The member of Anambra State House of Assembly representing Ogbaru I constituency, Hon. Noble Chukwunonso Igwe, who is the Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts and one of the most active members of the House of Assembly in the 7th and current 8th Assembly, has lost his father, Pa Mmadukaejiaka Igwe, popularly known as Ichie Ozioma. Until his death, Pa Mmadukaejiaka Igwe was a community leader in his village of Umuokpulukpu, Umuomaku in...

Reputable Chattered Accountant and former Chairman of the London Group of Nigerian Professionals in the United Kingdom, Chief Ben Etiaba, has endorsed the aspiration of Sir Azuka Okwuosa for governor, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress – APC. A member of the APC, Chief Etiaba ran for the Anambra State governorship in 2021, following the dispute from the primaries of the party, he later ended up with Action Alliance, as its candidate in...

…as Appropriation Bill Scales Second Reading The Speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Uche Ugwu urges lawmakers to take their oversight functions seriously as this is in the interest of the electorates they represent. Ugwu said this on Tuesday when the bill for a law to make provision for the sum of nine hundred and seventy-one billion, eighty-four million naira only (N971,084,000,000.00) to the services of the Enugu State Government of Nigeria...

In a bid to empower youths across the country, the Federal Government has unveiled a-24 month action plan of creating 20 million jobs, through the recently launched “Nigerian Youth Economic Engagement and De-Radicalization Programme (NIYEEDEP), a pro-youth socio-economic intervention scheme jointly anchored and driven by the Federal Ministry of Youth Development and the Nigerian Senate, through its Committee on Sports Development. A total of 20 million jobs will be created through entrepreneurship revolution, in such...

The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) has kicked against the proposed Tax Reform Bill introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration, and told the National Assembly (NASS) to reject it.  A press statement on Tuesday signed by Comrade Israel Uwejeyan, National Coordinator, NDYC stated that the bill represents an alarming departure from the principles of equity and shared prosperity upon which our nation was built. Uwejeyan said, “This bill, while masquerading as a solution to Nigeria’s...