resurrected the 1974 erosion tragedy in Umuchiani Ekwulobia and gypped the Peter Obi administration of good money. Again because he was leaving off people and on fraudulent acts he soon ran out of cash and he began to blackmail the government.\n\nIt is doubtful if Ezenekwe has his senses in the right place, especially once without money. He fell for a stratagem. He was lured to the Government House for reimbursement. On stepping into the State House he was seized and beaten blue and black until a high government official intervened to save him.\n\nNext on his blackmailing list were other politicians like Mrs. Uche Ekwunife and Orji Uzor Kalu. The former she caused to look like a courtesan through animated pictures. She had his arrwsted and put away until he tendered public apology. Chief Orji Uzor Kalu was not luckier. He suffered similar fate in the hands of Ezenekwe. All Ezenekwe\'s victims did not need to steal government money to buy a house in Nashville before they were blackmailed. All what every of Ezenekwe’s victim has in common is that they are, like his would-be future victims, public figures. And the possible antidote to escape his blackmailing list is just prayer or where otherwise to hand him some physical punishment. Obi, Ekwunife et al escaped his his pernicious publication after both rough handled him.\n\nIt was absolutely unnecessary talking about Ikenna Ellis Ezenekwe, but for the reason that he should be situated in perspective for people to know him well enough and for an informed opinion to be made on his latest victim Chief Primus Odili. He is not the first and will surely not going to be the last. Except for mischief, Ezenekwe knows that it is not out of the ordinary for Odili to buy a house in the US on mortgage. He is aware that the mortgagor who has lived long in the US and whose wife still resides there can access the mortgage facility. The whole idea of talking about Dr. John Nwofia and why Odili did not make it to the priesthood was to spice up a dumb story. The yarn which has no chance of believability must gain some attention once a negative story is woven around it. Like someone had earlier asked: is Odili without classmates in the seminary? Has Dr. Nwofia gone to his reward? These people are alive and can authenticate or disclaim the story.\n\nThe earlier people begin to pay less attention to Ezenekwe and his many blackmailing stories the better for the society. One this is certain, it will not be long before Ezenekwe is completely unmasked. It is very pathetic that he wasted all his years in the US only to return to Nigeria, a blackmailer. Though the times are hard and his Ukpaka report is not doing very well, but blackmail is no job. Ezenekwe should be reminded that he who lives on blackmail suffers the fate of a blackmailer.\n\nChima Igwe\n\nWrites through cimatrok@gmail.com','Ezenekwe and his blackmailing stories','','publish','open','open','','ezenekwe-and-his-blackmailing-stories','','','2020-09-30 22:16:37','2020-09-30 22:16:37','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2717',0,'post','',0),(2721,1,'2020-10-03 09:45:46','2020-10-03 09:45:46','&nbsp;\n\n(By Chukwuemeka Echezona)\n\nChief Primus Odili could just be another victim of the treachery that underpins weird opposition in Anambra State politics. Other victims, in their numbers, are awaited as long as the whims of the sponsors are served. So it is that the overtly permissive social media space went agog with the news of a purported outright purchase of a $1.8m house in America by the Chief of Staff to the Government of Anambra State. Not surprised how much traffic and fire the disinformation caught in the extremely lax spectrum of the social media. Negative scripts, irrespective of whatever falsehoods that underscore them, often turn sensational and ready to serve the idiosyncratic yearnings of a large number of an inherently angry and gullible population across the globe. So it applies in the current mischievous hubbub making its rounds about house purchase in the United States.<!--more-->\n\nElections could ordinarily be explained out to be the last processes that birth new leadership amongst a people. But keen observers of elections in Anambra State, particularly the gubernatorial, would not fail to note a trend that could be classified as pre- and post election subterfuges and manoeuvres which characterize electioneering in the state. By this feature, all oppositions (in their divergent colorations and persuasions) barge into an ominously omnibus body of rabid adventurers pitted against an incumbent whom they desperately tug at to pull down in unison. This situation which throws up numerous spurious attacks on an incumbent governor and government does not spare any person or thing that is of the governor’s or government’s interest. The target is simply to persistently pronounce failure of governance as a tag on the incumbent. Since this could ordinarily be distracting, the opposition deploys it lavishly in seeking to undermine the government of the day. This is the scenario at play now in Anambra State as a result of the November, 2021 gubernatorial poll for which the tempo of political activities with the attendant subterfuges is gradually graduating.\n\nThe above preamble became necessary for a clearer understanding of the social media hype engineered by fellows of notable notoriety and their hypocritical allies whose joint blind fixation on negating Gov Obiano’s good governance would not permit to join ndi Anambra and other people of goodwill in celebrating the unprecedented security and prevailing sense of freedom that characterize Obiano’s Anambra. They will stop at nothing in their determination to pull Anambra State government down. Indeed, never, in the history of Anambra State, has the opposition displayed as much hate and willingness to deploy so much human and humongous material resources in calumnious campaigns against an incumbent government. Never before did a frontline opposition element with seemingly bottomless pocket make a public declaration about their desperation to unseat an incumbent; never had any vowed to spend the last drop of their blood in fighting a government that succeeded theirs. Such weighty threat to peace in the state permeates the weird character of opposition in the state. The tempers now are even more ferocious and giving rise to such hasty introductory hogwash as the Chief of Staff’s US outright house purchase narration.\n\nBy the way, if only rational reason should prevail without vestiges of vendetta, what is condemnable with one deploying one’s verifiable pedigree as a stable income earner in the US to negotiate a fair deal in the purchase of a house or whatever wherever, provided that one’s legitimate income status meets the terms of the transaction? More importantly when the transaction is statutory mortgage inclined. But for the inordinate passion to hurt the government of the day beyond Primus, the traducers who hurriedly authored the speculation would have seen through the foolery in launching such infantile campaign that has calumny marked all over it.\n\nThe import of this desperation about wresting power from Gov Obiano’s government should not be lost on the citizens of the state who are not willing to trade in the stability that Obiano’s government has entrenched with a reckless gamble with the future of the state and her people. Soon politically induced crimes would resume under the sponsorship of uncanny fellows who are more wont to foul mouthing than ready to add value to the play of fair politics in Anambra State.\n\nNdi Anambra are awake, alert and always willing to demonstrate overwhelming support for Obianos government that has freed them from the rage of violent crimes and bought them liberty. No distractions will make them detract from the bond that links good governance with the people’s support.\n\nChukwuemeka Echezona: a public affairs analyst writes from Ajalli','Chief Primus Odili on the Throes of Early Malevolent Electioneering','','publish','open','open','','chief-primus-odili-on-the-throes-of-early-malevolent-electioneering','','','2020-10-03 09:45:46','2020-10-03 09:45:46','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2721',0,'post','',0),(2723,1,'2020-10-07 05:56:09','0000-00-00 00:00:00','<!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- /wp:paragraph -->','','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-10-07 05:56:09','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2723',0,'post','',0),(2724,1,'2020-10-05 10:34:30','2020-10-05 10:34:30','&nbsp;\n\nOn the Wednesday 12th August, our Landlord Arc J.J. Emejulu executed the court order of mandamus on his Airport layout land, phase IV and V, one of the boys living in the area called me on phone to come and witness what was going on there because I bought a plot of land from Arc. J.J. Emejulu about two years ago.<!--more-->\n\nWhen I got there around 12 noon, I was told that Emejulu had gone with his over forty police men because some air force officers were sent by the Governor to stop further execution of the court order. As we were there looking around with Hon. Cornelius Nnaji, the Enugu State Governor arrived the scene. He was so furious over what my Landlord Arc. J.J. Emjulu did on the fence wall of his property. The same land that we all witnessed its court execution three years ago has now turned into airport’s land, Hon. Cornelius Nnaji and some commissioners were there with the Governor telling His Excellency the need to go to Arc J.J. Emejulu’s private residence in Trans-Ekulu Enugu and order for the demolition of my landlord’s house in retaliation for his effrontery in pulling down fence pillars that was been construction on his land. It was there that the Governor placed a call and asked Mr. Ken Onoh, the Managing Director of Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA) to proceed to his private residence. The entire Governor’s convoy now took off to Trans-Ekulu residence of our landlord.\n\nI followed up and stayed in a shop at the beginning of Eziokwe street, the residence of Arc. J.J. Emejulu. After about 30 minutes in Emejulu’s house, the entire convoy left the street. As I was about going out, Mr. Ken Onoh arrived the street and went straight to Arc J.J. Emejulu’s residence. He and his men equally left after about 30 minutes stay in the house. I drove pass my landlord’s house and noticed that a demolition notice of 24 hours has been pasted on his gate.\n\nTwo days after on a Friday morning of 14th August, 2020, my friend living in the street called me to start coming around again because of the heavy presence of the police and demolition equipments in Arc. J.J. Emejulu’s residence. On getting there, so many onlookers were already present. After consultations on phone, they demolished the first house and as they were about to go, another call came that authorized them to pull down the second house.\n\nWhat pained my heart over the demolition was not the two state of Art buildings that were mowed down but having the temerity to demolish the Groto of Holy Virgin Mary along with the Miraculous Statue of the Mother of God. In my landlord’s sitting room also there was a very large Icon of our Mother of Perpetual Help that was equally crushed. I was around when my landlord invited priests and some religious to do a special ceremony of Enthronement/prayer for those two relics of the church. Governor Ugwuanyi who calls himself a catholic would have asked them to remove those consecrated relics of the Mother of God before embarking on the demolition. Governor Ugwuanyi and Mr. Ken Onoh have murdered sleep in the divine realm by this singular act of demolishing the statue and Icon of the Mother of God.\n\nOur Governor with all those that planned and goaded him to embark on his sacrilegious act of demolishing the holy statue and Icon of the Mother of Christ have attracted unimaginable curses on themselves and their families. A governor that has gotten his fare share of curses by having no child outside the boy he has out of wedlock in his entire family, who eats as a pauper anywhere he sees food as if he has no hope of eating tomorrow only to be embarrassing Enugu State by the way and manner he would stop his heavy convoy and enter the bush to practice open defecation. A man with all these already to add curses of deadly catastrophe to his linage to the fifth generation with all his accomplices should start immediately to seek for genuine deliverance. All these men of God around him that will opt never to tell him the truth so that they will still be getting their regular goodies from the Governor have a share in these imminent disasters because of sin of omission on their part.\n\nAll of us about one hundred and ninety that bought land from Arc. J.J. Emejulu after seeing two judgments and a certificate of possession by an Enugu State High Court should not be allowed to suffer unduly. Inspite of his court execution of his high court judgment three years ago and the recent execution of a High Court order of Mandamus on Inspector General of Police and Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Governor Ugwuanyi deployed six Airforce armed men in the layouts to prevent us from working on our plots we bought genuinely and legitimately from Arc. J.J. Emejulu and is still in further contempt of court orders by continuing with work on the same land on behalf of Ministry of Aviation. So there is no more respect for the rule of law in Enugu State again and the entire Judiciary and the police are keeping quiet. And for His Excellency, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to think that by killing our Landlord Arc. J.J. Emejulu, that the layout will now belong to him and his cronies is far from the correct situation for many of us that bought from Arc. J.J. Emejulu would never allow our land grabbing Governor to take what does not belong to him. Though our landlord is nowhere to be seen because they are after his life but many of us that bought land from him will give the Governor a fight of his life even Inspite of the fact that he has no respect for the rule of law. Even some of us from Nsukka are not spared for the Governor takes people’s land at will. Taking ill gotten money overseas is difficult now so he has resorted to having mini layouts/Estates everywhere and eighty percent of all the buildings there belong to him with all sorts of fictitious names.\n\nThough Nsukka people never nominated him to be their Governor representative but he rather bought the seat from the former chief of staff to the Governor but he should know that he is doing a great damage to the image of Nsukka people as a whole. All these land acquisition from our Governor with fictitious names will not do him any good. People should stop chasing shadows and know that Hell and heaven are real.\n\nYours faithfully\n\nMr. Justine Ugwuoke\n09079653987\nA land owner in Airport Road Layout Phase IV and V\nMINISTER OF AVIATION HADI SIRIKA ABOUT GOING TO JAIL FOR CONTEMPT\n\nThe court process of taking the Minister of Aviation to Prison has commenced. This is due to the fact that inspite of a judgment of an Enugu State High Court in Suit No. E/642/2016 with its accompanying Certificate of Possession in favour of Arc. J.J. Emejulu as the legitimate owner of Airport Road Phase IV and V and also a recent Enugu State High Court order of Mandamus on the said layouts which is still subsisting. The Minister of Aviation in total violation and complete disrespect of these court orders, deployed six armed Airforce men to the said layouts to prevent about 192 people that bought properties from Arc. J.J. Emejulu from commencing work on their plots and the Minister is busy constructing fence wall and tarred roads inside the said layouts in total disregard of the law.\n\nA country that allows its rulers to revel with impunity and lawlessness can never survive.\n\nEQUITY REWARDS THE VIGILANT','AIRPORT FENCE/ ARC J.J. EMEJULU’S RESIDENCE DEMOLITION IN ENUGU. AN EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT OF AN OWNER OF LAND IN ARC. J.J. EMEJULU’S LAND. A CRY FOR TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL JUSTICE','','publish','open','open','','airport-fence-arc-j-j-emejulus-residence-demolition-in-enugu-an-eye-witness-account-of-an-owner-of-land-in-arc-j-j-emejulus-land-a-cry-for-temporal-and-spiritual-justice','','','2020-10-05 10:34:30','2020-10-05 10:34:30','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2724',0,'post','',0),(2726,1,'2020-10-07 05:58:16','2020-10-07 05:58:16','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2729\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/images-3-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />\n\nIn sincere remorse and sorry for an unscrupulous, slanderous and mendacious content recently published by Orient Daily Newspaper, which was inappropriately, unnecessarily and improperly linked to the Anglican Archbishop of the Province of the Niger and Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Grace, Most Reverend Alexander Chibuzo Ibezim; the media organisation has tendered an unreserved apology to the Anglican prelate.<!--more-->\n\nIn a letter of apology penned to Archbishop, the media organisation noted that the news report titled \"Awka Anglican Bishop, ex-knight in corruption scandal publication\" and published on page 7 of their last weekend\'s edition, was never borne out of any ill-motivation towards or against his personality or office, and assured never to repeat such in future.\n\nDated September 28, 2020 and captioned \'Apology to Your Grace the Most Reverend Alexander C. Ibezim\', the letter reads in parts, \"Our attention has been drawn to a news report we carried on page 7 of our last weekend edition, titled \'Awka Anglican Bishop, ex-knight in corruption scandal\'.\n\n\"Having now verified that story and the circumstances of its publication, we deeply regret that the story ever had to be so inappropriately, unnecessarily and improperly linked to Your Grace.\n\"May we, hereby, offer our unreserved and heartfelt apology to Your Grace for that publication.\n\n\"We are currently taking firm and appropriate internal measures to deter a repeat of this unfortunate error which, we can assure you, was never borne out of any ill-motivation towards the person and office of Your Grace.\n\n\"As an immediate step, we have pulled down the publication from our online portal and will duly publish an apology to Your Grace in our Wednesday, September 30 edition, if you would so permit.\n\n\"As part of your flock in the Province on the Niger, we hold Your Grace, and the office you so honourably occupy, in very high esteem and cannot knowingly allow any action to debase these, for whatever reason.\n\n\"We beg Your Grace to kindly forgive this publication, with our assurance that there will never be a repeat of it, in future and evermore.\"\n\nReacting to the letter, Archbishop Ibezim accepted the apology without prompting, but wondered what the rush to press without investigation. He noted the need for proper investigation by journalists before penning down sensitive issues.\n\n\"It would have been a different song, if the Orient Daily Newspaper had met us in court for libel, but when I saw their apology letter, I was handicapped. Journalists should be journalists and nothing else,\" he said.','Fake News: Orient Daily Newspaper Tenders Unreserved Apolgy To Archbishop Ibezim*','','publish','open','open','','fake-news-orient-daily-newspaper-tenders-unreserved-apolgy-to-archbishop-ibezim','','','2020-10-07 05:58:16','2020-10-07 05:58:16','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2726',0,'post','',0),(2727,1,'2017-08-22 02:21:37','2017-08-22 02:21:37','I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know.\n<ul>\n 	<li><strong>Adress:</strong>  123 Beverly Hill, New York, USA</li>\n 	<li><strong>Phone:</strong>  0123 456 789</li>\n 	<li><strong>Email:</strong>  <a href=\"mailto:pencidesign@gmail.com\">pencidesign@gmail.com</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n<h4>Meet us at our localtion</h4>\n\n\n<h4>Send us a message</h4>\n[contact-form-7 id=\"1605\" title=\"Contact form 1\"]\n\n','Contact','','publish','closed','closed','','contact-4','','','2017-08-22 02:21:37','2017-08-22 02:21:37','',0,'http://pennews.pencidesign.com/?page_id=2727',0,'page','',0),(2728,1,'2020-10-07 06:55:48','0000-00-00 00:00:00','<!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- /wp:paragraph -->','','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-10-07 06:55:48','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2728',0,'post','',0),(2729,1,'2020-10-07 05:56:54','2020-10-07 05:56:54','','images (3)','','inherit','open','closed','','images-3-2','','','2020-10-07 05:56:54','2020-10-07 05:56:54','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/images-3.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2733,1,'2020-10-07 12:30:40','2020-10-07 12:30:40','&nbsp;\n\nBy Covenant Oluchi Ikedinobi\n\nUmuneri Village Assembly, Isu - Aniocha,Youth wing yesterday demanded from the Anambra state Government the valid acquisition papers and agreement, it used in acquiring 118 plots of their communal lands in order to put to rest the lingering crisis between it\'s agent, the Housing Development Corporation Awka,and their village Leadership.<!--more-->\n\nThe youths led by their Chairman, Mr Uchenna Eziamaka said the youths became worried over the incessant harassment and bullying against their parents by thugs and security agents from Housing Corporation, and decided to resolve all the crisis over the land in one swoop, if the acquisition papers and agreement entered into by Housing Corporation with their elders are presented.\n\nThe Umuneri Village Youths made their stand known to newsmen after an emergency meeting in response to publications by the Housing Development Corporation Awka in the media that 118 plots were validly acquired from Umuneri Village Isu-Aniocha in 2014/2015 with compensation paid.\n\nThe youths insisted that the crisis will stop immediately if Housing Development Corporation led by it\'s Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Arc. Willie Okafor shows Umuneri youth the valid acquisition papers and agreement of acquisition as they will specifically police the land against their people.\n\nThey specifically appealed to Governor Willie Obiano to ensure peace is restored to Umuneri Village Isu-Aniocha as he did with the Community Secondary school Isu- Aniocha land.\n\nThe Youths however warned that if after 2 weeks these valid acquisition papers and agreement are not shown to the youths, the youths will join forces with their leadership and elders to fight encroachers of their communal land with whatever it takes.\n\nThey wondered why rather than follow due process of government land acquisition, Arc. Willie Okafor was intimidating their elders and Village leadership with Government apparatus, and allegedly lying against the village for his pecuniary interests.\n\nThey said it will be a child\'s play for them to recover their land invaded by Ezinano Village Awka with tacit support of Housing Development Corporation if after 2 weeks Housing Corporation did not present acquisition papers and agreement with their Village Assembly.\n\nThey warned that Umuneri Village Isu-Aniocha youths will not tolerate further intimidation and harrassement of their people over the land as the village has no boundaries with Ezinano Village Awka , adding that it is preposterous for their land to host Green Valley Housing Estate Awka, rather than Isu- Aniocha.\n\nThe Youths described as insulting for Arc. Willie Okafor to say in a publication that their land was acquired from Ezinano Village Awka, and warned prospective buyers of land in the estate to run with their money or regret later as no structures will stand on that land without resolution of the issues at stake or presentation of valid acquisition papers and agreement.\n\nThe youths insisted that even the 54.72 hectares allegedly planned to be given to Housing Development Corporation by some third party as alluded by their elders spokesperson, Chief Augustine Nwankwo Okafor in the publication by Housing Corporation without the approval of the Umuneri Village Assembly stands null, void and of no effect, if valid acquisition papers and agreement between the government and Umuneri people are not provided within 2 weeks to the youths.\n\nThe Youths described Umuneri people as peaceful and loving but would not fold it\'s hands and be intimidated by Ezinano Village Awka on their lands, wondering why Housing Corporation Boss allowed himself to be messed up by land grabbers from Awka.\n\nThey advised him to ask questions on what happened to others who grabbed their lands in the past before him.\n\nThe Youths wondered on why their land should be acquired if at all and rather than be used for public good , are being resold to private individuals at an exorbitant prizes?\n\nThe youths said it was strange to them to read that Housing Development Corporation gave the village compensation for their land as it was never discussed at their Umuneri Isu-Aniocha in Assembly and none of them recieved a dime or any projects being executed with such money when they have spent millions on that land, only for it to be destroyed by Housing Corporation for it\'s forceful acquisition.\n\nThe youths informed that Umuneri Village has boundaries with Enugu - Agidi which has a valid court judgment against Housing Development Corporation for it\'s encroachment into their land and wondered why Arc Willie Okafor should be referring to Enugu- Agidi as Community they gave compensation.\n\nThey reiterated that Umuneri Village has no boundaries with Ezinano Village Awka, referring Housing Corporation to a letter written to him and Governor Willie Obiano among others by Chief Lawrence Ofulume led elders insisting that no land of Umuneri Village was given to anyone or Government.\n\nThey asked government through Housing Development Corporation to recover it\'s money to anyone it has given money or visit the Umuneri Village Assembly meeting to inform them who they gave money before the village meeting for the village to hand them over those people.\n\nThe youths remanded Arc Okafor that no land is given out without agreement by all groups concerned in the village as no one person or group of persons can hand over the communal lands to government or to racketeers for profiteering.\n\nThey concluded that the discussion about the land was fraudulent and therefore cannot stand the test of time.\n\nThey queried to know how much the compensation was on 118 plots of land and who they gave the compensation and wondered why Housing Development Corporation wasn\'t talking about the N5 Billion demages it caused the village when it\'s bulldozers invaded their land desroying all they laboured for as well as their economic trees and shrines.\n\nThey denied knowledge of destroying Government property as they are peacemakers and not trouble makers , even as it admitted that the Community once discussed about giving 35 plots of land for a Housing Estate to Anambra state government ,but were still discussing it as they won\'t want their land to be used for profiteering by greedy government officials.','Green Valley Estate Awka: Show us evidence of acquisition, Umuneri youth Assembly asks Housing Corporation','','publish','open','open','','green-valley-estate-awka-show-us-evidence-of-acquisition-umuneri-youth-assembly-asks-housing-corporation','','','2020-10-07 12:30:40','2020-10-07 12:30:40','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2733',0,'post','',0),(2735,1,'2020-10-09 00:13:18','2020-10-09 00:13:18','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2736 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG-20201009-WA0000-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" />\n\nAmbassador Jeff Ubah\n\nIt has been brought to the attention of the Ibezi Media Organization the lies being circulated on the social media by Hon. Obinna Chidoka, accusing Hon.(Dr.) Ifeanyichukwu Ibezi of impersonation. Ordinarily, such attention-seeking and infantile lies, aimed at distracting Hon Ibezi do not merit any consideration from Hon. Ibezi.<!--more-->\n\nHowever, for the sake of those who may accord it any modicum of attention this response would suffice.\n\n1. It is curious that for more than nine months since Hon. Obinna Chidoka was sworn in as the Member representing Idemili North and South Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, he still believes he can only validate his stay in the National Assembly by maligning Ibezi. His fixation on Ibezi is such that no day has passed without a snide comment from him or his social media herdsmen.\n\n2. Hon. Obinna Chidoka should realize that since November 2019 Hon. Ibezi has moved on with his life and does not need the plate number of the National Assembly to endear himself to his constituents. Simply put, Ibezi does not need to validate his political influence through the use of National Assembly plate number.\n\n3. It is unfortunate and tragic how low Hon. Obinna Chidoka has continued to sink with his inability to wriggle free from the shadows Ibezi left in his five months momentous stay at the National Assembly. It’s puerile that of all the issues that require urgent legislative attention in Idemili, Hon. Obinna Chidoka can only discuss about who owns vehicle plate number or not; and who’s impersonating him at the National Assembly.\n\n4. For the records, Ibezi did NOT write any letter and has no such vain obsession. Hon. Ibezi does not use a Prado SUV. He has no such vehicle in his fleet. This is open to confirmation.\n\n5. The diversionary letter which Obinna Chidoka is shamelessly circulating has no semblance of the language Ibezi or his office employs in writing.\n\n6. Stupidly the letter bears a curious date, 20202 and with several mutilations. Anybody familiar with Ibezi knows he is not given to sloppiness in everything he does, including his correspondences. Unlike Obinna Chidoka, he is diligent even in the most trivial of matters. In fact, he dislikes companionship with excessive casualness – that belongs to the vain-clacking and fleet-footed dancer, Obinna Chidoka.\n\n7. A careful look at the signature on the letter shows it was superimposed by an amateur forger. This is a matter for further investigations.\n\n8. The most foolish aspect of the allegation is Obinna Chidoka’s attempt to present the National Assembly as daft. It is unfortunate that Obinna Chidoka has shown through his petition that he is struggling to convince the management of National Assembly that he’s the one representing Idemili many months after he presented his procured certificate of return and was sworn-in. It says a lot about his character and persona. Was his declaration by the Court Appeal done in camera? Was the National Assembly not duly informed? Didn\'t his swearing in take weeks, if not months, to be effected? How possible is it for the National Assembly to rely on the information fed it by Ibezi to recognize him as a legislator?\n\nWe are aware that Obinna Chidoka is consistently troubled by the rising profile of Ibezi whose five months record in the National Assembly he cannot match, much less beat. But he does not have to waste such effort, trying to invalidate Ibezi’s position.\n\nWe know as does every political watcher that both men are poles apart. We are also not oblivious of the rising profile of Ibezi since the renewed activities in both Onne and Onitsha Inland Ports. Recall that since the motion on decongestion of the Lagos ports and the revitalization of the Eastern ports moved by Ibezi, the self-representing Chidoka has been in struggle to have a foothold at the Green Chambers. We are aware that his presence is neither felt in the National Assembly nor in the constituency. But we are not unmindful of the fact that nobody gives what he does not have.\n\nEngaging in campaign of calumny is therefore the natural recourse for a middling achiever whose only claim to representation of his people even when he has done so over the years is the building of Ventilated Improved Pit latrines (VIP toilets) in few places in Idemili.\n\nIt is important to state here that Obinna Chidoka has funny sense of entitlement which makes him levy wars, often impious; against anybody he considers a threat. Two previous representatives of the constituency, Hon. Charles Odedo and Dr. C.C Okeke were variedly harassed by Obinna Chidoka. Sadly for him, in Hon. Ifeanyichukwu Ibezi, Obinna Chidoka met a superior force that clipped his flapping wings.\n\nHe is basking today as he has always done not on the strength of popular endorsement, but on an Appeal Court-induced victory. It is on record that he had always sneaked into the National Assembly through compromised court processes. He had always procured his victories at a price. The last was bought at a pricey N100m, made available to him by a sacked former Governor. Thankfully, nemesis has since rewarded this same ex- Governor as he was hoisted with his own petard.\n\nWe know that the governorship election in Anambra State is coming up fast and Idemili Federal Constituency is very important in deciding who emerges governor. We are not deceived that efforts would be made to remove the only strong force that stands against the interest of the dynastic Chidokas. But we expect Obinna Chidoka to do better than inventing lies and making wild allegations. The race will not be for idlers whose only claim to representing the good people of Idemili is sniffing, hosting parties and dancing in night clubs. We know that those who fought to have Chidoka in the House are not comfortable with an Ibezi in the National Assembly, but we urge them to gird their loins as the battle ahead promises to take no prisoners.\n\nAs a matter of fact, the war has just begun and we ask Obinna Chidoka to reserve his bullets for the thickest of the fight. He should equally assemble his facts on the criminal allegations of impersonation because the onus of proof lies heavily on his head. Enough for the foolish.\n\nSIGNED\nAmbassador Jeff Ubah','LIES FROM OBINNA CHIDOKA, A SERIAL ELECTORAL VILLAIN','','publish','open','open','','lies-from-obinna-chidoka-a-serial-electoral-villain','','','2020-10-09 00:13:18','2020-10-09 00:13:18','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2735',0,'post','',0),(2736,1,'2020-10-09 00:12:29','2020-10-09 00:12:29','','IMG-20201009-WA0000','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201009-wa0000','','','2020-10-09 00:12:29','2020-10-09 00:12:29','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG-20201009-WA0000.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2738,1,'2020-10-11 15:15:10','2020-10-11 15:15:10','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2739\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG-20201011-WA0033-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" />I\n\nKano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has suspended his Special Adviser on Media, Salihu Yakasai over some unguarded utterances on the person of President Muhammadu Buhari on the social media platform.<!--more-->\n\nThe state commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, who conveyed the governor’s directive in a statement said the suspension is with immediate effect.\n\nAccording to the Governor, though the media aide has own up the indiscreet comment as his personal opinion, but that as a public figure, it will be difficult to differentiate between personal opinion and official stand on matters of public concern.\n\nGovernor Ganduje therefore warned political appointees and public servants to guard against making statements capable of drawing unnecessary controversy and heating up the polity.','Governor Ganduje suspends Media Aide over attack on President Buhari','','publish','open','open','','governor-ganduje-suspends-media-aide-over-attack-on-president-buhari','','','2020-10-11 15:15:10','2020-10-11 15:15:10','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2738',0,'post','',0),(2739,1,'2020-10-11 15:14:27','2020-10-11 15:14:27','','IMG-20201011-WA0033','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201011-wa0033','','','2020-10-11 15:14:27','2020-10-11 15:14:27','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG-20201011-WA0033.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2741,1,'2020-10-11 19:42:50','2020-10-11 19:42:50','The federal government and organised labour have reconvened afer the expiration of the two weeks suspension of threatened strike by organised labour.<!--more-->\n\nOrganised labour had asked the federal government to reverse the twin increases of petrol pump price and electricity tariff.\n\nHowever, at the last meeting, it was agreed that the electricity tariff be reversed for a period of two weeks, with committees set up to ascertain the validity of the hike in prices.\n\nThe Minister of Labour and Employment confirmed that the joint Labour/Government Technical committee on Electricity tarriff set up at the last meeting submitted an Interim report on Friday, October 9, 2020.','Labour & FG reconvene After Two Weeks Strike Suspension','','publish','open','open','','labour-fg-reconvene-after-two-weeks-strike-suspension','','','2020-10-11 19:42:50','2020-10-11 19:42:50','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2741',0,'post','',0),(2743,1,'2020-10-12 10:58:56','2020-10-12 10:58:56','&nbsp;\n\nThe Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Frank Okiye has been impeached on the grounds of financial misappropriation and member representing Esan West, <!--more-->Hon.Marcus Onobun emerged as the new speaker.\n\nThe impeachment of the speaker followed a motion moved by the leader of the House, Hon. Henry Okhuarobo and seconded by the member representing Akoko-Edo one in the assembly, Yekini Idaiye.\n\nWhile the member representing Igueben state constituency, Hon. Ephraim Aluebhosele moved a motion to nominate the new speaker and it was seconded by the member representing Akoko-Edo two state constituency, Hon.Emmanuel Agbaje.\n\nThe Deputy Speaker, Mr Roland Asoro who presided over the plenary after the impeachment put the motion to a voice vote where it enjoyed the support of all the members at plenary.\n\nThe new speaker, Mr Marcus Onobun upon his election, thanked the members for his election as new speaker of the house.\n\nHe thereafter dissolved all the house standing committees and relieved all the appointees of the house of their appointments.\n\nMr Onobun also constituted a three man committee to look into financial records of the house under the leadership of the former speaker and also placed the former speaker under three months suspension to allow for a peaceful transition.','Edo State Speaker Impeached','','publish','open','open','','edo-state-speaker-impeached','','','2020-10-12 10:58:56','2020-10-12 10:58:56','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2743',0,'post','',0),(2745,1,'2020-10-12 11:51:06','2020-10-12 11:51:06','Grassroots engagement: Katsina state Government organises special workshop on security for district heads\n\nKatsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari has just declared open a two-day workshop on security awareness for district heads and heads of local government administrations.<!--more-->\n\nThe gathering is expected to brainstorm on the factors responsible for the deplorable security situation and come up with ways out of the problems.\n\nParts of Katsina state have suffered the full brunt of insecurity a reason why the government is leaving no stone unturned in addressing insecurity.\n\nThe theme chosen for the workshop is achieving a secured Katsina state through grassroots engagement.\n\nLocation Katsina.','Grassroots engagement: Katsina state Government organises special workshop on security for district heads.','','publish','open','open','','grassroots-engagement-katsina-state-government-organises-special-workshop-on-security-for-district-heads','','','2020-10-12 11:51:06','2020-10-12 11:51:06','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2745',0,'post','',0),(2747,1,'2020-10-13 15:09:00','2020-10-13 15:09:00','','reportdesklight','','inherit','open','closed','','reportdesklight','','','2020-10-13 15:09:00','2020-10-13 15:09:00','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/reportdesklight.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(2748,1,'2020-10-14 15:20:59','2020-10-14 15:20:59','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2749\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG-20201014-WA0024-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />\n\nEjike Anyaduba\n\nThe Secretary to the Anambra State Government, Professor Solo Chukwulobelu, has called for moderation in criticizing the actions of government. He said this yesterday while fielding questions from members of  the media during the Meet the Media, a weekly program of the Governor Obiano\'s Media  Team.<!--more-->\n\nChukwulobelu who gave a general view of what the Obiano administration is doing told the team when asked his view on the  state of roads in the state and the allegation that funds meant for road construction and reconstruction are being diverted to the international cargo airport project, said that he prefers the use of the word crowding out rather than diversion, adding that once the rains stop greater attention will be paid to roads.\n\nChukwulobelu decried inconsiderate attitude of many who believe that the government must build all the roads in the state, including the ones leading into their compound, failing which they  dismiss the government as doing nothing.\n\nHe reasoned that the clamour for roads is good but must take cognizance of the fact that wholesale engagement on roads alone will further imperil activities in other sectors of the economy which are equally challenged.\n\nProf Chukwulobelu, said that the road leading to his house in the village is in a bad shape but rather look up to the government he is making private arrangement to have it constructed. He made it clear that citizen responsibility which ensured that village roads were maintained by the people is no longer in practice, making it difficult for internal roads to suffer total breakdown.\n\nHe expressed interest in engaging those attacking the government on a clean debate, devoid of name calling, so as to put certain records straight. He encouraged those who are quick to find fault with the government to always remember that no government can deliver on all sectors, but that what the Obiano government has done across sectors especially in security, environment and in bequeathing the state an airport is enough to guarantee it a worthy mention in the annals of the state history.','CRITICISM: CHUKWULOBELU CALLS FOR MODERATION','','publish','open','open','','criticism-chukwulobelu-calls-for-moderation','','','2020-10-14 15:20:59','2020-10-14 15:20:59','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2748',0,'post','',0),(2749,1,'2020-10-14 15:20:39','2020-10-14 15:20:39','','IMG-20201014-WA0024','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201014-wa0024','','','2020-10-14 15:20:39','2020-10-14 15:20:39','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG-20201014-WA0024.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2754,1,'2020-10-22 15:33:29','0000-00-00 00:00:00','<h2 class=\"article-title\">BREAKING: Buhari will take a major action in few hours, says NSA</h2>\n<div class=\"article-photo\"><span class=\"set-image-border\"><img class=\"setborder lazyloading alignnone\" src=\"https://f5p3e9e4.stackpathcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Breaking-News-Red-680x365_c.png\" alt=\"BREAKING: Buhari will take a major action in few hours, says NSA\" data-src=\"https://f5p3e9e4.stackpathcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Breaking-News-Red-680x365_c.png\" /></span></div>\n<div class=\"article-controls\">\n<div class=\"right-side\">\n<div data-mid=\"\"></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"article-share-bottom\">\n<div class=\"addthis_sharing_toolbox\" data-url=\"https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-buhari-will-take-a-major-action-in-few-hours-says-nsa\" data-title=\"BREAKING: Buhari will take a major action in few hours, says NSA\"></div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"shortcode-content\">\n<p class=\"caps\"><strong>President Muhammadu Buhari will take a major action on the #EndSARS protest across the nation in a few hours, according to Babagana Monguno, national security adviser.</strong></p>\n\n<div>\n<div>Advertisement</div>\n<div class=\"cableads\"></div>\n</div>\nMonguno broke the news at the end of the fourth national security council meeting, on Thursday.\n\nAddressing state house correspondents after the meeting, which lasted three hours, Monguno said issues around the current security situation were discussed.\n\n“This situation, we all know is very very grave situation, giving a lot of concern to everyone most especially Mr. President,” he said.\n<div>\n<div>Advertisement</div>\n<div class=\"cableads\"></div>\n</div>\n“Mr. President has directed that government should do whatever is necessary in order to bring about an agreeable resolution to this crisis.\n\n“So far, the government has been able to concede to the demands of the protesters. The initial demands have been considered and it appears now that the riots are taking a different and unwanted dimension. And Mr. President is very concern about this development and does not want a situation in which everything breaks down and results in anarchy, in lawlessness and people taking the law into their own hands.\n\n“For one thing, if government can begin to make concessions, then its also logical for the protesters, those that are aggrieved also to take a step back, take stock of their activities and come to a meeting point with government and its agencies.\n<div>\n<div>Advertisement</div>\n<div class=\"cableads\"></div>\n</div>\n“It is not Mr. President’s desire to see any unwanted loss of lives and he is determined to ensure that things do not cascade into unpleasant situation. Therefore, he has directed all the security agencies to operate within the confines of legitimacy, the confines of legality, not to do anything that will aggravate the situation.\n\n“The President himself, I have just left his office, is also going to deal with these issues in a specific manner apart from what has just taken place in council. I believe in the next couple of hours Mr. President will come up with certain solutions that will be agreeable to the entire federation.\n\n“Again, I have spoken with my colleagues in security, to also understand that these situations also require non-kinetic efforts which we are also working on, to appease who are aggrieved and there is no need to take this thing further. But it is extremely important for the youths to understand that, if the atmosphere is not conducive for dialogue and understanding, we can’t have any peaceful resolution.\n\n“The security agencies have been asked to apply as much restraint as possible. But then again, the youths should also understand that pushing their luck might also result in an unwanted issues. So, it is very very important for everyone to take stock of what has already happened and not give a dark impression of this country to the international community..\n\nAsked what the resolution is, the NSA said: “Mr. President is going to look at each issue on its merit before coming up with the solution as the chief security officer of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”\n\n</div>','','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-10-22 15:33:29','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2754',0,'post','',0),(2756,1,'2020-10-22 15:36:37','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','BREAKING: Buhari will take a major action in few hours, says NSA','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-10-22 15:36:37','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2756',0,'post','',0),(2757,1,'2020-10-22 15:39:55','0000-00-00 00:00:00','<div class=\"main-article-content\">\n<div class=\"shortcode-content\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"cableads\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" 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The initial demands have been considered and it appears now that the riots are taking a different and unwanted dimension. And Mr. President is very concern about this development and does not want a situation in which everything breaks down and results in anarchy, in lawlessness and people taking the law into their own hands.\n\n“For one thing, if government can begin to make concessions, then its also logical for the protesters, those that are aggrieved also to take a step back, take stock of their activities and come to a meeting point with government and its agencies.\n<div>\n<div>Advertisement</div>\n<div class=\"cableads\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4634537558011240\" data-ad-slot=\"3820811019\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\"><ins id=\"aswift_3_expand\"><ins id=\"aswift_3_anchor\"><iframe id=\"aswift_3\" src=\"https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-4634537558011240&amp;output=html&amp;h=250&amp;slotname=3820811019&amp;adk=2642623450&amp;adf=2288843892&amp;pi=t.ma~as.3820811019&amp;w=335&amp;fwrn=7&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1603379074&amp;rafmt=1&amp;psa=0&amp;guci=2.2.0.0.2.2.0.0&amp;format=335x250&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecable.ng%2Fbreaking-buhari-will-take-a-major-action-in-few-hours-says-nsa&amp;flash=0&amp;fwr=0&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;sfro=1&amp;wgl=1&amp;tt_state=W3siaXNzdWVyT3JpZ2luIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hZHNlcnZpY2UuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbSIsInN0YXRlIjowfV0.&amp;dt=1603381035441&amp;bpp=13&amp;bdt=1802&amp;idt=5479&amp;shv=r20201019&amp;cbv=r20190131&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3D39b13167ad0378dd-222424ac4fa600d4%3AT%3D1603380260%3ART%3D1603380260%3AS%3DALNI_MZYZLi_jJPYLio_s4tYR9r4hB5A2A&amp;prev_fmts=316x250%2C335x250%2C335x250&amp;correlator=137405897220&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;ga_vid=255321190.1603381040&amp;ga_sid=1603381040&amp;ga_hid=1465732035&amp;ga_fc=0&amp;iag=0&amp;icsg=0&amp;dssz=72&amp;mdo=0&amp;mso=0&amp;u_tz=60&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_java=0&amp;u_h=800&amp;u_w=360&amp;u_ah=800&amp;u_aw=360&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_nplug=0&amp;u_nmime=0&amp;adx=13&amp;ady=2428&amp;biw=360&amp;bih=656&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=176&amp;eid=42530672%2C21066705%2C21066819%2C21066973&amp;oid=3&amp;pvsid=49425250627688&amp;pem=408&amp;rx=0&amp;eae=0&amp;fc=644&amp;brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C360%2C0%2C360%2C712%2C372%2C737&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7CpoeEbr%7C&amp;abl=CS&amp;pfx=0&amp;fu=9344&amp;bc=31&amp;ifi=4&amp;uci=a!4&amp;btvi=3&amp;fsb=1&amp;xpc=Q6Ucok94ah&amp;p=https%3A//www.thecable.ng&amp;dtd=5538\" name=\"aswift_3\" width=\"335\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-google-container-id=\"a!4\" data-google-query-id=\"CO7o0O3DyOwCFcZo0wodIYgPgw\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"></iframe></ins></ins></ins></div>\n</div>\n“It is not Mr. President’s desire to see any unwanted loss of lives and he is determined to ensure that things do not cascade into unpleasant situation. Therefore, he has directed all the security agencies to operate within the confines of legitimacy, the confines of legality, not to do anything that will aggravate the situation.\n\n“The President himself, I have just left his office, is also going to deal with these issues in a specific manner apart from what has just taken place in council. I believe in the next couple of hours Mr. President will come up with certain solutions that will be agreeable to the entire federation.\n\n“Again, I have spoken with my colleagues in security, to also understand that these situations also require non-kinetic efforts which we are also working on, to appease who are aggrieved and there is no need to take this thing further. But it is extremely important for the youths to understand that, if the atmosphere is not conducive for dialogue and understanding, we can’t have any peaceful resolution.\n\n“The security agencies have been asked to apply as much restraint as possible. But then again, the youths should also understand that pushing their luck might also result in an unwanted issues. So, it is very very important for everyone to take stock of what has already happened and not give a dark impression of this country to the international community.”\n<div>\n<div>Advertisement</div>\n<div class=\"cableads\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4634537558011240\" data-ad-slot=\"3820811019\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\"><ins id=\"aswift_4_expand\"><ins id=\"aswift_4_anchor\"><iframe id=\"aswift_4\" 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00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2757',0,'post','',0),(2758,1,'2020-10-22 15:42:33','2020-10-22 15:42:33','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2761\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/FB_IMG_1603367330799-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" />\n\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari will take a major action on the #EndSARS protest across the nation in a few hours, according to Babagana Monguno, national security adviser.\n\nMonguno broke the news at the end of the fourth national security council meeting, on Thursday.\n\nAddressing state house correspondents after the meeting, which lasted three hours, Monguno said issues around the current security situation were discussed.<!--more-->\n\n“This situation, we all know is very very grave situation, giving a lot of concern to everyone most especially Mr. President,” he said.\n\n“Mr. President has directed that government should do whatever is necessary in order to bring about an agreeable resolution to this crisis.\n\n“So far, the government has been able to concede to the demands of the protesters. The initial demands have been considered and it appears now that the riots are taking a different and unwanted dimension. And Mr. President is very concern about this development and does not want a situation in which everything breaks down and results in anarchy, in lawlessness and people taking the law into their own hands.\n\n“For one thing, if government can begin to make concessions, then its also logical for the protesters, those that are aggrieved also to take a step back, take stock of their activities and come to a meeting point with government and its agencies.\n\n“It is not Mr. President’s desire to see any unwanted loss of lives and he is determined to ensure that things do not cascade into unpleasant situation. Therefore, he has directed all the security agencies to operate within the confines of legitimacy, the confines of legality, not to do anything that will aggravate the situation.\n\n“The President himself, I have just left his office, is also going to deal with these issues in a specific manner apart from what has just taken place in council. I believe in the next couple of hours Mr. President will come up with certain solutions that will be agreeable to the entire federation.\n\n“Again, I have spoken with my colleagues in security, to also understand that these situations also require non-kinetic efforts which we are also working on, to appease who are aggrieved and there is no need to take this thing further. But it is extremely important for the youths to understand that, if the atmosphere is not conducive for dialogue and understanding, we can’t have any peaceful resolution.\n\n“The security agencies have been asked to apply as much restraint as possible. But then again, the youths should also understand that pushing their luck might also result in an unwanted issues. So, it is very very important for everyone to take stock of what has already happened and not give a dark impression of this country to the international community.”\n\nAsked what the resolution is, the NSA said: “Mr. President is going to look at each issue on its merit before coming up with the solution as the chief security officer of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”','BREAKING: Buhari will take a major action in few hours, says NSA','','publish','open','open','','president-buhari-to-address-national-issues-is-hours-time','','','2020-10-22 15:42:33','2020-10-22 15:42:33','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2758',0,'post','',0),(2761,1,'2020-10-22 15:46:04','2020-10-22 15:46:04','','FB_IMG_1603367330799','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1603367330799','','','2020-10-22 15:46:04','2020-10-22 15:46:04','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/FB_IMG_1603367330799.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2763,1,'2020-10-26 18:25:44','2020-10-26 18:25:44','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2764 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG-20201026-WA0042-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" />\n\nRowland Odegbo\n\nNigeria is in deep crisis and nothing will be more gratifying than its honest admission. The protest to end SARS/police brutality has taken a turn for the worse. The death of protesters at Lekki toll gate has robbed the protest of its peace and sent violent death and vandalization of properties across the country.<!--more-->\n\nSince the Arab Spring there has been the fear of possible uprising in Nigeria even if its consciousness was not generally felt. But the state didn’t seem to care and made no effort to assuage the pains of muffled voices. Governance continued to slide off into the impotence of error. Graduates of 15/20 years ago still roam the streets without jobs and with no hope of securing any. Leaders who should be sympathetic, who became what they are today on account of state grants and scholarship, without which they might be walking the streets an ordinary people, turned a blind eye. No jobs for graduates and no incentives for those struggling through school.\n\nThough most of the elite were beneficiaries of state grants, yet they refuse to avail the youths a chance at growth. They feign ignorance of their plight and carry on without them. To make the bad situation worse, some of them entrusted with public fund spend it recklessly without as much as providing the basic infrastructural need for the people. Even those who should be of cosmopolitan bent, who have seen development in advanced countries of the world, made no effort to raise the bar.\n\nBut the youths are not dumb. They know as others do that most of their leaders did not sweat through school rather the state funded their education either as full scholarship or subsidized. They are also aware that most of them didn’t have to schlep enormous bags of curriculum vitae from one office to another in search of illusory jobs as employments were waiting for them on graduation. In frustration, and with no hope of the state extending the same facility to them they became more agitated.\n\nMany had wondered aloud as to what brought about the immediate protest. The SARS/police brutality has been an ever present pain no doubt, but it was more of the frustration in governance that contributed immensely to the nationwide protest. The anger has long welled up in the youths who are witnesses to the rot in government and its ancillary organs like the legislature, the judiciary, public service, security forces and even the traditional institutions. Years of impunity, evident in ostentatious display of dubious wealth, moving in convoy of exotic cars, flaunting of splendid homes and stories of stashing away state funds in private bank accounts were no longer bearable as were the greed of the ruling class.\n\nIt was becoming clear to the youths that most public office holders, especially politicians, are not honorable and do not regard with dismay any position or office which must be attained or held at the sacrifice of honour. And beneath the gloss of decency, many of them have a reputation of unflagging consideration for lucre, and little objection to loss of life provided that they personally cannot be seen to have had anything to do with it. Perhaps that explains the different standard the state applies in the treatment of its citizens with some being pampered while others are getting hounded. The discriminatory standard which also affects admission into schools as well as employment and elevation in offices has so affected output that Nigerian graduates no longer command respect both within and without. No wonder the state is yet to get a hang of basic technological knowhow and has to rely on foreigners to handle most of its needs.\n\nAs it stands, the end of the rot is not in sight yet as the decay appears swift in the manner it affects every sector and every section of the society. Though the youths themselves are not without blame as some of them inadvertently contributed to the rot. Perhaps for want of job or inexplicable obsession with violence, many of them have become puppets, dancing on the string managed by a few devious politicians. Quite often, mere provision of a bus with few other incentives puts this set of intemperate youths on the path of violence, thuggery, and all manner of criminal engagement. It is a fact that some of the worst public office holders past and past manipulated their way to office with the support of these indulgent youths. Snatching and stuffing of ballot boxes are done not by elders, but these youths who are ready to mortgage their future for mere pittance.\n\nEmboldened by the misguided support, some of these leaders who enjoy relatively good facilities abroad take a lot for granted, and do not care to replicate same at home. They are comfortable going on medical tourism abroad rather than fix the dilapidated facilities at home. Issue of dilapidated roads hardly provokes their attention as they fly most of the time and use four wheel drive vehicles where otherwise. Rather than find solution to the plight of the teeming mass of unemployed youths, time and resources are spent on vain obsessions.\n\nThere is so much indolence and corruption in the system that a review of the penal code has become very necessary. It is surprising that those who benefitted from state grants cannot plough back into the society. A good number, in their arrogance, believe their rise to position was as a result of brilliance, forgetting that so many of the youths they like to dismiss as miscreants are brighter. Some of the youths may have gone down in death, wrongly tagged miscreants, but let no one wave aside their demands however illogical they may seem.\n\nIt is true that not all members of the proscribed SARS were vicious. Some were, but a good number did excellent job of running armed robbers and kidnappers out of the way. It will be good to rethink Nigeria and restructure where necessary. And if this restructuring requires low pay for our public office holders, members of the legislature, including the traditional rulers, so be it. There may be no better time than now to get Nigeria working again.\n\nRowland Odegbo\n\nAborgu 11 n’Nteje\n\nWrites from Nteje','EndSARS protest- Time for introspection','','publish','open','open','','endsars-protest-time-for-introspection','','','2020-10-26 18:25:44','2020-10-26 18:25:44','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2763',0,'post','',0),(2764,1,'2020-10-26 18:25:07','2020-10-26 18:25:07','','IMG-20201026-WA0042','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201026-wa0042','','','2020-10-26 18:25:07','2020-10-26 18:25:07','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG-20201026-WA0042.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2767,1,'2020-10-30 07:34:29','2020-10-30 07:34:29','&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2768\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG-20201030-WA0009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />IEndSARS protests: Some images from the meeting of the South East leaders, held at the Government House Enugu, on Thursday.\n\nPicture one: Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State (right), Governor of Ebonyi State and Chairman, South East Governors\' Forum, Engr. David Umahi (left), their Abia State counterpart, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu (2nd left), Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Nkem Okeke (2nd right), Imo State Deputy Governor, Prof. Placid Njoku (3rd left), President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo (4th left), and others, during the meeting of South East leaders, held at the Government House, Enugu, yesterday.\n\n#amokelouis','South East GOVERNOR\'s on ENDSARS PROTESTS','','publish','open','open','','south-east-governors-on-endsars-protests','','','2020-10-30 07:34:29','2020-10-30 07:34:29','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2767',0,'post','',0),(2768,1,'2020-10-30 07:34:00','2020-10-30 07:34:00','','IMG-20201030-WA0009','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201030-wa0009','','','2020-10-30 07:34:00','2020-10-30 07:34:00','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG-20201030-WA0009.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2770,1,'2020-10-30 08:39:09','2020-10-30 08:39:09','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium 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properties including his company at Agu-Awka where they carted away over 2000 bags of rice, cement and looted his entire office complex.<!--more-->\n\nHow the hoodlums penetrated his underground warehouse where they made away with the bags of rice still remained a mystery to him.\n\nThough a privately owned business, Chief Egwuonwu’s rice mill bears Anambra Rice Mill which probably may have presented it as a government facility to warrant the attack and subsequent looting by the angry mob.\n\nAt the moment, the billionaire businessman is counting his losses even though he has commenced repair works and installation of gadgets at the office complex that were reduced to carcasses after the mayhem unleashed on the facility by irate youths.\n\nIn spite of his misfortune, Chief Egwuonwu seemed not to be deterred by the robbery carried out by EndSARS miscreants as he revealed his determination to create more jobs for youths through his fleet of businesses to dissuade them from crime and criminality.\n\nAlthough he has left the criminals to their conscience, he believes very strongly that wealth and employment creation are veritable tools to fight poverty, crime and some other social vices in the country.\n\nChief Egwuonwu whose conglomerates include oil and gas, table water, noodles, rice and a host of others, noted that during nationwide lockdown occasioned by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, he dolled out millions of naira to ensure the feeding of the vulnerable everyday for weeks, stressing that he distributed thousands of bags of rice, noodles and cash to indigenes and the vulnerable as a means to support families during the pandemic.\n\nAccording to him, it was most unfortunate that over 2000 bags of rice were looted from his warehouse in Awka together with hundreds of bags of cement being used for another warehouse beside the existing one and that his entire office building was completely vandalized.\n\nThe business mogul narrated that furniture, electronics, everything except his pictures were carted away by the desperados. Despite the tragedy that befell him, Chief Akai Egwuonwu restrained security agents from opening fire on the looters as he believes no life was worth wasting for material things and they were left to have a field day.\n\nHe however cleared the air that Anambra Rice Mill was his private business even though it has Anambra Rice out of patriotism to show the rice was made in Anambra and not owned by the Anambra State Government as many misconstrued.\n\nHe said that his company just like many others in the State enjoyed the business friendly environment created by the Willie Obiano administration and various business support platforms and patronage by the State Government just like other privately owned businesses in the State like Cosharis and Innoson.\n\nThe industrialist therefore urged the youths, especially those who attacked his facility, to channel their grievances appropriately to the Government and not on private properties and individuals who themselves were victims of the State of affairs in the nation.\n\nChief Egwuonwu condemned the mayhem unleashed on his office complex, describing the dastardly act as self destruction by youths who were supposed to protect all investments and businesses in the South-East as their contributions to the growth and development of the region and admonished government at all levels to prioritize the welfare of citizens especially the youths to avoid a resurgence of the likes of the EndSARS protest in the country','How Hoodlums Looted Over 2000 Bags Of Rice From My Company, Anambra Industrialist Laments','','publish','open','open','','how-hoodlums-looted-over-2000-bags-of-rice-from-my-company-anambra-industrialist-laments','','','2020-10-31 16:16:32','2020-10-31 16:16:32','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2780',0,'post','',0),(2784,1,'2020-11-01 08:01:21','2020-11-01 08:01:21','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2785 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/images-17-300x224.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" />\n\nBy Dele Momodu\n\nFellow Nigerians, let me start by thanking God for my unusual mindset. I’m also grateful to those who have mentored me in journalism. I single out for mention here, one perfect gentleman in particular, Mr Mike Awoyinfa, who was my Editor at Weekend Concord from March 1989 to May 1990. He remains my Boss for life. Awoyinfa introduced me to the words “scoop”, “world exclusive” “inside story”, exposé, and so on. He taught me how to search for, and get, uncommon stories. For any seasoned reporter, there is no orgasm sweeter than getting that story everyone is talking about. It does not matter if someone somewhere would not like the story, but everyone must see or feel it ultimately. That is your goal, your holy grail!\n\nI was fortunate to have met my first Boss, Mr Lewis Obi, who gave me a job instantly in 1988 at the African Concord magazine, owned by Chief Moshood Abiola. Obi had told me of his serious gift for identifying and hiring masters of prose above trained reporters. For him, anyone can become a reporter, but not everyone can be a super writer. A good writer can turn a tiny story into a masterpiece. Both of my Bosses, Obi and Awoyinfa, prepared me for my journey through the labyrinth of journalism.\n\nI’m very passionate about special interviews and I do not discriminate once I smell some great news. And anything can trigger my interest in a particular subject or character. My interest in talking to our former Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, was the news of her arrest by the British Police in London. While the Media world went gaga and published salaciously dramatic stories about her, I was interested in locating her and asking some of the burning questions on people’s minds. It didn’t matter if some people would feel offended and intolerant of this world exclusive. Awoyinfa had taught me how to damn the man-made consequences and face my job squarely; that many of the attackers and detractors would later turn around to appreciate my efforts. This has been proven to be the case and has become a well-tested truism over time.\n\nIt was this same mindset that led me to MAZI NNAMDI KANU, the influential leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). My Sister-in-Law had forwarded an audio message to me in the heat of the #EndSARS protests. The voice on the audio was clearly that of MAZI NNAMDI KANU, a man whose deification, and apotheosis, is possibly assured. Such is the adoring, and adulating manner and esteem of his people. He is obviously and passionately loved by them. In the audio, he was firing instructions at some of his supporters. I was greatly alarmed and extremely uncomfortable. The motive was not clear to me. So rather than spread the audio without having the authentic story, I decided to seek him out. Journalists are like detectives. I knew I had to identify someone close enough to know how to find him. My mind roamed at first far and wide, but almost immediately it set and fastened on the irrepressible Mr Femi Fani-Kayode. I called Fani-Kayode who promised to contact Kanu as soon as possible. He soon returned with a text message to my WhatsApp after he gave my contact to someone very close to MAZI NNAMDI KANU. The gentleman established immediate line of communication with me. By the following morning, I received tentative approval to proceed but to allow a space of about two weeks. I responded that I needed the interview right away in view of the violence visited on some parts of Lagos. I felt it was a fortuitous time to deal with Mazi Kanu’s gospel of emancipation for the Igbos and the violent protests and carnage that had rocked our beloved country, although Kanu will probably not agree with me. My request was swiftly granted, and we fixed Thursday, October 29, 2020 as D-Day.\n\nMy office designed the promotional posters, and we started the publicity in earnest. Then I started getting all kinds of pressure from those who wished to discourage me from interviewing Kanu. I was not surprised because Kanu is simply a very controversial personality loved and hated by throngs alike. He was described sometimes in unprintable and unspeakable ways. I was told he is this and he is that. However, the more they opposed it, the more I knew I must have the Instagram live session. I can be professionally obstinate like that. It must be the very radical past of my youth that comes to the fore at such times. I must confess though that I was pained that even members of my nuclear family were reached and were told and persuaded to dissuade me. I remained adamant and undaunted. I’m a Taurean and we are not so easy to intimidate and bully. I’m glad I did not blink or shrink or shirk away from what I now believed was my responsibility and duty. I was totally focused on my target and mission. And eventually, it worked out as planned.\n\nOnce I had concluded that the interview was definitely on and could not be abandoned on the whims and fancies of those who do not respect free speech, freedom of expression and democracy, I set about meticulously planning the event The next thing was therefore to do a thorough research on Kanu and IPOB and prepare to ask the most pertinent, perspicacious, penetrating and most relevant questions. From my research, I knew this could be a very volatile session, so I made sure I rehearsed and choreographed everything in advance and in feverish anticipation. I also prayed. I believe in the efficacy of prayers. I needed to pray because of the contending forces at stake. And God took control.\n\nI had the questions painstakingly prepared and revised several times. The program was elaborately planned.\n\nDele Momodu Instagram Live Interview Briefing – Special Guest\n\nMAZI NNAMDI KANU\n\nTime: 8:00 PM (Nigerian time)\n\nDuration: 1:00 hour – 4 hours depends on Guest\n\nFormat:\n\n1. Introduction\n\n– A bit about yourself\n\n– Educational background\n\n– Personal history\n\n– Heroes and mentors\n\n– Favourite books, movies\n\n2. Matters arising\n\n– Current affairs\n\n– Topical issues\n\nQuestions\n\n– You’re seen by many as waging a war against your country Nigeria by seeking a Biafra nation.\n\nWhat led to your decision?\n\n– Military and security experts have said it is impossible for any country to fight two civil wars without monumental repercussions. Have you considered this?\n\n– The Igbos are obviously marginalized in the political configuration of Nigeria, but they have done extremely well, globally, in business and commerce in general. Won’t their spectacular achievements be put at risk?\n\n– It has been theorised that the so-called “Fulani hegemony” has endured because of the lack of unity amongst the peoples of North Central, South East, South South and South West and that if they unite they would end the perpetual dominance of the so called Northern oligarchy.\n\nDo you agree?\n\n– Is Biafra your only option or you’re willing to work with other oppressed peoples of Nigeria to form a union, like it is in the United Arab Emirates?\n\n– An audio surfaced recently with your voice clearly and audibly directing your operatives to hit some targets in Lagos. What led to this in a State that has really embraced Igbo people of South East and South South extractions?\n\nIn retrospect, do you regret this action and are you willing to seize this moment to apologize to the Yoruba people and begin to work with them henceforth?\n\n– What’s your view on the #EndSARS campaign\n\n– You and my good friend Femi Fani-Kayode seem to enjoy a special bond. What’s the link?\n\n– Many have sent in this last question about you and President Muhammadu Buhari about your theory of a cloned man and that our current President is a Sudanese man called Jubril. Do you agree that your information might have been wrong?\n\n3. Viewer questions/audience Q &amp; A\n\n– Random\n\n– Short answers\n\nSuggestions:\n– You’ve been sent posters advertising the live session. Please, feel free to share with your audience before the session.\n\n– Please follow @delemomoduovation on Instagram. I will do same when I know yours.\n\n– Please try to sit a fair distance away from the camera so we can see you clearly. If possible, please use a phone stand.\n\n– If possible, please have a pair of earphones close by in case viewers complain about the sound bouncing back or echoing…\n\nThese were some of the teasing, riveting questions I believed I had for Kanu. I was eager to see how he would react and respond.\n\nOnce I was pleased and satisfied, I left the rest to fate. Other questions would flow and follow from the answers to these startling questions. It was my hope and expectation that Kanu would have revelation moments.\n\nAbout two hours to the live session, Kanu was ready for a test run. I was humbled by his commitment, assiduousness, absolute cooperation and apparent discipline. He agreed I could ask any question, which is always a plus and demonstrates confidence and conviction. The test run ran smoothly, and the few minutes formed part of our promotion and helped reassure viewers that he was truly going to appear. Some had begun to despair!\n\nI must confess, Kanu blew me apart with his sharp wit, witticism and super intellect. I discovered why he commands such humongous respects from his devotees who literally worship him. We had some tense moments. I was glad he apologized over the audio linked to him. We couldn’t agree on his Buhari theory of cloning and such stuff. It was within his rights to hold steadfastly and tenaciously to his beliefs and I also had a duty to let him hear contrary views and opinions.\n\nIt is good to talk. That was my conclusion. A democratic government must always promote the culture of dialogue. You can’t fix what or who you don’t understand. Kanu is a remarkably brilliant man. Hate him or love him, he knows what he wants and will do or die for it. My final questions affirmed this.\n\nI asked him one of the viewers’ questions: “are you not aware of repercussions and that your life could be endangered!” His response was astounding. “I’m already a dead man!” That was it, the mother of all interviews.\n\nSPECIAL STATEMENT\n\nCONSOLIDATION OF HANDSHAKE ACROSS THE NIGER: AN INTERACTIVE SESSION WITH IBA GANI ADAMS AND IGBO/YORUBA CHAMPIONS BEING ORGANIZED BY NZUKO UMUNNA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHIEF DELE MOMODU\n\n1. The present-day reality facing our dear country calls for concern.\n\n2. Nzuko Umunna being the Igbo organization that initiated and championed the actualization of the Handshake Across the Niger which brought the Yoruba and Igbo alliance/relationship to a more deeper spiritual relationship sees these challenges as only an opportunity to reinforce the spirit of Handshake Across the Niger.\n\n3. For the above reason the leadership of Nzuko Umunna have confirmed the acceptance of Iba Gani Adams to be engaged in an interactive session with the Intelligentsia community of the Igbo and Yoruba Nations in order to help put to permanent rest all the fears and attempt to separate the Igbo and the Yoruba.\n\n4. The outcome of this will show that there is real deep spiritual connection between the Igbo and the Yoruba\n\n5. It is exciting to announce that the Chairman of Ovation TV, Chief Dele Momodu has accepted to partner with Nzuko Umunna on this project. And this will give the needed visibility to the project which will help to de-escalate the current tension and also deepen the Yoruba/Igbo bond.\n\n6. The zoom conferencing to cover the event will be held on Saturday, 31st October 2020. And we hope to invite young Yoruba and Igbo Rising Stars.\n\nDr Paschal Mbanefo\n\nGeneral Secretary,\n\nNzuko Umunna\n\nMr Ngozi Odumuko\n\nCo-ordinator,\n\nNzuko Umunna','Pendulum: The Making of My Interview with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu','','publish','open','open','','pendulum-the-making-of-my-interview-with-mazi-nnamdi-kanu','','','2020-11-01 08:01:21','2020-11-01 08:01:21','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2784',0,'post','',0),(2785,1,'2020-11-01 08:00:29','2020-11-01 08:00:29','','images (17)','','inherit','open','closed','','images-17','','','2020-11-01 08:00:29','2020-11-01 08:00:29','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/images-17.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2788,1,'2020-11-04 22:02:18','2020-11-04 22:02:18','<!--more--><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2789 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604527164043-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" />\n\nYoung Nigerian-born Democrat, Oye, Elected As United States House Of Representative Member\n31-year-old Oye Owolewa from Nigeria has been elected as a shadow United States Representative from the District of Columbia.\nOwolewa from Kwara State, who holds a doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Pharmacy from the North-Eastern University, Boston, contested on the platform of the Democratic Party as a ‘shadow’ (non-voting) House of Representative member out of the District of Columbia (DC).<!--more-->\nHe polled 164, 026 representing 81.59 percent of the entire votes to beat his distant rival who polled 18,600 votes representing 9.25 percent.\nSharing the news on his Instagram handle, @Oye4dc, he said, “Good morning. Looks like we did it. I want to thank everyone, from family and close friends to District of Columbia residents. Because of your contributions and sacrifices, I stand before you as America’s first Nigerian-American congressman.\n“In this role I am going to fight for DC statehood and bring our values to the lawmaking process. While today is the day for celebrations, the hard work also follows. Thanks so much for everything. I wouldn’t be here without you all.”','Young Nigerian-born Democrat, Oye, Elected As United States House Of Representative Member','','publish','open','open','','young-nigerian-born-democrat-oye-elected-as-united-states-house-of-representative-member','','','2020-11-04 22:02:18','2020-11-04 22:02:18','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2788',0,'post','',0),(2789,1,'2020-11-04 22:01:50','2020-11-04 22:01:50','','FB_IMG_1604527164043','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604527164043','','','2020-11-04 22:01:50','2020-11-04 22:01:50','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604527164043.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2791,1,'2020-11-04 22:16:23','2020-11-04 22:16:23','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2792 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604528025685-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" />\n\nA North Dakota man who died from the coronavirus last month won a seat in the state legislature, according to official results.\n\nDavid Andahl, a 55-year-old cattle rancher, according to The New York Times died last month, after being hospitalized with the coronavirus, the Bismarck Tribune reported. Mr. Andahl’s mother, Pat Andahl, told the newspaper that her son, a Republican who in June defeated a longtime incumbent in the primary vote, had been looking forward to joining the state legislature.<!--more-->\n\n“He had a lot of feelings for his county and his country and wanting to make things better, and his heart was in farming,” Ms. Andahl told the Tribune. “He wanted things better for farmers and the coal industry.”\n\nMr. Andahl, who won 36 percent of the vote, and Dave Nehring, who won 41 percent of votes, were elected to represent North Dakota’s eighth state house district.\n\nBecause mail-in voting began in the state on Sept. 18, Mr. Andahl’s name could not be removed from the ballot after his death, North Dakota’s secretary of state, Alvin Jaeger, said.\n\nMr. Jaeger, who has held his position since 1993, said he did not recall any other time that a candidate in North Dakota had died while balloting was underway.\n\nWayne Stenehjem, North Dakota’s attorney general, wrote in an opinion in mid-October that state law allowed for a candidate who died after voting had started to be elected to the legislature, and that the seat would be treated the same way as if there was a vacancy following the retirement or death of lawmaker.\n\nAccording to North Dakota legal code, if there is a vacancy in the state legislature, the district committee of the political party of the deceased person should hold a meeting within 21 days of the vacancy and appoint someone to fill it.\n\nMs. Andahl, in the Tribune interview, said her son was a racecar driver in Las Vegas. His dog, a Rottweiler named Hank, “was the love of his life,” his mother told the newspaper.\n\nVanguard','Breaking: Dead man wins seat in state legislature in US election','','publish','open','open','','breaking-dead-man-wins-seat-in-state-legislature-in-us-election','','','2020-11-04 22:16:23','2020-11-04 22:16:23','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2791',0,'post','',0),(2792,1,'2020-11-04 22:15:35','2020-11-04 22:15:35','','FB_IMG_1604528025685','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604528025685','','','2020-11-04 22:15:35','2020-11-04 22:15:35','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604528025685.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2794,1,'2020-11-04 22:23:36','2020-11-04 22:23:36','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2795\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604528331716-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" />a</p>\nPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed he had won the US election, despite the final results not yet being given, and said he would go the Supreme Court to dispute the counting of votes.<!--more-->\n\n“We did win this election,” Trump said in a speech from the ceremonial East Room of the White House.\n\n“For the good of this nation, this is a very big moment. This is a major fraud on our nation. We want the law to be used in a proper manner. So, we will be going to the US Supreme Court,” Trump stated.\n\nThe Republican, who according to initial results is in a neck-and-neck race with Democrat Joe Biden, said he would go to court and “we want all voting to stop.”\n\nHe appeared to mean stopping the counting of mail-in ballots which can be legally accepted by state election boards after Tuesday’s election, provided they were sent in time.\n\nHowever, Biden said it is not his place or Trump’s place to declare the winner of Tuesday election.\n\n“It’s not my place or Donald Trump’s place to declare the winner of this election. That’s the decision of the American people. But I am optimistic about this outcome,” Biden spoke live from Wilmington, Delaware.\n\nAlready, polls have closed across the United States and a long night of waiting for results lies ahead.\n\nAs of the time of filing this report, US media claimed Trump won 23 states with 213 electoral votes while Biden won 20 states with 238 electoral votes.\n\nThe magic number of electoral votes is 270 and no winner has emerged so far as there are seven states yet to be called.\n\nA record number of ballots were cast before Election Day, totalling more than 100 million, due to fears of congregating in polling stations in person during the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nhttps://punchng.com/breaking-trump-to-challenge-election-results-at-supreme-court/','BREAKING: Trump To Challenge Election Results At Supreme Court','','publish','open','open','','breaking-trump-to-challenge-election-results-at-supreme-court','','','2020-11-04 22:23:36','2020-11-04 22:23:36','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2794',0,'post','',0),(2795,1,'2020-11-04 22:23:08','2020-11-04 22:23:08','','FB_IMG_1604528331716','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604528331716','','','2020-11-04 22:23:08','2020-11-04 22:23:08','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604528331716.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2797,1,'2020-11-05 14:42:25','2020-11-05 14:42:25','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2798 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604586928978-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" />\n• Reject regime change label on #EndSARS protesters\n• Core North doesn’t dictate to others, ACF replies\nThisday reports\nSouthern and Middle Belt leaders yesterday drew a battle line with their northern counterparts over what they called the domination of the federation by the core north, saying Monday’s meeting of the region’s governors with their monarchs and top federal government officials from the North was divisive and distractive.<!--more-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2799\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604586933314-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />I</p>\nThe leaders, under the auspices of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum (SMBF), rose from a meeting in Abuja on the state of the nation with a vow to henceforth resist what they described as the dominance by the core north of the nation’s governance.\n\nThey said no section of the country could claim superiority over other sections, adding that failure of the federating units to live as equals may result in SMBL seeking alternatives as worthy individuals.\n\nIn a communique signed by Chief Ayo Adebanjo (Afenifere), Chief John Nwodo (Ohanaeze Ndigbo), Chief Edwin Clark (Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), and Dr. Pogu Bitrus (Middle Belt Forum), the leaders described the meeting of northern governors, ministers, traditional rulers and other senior officials of the federal government as against the concept of indivisibility of Nigeria, which the meeting made heavy weather of.\n\nThey expressed concerns about the state of the nation against the backdrop of Monday’s meeting by the northern leaders in Kaduna during which they backed the federal government’s quest to censor the social media and described the #EndSARS protests, hijacked by miscreants, as an attempt at regime change outside the ballot box.\n\nThey wondered where Nigeria would be heading to if they also decide to call their own meeting with their governors and top officials in the federal government.\n\nThey faulted the regime change label against the #EndSARS protests and said the protesters were peaceful and their demands clear until the Nigerian state hired thugs to attack them.\n\nBut in a swift response, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) denied the allegation that the core north is dictating to other parts of the country, saying that every section of the country is free to express itself in a democratic setting.\n\nThe Southern and Middle Belt leaders stated in their communique: “We make it abundantly clear to our colleagues from the core North that yesterday (Tuesday) ended last night and never again shall this country be run the same old way as no section of the country can play any supremacist role again as if the rest of us are fools.\n\n“It is either, we live together as equals under the same rules of engagement, or we explore other options as dignified human beings.”\n\nThe SMBLF explained that its latest stand is not unconnected with the Monday meeting of northern governors with emirs, chiefs and northerners in senior positions in President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.\n\nThe leaders described the Kaduna meeting, coming soon after the #EndSARS protest when everyone should be putting heads together nationally to seek solutions to Nigeria’s problems, as most distractive and divisive.\n\nThey said the Kaduna meeting made Nigeria widely scattered as against the indivisibility and other non-sequiturs that were regurgitated at the end of it.\n\n“Where would this country be heading to if we also decide to call our own meeting with our governors and top officials in the federal government?” they asked.\n\nAccording to them, “We do not see any responsibility displayed by those who have been serially accused of sectionalising our national government to allow such insensibility, insensitivity and total subversion of the unity of the country that only exists on the lips of those behind the meeting.\n\n“It not also lost on us that the communiqué of the meeting was making space for National Executive Council (NEC) nominations to a sectional initiative as the utmost level of disregard to the rest of the country whom they are treating as serfs when we are supposed to be joint and equal stakeholders in the project Nigeria.”\n\nThe communiqué added: “The meeting wondered the quality of humanity of any group meeting at this period of mourning not to have a word of compassion for those that were recklessly murdered by state forces and hired thugs during the protests.\n\n“We reject the indecent approach to paste the peaceful protesters in dark colours. They made their demands clear and were orderly before the violent Nigerian state deployed armed soldiers and thugs in 911 Lorries against them.\n\n“It is wickedness to place ‘our power’ above every other national interest by playing the ‘regime change’ label on the peaceful protesters who were not armed like Boko Haram that the regime is chasing about with negotiations in the same spirit it has been cuddling and pampering killer herdsmen.”\n\nThe leaders said they did not see the thoughtfulness in the celebration of northern youths not participating in the #EndSARS protests as if they did not also loot like their deprived young people in other areas of the country, which showed they were suffering the same thing.\n\nThe stated: “We foresaw all that is happening now, which is why we have been calling for restructuring as a multi-ethnic country like Nigeria can only be run along federal lines.\n\n“We were not oblivious of the damage the military did to this country by using fiat to create LGAs with headquarters in the villages of top shots mostly from the North.\n\n“Kano State today has 44 local governments and Bayelsa has eight. When you want to recruit 10 policemen per LGA, Bayelsa will have 80 and Kano 440. That affects where the materials to be drawn into SARS and others are drawn. The inequalities multiply everywhere. And this is why we insist on restructuring of the country now before we go for any national election.”\n\nOther leaders of the SMBF who signed the communiqué for PANDEF are Air Vice Marshal Idongesit Nkanga (rtd.), Chief Broderick Bozimo, Mr. Solomon Asemota (SAN), Senator Bassey Henshaw, Prof. Gordon Darah and Chief TKO Okorotie.\n\nOther Afenifere signatories are Mr. Yinka Odumakin, Senator Kofoworola Akerele-Bucknor, Oba Oladipo Olaitan, Senator Femi Okunrounmu, Chief Supo Shonibare, Chief Demola Folarin and Dr. Akin Fapohunda.\n\nThose who signed for Ohanaeze Ndigbo are Chief Guy Ikokwu, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, Mr Chuks Muomah (SAN), Chief Mike Ahamba (SAN), Mr. Madu Bright O Allwell, Mr. Chuks Achi- Okpaga and Chief Alex Ogbonnia.\n\nThe representatives of the MBF that signed the communiqué are Air Commodore Dan Suleiman (rtd.), Dr. S D Gani, Mr. Stephen Bangoji, Hon. Jonathan Asake, Mr. Chris Aba, Mr. Mark Jacob and Mr. Festus Nyiwo.\n\nCore North Doesn’t Dictate to Other Parts, ACF Replies\n\nHowever, in a riposte to the allegations against the North, the ACF said every section of the country is free to express itself in a democratic setting.\n\nThe spokesman of ACF, Mr. Emmanuel Yawe, told THISDAY yesterday that politics is a game of numbers and that northerners always vote together.\n\nHe said: “These groups are free to say what they want. After all, Nigeria is said to be a democratic country. They are talking to a section of the North they call ‘core north.’\n\n“We in the Arewa Consultative Forum do not discriminate where a Northerner comes from.\n\n“Once you come from the defunct Northern region, you are accepted and treated as equal in the ACF.\n\n“They say the ‘core North’ cannot dictate to them anymore. That means there was a time they accepted dictation from the core north.\n\n“It will be nice if they go further and tell us what they did together at that time.\n\n“These groups are looking for whom to fight in Nigeria. We in the ACF count ourselves lucky because we are not their target.\n\n“If you look at the heads of state most of them come from the North.\n\n“But most of these heads of state did not come through democratic means, they came through undemocratic means.\n\n“So, when we are talking in a democracy, it is different from somebody who carried a gun and chase people out of power.\n\n“We have had more heads of state than the South. But they came through a democratic process. You see politics is a game of number. If the North has dominated the politics of the country, it means they have more numbers and they always vote together.”','NORTHERN GOVS, MONARCHS’ MEETING DIVISIVE, SAY SOUTHERN, M’BELT LEADERS','','publish','open','open','','northern-govs-monarchs-meeting-divisive-say-southern-mbelt-leaders','','','2020-11-05 14:42:25','2020-11-05 14:42:25','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2797',0,'post','',0),(2798,1,'2020-11-05 14:41:18','2020-11-05 14:41:18','','FB_IMG_1604586928978','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604586928978','','','2020-11-05 14:41:18','2020-11-05 14:41:18','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604586928978.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2799,1,'2020-11-05 14:41:58','2020-11-05 14:41:58','','FB_IMG_1604586933314','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604586933314','','','2020-11-05 14:41:58','2020-11-05 14:41:58','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604586933314.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2801,1,'2020-11-05 19:16:43','2020-11-05 19:16:43','<code><script data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5844581431776392\" async src=\"https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js\"></script></code>In our quest to consolidate the relationship between the state legislators and their constituencies, JDPC AWKA Catholic Diocese, through its project, COMMUNITY LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS INTERACTIVE PLATFORM – CLIP, embarked on a fact finding mission in different communities within Awka Diocece to find out how palliatives were shared during the lockdown occasioned by the covid 19 pandemic.\nThe constituencies visited as at the time of <!--more-->this report were AWKA NORTH, ORUMBA SOUTH,NJIKOKA 2, ANAOCHA 2 and AGUATA 1 while we keep making plans to continue the visit to other constituencies within the Awka Diocese.\nDuring these visits, the project team led by the Project Officer Nelson Nwaenyi , assited by Innocent Mgbolu and with blessings of the Executive Director JDPC AWKA, Rev. Fr. Levi Ukor, visited various constituencies and conducted various town hall meetings with the different communities to ascertain the performance of the state government , individuals, state legislators and traditional rulers as regards to the sharing of palliatives during the lockdown.\nWhile engaging the communities at the town hall meetings , we discovered that some citizens frowned at the method of sharing the palliatives, although expressed their satisfaction with the idea of remembering the aged and the youths specifically. They also advised that the gift items be increased in order for it to go round effectively.\nPresident generals of the various communities visited also read out long lists of wealthy individuals who supported the communities with lots of food items. They also commended various town unions and organizations in Lagos, America, Europe and other places.\nIn the midst of all these, the traditional leaders also received praises from their citizens. They applauded Igwes for the timely interventions and the manner at which palliatives were shared in an orderly manner. They were also applauded for their consistency in passing messages across town in terms of observing the covid 19 protocols.\nIndeed, the last has not been heard about the key stakeholders who played a vital role to keep their communities safe and happy by sharing palliatives. The state house of assembly members also played a major role during the lockdown. Some of them started with the distribution of medical support items before they proceeded with sharing food items in different phases.\nSome of the names mentioned at places visited as at the time of this report were, Hon. John Nwokoye of Awka north, Hon. Emma Nwafor of Orumba South, Hon. Pete Ibida of Njikoka 2, Hon. Cater Dike of Aguata 2 and Hon. Ejike Okechukwu of Anaocha 2.\nGenerally speaking, the essence of these visits and town hall meetings is to clear our curiosity on how different state assembly legislators relate with their constituents as demanded by the CLIP project funded by CATHOLIC AGENCY FOR OVERSEA DEVELOPMENT- CAFOD with support from CATHOLIC CARITAS FOUNDATION OF NIGERIA –CCFN.\nLessons learnt so far during the visits and the town hall meetings is that the government should be more organized and sincere in sharing palliatives, they should be shared to those poorest of the poor and those who are vulnerable, not party members, friends and associates.\nWe also commend the idea of involving traditional leaders in sharing palliatives. Legislators who represent their constituencies in the state house of assembly should always show love to those they represent and stand with them in difficult times.','ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE LEGISLATORS AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS DURING THE LOCKDOWN OCCASSIONED BY COVID 19 PANDEMIC- PALLIATIVES IN FOCUS.','','publish','open','open','','assessing-the-performance-of-the-legislators-and-other-community-leaders-during-the-lockdown-occassioned-by-covid-19-pandemic-palliatives-in-focus','','','2020-11-05 19:16:43','2020-11-05 19:16:43','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2801',0,'post','',0),(2805,1,'2020-11-05 20:30:07','2020-11-05 20:30:07','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2806 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604607964440-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" />\nHope Uzodinma, governor of Imo state, has expressed support for the move to regulate social media.\n\nMany Nigerians have kicked against the planned regulation of social media, describing it as a breach of their rights to expression.<!--more-->\n\nAlready, a bill on the regulation is before the national assembly and has scaled second reading at the senate.\n\nSpeaking when he received Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police, in Owerri, capital of Imo, on Thursday, Uzodinma said he is strongly in support of the move.\n\nThe governor expressed worry that social media is “being used to cause trouble in the country”.\n\n“I am strongly advocating that social media should be regulated in Nigeria,” he said.\n\n“Opposition party incited hoodlums to cause trouble in Imo, because the real protesters went off the street after my address and assurances to them.”\n\nOn his part, Adamu said social media was the greatest weapon used to escalate the #EndSARS protest across Nigeria.\n\nHe advised Nigerians not to allow the country to pass through the experience it had during the protest in future.\n\n“I can tell you that our men acted professionally during the protest, they had their guns, they were being killed, yet they respected human dignity,” Adamu said.\n\n“I came specifically to visit vandalised property and to see the level of damage done to police facilities in Imo.’’\n\nAdamu said he would also address key police officers to encourage and boost their morale which he said was low due to the protest.\n\nHe said he would strengthen community policing and partner with relevant parties in achieving the aim.\n\nAdamu added that the visit was aimed at ascertaining the level of damage done to both public and private facilities during the peaceful EndSARS protest hijacked by hoodlums to loot and cause civil unrest in the society.','I’M IN FULL SUPPORT OF SOCIAL MEDIA REGULATION — UZODINMA','','publish','open','open','','im-in-full-support-of-social-media-regulation-uzodinma','','','2020-11-05 20:30:07','2020-11-05 20:30:07','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2805',0,'post','',0),(2806,1,'2020-11-05 20:29:32','2020-11-05 20:29:32','','FB_IMG_1604607964440','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604607964440','','','2020-11-05 20:29:32','2020-11-05 20:29:32','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604607964440.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2807,1,'2017-08-22 09:29:35','2017-08-22 09:29:35','Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. <a href=\"#\">Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove</a> right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences.\n\n[penci_related_posts title=\"You Might Be Interested In\" number=\"4\" style=\"list\" align=\"none\" displayby=\"cat\" orderby=\"random\"]\n\nOne day however a small line of blind text by the name of Lorem Ipsum decided to leave for the far World of Grammar. The Big Oxmox advised her not to do so.\n<h4>When she reached the first hills of the Italic Mountains.</h4>\nA wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in the exquisite.\n<blockquote>For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.</blockquote>\nI should be incapable of drawing a single stroke at the present moment; and yet I feel that I never was a greater artist than now. When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of<a href=\"#\"> the impenetrable foliage of my trees</a>, and but a few stray gleams steal into the inner sanctuary, I throw myself down among the tall grass by the trickling stream; and, as I lie close to the earth, a thousand unknown plants are noticed by me.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_2474\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"800\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2474 size-full\" src=\"http://pennews.pencidesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/single1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /> This is an image caption enim ad minima veniam.[/caption]\n<h3>DEMO POST TITLE IN UPPER CASE</h3>\nWhen I hear the buzz of the little world among the stalks, and grow familiar with the countless lorem ipsum dolor indescribable forms of the insects and flies, then I feel the presence of the Almighty, who formed us in his own image, and the breath. One morning, when <a href=\"#\">Gregor Samsa</a> woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back.\n<h4>The List for doing things</h4>\n<ul>\n 	<li>Start International News &amp; Magazine Websites</li>\n 	<li>Installing Themes</li>\n 	<li>Purchase PenNews on Themeforest</li>\n</ul>\nIn a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or <a href=\"#\">the obligations of business</a> it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted. The wise man therefore always holds in these matters.\n\n[penci_blockquote align=\"none\" author=\"Norman Vincent\"]CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS, YOU CHANGE YOUR WORLD[/penci_blockquote]\n\n<img class=\"wp-image-2476 alignleft\" src=\"http://pennews.pencidesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/single2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"548\" />\n\nIf several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual. The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European.\n<h4>POST TITLE NEXT TO IMAGES</h4>\nIt showed a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm towards the viewer. Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. Maecenas nec odio et ante tincidunt.\n\nNullam quis ante. Etiam sit amet orci eget eros faucibus tincidunt. Duis leo.\n<div id=\"idTextPanel\" class=\"jqDnR\">\n\nThe bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked. \"What\'s happened to me?\" he thought. It wasn\'t a dream. His room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a <a href=\"#\">travelling salesman</a> - and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed. Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.\n\n</div>\n[penci_related_posts title=\"You Might Be Interested In\" number=\"4\" style=\"grid\" align=\"none\" displayby=\"recent_posts\" orderby=\"random\"]\n\nThe European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth. For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses <a href=\"#\">the same vocabulary</a>. The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words. Everyone realizes why a new common language.\n\n[penci_blockquote align=\"left\" author=\"\"]Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else.[/penci_blockquote]\n\nIt wasn\'t a dream. His room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm towards the viewer. Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. She packed her seven versalia, put her initial into the belt and made herself on the way.\n\nOne morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections.','DriveShare Lets You Rent Your Dream Car From A Car Collector','','publish','open','open','','driveshare-lets-you-rent-your-dream-car-from-a-car-collector','','','2017-08-22 09:29:35','2017-08-22 09:29:35','',0,'http://pennews.pencidesign.com/?p=2807',101,'post','',0),(2808,1,'2020-11-06 06:04:43','2020-11-06 06:04:43','<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2809 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604642554963.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" />\n\nFormer Nigeria’s President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, unravelled reasons why he supported the candidacy of Alhaji Shehu Musa Yar’Adua over Chief Olu Falae in 1992, during the pre-election preparation for the 1993 presidential election.<!--more-->\n\nChief Obasanjo, who recalled this during the launch of the autobiography of a former Oyo State governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala’s book titled: “Amazing Grace,” said both politicians were his close aides, while he was the military head of state, adding that his preference for Yar’Adua was hinged on his belief in the Nigeria project.\n\nHe said: “In 1992, Shehu Musa Yar’Adua came to me to request me to intervene on his behalf with Chief Adedibu. It was the usual thing I would do but for Shehu.”\n\n“I went to the chief, meeting him one on one for the first time and he received me warmly. And I said to him, I know both Olu Falae and Shehu Yar’Adua very well as they both worked directly under me. Olu as Permanent Secretary and Shehu as my political number 2.”\n\n“They are both very good. But if we are looking at the entire Nigeria picture, it should be Shehu before Olu; If however, it is purely Yoruba issue, it should be Olu before Shehu.\n\n“If my information is correct that you people are considering Nigeria and not just Yorubaland, then I will recommend Shehu. That led to Chief Adedibu changing his support in favour of Shehu Yar’Adua in 1992,” Obasanjo revealed.\n\nHe, then, congratulated Otunba Alao-Akala, who attained the age of seventy years recently, for his contributions in the political circle, saying: “You have had the opportunity to serve, you have served to the best of your ability.”\n\n“You have kept as best as you could recollect records of events as you wish to present them. It has become part of history and let others contend. And you are already a maker of history,” he added.\n\nIn his remark, Otunba Alao-Akala, said it fulfilled his desire to bookmark the landmark narratives of his life, how the tragic death of his father in a road accident in 1952 single-handedly threatened to swap his dream of getting to the cusp of his life aspirations.\n\n“The title of the book, “Amazing Grace is not a happenstance. It is the audacity of providence to bring me out of the dungeon of a hopeless tomorrow into a fulfilment of a life that I today, celebrate seventy years on earth.”\n\n“My very meaningful and impactful sojourn in the Nigeria Police Force is also amply documented in the book, to tell the story of how grace pushed me to the top.”\n\n“God brought me from junctures where many who had great and greater hope of tomorrow, fell. He lifted me, without an iota of hope, to my feet and brought me to this juncture,” Alao-Akala posited.\n\nHe, however, expressed appreciation to Chief Obasanjo, who chaired the event, for forfeiting many of his schedules to be present at the occasion.\n\nDignitaries from all walks of life converged on the Trenchard Hall of the University of Ibadan to celebrate the former governor.\n\nAmong the personalities present were, Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Mr Rauf Olaniyan, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi; the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, for Chief of Staff under the administration of the former governor, Dr Saka Balogun, who reviewed the book and others.\n\nVanguard News Nigeria.','Why I Preferred Yar’Adua To Falae For Presidency In 1993 ― Obasanjo','','publish','open','open','','why-i-preferred-yaradua-to-falae-for-presidency-in-1993-%e2%80%95-obasanjo','','','2020-11-06 06:04:43','2020-11-06 06:04:43','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2808',0,'post','',0),(2809,1,'2020-11-06 06:04:21','2020-11-06 06:04:21','','FB_IMG_1604642554963','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604642554963','','','2020-11-06 06:04:21','2020-11-06 06:04:21','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604642554963.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2814,1,'2020-11-06 06:12:14','2020-11-06 06:12:14','<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2815 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604642554963-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" />\n\nFormer Nigeria’s President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, unravelled reasons why he supported the candidacy of Alhaji Shehu Musa Yar’Adua over Chief Olu Falae in 1992, during the pre-election preparation for the 1993 presidential election.<!--more-->\n\nChief Obasanjo, who recalled this during the launch of the autobiography of a former Oyo State governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala’s book titled: “Amazing Grace,” said both politicians were his close aides, while he was the military head of state, adding that his preference for Yar’Adua was hinged on his belief in the Nigeria project.\n\nHe said: “In 1992, Shehu Musa Yar’Adua came to me to request me to intervene on his behalf with Chief Adedibu. It was the usual thing I would do but for Shehu.”\n\n“I went to the chief, meeting him one on one for the first time and he received me warmly. And I said to him, I know both Olu Falae and Shehu Yar’Adua very well as they both worked directly under me. Olu as Permanent Secretary and Shehu as my political number 2.”\n\n“They are both very good. But if we are looking at the entire Nigeria picture, it should be Shehu before Olu; If however, it is purely Yoruba issue, it should be Olu before Shehu.\n\n“If my information is correct that you people are considering Nigeria and not just Yorubaland, then I will recommend Shehu. That led to Chief Adedibu changing his support in favour of Shehu Yar’Adua in 1992,” Obasanjo revealed.\n\nHe, then, congratulated Otunba Alao-Akala, who attained the age of seventy years recently, for his contributions in the political circle, saying: “You have had the opportunity to serve, you have served to the best of your ability.”\n\n“You have kept as best as you could recollect records of events as you wish to present them. It has become part of history and let others contend. And you are already a maker of history,” he added.\n\nIn his remark, Otunba Alao-Akala, said it fulfilled his desire to bookmark the landmark narratives of his life, how the tragic death of his father in a road accident in 1952 single-handedly threatened to swap his dream of getting to the cusp of his life aspirations.\n\n“The title of the book, “Amazing Grace is not a happenstance. It is the audacity of providence to bring me out of the dungeon of a hopeless tomorrow into a fulfilment of a life that I today, celebrate seventy years on earth.”\n\n“My very meaningful and impactful sojourn in the Nigeria Police Force is also amply documented in the book, to tell the story of how grace pushed me to the top.”\n\n“God brought me from junctures where many who had great and greater hope of tomorrow, fell. He lifted me, without an iota of hope, to my feet and brought me to this juncture,” Alao-Akala posited.\n\nHe, however, expressed appreciation to Chief Obasanjo, who chaired the event, for forfeiting many of his schedules to be present at the occasion.\n\nDignitaries from all walks of life converged on the Trenchard Hall of the University of Ibadan to celebrate the former governor.\n\nAmong the personalities present were, Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Mr Rauf Olaniyan, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi; the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, for Chief of Staff under the administration of the former governor, Dr Saka Balogun, who reviewed the book and others.\n\nVanguard News Nigeria.','Why I Preferred Yar’Adua To Falae For Presidency In 1993 ― Obasanjo','','publish','open','open','','why-i-preferred-yaradua-to-falae-for-presidency-in-1993-%e2%80%95-obasanjo-2','','','2020-11-06 06:12:14','2020-11-06 06:12:14','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2814',0,'post','',0),(2815,1,'2020-11-06 06:11:34','2020-11-06 06:11:34','','FB_IMG_1604642554963','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604642554963-2','','','2020-11-06 06:11:34','2020-11-06 06:11:34','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604642554963-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2817,1,'2020-11-06 06:22:07','2020-11-06 06:22:07','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2818\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604643582452-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" />\n\nSays perpetrators engaged in an act of “self-destruction”\n\nKaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has said that Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, did all needed to be done to prevent the recent youth protests against police brutality from degenerating to violence.<!--more-->\n\nEl-Rufai, however, said those who thrive in violence infiltrated the protests to achieve their agenda of wreaking large-scale destruction on public assets and infrastructure in Lagos.\n\nEl-Rufai made the remarks on Thursday when he visited Sanwo-Olu at the state House, Marina to commiserate with him over the coordinated arson sparked by the #EndSARS protests.\n\nThe Kaduna State Governor, who described the gravity of the destruction as “pure evil,” said he nearly shed tears as he flicked through the images of the torched Lagos assets, saying that Lagos, which accounts for one-third of national GDP, did not deserve to suffer such pain.\n\nAccording to El-Rufai, the youths who carried out the violence intentionally engaged in an act of “self-destruction”, stressing that the repercussion of the action would be felt by them.\n\nHe said: “I have spent time to see some of the pictures of the destruction done on public properties in Lagos and I nearly shed tears. Anyone who cares about development and progress will cry after seeing what has been done to public facilities and people’s investment that provided jobs to youths.\n\n“While expressing anger on police brutality may be right, but destroying public properties, which will have to be rebuilt using money that is needed to invest in other public infrastructure, under the guise of protest is nothing but self-destruction. The Government of Lagos and the Federal Government will have to scarce resources that could have been used for other things to rebuild the vandalised facilities.\n\n“As a colleague, I can confirm that the Governor of Lagos did all that could be done to ensure that this destruction does not take place.\n\n“It is very sad to see what had happened in Lagos. I want to assure you that we will support you in getting Lagos back on track. We will do whatever support Lagos needs from us to get back better.”\n\nWhile saying that the youth protest against the police was not out of order,El-Rufai added it was wrong for the protesters to call for disbandment of the entire police force because of the action of a few bad eggs.\n\nHe sympathised with the police and those who lost loved ones in Lagos in the wake of the violence, saying the Federal Government must not allow wanton destruction of public assets to happen again.\n\nIn his address, Sanwo-Olu said although Lagos had started to look forward and engage in new partnerships towards restoring the lost assets, he vowed to make the state uncomfortable for those with the intention to destroy the state’s economy and heritage.\n\nDespite the ugly incident that trailed the protest, Sanwo-Olu said the state government remained committed to getting justice for those who were brutalised by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) team of the police.\n\nSanwo-Olu, who intimated his Kaduna counterpart of steps already taken to rebuild Lagos, said the state government was doing all it could to support those whose businesses were destroyed and create ambience for commercial activities to get back stronger.\n\nVanguard','Sanwo-Olu Tried To Prevent EndSARS Protests From Degenerating To Violence — El-Rufai','','publish','open','open','','sanwo-olu-tried-to-prevent-endsars-protests-from-degenerating-to-violence-el-rufai','','','2020-11-06 06:22:07','2020-11-06 06:22:07','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2817',0,'post','',0),(2818,1,'2020-11-06 06:21:31','2020-11-06 06:21:31','','FB_IMG_1604643582452','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604643582452','','','2020-11-06 06:21:31','2020-11-06 06:21:31','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604643582452.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2820,1,'2020-11-06 06:26:28','2020-11-06 06:26:28','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2821\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604643843179-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />\nThe increasing cost of President Muhammadu Buhari’s medical trips outside Nigeria attracted serious condemnation from the Senate on Thursday.<!--more-->\n\nThe upper chamber said the situation in which even the medical facility located in the Presidential Villa had been abandoned by the Presidency because of the preference for treatment in foreign countries is completely unacceptable.\n\nThe Senate said the foreign trips for medical treatment must be stopped to ensure that proper attention was accorded to the State House Clinic.\n\nThe position of the Senate was made known at a budget defence session between the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs with the State House Permanent Secretary, Tijani Umar.\n\nUmar had presented a budget of N19.7 billion for 2021, out of which N1.3bn was proposed for the State House Clinic.\n\nReacting to the proposal, the Chairman of the Senate panel, Senator Danjuma La’ah, said the committee would approve the budget for the State House Clinic but insisted that the president and other top officials of his government should no longer be flown abroad for medical treatment.\n\nThe committee made it clear that “the president cannot be travelling or be taken out of the country anytime he falls sick.\n\n“He must be attended to in our hospitals here in Nigeria. We must ensure our hospital are fully equipped to world-class standards so that no matter the issue of emergency, our hospitals should be endowed with that capacity to attend to them before flying out of the need arises.”\n\nThe poor state of the State House clinic had in the past been condemned by even the first lady, Aisha Buhari Who alleged that the facility lacked even paracetamol and syringe.\n\nAgain, despite the N13.59bn budgetary provision for the State House Clinic in five years under Buhari, the facility was ‘unfit’ to treat his late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari.\n\nThe State House Clinic is meant to treat the president, the vice president, their families and other staff of the presidency.\n\nSpeaking with journalists after the session, Umar said the presidency is committed to reviving the State House Clinic.\n\n“What we have on the ground now is something we can use to stabilise the State House clinic and this is what we have achieved, stability in the supply of consumables, stability in the supply of electricity,” Umar said.\n\n“Stability in motivating our doctors and all our medical professionals, stability in infrastructure renovation, upgrade and maintenance of the facility and our equipment.\n\n“What we can do with the resources right now is to maintain and to try to hold on to what we have until the new budget comes on stream and this is why we appealed to the committee to intervene and assist us with the construction of the Presidential wing of the State House clinic which is of national strategic importance to all of us.”\n\nA total amount of N3.5 billion was approved in the 2020 budget to take care of medical trips as well as travels and food. This is more than double what they spent in 2019. The amount spent in 2019 was N1.4billion.\n-Guardian','SENATE FROWNS AT RISING COST OF BUHARI’S FOREIGN MEDICAL TRIPS','','publish','open','open','','senate-frowns-at-rising-cost-of-buharis-foreign-medical-trips','','','2020-11-06 06:26:28','2020-11-06 06:26:28','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2820',0,'post','',0),(2821,1,'2020-11-06 06:26:04','2020-11-06 06:26:04','','FB_IMG_1604643843179','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604643843179','','','2020-11-06 06:26:04','2020-11-06 06:26:04','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604643843179.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2823,1,'2020-11-06 16:44:59','2020-11-06 16:44:59','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2824\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604680668727-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />\n\nPresident Buhari receives Report on the Level of Destruction suffered by Lagos State in the Aftermath of the recent #ENDSARS Protest from Governor Babajide Sanwoolu in State House on 6th Nov 2020<!--more-->\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2825\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604680673600-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />\n\nSee More Pictures of the event <!--more-->\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2826\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604680663094-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />I\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2827\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604680679123-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />\n\n<!--more-->','President Buhari Receives Update on Lagos #ENDSARS Destruction','','publish','open','open','','president-buhari-receives-update-on-lagos-endsars-destruction','','','2020-11-06 16:44:59','2020-11-06 16:44:59','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2823',0,'post','',0),(2824,1,'2020-11-06 16:40:12','2020-11-06 16:40:12','','FB_IMG_1604680668727','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604680668727','','','2020-11-06 16:40:12','2020-11-06 16:40:12','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604680668727.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2825,1,'2020-11-06 16:42:16','2020-11-06 16:42:16','','FB_IMG_1604680673600','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604680673600','','','2020-11-06 16:42:16','2020-11-06 16:42:16','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604680673600.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2826,1,'2020-11-06 16:43:25','2020-11-06 16:43:25','','FB_IMG_1604680663094','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604680663094','','','2020-11-06 16:43:25','2020-11-06 16:43:25','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604680663094.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2827,1,'2020-11-06 16:44:06','2020-11-06 16:44:06','','FB_IMG_1604680679123','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604680679123','','','2020-11-06 16:44:06','2020-11-06 16:44:06','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604680679123.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2829,1,'2020-11-06 18:27:20','2020-11-06 18:27:20','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2830 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604687103340-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />\nFemi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Muhammadu Buhari says he looks forward to his exit as presidential spokesman.\n\nAdesina, in a piece on Friday titled, ‘We have different paths to tread in life,’ said “even life does not last forever”.<!--more-->\nHe, however, said only God knows his terminal time and “it’s in the womb of time. But the longest is 2023…We have our entrances and exits. I look forward to mine.”\n\nAdesina, who expressed concerns over certain comments by his detractors, stressed that nobody could determine his destiny after 2023.\n\nIn the piece published on his website, www.femiadesina.com, he listed those who served as image-makers to the nation’s heads of state since 1976, noting that they all succeeded after office and his is not going to be an exception.\n\nHe also wrote about his professional odyssey from a reporter to the status of a newspaper editor-in-chief before his appointment by the President in 2015.\n\nThe former President of Nigerian Guild of Editors stated, “On the very first day in my current office, I already handed over the last day to God. The last day would always come. Even life does not last forever.\n\n“Why have I decided to write this piece? The ill will, malediction I hear from some tiny, envious quarters. He is now anti-people, because he’s S.A to the President. He will go down. He will come back to meet us, unheralded, unsung. He will be uncelebrated. Really? I dey laff. Who are they talking about. Me? No. It can’t be me, because my destiny was long hidden in Christ and in God.\n\n“Those who served before me have all succeeded in their different ways, no matter what people choose to believe, or say of them. They served their principals faithfully. I will do same to mine. Nobody will determine what happens next. Only God will do. We have different paths to tread in life. And it is determined by the higher powers.”','NOBODY CAN DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENS TO ME AFTER 2023 —ADESINA','','publish','open','open','','nobody-can-determine-what-happens-to-me-after-2023-adesina','','','2020-11-06 18:27:20','2020-11-06 18:27:20','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2829',0,'post','',0),(2830,1,'2020-11-06 18:26:55','2020-11-06 18:26:55','','FB_IMG_1604687103340','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604687103340','','','2020-11-06 18:26:55','2020-11-06 18:26:55','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604687103340.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2833,1,'2020-11-07 07:42:50','2020-11-07 07:42:50','<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2834 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604734720263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" />\nThe federal high court sitting in Abuja has granted the Central Bank of Nigeria’s request to freeze the accounts of 19 individuals and a public affairs company linked to the #EndSARS protests, TheCable report.<!--more-->\n\nA document seen by TheCable showed that the CBN filed the request on October 20, 2020, and the court granted the request on November 5.\n\nMore to follow…','CBN GETS COURT ORDER TO FREEZE ACCOUNTS OF #ENDSARS PROMOTERS','','publish','open','open','','cbn-gets-court-order-to-freeze-accounts-of-endsars-promoters','','','2020-11-07 07:42:50','2020-11-07 07:42:50','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2833',0,'post','',0),(2834,1,'2020-11-07 07:42:25','2020-11-07 07:42:25','','FB_IMG_1604734720263','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604734720263','','','2020-11-07 07:42:25','2020-11-07 07:42:25','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604734720263.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2836,1,'2020-11-07 14:55:00','2020-11-07 14:55:00','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2837 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604760701479-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" />\n\nU.S. President Donald Trump has warned former Vice President Joe Biden not to “wrongfully claim” victory as counting of votes in Tuesday’s election continue.\n\n“Joe Biden should not wrongfully claim the office of the President. I could make that claim also.<!--more-->\n\n“Legal proceedings are just now beginning!,” Trump said in a tweet on Friday evening.\n\nThe president said he had “such a big lead in all of these states late into election night, only to see the leads miraculously disappear as the days went by”.\n\nBiden has overtaken the president in the swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania where Trump was initially ahead.\n\n“Perhaps these leads will return as our legal proceedings move forward!” he added.\n\nAs of the time of filling this report, Biden was ahead with 264 electoral college votes against Trump’s 214, according to the Associated Press tally.\n\nVote counting was still ongoing in five battleground states as of 8.30 p.m. (2.30 a.m. Nigerian time).\n\nFor Biden and Democrats, victory is not a matter of if but when, with the former vice president saying on Thursday he had no doubt he would be the next president.\n\nTrump’s campaign organisation dismissed the projection, saying it was based on results in four states where the president was still in the race.\n\nMatt Morgan, counsel to the campaign, said Biden’s “false projection” as the winner was based on results in four states where the president is still in the race.\n\n“Georgia is headed for a recount, where we are confident we will find ballots improperly harvested, and where President Trump will ultimately prevail,” Morgan said.\n\nVanguard News','Don’t Wrongfully Claim Victory, Trump Warns Biden','','publish','open','open','','dont-wrongfully-claim-victory-trump-warns-biden','','','2020-11-07 14:55:00','2020-11-07 14:55:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2836',0,'post','',0),(2837,1,'2020-11-07 14:54:03','2020-11-07 14:54:03','','FB_IMG_1604760701479','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604760701479','','','2020-11-07 14:54:03','2020-11-07 14:54:03','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604760701479.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2839,1,'2020-11-07 21:11:13','2020-11-07 21:11:13','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2840\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604783080225-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" />I\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former Vice President Joe Biden on his election as President of the United States “at a time of uncertainty and fear in world affairs.”<!--more--></p>\nThe Nigerian leader said “your election is a significant reminder that democracy is the best form of government because it offers the people the opportunity to change their government by peaceful means.”\n\nAccording to President Buhari, “the most powerful group are not the politicians, but voters who can decide the fate of the politicians at the polling booth.”\n\nHe noted that “the main fascination of democracy is the freedom of choice and the supremacy of the will of the people.”\n\nThe President added that “respect for the will of the people is the very reason why democracy remains the best form of government, despite its limitations from one polity to another, and from one society to another.”\n\n“I am thrilled by the fact that you are an experienced politician who had served as Congressman for 40 years and a Vice President for eight years. This is a remarkable track record that gives us hope that you will add value to the presidency and world affairs.”\n\nPresident Buhari also noted that, “with your election, we look forward to greater cooperation between Nigeria and the United States, especially at economic, diplomatic and political levels, including the war against terrorism.”\n\nOn international affairs, President Buhari urged Mr. Biden to “deploy your vast experience in tackling the negative consequences of nationalist politics on world affairs which have created divisions, conflicts and uncertainties.”\n\nThe Nigerian leader also called on Mr. Biden “to introduce greater engagement with Africa on the basis of reciprocal respects and shared interests.”','BREAKING: BUHARI SENDS MESSAGE TO US PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN','','publish','open','open','','breaking-buhari-sends-message-to-us-president-elect-joe-biden','','','2020-11-07 21:11:13','2020-11-07 21:11:13','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2839',0,'post','',0),(2840,1,'2020-11-07 21:10:29','2020-11-07 21:10:29','','FB_IMG_1604783080225','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604783080225','','','2020-11-07 21:10:29','2020-11-07 21:10:29','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604783080225.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2842,1,'2020-11-07 22:25:17','2020-11-07 22:25:17','<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-2843 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604787771797-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" />\n\nBarrister Emeka Emekesiri, the presumed founder of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, while speaking on its original philosophy stated that the seed of discord sowed by the enemy amongst the Biafrans is the reason why Biafra is limited to Igbo tribe alone.<!--more-->\n\nHe said: “because when the war was fought, the enemy sowed a seed of discord among Biafrans that some Biafrans decided to deny their identity, especially the Biafrans of the South-south and other areas that decided so.\n\n“It was a mechanism for self-preservation. In other words, when the enemy catches on you, you will say I am not a Biafran to save your life. Such is usual in a war situation; people out of fear decide to deny their identity.\n\n“It’s there in the Bible when Peter denied Jesus Christ to stay alive but he repented. So I am now expecting those who denied Biafra to stay alive to now come back and accept we are Biafrans.”\n\nHe further stated that “we lost our sovereignty but our identity is not lost which is what I have argued in court face to face with Nigeria lawyers. What we lost was our ability to govern ourselves but we are still the remnants of the Biafra that were not consumed.”\n\nVanguard','Why Biafra Is Limited To Igbo Tribe Alone — Original Founder Of IPOB','','publish','open','open','','why-biafra-is-limited-to-igbo-tribe-alone-original-founder-of-ipob','','','2020-11-07 22:25:17','2020-11-07 22:25:17','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2842',0,'post','',0),(2843,1,'2020-11-07 22:24:50','2020-11-07 22:24:50','','FB_IMG_1604787771797','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604787771797','','','2020-11-07 22:24:50','2020-11-07 22:24:50','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604787771797.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2845,1,'2020-11-07 22:33:21','2020-11-07 22:33:21','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2846\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604788144148-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" />\n\nReactions have trailed the reported election of Democrat challenger Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, as the next US president-elect and vice-president-elect, respectively.<!--more-->\n\nMajor international and US-based TV networks projected on Saturday that Biden won the US presidency over Donald Trump, a victory sealed after the Democrat claimed several key battleground states won by the Republican incumbent in 2016.\n\nBoth Biden and Trump have huge supporters’ camps in Nigeria. The incumbent, who acknowledged some of his Nigerian supporters last week, described their solidarity as an honour.\n\nThe supporters of both candidates have since taken to the social media to express their views on the reported victory of the democrats in the election.\n\nFormer Nigerian Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, who had demonstrated staunch support for Trump through his various tweets, said it was not over yet until the Supreme Court decided.\n\nFani-Kayode wrote, “As expected the International News Networks have declared Joe Biden the winner of the election. Let us see what the Supreme Court will say. If the election is not overturned I wish Joe well. If it is overturned I wish Donald Trump well. Let us see where it ends!”\n\nBroadcaster, Funmi Iyanda, also tweeted, “I do feel emotional about the end of Trump presidency. America casts a large shadow over the rest of the world.\n\n“When that shadow is overwhelmingly laced with hatred, ignorance and repression as it was in the past 4 years, it emboldens copycats despots and idiots everywhere.”\n\nMeanwhile, the reported victory of Biden has sparked unprecedented excitement within his fans’ camp in Nigeria.\n\nPopular broadcaster, Dele Momodu, wrote, “All dictators have their terminal dates. Today is a good day for Democracy. Congratulations President-elect Joseph R. Biden and Vice Presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris.\n\nAlso, former Nigerian Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, tweeted, “I congratulate Joe Biden on his well-deserved victory at the November 3, 2020, US elections, and look forward to the age-long collaboration of our two nations in the course of the advancement of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all peoples.”\n\nMeanwhile, Trump has alleged that the election was marred with fraud and said he would be heading to court on Monday to challenge the poll.\n\nCopyright PUNCH','US Election: Supreme Court Has Final Say, Fani-Kayode','','publish','open','open','','us-election-supreme-court-has-final-say-fani-kayode','','','2020-11-07 22:33:21','2020-11-07 22:33:21','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2845',0,'post','',0),(2846,1,'2020-11-07 22:32:09','2020-11-07 22:32:09','','FB_IMG_1604788144148','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604788144148','','','2020-11-07 22:32:09','2020-11-07 22:32:09','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604788144148.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2849,1,'2020-11-07 22:48:31','2020-11-07 22:48:31','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2850 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604789122161-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" />\n\nSouth-east leaders on Saturday at a meeting in Enugu pledged their commitment to an indivisible and united Nigeria “built on love, fairness, equity and justice.”<!--more-->\n\nThey announced the resolution through a communique issued at the end of the meeting with a presidential delegation to the region.\n\nThey also urged President Muhammad Buhari to look into the demands of the region.\n\nThe communiqué was read at the end of the meeting by Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State who is the chairman of the Southeast Governors Forum.\n\n“Southeast people believe in one Nigeria and this is the reason we are in every part of this country erecting infrastructures, living peacefully with our host communities and doing our businesses,” the communique stated.\n\nThe presidential delegation was led by the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari.\n\nMembers of the delegation include the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, all ministers from the South-east and the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.\n\nThe South-east leaders requested a joint operation into “our forest to flush out criminals and killer herdsmen with AK-47 while pledging our commitment to continuous coexistence with the herdsmen who have been living peacefully with us for years.”\n\nThey thanked the president for the “speed and the restraint with which he handled the demand of peaceful EndSars protesters, especially his commitment to drive police reform and mainstream youth empowerment.”\n\nThey also hailed the president for his courage to deal with hoodlums, criminals and those who hijacked the peaceful protest to kill and maim innocent citizens and security agents and to loot public and private property.\n\n“Southeast governors have set up panels of enquiry to deal with all infractions of human rights of our people and security agencies, compensation funds for all civil servants and security men who lost their lives during the protests.\n\n“We pledge to continue to protect all the various groups living in the Southeast. We enjoin them to go about their businesses peacefully.\n\n“We thank Mr President, governors and traditional rulers in other parts of Nigeria for their commitment to protect our people, especially during and after the protests. We must continue to live in peace,” they said.\n\nGovernors of Enugu, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, and Imo, Hope Uzodinma, as well as the deputy governors of Abia and Anambra states attended the meeting.\n\nOthers are traditional rulers, religious leaders, National Assembly members from the region, and Ohanézè Ndígbo led by its president, Nnia Nwodo, and representatives of youth groups in the region.\n\nThe South-east is home to separatist groups such as the Indigeneous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB).\n\nBut the political leaders and mainstream groups in the region have always said they prefer to live in a Nigeria that respects the Igbo people and accommodate their interests.\n\nhttps://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/425079-south-east-leaders-affirm-commitment-to-a-united-nigeria.html','South-east Leaders Affirm Commitment To A United Nigeria','','publish','open','open','','south-east-leaders-affirm-commitment-to-a-united-nigeria','','','2020-11-07 22:48:31','2020-11-07 22:48:31','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2849',0,'post','',0),(2850,1,'2020-11-07 22:48:02','2020-11-07 22:48:02','','FB_IMG_1604789122161','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604789122161','','','2020-11-07 22:48:02','2020-11-07 22:48:02','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604789122161.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2852,1,'2020-11-07 22:54:27','2020-11-07 22:54:27','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2837 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604760701479-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" />\n<!--more-->United States President, Donald Trump, has rejected the victory of the President-elect, Joe Biden.\n\nTrump said this in a statement shortly after the media projected the victory of the former Vice-President.<!--more-->\n\nThe Republican candidate said the election was deeply flawed and he would be heading to court on Monday to challenge the poll.\n\nHe said, “We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him: they don’t want the truth to be exposed. The simple truth is that the election is far from over.”\n\nTrump said Biden had not been certified as the winner of any states.\n\nThe President said his observers were not allowed to witness the counting of ballots in Pennsylvania which handed Biden his final victory.\n\nCopyright PUNCH','Trump Rejects Biden’s Victory, Says Media Can’t Decide Next President','','publish','open','open','','trump-rejects-bidens-victory-says-media-cant-decide-next-president','','','2020-11-07 22:54:27','2020-11-07 22:54:27','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2852',0,'post','',0),(2854,1,'2020-11-08 18:24:54','2020-11-08 18:24:54','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2855 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201108-WA0028-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" />\n\n*the clean billboard enumerating Buhari\'s achievements in the sate/zone\n\n*the vandalized and torn billboard\n\n-OBIANO DARES BUHARI, ARTHUR EZE AGAIN\n* pulls down PMB\'s achievements\' list billboards all over Anambra\n\nFrom Chuks Collins, Awka\nNov 8,2020\n\nStill deeply enmeshed in the multifaceted crisis arising from his bitter anger and summary suspension of nearly ten percent of all the traditional rulers in the state for visiting and identifying with Prince Engr Arthur Eze, who publicly swore to pull all tabs at his disposal to get Gov Willie Obiano on a right track and also account for monies embezzled/mismanaged under his administration, particularly Council funds, the governor has apparently added new dimension to the rofo-rofo fight<!--more-->\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2856 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201108-WA0030-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" />\n\nBarely 24 hours after some very strategically located billboards which captured the numerous achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari in Anambra State was mounted, they were all pulled down. The message on the billboard had thanked the president for all the efforts in carrying the state along in his administration\'s scheme of things. Though more were expected.\n\nIt was initially thought to be the handwork of some intolerant politically motivated thugs. But on investigation, the sponsors of the billboard -the Anambra G21 Vanguard, a duly registered non-governmental organization (NGO) that stands for good governance, sadly discovered it was the Anambra state government that angrily tore, dismantled and pulled it down in a matter of few hours after they were hoisted at the popular UNIZIK junction of Awka, at the foot of the pedestrian bridge among other locations in parts of the state, including Onitsha, Nnewi, Nkpor, Ekwulobia and Agulu.\n\nIrked by the ugly unexpected development, the promoters and sponsors of the multi-million Naira billboards -the Anambra G21 Vanguard further discovered that the administration of Gov Obiano had expressed bitterness over the message on the billboard. The administration had in a sharp reaction described it as \"offensive and political\".\n\nBesides enumerating most of the key achievements of President Buhari in the state, the billboard\'s messages also included the pictures of President Buhari on one side, and that of Prince (Engr) Arthur Eze, popularly called Ozoigbo Ndu(the liberator of his people) on the opposite side. This was tagged offensive by the state government hence instantly pulled down all over the state!\n\nBut when confronted by stakeholders of Anambra G21 Vanguard, the chief executive of the Anambra State Signage and Advertising Agency(ANSAA), Chief Jude Emecheta confirmed the feelings of the state government over the billboard.\n\nHe however threw another dimension into the crisis when he alleged that Esmic Advert agency, the owners of the billboard stand were behind in its statutory operational fees to the state government.\n\nCuriously, other billboards pulled down alongside President Buhari\'s achievements billboards owned even by the same advert agency have all been restored except PMB\'s billboards.\n\nThe ANSAA chief executive was reminded that the Buhari/Arthur Eze \"thank you\" billboard was sponsored by a duly registered NGO (Cert ref CAC/IT/151206) who has no political bias or inclination other than the promotion of good works and promotion of public good. That the group had put up similar billboards and similar acts of encouraging good governance/works, responsive interventions and projects that promote quality of life of citizens in different parts of Nigeria and beyond, irrespective of whether it was by government or any of its arm, local or international groups, an individual, community or even a corporate institution, etc.\n\nEmecheta was also told that Anambra G21 Vanguard is a dedicated and determined NGO made up of broad spectrum citizens especially professionals drawn from all walks of life from across the nation to promote good governance, public good/welfare/security, etc. That it was in pursuit of those cardinal points that it rose up to the occasion to appreciate President Buhari\'s administration for taking up strategic life-enhancing programmes/projects that previous administrations had only played politics with.\n\nG21 Vanguard therefor frowned at the very despicable manner in which highly placed individuals and even states\' officials do downplay the achievements of Buhari, and also mudsling, physically/verbally/emotionally attack anyone who chose to be different. Just like the Anambra G21 Vanguard members who have been verbally and emotionally assaulted and threatened in multiple ways by agents of the Anambra state government for having the temerity to publicize the numerous achievements of President Buhari in the state for the people to appreciate.\n\nFor the avoidance of doubt, these life transforming projects being talked about included:\n- Onitsha Seaport:\nThis is a project that has remained very close to the hearts and minds of virtually all South Easterners, South South citizens and indeed all Nigerians for decades. While past Federal and State governments had played rhetorical politics and paid mere lip service to its realization, it\'s only the Buhari administration that has actually initiated realistic efforts toward the project. It was such that containers arrived the Onitsha port for the first time in 42 years early this year, after it was commissioned by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Chief George Moghalu.\n\nIt is of note that when full operations commence, businessmen as well as importers/exporters in Onitsha, Nnewi, Aba, Enugu, Abakaliki and other parts of the South East will no longer have need to go to Lagos to bring down or export their goods.\n\nThe port will open avenue for multiple direct and indirect employment to thousands of citizens in the area. It will also reduce drastically the long distance, man-hour spent on traffic, human/vehicular risks, high insurance and risk of loss of goods on transit, etc.\n\nThis milestone will have direct impact on the general economy of the region.\n\n- 2nd Niger bridge:\nThis hitherto phantom bridge which had remained a mere campaign material since 1978/79 when it was first conceived has now become a reality, thanks to President Buhari administration.\n\nThe bridge was so politically strategic that some presidential aspirants/candidates had since 1978 visited, prayed at proposed location of the bridge and thereafter swore to ensure it was completed in their first year in office when elected. So it was, till Buhari now took the bull by the horn. The work is now more than fifty percent completed.\n\nThings got so nearly hopeless for the project that the late former Minister of Works, Chief Tony Anenih told the world after the administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo got all the undeserved votes of the South South and South Easterners that \'the Second Niger Bridge is not a priority project of the administration\'. And so it turned out to be till the People\'s Democratic Party\'s (PDP) time ran out in 2015!\n\n-Zik\'s Mausoleum/Library:\nDuring the run-up to the 1998/1999 general elections, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo as the presidential candidate of the PDP visited and in fact knelt before the world and prayed at the bushy spot where the magnificent mausoleum stands today. He had promised to complete and commission it within his first year in office. He never did and he never visited or mentioned the project ever again till date. Buhari came, nearly two decades after, took it up, completed and commissioned it.\n\nThe APC government of PMB, had listed the Second Niger Bridge, Zik\'s mausoleum, Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Enugu-Portharcourt Dual Carriageway, Onitsha seaport/dredging of the River Niger amongst other key projects as those to be completed.\n\nToday, most of them are completed and commissioned while others are actively ongoing.\n\n- Onitsha-Enugu Dual Carriage Federal Highway:\nAs already mentioned, the Buhari administration has since taken up all the abandoned Federal projects in Anambra state, including the reconstruction of the Onitsha-Enugu Expressway.\n\nThe Anambra section of the project which was approved by the Federal Executive Council and contract awarded in 2007 for Eleven billion Naira had remained abandoned by both the federal and the Anambra State governments till date.\n\nIt\'s apparent that the Buhari administration would have since completed and commissioned the road but for the rabble rousing involvement of the All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA)-led Anambra state government under Mr Peter Obi. Obi who left office in 2013 after eight years in the saddle had towards the end of his tenure written to ask the federal government in June 2012 to hands off the project that the state government was going to do it.\n\nObi didn\'t do it. And the project has been caught in the web of the brickbat fight between him and his successor -Willie Obiano who has clearly demonstrated no interest in the project. This is despite its high strategic value to the lives and socio-economic needs of the people of the area who use the road daily.\n\nFor those who may wish to argue on this, it was the then Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, who announced the state government\'s request and the consequent approval during a visit to Governor Obi in Awka in July 2012. The minister had said that President Goodluck Jonathan’s approval was due to the governor’s consistent pleading and several presentations to the Federal Government on the need for speedy completion of the project.\n\nAccording to Onolememen, the Onitsha Bridgehead to Zik’s Roundabout axis of the dual carriageway was awarded to the Nigercat Construction Company, while Zik’s roundabout to Amansea in Awka was awarded to the Consolidated Construction Company – CCC, and explained that the partitioning of the road to the two contractors was to ensure early completion of the project and save the people of the South-East from untold hardship. Hear him, “The president has approved that Anambra State government should finance the job which the new contractor -Nigercat- will do, while the federal Ministry of Works will reimburse the state at the end of the project\".\n\n- upgrading of the Akanu Ibiam(Enugu) International Airport:\nNot even the celebrated upgrading of this very busy airport to international status and the subsequent appointment of a daughter and son of the state respectively in quick succession -Princess Stella Oduah and Chief Osita Chidoka as Ministers of Aviation could see the realistic upgrade of facilities at this very old airport with modern facilities including landing aids and extended runway to take bigger aircrafts.\n\nIt\'s the Buhari administration that has done it!\n\n- Onitsha-Owerri Federal Highway:\nJust like other abandoned federal projects that had littered the South East geopolitical zone after the long years of PDP locust ravaging of the nation\'s economy, this prolonged road project was both denied funds and attention. It was such that the then Minister of Works, Senator Kingsley Adeseye Ogunlewe, (July 2003 to March 2006), an Igbogbo prince from Lagos state after inspecting the poor quality and pace of the project told the world that \"heads will roll\". Nothing happened until Buhari came and completed the project. It could be recollected that even the award of contract for this important road project to a relatively unknown company stated to be rated 13th in the world of construction by the Obasanjo administration had sparked off bitter outrage, argument and quarrel nationwide. The unknown group was given the strategic job simply because it requested for half of what tested companies like Julius Berger had asked for. Of course the job flopped. It was Buhari that completed it.\n\n-Enugu-Portharcourt Dual carriageway:\nThis project will go down in history as a masterpiece when fully completed. But so far, the Okigwe roundabout to the Umuahia Tower which has been completed in record time is a beauty to behold and indeed a pleasure to ride on. Buhari has indeed done well.\n\n-Court of Appeal:\nEarly this year (Feb 2020) a new Court of Appeal Division, the eighteenth in the series was inaugurated in Awka, by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa.\n\nShe had noted that the Federal Government acknowledged the enormous need to bring justice closer to the people, hence the continued creation of more divisions of the appellate Court to ensure faster justice delivery. This was coming after 29 years of the state’s creation to provide easy and timely access to justice for people of the state.\n\n-Youth Empowerment program, GEEP, Npower, SIP, CCT schemes etc:\nThese are various categories of empowerment tools designed and introduced by the Buhari administration to engage citizens irrespective of class, gender, age or qualification. Many Anambra sons and daughters have been accessing and benefitting.\n\n-Boosting key sectors of the economy, ie agriculture, health and education:\nThe incumbent federal government has made it a deliberate policy to introduce and activate programmes that would enhance efforts and interest of all citizens in the areas of agriculture, healthcare, education and others. The policy, more than at any other time has instigated growth even in our rural communities.\n\n-Modular Refinery in Imo state:\nTo increase and improve the nation\'s oil refining capacity, encourage reintegration of the nation\'s resources and eventually put an end to the export of the country’s resources, a 50,000 barrels per day Waltersmith modular refinery located in Imo State is set for commissioning any moment now.\n\nThe Minister of Information and Culture, Alh Lai Mohammed who led a team of government officials on an inspection tour of the refinery site told journalists that with the coming on board of medium-scale refineries like Waltersmith, Nigerians will soon experience cheaper petroleum products.\n“With this kind of refinery, all issues of subsidy become completely irrelevant because we would be able to get fuel at a cheaper price, especially because everything that is being produced will be for local consumption,” he said. The refinery was starting with 5,000 bpd, and an additional 25,000 bpd in the second stage and then another 20,000 bpd to bring the capacity to 50,000 bpd in the third and final phase.\n\n- SouthEast men and women appointed at various levels in the government:\nMany indigenes of Anambra state in particular, and the South East geopolitical zone in general have been given top flight appointments by the incumbent federal government led by President Muhammadu Buhari. And more are still being considered virtually daily.\n\nAfter listening to these details, Chief Emecheta then assured that ANSAA could only allow the billboard replaced when Esmic agency clear its indebtedness. That it was the reason his office pulled down all other billboards owned by Esmic in parts of the state. According to Chief Emecheta, himself a registered and active member of the Advertising Practitioners Council, soon his office will commence massive drive to recover all outstanding bills by practitioners in the state.\n\nA request to speak or meet with Chief Emeka Nwadiorah, the Enugu-based Chief Executive of Esmic Advert agency was thwarted, because not minding the content of the message, especially when told that the Anambra state government was threatening to blacklist his company in the state, over heavy indebtedness, he threatened the journalists on the dropped the call. He then called the G21 Vanguard office to warn them on the media inquiries.\n\nAgain, the Secretary of the Anambra G21 Vanguard, sponsors/promoters of the advert in an attempt to explain to Nwadiorah about the effect and quandary his company\'s unusual style of operation had thrown the aim, timing and purpose of the Buhari/Arthur Eze \"thank you\" message to the group\'s reputation, funds and public perception he warned that no one should call his phone line on the matter anymore.\n\nConsequently, the G21 Vanguard, our investigations revealed has halted further payments to Esmic Advert agency until the agency sorts out things with the state government and or refund all the initial payments.\n\nSent from my iPad','OBIANO DARES BUHARI, ARTHUR EZE AGAIN * pulls down PMB\'s achievements\' list billboards all over Anambra','','publish','open','open','','obiano-dares-buhari-arthur-eze-again-pulls-down-pmbs-achievements-list-billboards-all-over-anambra','','','2020-11-08 18:24:54','2020-11-08 18:24:54','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2854',0,'post','',0),(2855,1,'2020-11-08 18:22:00','2020-11-08 18:22:00','','IMG-20201108-WA0028','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201108-wa0028','','','2020-11-08 18:22:00','2020-11-08 18:22:00','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201108-WA0028.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2856,1,'2020-11-08 18:22:32','2020-11-08 18:22:32','','IMG-20201108-WA0030','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201108-wa0030','','','2020-11-08 18:22:32','2020-11-08 18:22:32','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201108-WA0030.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2860,1,'2020-11-09 07:41:10','2020-11-09 07:41:10','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2861\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604907487860-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />k\n\nKANO — Kano State Hisbah Board has destroyed 1,975,000 bottles of beer worth over N200 million confiscated within Kano metropolis.\n\nThe destruction exercise was carried out at Kalebawa in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.<!--more-->\n\nSpeaking at the event, Ganduje represented by his Deputy, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, said that consumption of alcohol and all other intoxicants can distort the mental capability of a person is forbidden in Islam.\n\n“Even in Kano we have banned the consumption of beer in all parts of the State,” Ganduje emphasised.\n\nIn a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Hassan Musa Fagge quoted Ganduje saying that the Hisbah Board was established with the aim of preventing evil social acts in the society.\n\nHe explained that as part of his administration’s effort of enhancing the welfare of the Hisbah, before this year 2020 runs out, there would be a salary increase and new uniform for the security unit.\n\n“My administration is proud of the way you discharge your duties..therefore I wish to urge all stakeholders to continue give you all the support you need to succeed,” the Governor said.\n\nIn his remarks, the Commander General, Kano State Hisbah Board, Sheikh Harun Muhammad Ibn Sina said that the beer confiscated is worth over N200 million.\n\nHe further said that the board got a court order to destroy over 20 trucks of alcohol.\n\nVanguard','Hisbah Destroys Over N200m Beers In Kano','','publish','open','open','','hisbah-destroys-over-n200m-beers-in-kano','','','2020-11-09 07:41:10','2020-11-09 07:41:10','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2860',0,'post','',0),(2861,1,'2020-11-09 07:40:37','2020-11-09 07:40:37','','FB_IMG_1604907487860','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604907487860','','','2020-11-09 07:40:37','2020-11-09 07:40:37','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604907487860.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2863,1,'2020-11-09 07:47:53','2020-11-09 07:47:53','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2864 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604907936634-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />\n\nRivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the state will continue to be home to people of the Igbo Ethnic Nationality.\n\nGovernor Wike gave the assurance during a meeting with South-East Governors, the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo and the Igbo community in the state at Government House, Port Harcourt on Sunday.<!--more-->\n\nThe governor said in the wake of the Oyigbo crisis, people peddled the rumour that he is chasing Igbos out of Rivers State which is not true because the state has an enduring relationship with the Igbos.\n\n“Tell your people, Rivers people will continue to live together with Igbos. Don’t allow your sons to tell you lies. Igbos are innovative and hardworking. There can’t be Nigeria without Igbos. Nobody should take them for granted. But that doesn’t mean you must allow criminals to spoil your name.\n\n“If I hate Igbos, I won’t appoint your son into my state cabinet two times. But you have to obey rules. Don’t allow criminals to dictate to you”.\n\nThe Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, has warned Igbos to be wary of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) because the outlawed group is trying to instigate another civil war.\n\nHe said they were in Rivers State to ascertain the veracity of the news circulating in the social media over alleged killing of Igbo people living in the State. According to him, their findings has proved otherwise.\n\nUmahi after listening to Governor Wike’s narration of the atrocious activities of IPOB in Oyigbo that culminated in the imposition of curfew in the entire Local Government, warned Igbos to be wary of IPOB as the group was bent on instigating another civil war that will result in the murder of Igbo people.\n\nThe governor said he finds it nauseating that IPOB could go to Benue and Rivers State to foist its flag and claim the territories belong to the Igbo people. According to him, Igbo leadership are opposed to this stance by IPOB.\n\nUmahi, who revealed that he has a huge investment in Rivers State, urged Igbos living in the State to respect the Government and people of Rivers State in order for them to continue to live and do business in the State peaceful. According to him, Ndi-Igbos cannot support any form of criminality.\n\nAlso speaking, the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo said the meeting has reinforced the existing affinity between Igbos and the people of Niger Delta.\n\nHe described Governor Wike as a champion of restructuring of Nigeria and a man who loves justice.\n\nHe explained that the leadership of Igbos cannot remain aloof while some misguided few who did not experience the brutal reality of the last civil war continue to fan the ember of disunity.\n\nNwodo, said he was elated to hear from Igbo leaders that under the leadership of Governor Wike Igbo businesses have continued to thrive.\n\nFormer Rivers State Governor, Dr Peter Odili, lauded the Igbo leaders for the peace initiative and decision to visit Governor Wike.\n\nHe stated that every governor desires peace to govern and Governor Wike is no exception. He stressed that the people of the State endorse every measure taken by Governor Wike to ensure lasting peace in the State.\n\nPresent at the meeting were the Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr Nkem Okeke, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. Other dignitaries are Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Dr Mrs. Ipalibo Harry Banigo; former Governor of Rivers State, Sir Celestine Omehia; the chairman of Rivers State Traditional Rulers Council and Amanayanabo of Opobo, King Dandeson Douglas Jaja, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, among others.\n\nVanguard','Rivers Will Continue To Be A Home To Igbos ― Wike','','publish','open','open','','rivers-will-continue-to-be-a-home-to-igbos-%e2%80%95-wike','','','2020-11-09 07:47:53','2020-11-09 07:47:53','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2863',0,'post','',0),(2864,1,'2020-11-09 07:47:22','2020-11-09 07:47:22','','FB_IMG_1604907936634','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604907936634','','','2020-11-09 07:47:22','2020-11-09 07:47:22','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604907936634.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2866,1,'2020-11-09 07:56:37','2020-11-09 07:56:37','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2867 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604908473543-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />\n\nPolitical leaders, traditional rulers and ministers from the South-West geo-political zone have come to the agreement that the Federal Government needed to implement the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference on security, economy and equal treatment for citizens.<!--more-->\n\nAccording to the leaders, there is need for “Review of reports of constitutional conferences including 2014 National Conference and implement some of the recommendations, especially with reference to security, economy, equal treatment for citizens all over the country.”\n\nThey reached the conclusion at a meeting of governors and traditional rulers of South-West states, and a presidential delegation, which included ministers from the region, on Sunday in Lagos.\n\nIn 2014, then President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, inaugurated the National Conference, with retired Chief Justice Idris Kutigi as Chairman.\n\nWith about 492 delegates passing over 600 resolutions, the conference produced a 10,335-page report, which recommendations have not been implemented.\n\nAt the Sunday’s meeting, the South-West stakeholders also noted that every effort should be made to resolve the impasse between the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the Federal Government so students can resume studies.\n\nThey made decisions reached at the meeting known in a communique signed by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, and Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, who is the Chairman South-West Governors’ Forum.\n\nThey also expressed appreciation for President Muhammadu Buhari’s response to the demands of the #EndSARS protesters, and “his firm handling of the aftermaths of the protest.”\n\nAccording to the South-West leaders, “While there are legitimate concerns contained in the initial ENDSARS movement, these have been hijacked by criminal and other elements with ulterior and negative forces and degenerated into anarchy.\n\n“There is need to undertake preventive actions aimed at prevention of repeat of what happened in the country following the ENDSARS demonstrators. Security needs to be strengthened in all states.”\n\nVanguard','#EndSARS: South-West Leaders Call For Implementation Of 2014 National Confab Recommendations','','publish','open','open','','endsars-south-west-leaders-call-for-implementation-of-2014-national-confab-recommendations','','','2020-11-09 07:56:37','2020-11-09 07:56:37','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2866',0,'post','',0),(2867,1,'2020-11-09 07:56:13','2020-11-09 07:56:13','','FB_IMG_1604908473543','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604908473543','','','2020-11-09 07:56:13','2020-11-09 07:56:13','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604908473543.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2872,1,'2020-11-09 15:27:36','2020-11-09 15:27:36','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2873 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/images-3-300x196.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" />\n\nThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has named Ahmed Mu’azu, a retired air vice marshal, as its acting chairperson.\n\nThe outgoing INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made the announcement on Monday at the INEC headquarters in Abuja.<!--more-->\n\n[contact-form][contact-field label=\"Name\" type=\"name\"  required=\"true\" /][contact-field label=\"Email\" type=\"email\" required=\"true\" /][contact-field label=\"Website\" type=\"url\" /][contact-field label=\"Message\" type=\"textarea\" /][/contact-form]\n\nMr Yakubu has been reappointed for a second term in office by President Muhammadu Buhari, but his reappointment is yet to be confirmed by the Senate.\n\nMr Mu’azu, an electoral commissioner representing the North-East Zone, was appointed following the expiration of the five year-term Mr Yakubu.\n\n“Pending the conclusion of the statutory process, the remaining National Commissioners have resolved that AVM Ahmed Mu’azu (rtd) will oversee the affairs of the Commission. It is therefore my pleasure to hand over to him in the interim. We have worked as a team for the last four years. Therefore, there is nothing new to any one of them,” Mr Yakubu said.\n\n“As you are already aware, the renewal of my tenure as Chairman of the Commission has been announced, subject to confirmation by the Senate. Our work as election managers requires us to enforce the law, regulations and guidelines. In doing so, we must demonstrate strict respect for, and compliance with, the Constitution of Nigeria and subsidiary laws. Consequently, it will be inappropriate for me to remain in office beyond today, 9th November 2020, without confirmation by the Senate and swearing to another oath of office as provided by law.”\n\nMr Yakubu was first appointed INEC chairman in November 2015. He succeeded Attahiru Jega, who supervised the 2015 general election.\n\nRead Full Remarks by Mr Yakubu\n\nBRIEF REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE CHAIRMAN, INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC), PROFESSOR MAHMOOD YAKUBU, AT THE HANDOVER CEREMONY, AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM, INEC HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA, MONDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2020\n1. You may recall that the current Commission was inaugurated in three batches. The Chairman and five Commissioners were sworn-in on 9th November 2015, followed by another six Commissioners on 7th December 2016 and one more Commissioner on 21st July 2018. The Commission is a constitutional body whose members are appointed for five years which may be renewed for a second and final term. This means that my tenure and that of the first set of five Commissioners ends today.\n\n2. As you are already aware, the renewal of my tenure as Chairman of the Commission has been announced, subject to confirmation by the Senate. Our work as election managers requires us to enforce the law, regulations and guidelines. In doing so, we must demonstrate strict respect for, and compliance with, the Constitution of Nigeria and subsidiary laws. Consequently, it will be inappropriate for me to remain in office beyond today, 9th November 2020, without confirmation by the Senate and swearing to another oath of office as provided by law.\n\n3. Pending the conclusion of the statutory process, the remaining National Commissioners have resolved that AVM Ahmed Mu’azu (rtd) will oversee the affairs of the Commission. It is therefore my pleasure to hand over to him in the interim. We have worked as a team for the last four years. Therefore, there is nothing new to anyone of them.\n\n4. I wish to express my appreciation for the support of the Commission members, the Resident Electoral Commissioners, the Secretary to the Commission, the Director-General of the Electoral Institute, Directors, members of the technical team, heads of the various security agencies deployed to INEC and all staff of the Commission nationwide. I look forward to working with you again.\n\n5. I thank you all and God bless.','INEC Names AVM  Mu\'azu rtd As Ag. Chairman','','publish','open','open','','inec-names-avm-muazu-rtd-as-ag-chairman','','','2020-11-09 15:27:36','2020-11-09 15:27:36','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2872',0,'post','',0),(2873,1,'2020-11-09 15:26:46','2020-11-09 15:26:46','','images (3)','','inherit','open','closed','','images-3-3','','','2020-11-09 15:26:46','2020-11-09 15:26:46','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/images-3.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2875,1,'2020-11-10 06:55:54','2020-11-10 06:55:54','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2876 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604991147369-300x265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" />\n\nFormer Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, Monday faulted the world leaders for congratulating the United States President-Elect, Joe Biden, noting that they were too quick to do so.\n\nFani who disclosed this via his facebook handle commended the likes of Russia, China, Mexico, Turkey, Brazil, Hungary, Iran, North Korea and a number of others for refusing to do so.<!--more-->\n\nKayode who is an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, said he was surprised to see President Muhammadu Buhari, Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, Abubakar Atiku, Bukola Saraki, Peter Obi and countless others congratulating Biden, without waiting for an official announcement to be made by the relevant authorities in America.\n\nBelow are his words: “The Kremlin has said that Vladimer Putin will not congratulate Joe Biden until all legal processes have been exhausted and an official announcement has been made by the relevant authorities in America that he has won the presidential election.\n\nAn announcement by CNN, FOX News, Al Jazeera, BBC and all the other television and media outlets in the world is NOT good enough for them.\n\nI commend the Russians who have decided to tread the path of caution in view of the circumstances under which Biden has emerged.\n\nThis is how foreign Governments are meant to react to the unfolding and increasingly unsavory events in America.\n\nShame on ALL foreign leaders who have congratulated Biden on winning an election in which only the media has declared him as winner.\n\nKudos to Russia, China, Mexico, Turkey, Brazil, Hungary, Iran, North Korea and a number of others for refusing to do so.\n\nI am disappointed with the premature congratulatory messages offered to Biden by the UK, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Israel, India, Pakistan, Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, South Korea, Japan and a number of other countries.\n\nI am dumbfounded by some Nigerian leaders who have also congratulated Biden including Muhammadu Buhari, Olusegun Obasano, Goodluck Jonathan, Abubakar Atiku, Bukola Saraki, Peter Obi and countless others.\n\nThis unnecessary fawning and belittling expression of love and support for their preferred candidate could at least have waited until the matter has been properly concluded.\n\nIf Donald Trump eventually prevails and he is sworn in on January 20th for a second term there are going to be a lot of very red faces on the world stage.\n\nWhether anyone wishes to accept it or not, the fact of the matter is that the election results have NOT been confirmed and the Electoral College has NOT formally met and declared the outcome.\n\nTo add to that there are serious and credible claims of fraud, cheating, perfidy, voter suppression and election irregularities which the courts are yet to look into and clearly there is still a long way to go before the whole matter is brought to an end and formally concluded.\n\nCongratulating the candidate of a political party that may well have ruthlessly and corruptly rigged his way to what is likely to end up being a pyrrhic and short-lived “victory” is not in our nation’s interest, is not the way to enhance, strengthen, support and entrench democracy and does not speak well of those who have done so.\n\nWhether you support Biden or Trump, let us at least wait for the matter to be properly concluded and a winner officially declared by the relevant authorities before we start dishing out our congratulatory messages like confetti at a white wedding.\n\nAnything less is inappropriate, irresponsible, unbecoming, embarrassing and utterly slavish.”\n\nVanguard','Fani-Kayode Faults Buhari, OBJ, Jonathan, Atiku, Obi, World Leaders For Congratulating Biden','','publish','open','open','','fani-kayode-faults-buhari-obj-jonathan-atiku-obi-world-leaders-for-congratulating-biden','','','2020-11-10 06:55:54','2020-11-10 06:55:54','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2875',0,'post','',0),(2876,1,'2020-11-10 06:55:28','2020-11-10 06:55:28','','FB_IMG_1604991147369','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604991147369','','','2020-11-10 06:55:28','2020-11-10 06:55:28','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604991147369.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2878,1,'2020-11-10 07:25:12','2020-11-10 07:25:12','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2879 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604992953231-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" />\nResidents of the Maje, Soka area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital are in panic following the alleged invasion of the area by about 300 suspected herdsmen.\n\nThe Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress in Oyo State, Mr Rotimi Olumo, who told our correspondent that residents of the area alerted him, said he went to the area and saw the three luxury buses that brought the suspected herdsmen to the area.<!--more-->\n\nOlumo said the people, who suspected that the herdsmen had a suspicious mission in the area, prevented them from disembarking from the vehicles.\n\nHe said he alerted the police and some policemen from Sanyo Police Station were deployed.\n\nThe OPC coordinator said he was surprised to see a large number of Fulani people in the area, saying the area is not Sabo – a popular settlement for northerners.\n\nAsked if the passengers came with their cattle, he said no but stated that they were suspected to be herdsmen.\n\nOlumo said, “I received a series of calls this morning that some luxury buses brought some Fulani and Bororo herdsmen numbering about 300 to the area. They came around 07 am today. I went to the place and discovered that all the passengers in the vehicles are Fulani and Bororo.\n\n“There is no Igbo, no Yoruba among them. This made the people suspicious and we have to be vigilant because of the security situation all over the country. We asked them questions but they refused to disclose their destination. So, we invited the police to come and see them.\n\n“Policemen came from Sanyo Police Station and their response was very prompt. They took the buses to their station and parked them there before I left. One of the Fulani people came down to talk with the police but I didn’t know what they discussed. But everybody must be vigilant.”\n\nThe Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi, when contacted by our correspondent did not pick the phone and was yet to respond to the text message sent to him on this matter.\nPunch','300 HERDSMEN LOADED IN THREE LUXURY BUSES ‘INVADE’ IBADAN COMMUNITY - OPC RAISES ALARM','','publish','open','open','','300-herdsmen-loaded-in-three-luxury-buses-invade-ibadan-community-opc-raises-alarm','','','2020-11-10 07:25:12','2020-11-10 07:25:12','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2878',0,'post','',0),(2879,1,'2020-11-10 07:24:43','2020-11-10 07:24:43','','FB_IMG_1604992953231','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604992953231','','','2020-11-10 07:24:43','2020-11-10 07:24:43','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604992953231.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2881,1,'2020-11-10 07:30:10','2020-11-10 07:30:10','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2882\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604993304953-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />n\nThe Central Bank of Nigeria has vehemently opposed a suit before the Federal High Court in Lagos praying that the Arabic inscriptions on naira notes be removed.<!--more-->\n\nA Lagos-based lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, who filed the suit before Justice Mohammed Liman, contended that having Arabic inscriptions on the naira notes portrays Nigeria as an Islamic state, contrary to the country’s constitutional status of a secular state.\n\nOmirhobo, who said he does not know what the Arabic inscriptions mean, is praying the court to order the CBN to replace the Arabic inscriptions with either English language, which is the country’s official language, or any of Nigeria’s three main indigenous languages – Hausa, Yoruba or Igbo.\n\nAccording to the lawyer, with the Arabic inscriptions on the naira note, the CBN has been violating sections 10 and 55 of the Nigerian Constitution, which make the country a secular state.\n\nHe wants the court to restrain the CBN from “further approving, printing and issuing naira notes with Arabic inscriptions, bearing in mind that Nigeria is a secular state.”\n\nBut the CBN has filed a counter-affidavit in opposition to the suit.\n\nIn the counter-affidavit deposed to by one Abiola Lawal, the CBN maintained that contrary to Omirhobo’s claim “the Ajami inscriptions on some of the country’s currencies do not connote any religious statements or Arabian alignment.”\n\nThe CBN also tackled the lawyer on the claim that the Arabic inscriptions were a threat to Nigeria’s secular status.\n\n“The inscriptions on the country’s currencies do not and at no time have they threatened the secular statehood of the nation nor have they violated the Constitution of Nigeria, as every design and inscription was finalised with the approval of the relevant government bodies,” the apex bank said.\n\nThe CBN explained that the “Ajami inscriptions” on the naira notes dated back to the colonial era “and they do not imply that Arabic is an official language in Nigeria.”\n\nThe apex bank said, “The naira notes retained the inscriptions with Ajami since 1973 when the name of the Nigerian currency was changed to naira from pounds.\n\n“The Ajami was inscribed on the country’s currency by the colonialists to aid those without Western education in certain parts of the country, who, back then, constituted a larger part of the populace.\n\n“The Ajami is not a symbol or mark of Islam but an inscription to aid the populace uneducated in Western education in ease of trade.”\n\nWhile urging the court to reject Omirhobo’s suit, the CBN pleaded that removing the Arabi inscriptions from the naira notes “would cost the tax-paying Nigerians and the Federal Government colossal sum of money to discard the existing naira notes and print new ones in satisfaction of the plaintiff.”\nHearing in the suit comes up on Tuesday (today) before Justice Liman.\nThe judge will also be hearing a similar suit filed by Omirhobo against the Nigerian Army, seeking the removal of Arabic inscriptions from the logo of the Nigerian Army.\nLike the CBN, the Army has also opposed Omirhobo’s suit and urged the court to throw it out.','ARABIC INSCRIPTIONS ON NAIRA DOESN’T THREATEN NIGERIA’S SECULAR STATUS, CBN TELLS COURT','','publish','open','open','','arabic-inscriptions-on-naira-doesnt-threaten-nigerias-secular-status-cbn-tells-court','','','2020-11-10 07:30:10','2020-11-10 07:30:10','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2881',0,'post','',0),(2882,1,'2020-11-10 07:29:33','2020-11-10 07:29:33','','FB_IMG_1604993304953','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1604993304953','','','2020-11-10 07:29:33','2020-11-10 07:29:33','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1604993304953.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2884,1,'2020-11-10 17:18:36','2020-11-10 17:18:36','<code><script async custom-element=\"amp-ad\" src=\"https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-ad-0.1.js\"></script><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2885 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201110-WA0058-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />\n\nThe custodians of the culture and traditions of Ojoto Community in Idemili South Council Area of Anambra on Tuesday, called on the State Governor, Willie Obiano to look into the activities of the traditional ruler of the town, Igwe Gerald Mbamalu, which they say, desecrate their land.<!--more-->\nThe group under the aegis of ‘Otu Omenana Akanasato Ojoto, today staged a protest at the State Government House in Awka, to drive home their demand for the dethronement of the monarch.\nSome inscriptions on the placards they displayed as they chanted during the protest read; ‘Ojoto under Mbamalu has been over-run by thugs and brigands tagged taskforce’, ‘Peace has eluded us since Mbamalu came’, ‘Gerald Mbamalu has desecrated Ojoto customs and traditions, he must appease these atrocities’, among others.\nSpeaking on behalf of the protesters, the Chairman of the Group, Chief Anthony Uzokwe, said they came to submit a letter to government on the need to wade into the alleged atrocities committed by the traditional ruler.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHe said they have made several efforts to reach out to the monarch to call him to order but he had consistently snubbed them, hence their decision to come to the government to make their grievances known.\n“A lot of atrocities which the traditional ruler has committed have been a major source of worry to us as the custodians of Ojoto culture and tradition. By virtue of our position, there are things we cannot see and overlook because there are grave repercussions such disposition may have on Ojoto Akanasato and even our unborn generation. We even went ahead to let him know the necessary restitutions he needs to make but he remained adamant, so we want to alert government on what is happening,” Uzokwe complained.\nAnother Ojoto traditionalist, Joseph Onwuekwe, said the uncommon stance they took on the matter was to avert a major disaster that may befall the community if no immediate action is taken to put Mbamalu to check.\nIn his words, “The way Mbamalu was enthroned violates every laid down procedure for the enthronement of kings in Ojoto Akanasato. The kingship of Ojoto is a traditional matter and follows a process but it is on record that Mbamalu did not follow this process. We all are natives of Ojoto and we raised this alarm when this was about to happen, but they didn’t listen. Now, we can’t take it any longer.”\nA female traditionalist, Ngozi Ujuaku Okeke, explained in details, some of the alleged atrocities committed by the traditional ruler which hinged mainly on high-handedness, oppression of Ojoto people and violation of cultural ethics and statutes, stating that their demand is for government to remove the monarch.\n“How can an Igwe go to a burial and by himself cover a corpse and take away? How can an Igwe be struggling for food items in public with the church? This man sacrilegiously went to cut down someone who hung himself on a rope, a task reserved only for Ndi Nri (traditionalists). Now, he is planning to hold an Ofala festival, without doing the necessary things to appease the sacrileges. What an abominationation! So let the government remove him so that the right person who the town has coronated, can assume his rightful position and return peace to Ojoto land,” she said.\nFor another native, Ifeanyichukwu Anadi, there was no way Mbamalu could have emerged traditional ruler of Ojoto since he was not crowned by the rightful person and due process was not followed.\nAccording to him, “Issuing certificate to Mbamalu was a major error in the first place. Ojoto community had crowned Chief Dennis Okafor as traditional ruler through a process approved by the customs and traditions of the land. He was crowned by the Okpala of Ojoto according to tradition. Government should summon Ojoto people to ask the question on who crowned Mbamalu. Of course, there is only one Okpala in the land and I believe asking this question will reveal to government that Mbamalu did not follow the right process and should be shown the exit door. Ojoto needs to heal and it is only when we have the right person on the throne that we can achieve that.”\n<amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\"\n     type=\"adsense\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5844581431776392\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9061018096\"\n     data-auto-format=\"rspv\"\n     data-full-width=\"\">\n  <div overflow=\"\"></div>\n</amp-ad>\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2889 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201110-WA0044-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />\n\nAddressing the protesters, the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Town Union Matters, Greg Obi, while commending the protesters for their peaceful conduct and assured them that government will look into the matter and address the problem.\nAccording to the Commissioner who spoke through the Public Relations Officer of his Ministry, Henry Nwasike, nobody is above the custom and tradition of his or her community.\n“I want to thank you for being peaceful. As Igbo people, we have regards for our culture and tradition. All I ask is for you to be patient. I want to assure you that government will not abandon the matter. We will follow through and find a lasting solution to the problem. This we will do in line with the custom and tradition of Ojoto. That I can assure you,” he said.','Otu Omenani Ojoto seeks dethronement of monarch, Mbamalu for desecrating their land','','publish','open','open','','otu-omenani-ojoto-seeks-dethronement-of-monarch-mbamalu-for-desecrating-their-land','','','2020-11-10 17:18:36','2020-11-10 17:18:36','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2884',0,'post','',0),(2885,1,'2020-11-10 17:13:37','2020-11-10 17:13:37','','IMG-20201110-WA0058','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201110-wa0058','','','2020-11-10 17:13:37','2020-11-10 17:13:37','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201110-WA0058.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2886,1,'2020-11-10 17:14:25','2020-11-10 17:14:25','','IMG-20201110-WA0045','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201110-wa0045','','','2020-11-10 17:14:25','2020-11-10 17:14:25','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201110-WA0045.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2889,1,'2020-11-10 17:18:13','2020-11-10 17:18:13','','IMG-20201110-WA0044','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201110-wa0044','','','2020-11-10 17:18:13','2020-11-10 17:18:13','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201110-WA0044.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2894,1,'2020-11-11 15:13:55','2020-11-11 15:13:55','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2895 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1605107400086-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" />\n• Apex bank alleges transactions in frozen accounts can cause economic, security harm\n• Freezing accounts is illegal, Federal Govt behaving like a terrorist, says Aisha Yesufu\nThe Federal Government was able to freeze the accounts of 20 #EndSARS campaigners after telling a Federal High Court in Abuja that the funds in their accounts might have been linked to terrorist activities.<!--more-->\n\nThis is according to a written address in support of a motion ex parte filed by the Central Bank of Nigeria.\n\nThe CBN had in the second week of October frozen 20 accounts and thereafter approached the court to seek an ex parte order to freeze the accounts.\n\nIn the case with suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1384/2020, filed before Justice A. R. Mohammed, the CBN, however, made no mention of the fact that the 20 accounts were owned by persons involved in the #EndSARS protests, but told the court that the funds might have emanated from terrorist activities.\n\nThe written address read in part, “My lord, the nature of the transactions undertaken through the defendants’ accounts are of suspected terrorism financing in contravention of Section 13(1)(a)and(b) of the Terrorism (Prevention)(Amendment) Act, 2013 and Regulation 31(2)(a)and (3)(b) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism Regulations, 2013.”\n\nIn a supporting affidavit deposed to by one Aondowase Jacob on behalf of the CBN, it was stated that the Head of the Economic Intelligence Unit of the Governor’s Department, CBN, Joseph Omayuku, had conducted an investigation on the accounts of the defendants and other individuals and entities held with certain banks in Nigeria.\n\nAccording to the affidavit, the investigation showed that the owners of the accounts may have been involved in terrorist activities.\n\nIt added, “There is a grave allegation that the defendants are involved in suspected terrorism financing via their bank accounts in contravention of the provisions of extant laws and regulations. The aforesaid transactions undertaken by the defendants, using their bank accounts, can cause significant economic and security harm to the public and the Federal Republic of Nigeria if left unchecked.\n\n“The applicant (CBN governor) is thus desirous to have the court empower him to direct the freezing of the 20 accounts listed on the annexure to this application and all other bank accounts held by the defendants.\n\n“A freezing order of this honourable court in respect of the defendants’ accounts would also enable the investigation of the activities of the defendants to a logical conclusion with a view to reporting same to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit.”\n\nThe apex bank said unless the order was granted, it would not be able to ensure that the money remained intact, while investigations were ongoing.\n\nThe 20 accounts frozen by the CBN are domiciled in Access Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, Fidelity Bank, United Bank for Africa and Zenith Bank.\n\nThe accounts were said to have been flagged after they received money with the narration #EndSARS.\n\nOne of the frozen accounts, marked 0056412470 and domiciled in Access Bank, belongs to Bolatito Olorunrinu Oduala, an #EndSARS campaigner, who was appointed into the Lagos State judicial panel set up by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.\n\nAnother frozen account marked 0033974485 and domiciled in Access Bank belongs to Bassey Israel, the medical team coordinator for the #EndSARS protests in Port Harcourt.\n\nSimilarly, an account marked 0054676984 domiciled in Access Bank belongs to Gatefield Nigeria Limited, which paid freelance journalists to cover the protests.\n\nJustice Mohammed froze the accounts for 180 days subject to renewal, but said anyone who was not satisfied with the ruling was free to challenge it.\n\nFreezing protesters’ accounts illegal – Yesufu\n\nA leading member of the #EndSARS protesters, Aisha Yesufu, described the freezing of the #EndSARS protesters’ accounts as illegal, noting that the government “is behaving like a terrorist.”\n\nShe questioned the freezing of the accounts ahead of the court injunction ordering the banks to block the accounts.\n\nYesufu stated, “The question is, why did they freeze the accounts before obtaining a court injunction? Why the illegality? Our judiciary should know that it is an independent arm of government and there is separation of power.\n\n“The government should be ashamed of itself. The United Arab Emirates just convicted some Nigerians, who were accused of terrorism, and we are hearing that the government would appeal on their behalf. That is where the problem is.”\n\nThe activist accused the Federal Government of pampering insurgents, while bearing down on peaceful and harmless protesters.\n\nShe added, “#EndSARS campaigners are protesters and they protested the way the Constitution allows, so all these are shenanigans. They had better focus on the terrorists.\n\n“Bandits are laying down their arms and they are taking them to Government Houses, while Boko Haram members are being given preferential treatment, but Nigerians, who were protesting, were being killed by the government. The government is the one behaving like a terrorist right now.”\n-Punch','CBN ACCUSES #ENDSARS CAMPAIGNERS OF TERRORISM','','publish','open','open','','cbn-accuses-endsars-campaigners-of-terrorism','','','2020-11-11 15:13:55','2020-11-11 15:13:55','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2894',0,'post','',0),(2895,1,'2020-11-11 15:13:05','2020-11-11 15:13:05','','FB_IMG_1605107400086','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1605107400086','','','2020-11-11 15:13:05','2020-11-11 15:13:05','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1605107400086.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2897,1,'2020-11-11 15:29:47','0000-00-00 00:00:00','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2898\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1605108104033-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" />\n\nSecond Republic governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, is dead.\n\nBalarabe, who was the first governor in the history of Nigeria to be impeached, was 84 years old.<!--more--><!--more-->\n\nOne of the daughters of the former governor, Zulai Balarabe Musa, confirmed the death of her father.\n\nShe said Musa died in the early hours of Wednesday.\n\nAccording to her, the remains of the former governor will be buried after the Zuhur Muslim prayer (1pm) today, according to Islamic rites.\n\nEarlier, former Kaduna-Central Senator, Shehu Sani, had announced the death on Twitter.\n\nSani said, “Alhaji Balarabe Musa has died. May Allah forgive his soul and grant him Aljanna Firdausi. Amin.”\n\nBalarabe, who was a progressive, was the leader of the People’s Redemption Party in the 4th Republic but stepped down as the chairman in 2018 due to health issues.','Former Kaduna state Governnor Balarabe Musa, Is Dead','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-11-11 15:29:47','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2897',0,'post','',0),(2898,1,'2020-11-11 15:25:32','2020-11-11 15:25:32','','FB_IMG_1605108104033','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1605108104033','','','2020-11-11 15:25:32','2020-11-11 15:25:32','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1605108104033.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2899,1,'2020-11-11 16:28:42','0000-00-00 00:00:00','Nnamdi Kanu Is Not Igbo, His Family Roots Has Been Traced To Cameroon – Group Allege\n\nWell, I no accept this one oooh! Nnamdi Kanu late papa na king go their town, so wetin this group dey yarn no make sense to me.\n\nAbegi make una read the real gist for yonder oh jareh 👇👇👇\n\nAn Igbo group identified as The Industrious People of Eastern Nigeria, IPEN has alleged that IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is not fully an Igbo indigene as his family roots have been traced down to Cameroon.\n\nIPEN stated that its members will no longer allow a man whose genealogy has been traced to another country to continuously cause disaffection between them and other ethnic nationalities.\n\nIn a statement distributed by Mediashop Naija, the group claimed that Nnamdi Kanu’s grandfather settled in Rivers state and later Afara Ukwu in Abia state in 1909.\n\nThe group claimed Kanu’s grandfather moved to Abia when he was ostracised from Mankon village in the Southern Cameroonian City of Bamenda.\n\nIt claimed Kanu’s grandfather Okwu Kanou was ostracized due to issues relating to mental illness.\n\nAccording to the group: “The character and traits exhibited so far by the IPOB leader in the quest for his Biafra, clearly shows that he is not Igbo.”\n\nRead the full statement by IPEN;\n\n“The systematic infestation of the south eastern region with Nnamdi Kanu’s victim mentality is worrisome and has to be checked.\n\n“Igbo people are not cowards neither are we timid. We are naturally daring. The igbo man does not run away from problems rather he is constantly in search of solutions.\n\n“We do not run away from challenges, we compete and naturally dominate.\n\n“Nnamdi Kanu wants Biafra simply because he lacks the mental, physical and emotional capacity required to succeed in a competitive society as ours.\n\n“This personal lack of self-confidence and feeling of powerlessness which Nnamdi Kanu has systematically tried to pass on to our youths is un-igbo like and must be stopped.\n\n“After the civil war, the Igbo man was left with nothing. Our abandoned properties in other parts of the country were taken over by people who never worked hard for it.\n\n“We had to build our region from the scratch and today we have the biggest and most thriving economy among other ethnic groups in Nigeria.\n\n“We have dominated trade and commerce in Nigeria and beyond. Neither Nnamdi Kanu nor his lineage has contributed to the economic growth of the igbo people.\n\n“The Igbo man who has lived all his life doing business in Maiduguri did not tell you he wants to return. Neither did the one that owns fuel stations and other properties in Damaturu tell you he is not comfortable.\n\n“But Nnamdi Kanu wants them to abandon their sweat and return to the East where he expects to Lord it over them.\n\n“He has no verifiable business or source of income anywhere in the world but want to create problems for those with businesses in Lagos.\n\n“The South-East remains the most developed among all regions in the country not because of Government presence but as a result of the industrious nature of the true Igbo man.\n\n“Nigeria has its peculiar challenges, obstacles and limitations like can be found in many other societies.\n\n‘But the igbo man has made it a habit to break these barriers and succeed everywhere we find ourselves.\n\n‘Igbo people have excelled in all spheres of human endeavor in all parts of the world.\n\n‘We have captains of Industries, sports men and women, people in the entertainment industries, academics of Igbo extraction that have left indelible footprints in the sands of time all over the world.\n\n‘How do you imagine a tribe that produced the great Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Sam Mbakwe, the novelist and author of “Things Fall Apart”, Chinua Achebe, Philip Emeagwali, Prof Chuba Okadigbo, the former Secretary General of the Common Wealth, Emeka Anyaoku, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Late Prof. Dora Akunyili and Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala among others would have an Nnamdi Kanu as its spokesperson?\n\n“Nnamdi Kanu has not even achieved what the likes of Christian Chukwu, Chioma Ajunwa, Kanu Nwankwo, Mikel Obi, Peter and Paul of Psquare, Flavour and Phyno achieved in the world of sports and entertainment to put him in a pedestal to speak for Ndi igbo\n\n“All these people to mention but a few excelled within and outside the same Nigeria that Nnamdi Kanu could not.\n\n“According to the group,\n\n“Nnamdi Kanu does not possess the necessary qualifications required to speak and cannot be said to be speaking for Ndi Igbo.\n\n“Mazi Nnamdi Kanu does not speak for ndi Igbo and he does not control igbo as a tribe\n\n“The group blamed the leadership vacuum created by greedy politicians in the South-East as the reason Kanu roamed the region unchecked.\n\n“The group concluded by saying, that their primary objective was to fill up that vacuum and re-awaken the “can do” spirit of the Igbo man to enable the people take their pride of place in the Nigerian body-polity.”\n\nhttps://www.tori.ng/news/158459/nnamdi-kanu-is-not-igbo-his-family-roots-has-been.html\n\nEND','','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-11-11 16:28:42','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2899',0,'post','',0),(2902,1,'2017-08-23 03:11:30','2017-08-23 03:11:30','','electricfan','','inherit','open','closed','','electricfan','','','2017-08-23 03:11:30','2017-08-23 03:11:30','',0,'http://pennews.pencidesign.com/pennews-default/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2017/08/electricfan.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2905,1,'2020-11-11 16:33:08','2020-11-11 16:33:08','','images (5)','','inherit','open','closed','','images-5','','','2020-11-11 16:33:08','2020-11-11 16:33:08','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/images-5.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2906,1,'2020-11-11 16:33:58','2020-11-11 16:33:58','','images (4)','','inherit','open','closed','','images-4','','','2020-11-11 16:33:58','2020-11-11 16:33:58','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/images-4.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2910,1,'2020-11-11 19:52:58','2020-11-11 19:52:58','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2911 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1605123980992-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" />\n\nUnited States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on Wednesday, says the US government will use all tools at its disposal in the fight against terrorist elements in Nigeria and West Africa.<!--more-->\n\nPompeo made this known after the virtual meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS co-hosted by Nigeria on Tuesday.\n\nAccording to him, “great progress” was made at the meeting with the Federal Government of Nigeria.\n\nThe US Secretary of State tweeted, “Great progress was made at yesterday’s virtual Global @Coalition to Defeat ISIS meeting on West Africa. We will use all tools at our disposal to counter ISIS and its affiliates anywhere in the world. My thanks to Nigeria for co-hosting the event.”\n\nAt the meeting, the US and the 82-member global coalition it leads expressed full commitment to defeating ISIS and other terror groups including Boko Haram.\n\nThe PUNCH had reported that the Commander, US Special Operations Command Africa, Maj. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, in August this year, sounded the alarm that the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda terrorist groups were infiltrating northern Nigeria and parts of West Africa.\n\nCopyright PUNCH','US Will Do Everything To Dislodge Terrorists From Nigeria, West Africa –Pompeo','','publish','open','open','','us-will-do-everything-to-dislodge-terrorists-from-nigeria-west-africa-pompeo','','','2020-11-11 19:52:58','2020-11-11 19:52:58','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2910',0,'post','',0),(2911,1,'2020-11-11 19:52:12','2020-11-11 19:52:12','','FB_IMG_1605123980992','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1605123980992','','','2020-11-11 19:52:12','2020-11-11 19:52:12','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1605123980992.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2913,1,'2020-11-12 08:40:27','2020-11-12 08:40:27','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2914\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1605170202707-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />\nA Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Femi Fani-Kayode, has described the report of the planned defection of Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, as “troubling”.<!--more-->\n\nThe PUNCH exclusively reported Wednesday that Umahi told the PDP National Working Committee at a meeting in Abuja on Tuesday of his decision to leave the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress.\n\nThe governor also told the PDP NWC led by the party National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, that the APC would protect the interest of the South-East in the 2023 elections.\n\nReacting on Wednesday, Fani-Kayode, who is also a former Aviation Minister, said he was yet to confirm the report but urged the PDP national leadership to pacify Umahi as more governors in the party might follow the Ebonyi governor to the APC.\n\nHe tweeted, “I urge the leadership of the PDP to do all they can to ensure that he stays. Not only is he a profoundly good man and an excellent Governor but his contributions to the success of the PDP over the last 20 years at various levels is immeasurable and simply extraordinary.\n\n“What makes the matter worse is that other Governors may also contemplate leaving if he does because he has a lot of friends and goodwill amongst them. If that happens it will affect our party’s chances in the 2023 presidential election in a very significant way\n\n“Again, I call on the National Chairman and the NWC of our great party to do all they can to keep Umahi on board.”','Umahi: More PDP Govs May Defect To APC, Says Fani-Kayode','','publish','open','open','','umahi-more-pdp-govs-may-defect-to-apc-says-fani-kayode','','','2020-11-12 08:40:27','2020-11-12 08:40:27','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2913',0,'post','',0),(2914,1,'2020-11-12 08:39:54','2020-11-12 08:39:54','','FB_IMG_1605170202707','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1605170202707','','','2020-11-12 08:39:54','2020-11-12 08:39:54','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1605170202707.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2916,1,'2020-11-12 09:55:40','2020-11-12 09:55:40','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2917\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1605174789916-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" />\n\nNorthern Elders Forum, NEF, have said they were aware of alleged attempts by some politicians interested in contesting the 2023 presidential election to weaken the North on many fronts in the aftermath of #EndSARS protest.<!--more-->\n\nThe Forum also said it had credible information about an alleged plan to force restructuring on the North under the guise of ending the agitation against bad governance in the country.\n\nNEF’s Director, Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, in a statement on Wednesday night, said that the North was capable of identifying and protecting its own interests, and would neither be blackmailed nor intimidated into accepting restructuring as a means to higher standards of justice, better security, and progress for all Nigerians.\n\nHe said, “The Forum is aware of attempts to weaken the North by interests that believe that this is their only path to success in the 2023 elections.\n\n“These interests should know that the North will neither be blackmailed nor intimidated, and we are quite capable of identifying and protecting our own interests.\n\n“Some of these interests seek to exploit our plural nature and deepen what they see as divisions. They will fail, because northerners know that what unites us is a lot stronger than what divides us.\n\n“Others create the impression that the North is opposed to the country being restructured along lines that will improve the quality of our union, ensure higher standards of justice, better security and progress for all Nigerians. These too will fail.\n\n“The North is ready to discuss all elements of our co-existence, but will not be stampeded into submitting to other interests who feel uncomfortable with a strong and united North, or blackmailing us to adopt their versions of our future.”\n\nNEF also said it was disappointed that last week’s meeting in Kaduna by Northern Governors, high-level federal government officials and traditional rulers barely made mention of the insecurity of communities within the region\n\nThe elders said the focus of the meeting on the potential for abuse of social media platforms and the possibility of hoodlums hijacking the #EndSARS protest in many cities of the south was uncalled for.\n\nBaba-Ahmed said, “That meeting missed a historic opportunity to acknowledge that northern communities are in dire need of improved security, and to give firm and specific assurances that our leaders care about northern lives and will take steps to protect us.\n\n“We took particular note of the pivotal roles of governors and traditional rulers at that meeting, leaders who are thoroughly familiar with daily assaults by insurgents, bandits and kidnappers on northerners.\n\n“These are leaders who should have understood the high hopes which northerners attached to a meeting of that nature in Kaduna, and they should understand that the impression left by that meeting and the frenzy of activities in parts of the south involving some northern leaders to show sympathy for damage from hoodlums leaves only one conclusion in the mind of northerners: northern lives do not matter.”\n\nThe Forum noted the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari to improve engagements with northern leaders, and hoped that these will not be public relations stunts in place of real efforts aimed at improving the security of the region.\n\n“The Forum advises the President and Governors to engage a broad spectrum of leaders, elders and the young in the North to contribute to an appreciation of the dangers which our communities live with on a daily basis, and enlist them as partners in the search for solutions,” the statement added.\n\nMeanwhile, the Northern elders paid tribute to its Director-General, Dr Yima Sen, who died recently, describing his services to the Forum as invaluable.\n\nVanguard News','We’re Aware Of Attempts To Weaken North Before 2023 — Northern Elders','','publish','open','open','','were-aware-of-attempts-to-weaken-north-before-2023-northern-elders','','','2020-11-12 09:55:40','2020-11-12 09:55:40','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2916',0,'post','',0),(2917,1,'2020-11-12 09:54:53','2020-11-12 09:54:53','','FB_IMG_1605174789916','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1605174789916','','','2020-11-12 09:54:53','2020-11-12 09:54:53','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1605174789916.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2919,1,'2020-11-12 10:04:48','2020-11-12 10:04:48','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2920\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1605175329099-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" />\n\nThe two factional leaders of Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau and Maman Al-Barnawi, and 84 other Boko Haram terrorists were on Wednesday declared wanted by the Nigerian army\n\nThe Commandant, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, declared them wanted during the indoctrination of members of the civilian joint task force into the operations of Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri.<!--more-->\n\nThe Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Buratai, while inaugurating the team, said the CJTF was drafted into the counter insurgency fight due to their superior knowledge of the terrain.\n\nBuratai said, “Identifying the enclaves of the terrorists as they move from one location to another is useful. The counter insurgency fight should not be left to the military alone.”\n\nAt the event, the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, called on Boko Haram terrorists to drop their weapons and embrace the peace process being initiated by the government.\n\nCopyright PUNCH.','Army Declares Shekau, Al-Barnawi, 84 Other B’Haram Terrorists Wanted','','publish','open','open','','army-declares-shekau-al-barnawi-84-other-bharam-terrorists-wanted','','','2020-11-12 10:04:48','2020-11-12 10:04:48','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2919',0,'post','',0),(2920,1,'2020-11-12 10:04:19','2020-11-12 10:04:19','','FB_IMG_1605175329099','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1605175329099','','','2020-11-12 10:04:19','2020-11-12 10:04:19','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1605175329099.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2922,1,'2020-11-12 10:12:13','2020-11-12 10:12:13','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2923\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1605175734359-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" />\nThe Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service, KADIRS, said on Wednesday that it would commence full implementation of its proposed N1,000 annual Development Levy on all adult residents of the state in 2021.<!--more-->\n\nThe Executive Chairman of the agency, Dr Zaid Abubakar said at a news conference in Kaduna, that as from 2021, every adult residing in the state would be made to pay the levy in line with the provision of Section 9 (2) of the Kaduna State Tax Codification and Consolidation Law, 2020\n\nHe added that the law mandated every adult residing in the state to pay N1,000 annually as development levy as their contribution to transform the infrastructure of the state and reposition the economy to meet the yearnings of the people.\n\n“This will only be achieved by payment of taxes and levies, which will be ploughed back into the economy for the residents to enjoy the dividend of democracy.\n\n“As the name implies, the development levy is for the development of the state. We are all living witnesses of the economic transformation taking place in the state.\n\n“This is evident with the ongoing massive roads construction, renovation, upgrade and equipping of hospitals and schools, and provision of the needed infrastructure for development to thrive,’’ he said.\n\nAbubakar explained that the levy was based on the constitutional provision that allows states to collect an amount, on annual basis, from residents, designated as either development levy or economic development levy.\n\nThe chairman said that the amount could be any amount depending on what the national or state assemblies determined in the tax law, stressing that the development levy had been in place in Kaduna state for over 50 years, with residents hitherto paying N100 annually, but with little enforcement.\n\nHe explained that the recent review of the state’s tax law increased the amount from N100 to N1,000 in line with current economic realities.\n\n“We ought to have commenced enforcement since January 2020 but extended it to 2021 due to COVID-19 lockdown and its accompanying economic hardship.\n\n“But there will be full enforcement beginning from 2021, in accordance with the provisions of the state and other relevant tax laws,” he said.\n\nThe chairman said that the levy would be collected by KADIRS in collaboration with the 23 Local Government Areas of the state and traditional rulers, adding that the modalities would be made public soon.\n\nNAN','EVERY ADULT RESIDING IN KADUNA MUST PAY N1000 DEVELOPMENT LEVY — OFFICIAL','','publish','open','open','','every-adult-residing-in-kaduna-must-pay-n1000-development-levy-official','','','2020-11-12 10:12:13','2020-11-12 10:12:13','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2922',0,'post','',0),(2923,1,'2020-11-12 10:11:33','2020-11-12 10:11:33','','FB_IMG_1605175734359','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1605175734359','','','2020-11-12 10:11:33','2020-11-12 10:11:33','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1605175734359.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2925,1,'2020-11-13 13:31:57','2020-11-13 13:31:57','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2926 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201113-WA0026-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />\n\nKenechukwu Ofomah\n\nAwka\n\nIt promises to be a memorable yuletide season for the 15 communities of Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State as a non-government organization, Prince Onyendozi Foundation on Thursday unveiled its Football tournament for the Council area.<!--more-->\nThe Football Tournament, which will span from the first week of December, 2020, to the first week of January, 2021, will see the first placed teams win the price money of 500,000 naira, second place- 300, 000 naira and third place- 200,000 naira.\nThe sum of 50,000 has also been set aside for the highest goal scorer/golden booth, while all the participating teams, will get a consolation price of 20,000 each.\nSpeaking at the unveiling of the tournament in Awka today, the Founder/Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, Prince Nnanyerugo Ike, explained that the competition which is in furtherance of efforts at advancing grassroots sports in Anambra State, is also to create a platform through which football talents of youths in the area can be harnessed.\n“The 2020 Prince Onyendozi Football tournament Football Tournament is a project we evolved through which we intend to give vent to the budding football talents in Orumba South LGA. There is no gainsaying that many Nigerians have found viable avenues for income and livelihood in sports and sporting activities and football has proven to be a major one in this regard. The likes of Kanu Nwankwo, Jay Jay Okocha, Mikel Obi, Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi, are just few of the names among the many Igbo sons, who have found their feet in the soccer business. What I intend to achieve with this tournament, is a platform through which we can give expression to the talents of our young people in the football business,” he said.\nPrince Ike said the Foundation has extended partnership proposals to scouting agents and companies, who will be coming for the tournament, adding that players who distinguish themselves creditably may eventually get to be picked.\nHe also spoke on his decision to set up the foundation and what his intentions are.\n“Prince Onyendozi Foundation, is a non-governmental organization, which I established, as a platform to provide succor and assistance to our people across various spheres. It is on record that since its inception, the foundation has touched not less than a thousand lives through many of its interventions in the areas of education, health, sports development, youths empowerment and skills acquisition, among others.\n“During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Foundation launched an initiative under which it provided relief materials to many households in Orumba South Council Area.\n“Presently, we are undertaking our 2020 Medical Outreach for the 15 communities of Orumba South, which we flagged off on the 7th of November (last Saturday). This outreach which we run in partnership with medical doctors, pharmacists, laboratory scientists and nurses, is aimed at addressing the numerous health challenges of our people. Also during the Medical Outreach, the Foundation has undertaken to enroll 40 persons from Orumba South LGA, under the Anambra State Health Insurance Scheme (ASHIA), to enjoy free medicare for a period of twelve months (One Year),” he revealed.\nIke emphasized that his decision to float the foundation was borne out of the agreement he had with God, maintaining that though he is not the richest man in his community, Ezira, he believes in one doing what God has called them to do.\n\nAlso speaking, the Chairman of Orumba South Local Football Council, Dr George Okereke said the State Football Ball Association will partner the Foundation to organize the event successfully, commending Prince Onyendozi for his humanitarian gestures.\n“Recently, the Anambra Football Association held its elections. We were given the marching orders to go to the various council areas and mobilize stakeholders to invest in sports development. Just when I was still cracking my head on how to undertake the task, Prince Onyendozi Foundation surfaced with this initiative. What is fascinating about this tournament is not just the huge amount of money involved but the coordination he has put into the whole process. Having reached out to the LFC, we will make sure the tournament holds successfully,” he assured.\nOkereke further pledged his support to mobilize youths of Orumba South to participate effectively in the tournament, as according to him, they have been yearning for an opportunity like this.\nFor a football enthusiast, Abuchi Onwumelu, with the scouting agents and companies that will be coming for the tournament, it will surely provide the opportunity to discover quality players for the state football team.','Foundation floats football tournament for Anambra LGA','','publish','open','open','','foundation-floats-football-tournament-for-anambra-lga','','','2020-11-13 13:31:57','2020-11-13 13:31:57','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2925',0,'post','',0),(2926,1,'2020-11-13 13:31:21','2020-11-13 13:31:21','','IMG-20201113-WA0026','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201113-wa0026','','','2020-11-13 13:31:21','2020-11-13 13:31:21','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201113-WA0026.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2930,1,'2020-11-14 14:53:43','2020-11-14 14:53:43','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2931 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201114-WA0039-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" />\n\nThe wife of the Enugu State Governor, Mrs. Monica Ugwuanyi, has stressed the need for adequate nutrition for women and children in the state to improve child and maternal health as well as reduce the exposure risk to chronic diseases<!--more-->\n\nMrs. Ugwuanyi made the call during the domestication of the 2016 Food and Nutrition Policy, plus Finalizing the Multi-sectoral Costed Strategic Plan of Action Agenda, organized by Enugu State Food and Nutrition Committee (SCFN), at Nike Lake Resort Enugu.\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2932 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201114-WA0040-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" />\n\nThe Enugu governor’s wife disclosed that because of the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), a lot of sectors have sidelined existing structures that champion nutrition and food security.\n\nShe therefore pointed out that it is more critical now than ever before for multi-sectoral nutrition actors to take and support key actions to protect the nutritionally vulnerable groups “given the importance of nutrition in national development”.\n\nMrs. Ugwuanyi maintained that “malnutrition has been a public health problem especially the hard to reach areas and underserved communities in Enugu State” adding that “this is more worrisome in pregnant women and children under the age of five”.\n\nThe Enugu State First Lady who revealed that the first 1,000 days of life is the most important days of an infant, starting from the point of conception to two years, advised that better nutrition for women, children and adolescents should underpin the state’s push to achieve the sustainable Development Goals.\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2933 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201114-WA0038-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" />\n\nAccording to her, “malnutrition affects the wellbeing of the people; it drains the state of quality human capital and hinders economic and social development. Beyond economic growth, a whole lot of diseases are avoided when we reduce stunting rate within the first 1,000 days of life”.\n\nWhile thanking the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) for the initiative and the Enugu State Government for constituting and inaugurating the Enugu State Committee on Food and Nutrition with the aim of domesticating the national policy in the state, Mrs. Ugwuanyi urged members of the committee to put in their best to help the state and the nation to achieve the policy’s noble objectives “as quickly as possible”.\n\nEarlier in his welcome address, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and Planning, Mr. Casmir Ugwu, commended Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for his display of political will by inaugurating the committee and his commitment in actualizing the national policy.\n\nIn his goodwill message, the Chief Field Officer, UNICEF Enugu, Dr. Conteh Ibrahim, pledged UNICEF’s continuous support to Enugu State and called for enhanced collaboration to check malnutrition in children and women.\n\nThe occasion was also attended by the State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Dr. David O. Ugwunta, Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Matthew Idu and their Gender Affairs and Social Development counterpart, Hon. Princess Peace Nnaji, among others.','Enugu governor’s wife stresses good nutrition for children, women','','publish','open','open','','enugu-governors-wife-stresses-good-nutrition-for-children-women','','','2020-11-14 14:53:43','2020-11-14 14:53:43','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2930',0,'post','',0),(2931,1,'2020-11-14 14:51:52','2020-11-14 14:51:52','','IMG-20201114-WA0039','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201114-wa0039','','','2020-11-14 14:51:52','2020-11-14 14:51:52','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201114-WA0039.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2932,1,'2020-11-14 14:52:39','2020-11-14 14:52:39','','IMG-20201114-WA0040','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201114-wa0040','','','2020-11-14 14:52:39','2020-11-14 14:52:39','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201114-WA0040.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2933,1,'2020-11-14 14:53:23','2020-11-14 14:53:23','','IMG-20201114-WA0038','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201114-wa0038','','','2020-11-14 14:53:23','2020-11-14 14:53:23','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201114-WA0038.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2936,1,'2020-11-14 15:10:59','2020-11-14 15:10:59','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2937 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201114-WA0043-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" />\n\nBy John Ndu\n\nThe beneficiaries of the Federal Government\'s Conditional Cash Transfer programmes (CCT) in Anambra state have been commended for their hug investment and establishment of various enterprises through the scheme.<!--more-->\n\nThis was disclosed when the Livelihood Officer, Anambra State Cash Transfer Unit, (ANSCTU) Mr Christan Obiajulu visited some pilots wards in different local government in the state.\n\nThe essence of the visit was to ascertain the level of progress and success stories recorded by the beneficiaries within this period of the programme.\n\nWe will recall that the Federal Government initiated the CCT programme and was designed to benefit poor and vulnerable households with a monthly stipend of N5,000 Nigerian (US$13.83).\n\nBeneficiaries also receive training as well as financial and technical support to start small businesses.\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2938 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201114-WA0045-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" />\n\nThe Conditional cash transfer programmes give money to households on the condition that they comply with certain pre-defined requirements.\n\nSome of the areas visited include Umuezeogbo ward, Nawfija, Orumba South local government area, where the beneficiary, Mrs Grace Mgbo Onyesoruo established piggery.\n\nAlso visited in Orumba South was Ezeome Community, Nawfija, where Mrs Amaka Fidelis established provision stores and clothing.\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2939 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201114-WA0044-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" />\n\nAnother Community visited were Umuofor Okija, Ihiala local government area, where some individuals formed a Co-operative Society and established mechanised system of pounding fufu (casava) and supply to hotels, individuals and other organizations.\n\nAmong the Umuofor Cooperative, some of them also had their individual enterprises, like Mrs Nkiruka Umeruogu, who added selling of firewood. She sells to big establishments also and Mrs Ude Bridget who sells onions.\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2940 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201114-WA0046-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" />\n\nAlso visited was Unity Cooperative Union, Ozzuh, Umunachi, Dunukofia Local government area, where the group specialized in production of \"Ogili Igbo\" (Local spices), and Mr Clement Okeke who sells local foul.\n\nReacting to the tour, Mr Obiajulu expressed satisfaction with the rapid success stories recorded and their dedication in pursuing their goals.\n\nHe explained that the beneficiaries were selected through the stakeholders from the various agro communities with a Social Investment Programme.\n\n\"It is the Stakeholders that will inform the staff of Social Investment Programme about some poor people in the area.\n\n\"Through the process, the person\'s name will be captured and added to Social Register.\n\n\"Who have Cash Transfer Facilitators who takes down the information from the national and ad well, inform the national about the situation.\n\n\"There is remarkable progress and the expected impact on their lives had been noticed. There is expansion in their enterprise.\n\n\"I observed they are really making money both in savings and expansion of their enterprise. It is expected that by the time the programme ends, they can stand on their own.\n\n\"We are doing pilot test on the pilot local Governments to see best way to project them for this programme. At the end, they will be giving a productive grant, to enable them boost their economic development.\" Obiajulu noted.\n\nHe further urged them to ensure proper saving, to enable them procure further facilities they may need in the future.\n\nAlso Speaking the Training and Communication Officer (TCO) Anambra State Cash Transfer Unit, Mr Olisa Maxwell Onwumar the explained that the essence of the programme was to lift the downtrodden and take them out of poverty.\n\n\"I advice them to make maximum use of the opportunity and imbibe saving culture\". Onwumar added.\n\nReacting, the beneficiaries commended the federal government for the scheme, which according to them, had lifted and eradicated them from poverty.\n\nThey also requested Government\'s intervention in some of their businesses\'s challenges, to enable them meet the required target.','FG\'s CCT programmes: Anambra records success stories','','publish','open','open','','fgs-cct-programmes-anambra-records-success-stories','','','2020-11-14 15:10:59','2020-11-14 15:10:59','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2936',0,'post','',0),(2937,1,'2020-11-14 15:08:42','2020-11-14 15:08:42','','IMG-20201114-WA0043','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201114-wa0043','','','2020-11-14 15:08:42','2020-11-14 15:08:42','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201114-WA0043.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2938,1,'2020-11-14 15:09:18','2020-11-14 15:09:18','','IMG-20201114-WA0045','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201114-wa0045','','','2020-11-14 15:09:18','2020-11-14 15:09:18','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201114-WA0045.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2939,1,'2020-11-14 15:09:58','2020-11-14 15:09:58','','IMG-20201114-WA0044','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201114-wa0044','','','2020-11-14 15:09:58','2020-11-14 15:09:58','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201114-WA0044.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2940,1,'2020-11-14 15:10:29','2020-11-14 15:10:29','','IMG-20201114-WA0046','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201114-wa0046','','','2020-11-14 15:10:29','2020-11-14 15:10:29','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201114-WA0046.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2942,1,'2020-11-14 15:31:54','2020-11-14 15:31:54','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2943\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1605367793559-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />\nIt has now been confirmed that the six governors of the South- south region will meet in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday, under the umbrella of the Forum of South-South Governors, to discuss issues around the mining of gold in Zamfara State.<!--more--></p>\nA source close to one of the governors told THISDAY last night that all arrangements for the meeting had been concluded and that Governor Nyesom Wike is excited hosting the crucial meeting.\n\n“The governors are looking towards taking a common decision on the Zamfara gold issue on Monday. This decision will be forwarded to President Buhari. South-south states also want ‘artisanal’ mining of oil,” added the source.\n\nDelta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, had last Wednesday expressed worry at “federal government’s apparent tacit endorsement of the decision of Zamfara State to assume exclusive right to solid minerals in the state, particularly the gold deposits.”\n\nOkowa then hinted that the South-south governors were planning a meeting over the issue and that they were unanimous on the need to address the constitutionality of the alleged Zamfara government’s action.\n\nIn a veiled reference to the federal government’s support for “artisanal mining of gold”, particularly with President Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration of the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative, Okowa vowed that the South-south states would resist “such a discriminatory disposition, that runs foul of the constitutional provision on ownership of mining rights in Nigeria.”\n\nOkowa, who is the Chairman of the Forum, assured that the governors were united in their support for unattended issues of restructuring and devolution of more powers, as well as resources down to the local government level.\n\nOkowa said, “The South-south governors have been in the forefront for the devolution of power to states and local governments. Restructuring, resource control and security of the country, especially in the Niger Delta will be a major topic of discussion at the Presidential parley coming up in Port Harcourt.\n\n“There are Acts of the National Assembly that dealt specifically and unequivocally with oil production and solid minerals. We cannot apply laws in such a manner that it becomes discriminatory because you cannot mine solid minerals somewhere in Zamfara and not allow Niger Delta to manage their oil.”\n\nThe Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative (PAGMI) is a comprehensive artisanal and small-scale gold mining development programme, launched in 2019 to foster the formalisation and integration of artisanal gold mining activities into Nigeria’s legal, economic, and institutional framework.\n\nFederal government, in collaboration with the Kebbi State Government, inaugurated the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining and Biometric Data Capture and Enrolment Exercise in Yauri Local Government Area of Kebbi in February.\n\nThe programme, which is a federal government initiative to be operated by PAGMI, in partnership with the Kebbi State Government, will formalise the artisanal mining groups for the much needed support and capacity building aimed at upscaling their processes, creating more jobs and enhancing incomes.\n\nMinister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite said the steps taken would lead to improved practices, access to finance and equipment, create jobs and sanitise the artisanal miners’ operations.\n\nThe minister added: “Undoubtedly, it will grow the economy of the state through diversification into solid minerals development.”\nExecutive Secretary of the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), Hajiya Fatima Umaru Shinkafi explained that Kebbi and Osun were selected to kick start the pilot project.\n\nShe said the programme was part of President Buhari’s economic diversification agenda through the Anchor Borrowers Programme.\n\nShe said: “Federal government wants to create more jobs in rural areas of Nigeria in line with his mission to create million jobs.”\nFatima further said the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) would enroll the first batch of artisanal gold miners under the pilot scheme.','SOUTH-SOUTH GOVERNORS MEET MONDAY OVER ZAMFARA GOLD','','publish','open','open','','south-south-governors-meet-monday-over-zamfara-gold','','','2020-11-14 15:31:54','2020-11-14 15:31:54','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2942',0,'post','',0),(2943,1,'2020-11-14 15:31:19','2020-11-14 15:31:19','','FB_IMG_1605367793559','','inherit','open','closed','','fb_img_1605367793559','','','2020-11-14 15:31:19','2020-11-14 15:31:19','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB_IMG_1605367793559.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2946,1,'2020-11-16 12:19:03','0000-00-00 00:00:00','&nbsp;\n\nRowland Odegbo\n\nIt is fairly right to say that the EndSARS protest achieved a lot even though it groaned at some point when it was abused to purpose. Apart from forcing the replacement of the accursed Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) with Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT), it also subserved other purposes chief among which was exposure of the frosty relationship between the government and the youth.\n\nMany had expressed surprise at the response and near total involvement of youths throughout Nigeria in the peaceful protest. Beyond police brutality, the protest was more a response to the seeming unconcerned attitude of the government to the plight of the youths. The no-thaw relationship between the government and the youths derives more from the continuous rise in youths’ unemployment and the realization that no effort is being made to involve them in government business. With shards of broken promises, evident in the manner the government leans towards gerontocracy, the passionate demonstration was unavoidably inflamed.\n\nThat most of those in government today came in as youths not with special skills or precocious ability, but because they were availed the chance, requires that fair treatment be given to those asking for it. Sadly, that is not the case. There appears some restrictions at the top which neither allows admission of “outsiders” in government, nor does it sympathize with the demands of the youths. As a matter of fact, those in government appear determined to strain the limits of constitutional authority just to stay in office and in total exclusion of the youths.\n\nPerhaps only a few state governors run youth-inclusive government in Nigeria. The Governors do not just encourage youth participation in government, but they also have significant number of them appointed into positions in their government. One of such governors is Chief Willie Obiano of Anambra state.\n\nHe may not enjoy this status alone as there are others who are equally involved, but he certainly did a thing or two that marks his government out as exceptionally youth friendly. What he did may not be public knowledge or readily admitted by those who have taken a position, but he did them nonetheless. The Governor has large proportion of those who attend his executive council meeting drawn from the youth. At a point in his administration, a commissioner in his cabinet was appointed at an age when he could not statutorily assume office. While he awaited confirmation for the appointed age, his ministry was overseen by another. To date, three commissioners or four in Obiano’s cabinet are of youthful age. Many more are in his employ as special aides. His chief of staff, his chief of protocol etc are all youths. There are many other youths working in the government who are deploying their youthful energy and vision to drive the unique Anambra spirit. Anybody conversant with development in the state, especially the state radio station will notice an uptick in broadcast excellence since Obiano. The Anambra Broadcasting Station (ABS) is a typical example where youthful vigour matched with vision has driven an otherwise moribund station to commendable height. The improvement can only be appreciated when the past is brought in perspective. Ditto for what obtains in government ministries, department and agencies where youthful vision is deployed with energy and elan.\n\nPerhaps because most of the Governor’s aides are mostly youths, service delivery in government has taken a turn for the better. Everything is done with promptness. The time between payment and service delivery has so improved that what took months to accomplish now takes days to achieve. By this, its does not mean that all is well or that everything is working as expected. But it tells a lot. The improvement might not have happened if youthful energy and vision were sacrificed at the altar of lethargy and shortsightedness.\n\nIt is not any different in the State House of Assembly where two third of the members, including the Speaker is a youth. It may profit nothing to dwell on the merits of this unique Assembly. But it is enough to say that popular bills do not take eternity to go through the necessary readings before they are passed. They also do not squeak through - they simply get passed. It is the same scenario in the National Assembly where those who fly APGA flag in the House of Representatives are all youths. Before two out of the six members were lost, one at the court and the other through carpet crossing, all six are youths.\n\nTo the credit of the administration a lot of youth empowerment programs are active in the state. So far a good number of the youths have been taken off the street by enrolling them is one or two skill acquisition schemes. The establishment of Anambra Small Business Agency (ASBA) in 2014 ensures that take-off capital with low interest rate is there to shore up the working capital. To this end, most of the youths are gainfully engaged while some are employers of labour.\n\nTo further engage the youths certain agencies like Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA) Anambra Road Maintenance Agency (ARMA) Anambra Traffic Management Agency (ARTMA) Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) et al were brought into being.\n\nThough youth engagement does not solve all the problems bedeviling the society, but it goes a long way in nipping some of them off. Whatever the accomplishments of the End SARS protest, the energy, time and resources spent on it would have been channeled elsewhere for greater good. It is not too late in the day to work out possible solution to the mass unemployment in the land. A country without productive youth deliberately gives hostage to her own fortune. The End SARS protest may have come and gone, but the memory lingers. It will not be presumptuous to say that the country runs a risk of violent protest if nothing tangible is done to address some of the issues raised by the protesters. There is still chance for improvement.\n\nRowland Odegbo\n\nAborgu 11 n’Nteje','A look at Obiano’s youth-inclusive government','','draft','open','open','','','','','2020-11-16 12:19:03','0000-00-00 00:00:00','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2946',0,'post','',0),(2947,1,'2020-11-16 12:26:35','2020-11-16 12:26:35','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2949 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201116-WA0016-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />\n\n<!--more-->\n\nRowland Odegbo\n\nIt is fairly right to say that the EndSARS protest achieved a lot even though it groaned at some point when it was abused to purpose. Apart from forcing the replacement of the accursed Special Anti-Robbery<!--more--><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2949\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201116-WA0016-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /> Squad (SARS) with Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT), it also subserved other purposes chief among which was exposure of the frosty relationship between the government and the youth.<!--more-->\n\nMany had expressed surprise at the response and near total involvement of youths throughout Nigeria in the peaceful protest. Beyond police brutality, the protest was more a response to the seeming unconcerned attitude of the government to the plight of the youths. The no-thaw relationship between the government and the youths derives more from the continuous rise in youths’ unemployment and the realization that no effort is being made to involve them in government business. With shards of broken promises, evident in the manner the government leans towards gerontocracy, the passionate demonstration was unavoidably inflamed.\n\nThat most of those in government today came in as youths not with special skills or precocious ability, but because they were availed the chance, requires that fair treatment be given to those asking for it. Sadly, that is not the case. There appears some restrictions at the top which neither allows admission of “outsiders” in government, nor does it sympathize with the demands of the youths. As a matter of fact, those in government appear determined to strain the limits of constitutional authority just to stay in office and in total exclusion of the youths.\n\nPerhaps only a few state governors run youth-inclusive government in Nigeria. The Governors do not just encourage youth participation in government, but they also have significant number of them appointed into positions in their government. One of such governors is Chief Willie Obiano of Anambra state.\n\nHe may not enjoy this status alone as there are others who are equally involved, but he certainly did a thing or two that marks his government out as exceptionally youth friendly. What he did may not be public knowledge or readily admitted by those who have taken a position, but he did them nonetheless. The Governor has large proportion of those who attend his executive council meeting drawn from the youth. At a point in his administration, a commissioner in his cabinet was appointed at an age when he could not statutorily assume office. While he awaited confirmation for the appointed age, his ministry was overseen by another. To date, three commissioners or four in Obiano’s cabinet are of youthful age. Many more are in his employ as special aides. His chief of staff, his chief of protocol etc are all youths. There are many other youths working in the government who are deploying their youthful energy and vision to drive the unique Anambra spirit. Anybody conversant with development in the state, especially the state radio station will notice an uptick in broadcast excellence since Obiano. The Anambra Broadcasting Station (ABS) is a typical example where youthful vigour matched with vision has driven an otherwise moribund station to commendable height. The improvement can only be appreciated when the past is brought in perspective. Ditto for what obtains in government ministries, department and agencies where youthful vision is deployed with energy and elan.\n\nPerhaps because most of the Governor’s aides are mostly youths, service delivery in government has taken a turn for the better. Everything is done with promptness. The time between payment and service delivery has so improved that what took months to accomplish now takes days to achieve. By this, its does not mean that all is well or that everything is working as expected. But it tells a lot. The improvement might not have happened if youthful energy and vision were sacrificed at the altar of lethargy and shortsightedness.\n\nIt is not any different in the State House of Assembly where two third of the members, including the Speaker is a youth. It may profit nothing to dwell on the merits of this unique Assembly. But it is enough to say that popular bills do not take eternity to go through the necessary readings before they are passed. They also do not squeak through - they simply get passed. It is the same scenario in the National Assembly where those who fly APGA flag in the House of Representatives are all youths. Before two out of the six members were lost, one at the court and the other through carpet crossing, all six are youths.\n\nTo the credit of the administration a lot of youth empowerment programs are active in the state. So far a good number of the youths have been taken off the street by enrolling them is one or two skill acquisition schemes. The establishment of Anambra Small Business Agency (ASBA) in 2014 ensures that take-off capital with low interest rate is there to shore up the working capital. To this end, most of the youths are gainfully engaged while some are employers of labour.\n\nTo further engage the youths certain agencies like Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA) Anambra Road Maintenance Agency (ARMA) Anambra Traffic Management Agency (ARTMA) Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) et al were brought into being.\n\nThough youth engagement does not solve all the problems bedeviling the society, but it goes a long way in nipping some of them off. Whatever the accomplishments of the End SARS protest, the energy, time and resources spent on it would have been channeled elsewhere for greater good. It is not too late in the day to work out possible solution to the mass unemployment in the land. A country without productive youth deliberately gives hostage to her own fortune. The End SARS protest may have come and gone, but the memory lingers. It will not be presumptuous to say that the country runs a risk of violent protest if nothing tangible is done to address some of the issues raised by the protesters. There is still chance for improvement.\n\nRowland Odegbo\n\nAborgu 11 n’Nteje','A look at Obiano’s youth-inclusive government','','publish','open','open','','a-look-at-obianos-youth-inclusive-government','','','2020-11-16 12:26:35','2020-11-16 12:26:35','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2947',0,'post','',0),(2949,1,'2020-11-16 12:28:05','2020-11-16 12:28:05','','IMG-20201116-WA0016','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201116-wa0016','','','2020-11-16 12:28:05','2020-11-16 12:28:05','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201116-WA0016.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2952,1,'2020-11-16 21:34:08','2020-11-16 21:34:08','<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2953 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201116-WA0055-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" />\n\n…As its Management team led by the Chief Operating Officer, Obi Mbanuzuo, visits Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi at the Government House, Enugu<!--more-->\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2955 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201116-WA0057-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" />\n\n*Says the decision to commence operations in the state was because, “Enugu has shown to be one of the most peaceful states in Nigeria where the economy is growing and Dana Air wants to contribute to the growth of the economy”.\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2957 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201116-WA0059-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" /><!--more-->\n\nDana Air now joins Air Peace and Ibom Air in daily flight operations in Enugu.\n\nAlso in the delegation were Mr. Edwin Ossai (Head of Security), Mr. Kingsley Ezenwa (Head of Media &amp; Communications) and Mrs. Chioma Anioke (Enugu Station Manager).\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2958 aligncenter\" src=\"https://arisenewsng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201116-WA0059-1-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" />\n\nEnd','Dana Air commences daily flights to Enugu from Lagos and Abuja.','','publish','open','open','','dana-air-commences-daily-flights-to-enugu-from-lagos-and-abuja','','','2020-11-16 21:34:08','2020-11-16 21:34:08','',0,'https://reportdesks.com/?p=2952',0,'post','',0),(2953,1,'2020-11-16 21:33:16','2020-11-16 21:33:16','','IMG-20201116-WA0055','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201116-wa0055','','','2020-11-16 21:33:16','2020-11-16 21:33:16','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201116-WA0055.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2955,1,'2020-11-16 21:37:15','2020-11-16 21:37:15','','IMG-20201116-WA0057','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201116-wa0057','','','2020-11-16 21:37:15','2020-11-16 21:37:15','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201116-WA0057.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2957,1,'2020-11-16 21:38:04','2020-11-16 21:38:04','','IMG-20201116-WA0059','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201116-wa0059','','','2020-11-16 21:38:04','2020-11-16 21:38:04','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201116-WA0059.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2958,1,'2020-11-16 21:38:40','2020-11-16 21:38:40','','IMG-20201116-WA0059','','inherit','open','closed','','img-20201116-wa0059-2','','','2020-11-16 21:38:40','2020-11-16 21:38:40','',0,'https://arisenews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-20201116-WA0059-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0);
