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AVERTING THE LOOMING DISASTER AT ENUGU AIRPORT

By Frank Nweke II July 8, 2019. Regular airline passengers flying between Enugu, Abuja and Lagos are familiar with the bumpy take-off and landing due to the dilapidated runway of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu and the ominous reminder sometimes issued by pilots to draw attention to the danger to...... more

My Transition Hours’: Jonathan shreds Shettima over Chibok girls

It is obvious from the pattern of deleterious comments from certain quarters since the successful public presentation of ‘My Transition Hours’, a book by Dr. Goodluck Jonathan that a comprehensive plan to discredit the book is afoot. However, since facts don’t lie, the plot shall come to nought, just as the...... more

Reappraising Ugwuanyi’s giant strides in Enugu State

By Louis Amoke For a better appreciation of the good works of Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administration in Enugu State, it will be rational to assess its stewardship from the standpoint of the nation’s economic adversities when the governor took over the mantle of leadership in May 29, 2015. When the...... more

2019 and Ugwuanyi’s Enduring Legacies

By Louis Amoke A critical evaluation of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s unique approach to governance in Enugu State, especially from the standpoint of ideology, clearly underscores his sense of direction, vision, charisma and passion for the wellbeing of the lowly and less privileged. It is on record that Gov. Ugwuanyi assumed office...... more

Sullivan Chime is frustrated --By Steve C. Nweke, London

It is easy to see that this thing Sullivan Chime told Vanguard is nothing but tissue of lies, deliberately and mischievously peddled by the former governor. In the interview, Sullivan claimed that the Federal Government released N40 billion for Enugu State, which he said he requested for but was turned down...... more

Endless desperation to nail Ekweremadu

By Zacheaus Adebayo Without knowing it, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has virtually made a super human out of this man called Senator Ike Ekweremadu. It is not because he defied all odds to become the Deputy Senate President in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), much as it is...... more

CAN president: Whose interest?

IN a letter dated October 16, 2017 and addressed to Gov. Peter Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, the National General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. Musa Asake, saluted the governor’s voice of opposition as well as endorsed his presidential declaration of September 28.th Asake eulogised Fayose for...... more

CAN president: Whose interest?

COMMENTARY ON IKEOHA FOUNDATION ADULT LITERACY DAY AND 2016/2017 SCHOLARSHIP AND BURSARY AWARD CEREMONY

The saying that " when the going gets tough, the tough gets going" is the most appropriate way to describe the dogged and untiring efforts of the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and by extension the Ikeoha Foundation which has remained resolute in her determination to build...... more

8 APC govs to attend Nwoye’s guber campaign launch next week

… Reconciliation Committee set to meet Uba, Muoghalu, ors Eight governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are billed to storm Anambra State next week as the party kick-off its gubernatorial campaign. As a prelude to the flag-off of the campaign, the party in the State has set up a Reconciliation...... more