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One of the fastest-growing products in food industries, Jolly-Jolly Noodles received a boost recently, as the Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina applauded the product for its quality and standard and opted to support in ensuring that the product gets to all Nigerians. This commendation was made when the Chairman of Ike God Industries, makers of Jolly Jolly noodles, Mr. Ikenna Ifejiofor visited the Presidential Villa in the company of the facilitator and founder, Sweet Home Africa Humanitarian Foundation, Rev. Dr. Austine Epunam, JP.
Mr Ikenna Ifejiofor is a foremost businessman and industrialist who has paid his due in business world. Tutored by his Late father, Mr Christopher Ifejiofor on the sale of motorcycle spare parts in Nnewi his hometown, he went ahead to pioneer the transformation of the business of Tricycles and raised it to international standard. He later went ahead to establish Ike God Industries in 2013.

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By: Nnenna Joseph
September is world Alzhimer month, one of the most common diseases on earth prevalent in people between age 65 and above but equally obtainable in younger people.

World Alzheimer's Month: Let's talk about dementia to end the stigma - On Biology
It is one of the greatest fears for older people in the given age bracket. It is the fear of forgetting your loved ones, the memories shared together over the years, times and season.
In Nigeria there are 318 011 dementia cases, (National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine 2015). We readily have instances of relatives, grannies, parents, grandparents who, as they got older became unable to recognize or remember faces and persons they were abinitio familiar with. They most likely have a case of dementia or Alhzimer. It is a rough phase of life, at this point, they need all the support, reassurance and comfort they can get.

Simply put, Dementia is a syndrome in which there is deterioration in memory, thinking, behaviour and the ability to perform everyday activities

Is Dementia same as Alzhimer? Dementia is a syndrome, Alzhimer is a disease. Both refer to forgetfulness but it is pertinent to seek clarity on their difference.

Dementia is a house while Alzhimer is a room in the house. However, their relationship is unique because Alhzimer, the disease is the cause of 50 to 70% which means when a person has Dementia, they will be checked further to know if the case is an exact case of Alhzimer.

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It was an emotional moment for Mrs Ugochinyere Ezeh, as tears of joy rolled down her cheeks, when she got a letter to serve in the Transition Committee of Nnewi North Local Government as one of the Councillors.

Mrs Ugochinyere who could not hold back her Joy, rolled on the floor, as she couldn't imagine what could have influenced her appointment despite being from what some will describe as the lower class and also not an indigene of Nnewi.

Mrs Ugochinyere has been living in Nnewi for the past Twenty (20) years, she relocated to Nnewi with her children and husband who is a commercial motorcyclist, in search for greener pastures.

To support her husband, she engaged in the frying and selling of Akara (Bean Cake) with bread, pap, milk and other related condiments, around St. Peter's Clever Catholic Church, Odida Nnewichi, Nnewi.

Her Akara which is always hot, garnished with onions, pepper and spiced with crayfish and gives the desired taste has endeared to her customers.

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Some foremost manufacturers in the South East have appealed to President Buhari, the Federal Government to grant their companies and other manufacturers in the zone waiver on import/custom duties of relevant raw materials and machines.

The manufacturers made the appeal when a delegation from the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment on assessment of the level of development at the Enugu International Trade Fair visited their factories.

They added that the high cost of clearing and handling of imported raw materials remained one of the major challenges of manufacturing in Nigeria.

The General Manager, Innoson Technical Company Ltd Enugu, Mr C.O. Ubah and Chief Executive Officer, Rico Groups, Eric Chime, who spoke separately, said their appeal became imperative since importers that cut corners to import finished goods were now selling at a cheaper rate than the local manufacturers.
Ubah, who spoke during the visit to the Innoson Factory, said that plastic product companies in Nigeria were suffering due to the inability of the Eleme Petrochemical Company to meet the demand for its product which is the raw material for plastic product companies.

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By Ebuka Onyekwelu

Fifty years after the Nigerian-Biafran Civil war, many Igbo people of Nigeria are yet to get over the psychological damage suffered from the devastation of that war. Although by sheer courage and enterprise, Ndi-Igbo have been able to rise from the ruins of the war, and have gone ahead in many respects with enormous success in academia, commerce and industry, much to the chagrin of the entire world. Rising from the shackles of about three years war against a stronger Nigerian side, is only a testament to the ingenuity, dexterity and tenacity of the Igbo man.

Despite these successes, the Igbo nation has remained traumatized evidenced in its disposition, pattern of response to national issues and reluctance, weariness even, towards strategic positioning for utmost benefit from the Nigeria project. The Igbo nation has a main place in the Nigerian scheme; a position it nearly fully occupied pre civil war days which sharply contrasts against today’s reality and this is without prejudice to the feelings of marginalization and victimization which forms the underpinning support to the emergence of pro Biafra groups, since Nigeria’s 4th republic.

The fact of this matter is that the Igbo nation’s dream can be realized in Nigeria, with or without Nigerian federal government’s assistance. But because the political imagination of the Igbo nation has shrunk and apparently not as open to innovations on governmental issues as it once was, and as such not ready for new attitudes that will make it distinguished within the context of its political marriage with Nigeria, a pattern that does not favour the Igbo has persisted. The Southeast predominantly inhabited by Igbo suffer major infrastructure deficit, which has been sustained through very poor leadership by no other but the Southeast leaders themselves. In fact, the storyline that blames southeast’s infrastructure deficit on Nigerian government alone, only but tends to fan the embers of crooked leadership in the southeast, who, arising from the foregoing, ride on such narrative to continue to deny the people the quality of governance they deserve and demand through diverse agitations. Indeed agitations in the southeast must be construed also as clear signs of government’s failure. Matter of fact is, government has failed Igbo people, not just Nigerian government but also the state governments and this failure is at the foundation of Biafra protestations.

A conjuncture of civil war fatality and devastation, and the apparent government malfunction in perpetuity, laced with malfeasance; Igbo people of southeast Nigeria have been unrelenting in their war time hostility and paranoid, and these further damages any glimpse of hope at the Igbo galvanizing and leveraging on its vast material and human resources to reclaim its lost stake or redefine the prevailing order of leadership in the region.

Biafra offers some hope on the basis of a promise or an assumption, that the republic holds something more honourable for the people. Yet, the republic of Biafra really is not necessarily a geographical area that needs political sovereignty to achieve set goals. Instead, Biafra represents a state of responsible and responsive leadership, of respect for the dignity and rights of man, where people live free with absolute confidence in their government and without fear or uncertainty. This is the Biafra people are clamoring for, right from pre civil war times.

Nonetheless, many people have remained completely oblivion that the just and fair system ingrained in Biafra’s DNA as it were, is achievable under the Nigeria arrangement. The import of this is that rather than hold southeast governors to account or for these agitations steadily provoked by crass government ineptitude to prioritize good governance virtues and creed in the region, so that an oasis of superior and high-quality governance is consciously created; indeed a Biafran template of what government ought to be. Instead, these agitations use propaganda lacking depth, stratagem, and serious intellectual content to drive the people farther away from realizing their full potentials within. What we have is mere noisemaking with no concrete impact or implication on the scheme of things, to reposition the southeast for its best and glorious days. At best a gratuitous fixation on Biafra as a geographical area. All these further escalate the perception of danger as well as increased intolerance on both sides.

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Six lawyers of Nnewi origin and 131 others have successfully made the list of candidates who will be conferred with the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

According to the press release by the Legal Practitioner’s Privileges Committee (LPPC) on Wednesday 23rd September, 2020, it said the 137 candidates emerged successful both at advocate filtration stages and academic pre-qualification exercise.

The six lawyers from Nnewi, Anambra state are; Lotanna Okoli, Ikenna Okoli, Afam Osigwe, Prince Orji Nwafor-Orizu, Chuka Ikwuazom and Dr. Kathleen Eberechukwu who have all been known to make great impacts in different workplaces and communities.

Afam Osigwe is an Abuja based lawyer from Nnewichi-Nnewi, Anambra state. He was called to Bar in 1999 and was the former publicity secretary of the NBA Abuja chapter and also the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Abuja Branch (Unity Bar). Afam Osigwe has his own Law firm called the LAW FORTE (Legal Practitioners, Corporate Consultants and Notary Public) established in 2002.
Prince Orji Nwafor-Orizu is the principal partner at Orji Nwafor-Orizu and Associates based in Abuja and Nnewi. His landmark cases include the APO 6 case in Abuja where he led the Ohaneze team of 23 lawyers to defend the people who were killed, and also the case of Senator Chris Anyanwu of Imo state for her senatorial seat return.  Prince Orji is from Otolo-Nnewi and was called to the Bar in 1979 alongside Dr. Kathleen Eberechukwu. 
Speaking to anaedoonline.ng concerning the new development, Prince Orji Nwafor- Orizu said, “I have been applying, this is my 14th application; It is my prayer that everyone gets it. Many of us from Nnewi are trying to make a statement, aside business we are good at other things. I hope we all get it”.

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A widow Mrs. Ifeoma Nnadozie, a native of UmuEzejimofor, Umuluoku kindred of Egbu Umuenem Otolo Nnewi has cried out for help from the wife of Anambra State Governor Dr. Mrs. M. Obiano, relevant security operatives, human right groups, the traditional ruler of Nnewi HRH Igwe Dr. K.O.N Orizu III and other stakeholders over the intimidation and threat to her life and that of her children since the death of her late husband Mr. Isaiah Nnadozie who died on 7th May, 2020 and was buried on 9th May, 2020 but up till now the funeral ceremony have not been conducted due to the harassments, intimidation, and threat to the family by a cabal that are bent on extorting money from them on the ground that her late husband was killed by a shrine located at Okija.

According to the widow, before her husband died, he was the treasurer of UmuEzejimofor Family Meeting and one Mr. Okwudili Ibeto AKA Ekediaso was the Chairman. It happened that according to her, the chairman withdrew the sum of N350,000 from the account of the family meeting without the consent of the members, and when his action was later discovered, he alleged that her husband who was the treasurer was part of the deal and actually collected the sum of N100,000.

The family meeting however insisted that the chairman must refund the N350,000 and the chairman Mr. Okwudili Ibeto insisted that her late husband should equally refund N100,000 so that he will add his own N250,000 to complete the money.

Speaking further, Mrs. Ifeoma Nnadozie stated that her husband refused to pay insisting that he wasn’t part of the deal and did not collect any money from Mr. Okwudili Ibeto and later the chairman paid the N350,000 with a threat and insult that my husband must pay him the N100,000 balance. The widow also said that her husband sued Mr. Okwudili Ibeto at Magistrate Court Nnewi for defamation of character while Mr. Okwudili Ibeto reported her husband at their shrine.

According to her, after sometime, a letter of invitation was brought to her husband from their shrine at Okija but her husband declined the invitation. She became troubled and went about looking for alternative ways to resolve the matter amicably but all to no avail. She went to Mr. Okwudili Ibeto for peaceful dialogue but all to no avail.

Mr. Okwudili Ibeto further threatened to eliminate Mr. Isaiah Nnadozie and his entire family. She went to UmuEzejimofor Family Meeting with hot drink and native kola to involve the kinsmen in the matter but the kinsmen decided not to be third party until her husband withdraws the matter from magistrate court while Mr. Okwudili Ibeto withdraws the matter from their shrine. The widow stated that her husband actually withdrew the matter from magistrate court and presented the proof to the kinsmen but when the kinsmen asked Mr. Okwudili Ibeto to present his own withdrawal proof, he vowed not to do so and no action was taken by the kinsmen.

According to her also, she went and involved her friend Mrs. Chinwe Chidolue who is also a family friend to Mr. Okwudili Ibeto’s family and when they got to his house, he ordered them out of his house and also made same threat to eliminate Mr. Isaiah Nnadozie and his entire family. On their way home, they met Mr. Okwudili Ibeto’s wife at her business place and pleaded with her to plead with her husband, Mr. Okwudili Ibeto to sheath his sword, she declined having the power to do so and advised them to go and meet Hon. Sir. Okey Nwizugbe.
The widow further said that she went to meet Late Chief Isaac Mbanefo, the then presiding Chief of Obi Mbanefo of UmuEzejimofor Family Meeting to seek for further assistance in resolving the matter, Chief Isaac went inside his house to check for the contact details of the Okija Shrine but to her greatest surprise, while Chief Isaac was still inside his house for about 10 minutes, Hon. Sir. Okey Nwizugbe came in and asked her if it’s the contact details of the Okija shrine that she came for? She replied; yes. Hon. Okey asked her to come to his house and collect it. She later went to Hon. Sir. Okey Nwizugbe’s house to collect the number but Hon. Okey asked her to come back the following day that he is yet to get the number from Mr. Okwudili Ibeto.

According to the widow, she went to Hon. Sir. Okey Nwizugbe’s house three times to get the number but all to no avail. Hon. Sir. Okey Nwizugbe later offered to drive her to the shrine but she declined the offer.

According to the widow, later her husband fall sick and died on 7th May, 2020, buried on 9th May, 2020 and few minutes after the burial of her husband, Chief Ifeanyi Nsofor of Obi Umucheke in Egbu Umuenem Otolo Nnewi stormed her house with a shocking news; that the current chairman of UmuEzejimofor Family Meeting, Mr. Vincent Okonkwo called him to inform her and her children that Mr. Okwudili Ibeto instructed that her husband who was killed by their shrine shouldn’t be buried, that if already buried, she and her children should exhume the body and unfailing to do so, that the deceased wife and children are giving their shrine express permission to continue the killing.

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The calling of a person by a wooden gong is dependent on the feats he has attained in life. Such is the tale and calling of Kevin Chukwumobi, the CEO of APAMS Funeral Undertakers Nigeria Limited.

Kevin was born into the family of Chief Ben Chukwumobi Ifediba (Omeokachie) & Lolo Elizabeth Amuche Ifediba from Umunuko Ukpor in Nnewi South LGA of Anambra State in the year1970. The young Kevin attended Umuwaya Road Primary School, Umuahia. He proceeded to Immaculate Conception Seminary, Ahiaeke, Umuahia for his secondary school education. On completion of his secondary school, he secured an admission to study Mass Communication at Federal Polytechnic, Okoh, Anambra State where he obtained HND in Mass Communication.

Sir Kevin thereafter forayed into pharmaceuticals and coined the name of his business APAMS, which stands for Amuche Pharmaceuticals and Medical Services, a name that eventually became a national brand.

His visit to Dons Funeral Home, in the United States of America would revolutionize his passion for the funeral business and propelled his vision into the funeral business. Offering innovative services in the funeral industry became his compelling desire. Like every great venture, APAMS had its own teething problems and challenges.

Sir Kevin had daunting challenges getting his staff to share in his vision of honouring the dead. Again, because of the nature of the business, he had a problem of perception. But with focus and unparalleled determination, he was able to overcome all that and emerged a trailblazer in the industry.

With only one panel beaten vehicle at inception, APAMS has grown in leaps and bounds, offering exotic funeral services with not just state of the art automobiles but with chariots and helicopters as well, while giving the dead a grand entry into the world beyond. Sir Kevin was right when he stated in an interview that "he had no competition". APAMS simply defines the industry while others play catch up.

The company's profile of services executed reads like a litany of big names. The company has handled the burials of several crème de la crème of the society.

APAMS has become a one stop shop funeral home, offering twenty six different funeral services, ranging from the sales of high end caskets to even repatriation of corpses from anywhere in the world etc. The company that started with one man has grown with over 280 staff strength and 450 contract staff..

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Engr. Gilbert Ajulu Uzodike, the Founder of Cutix Cables PLC, may not be the most successful or the richest Igbo businessman, but he has distinguished himself by doing something different most Igbo businessmen fail to do.

Records have it that most businesses owned by businessmen from Igbo extraction crumble after the death of the owner. Business establishments like Ekene Dili Chukwu (Nig.) Ltd, Izuchukwu Transport, Chi So Ebere Transport, Nsoedo Motors and Hotels Limited, and other uncountable businesses have all collapsed.

Igbo businessmen prefer building their businesses around their family members, rather than setting up a professional management structure. They rarely give a thought on the need to prepare an acceptable succession plan on the event of their exit.

Instead of institutionalizing a management system, they favour employing or appointing only family members who most times do not possess skills to be managers and directors. Most of these business establishments do not have policies and procedures that take care of recruitment, employee conduct, finance and accounting.

Chief Dr Ajulu Uzodike, the founder of Cutix Cables Plc has done something different. Dr Ajulu Uzodike established Cutix Plc with a startup capital of about N400,000 in 1981, within seven (7) years, he transformed the company from a private limited company to a publicly-owned company, as the company was listed in Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) making it the first South-Eastern Nigeria-based company to be listed on the NSE.

Cutix PLC which is today one of the biggest cable manufacturers in Nigeria has a clear management structure which is divorced from the influences of the members of the immediate and extended family of the founder.

At the age of sixty (60), Dr Ajulu retired as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company, giving room for another person who has grown through the company’s ranks to manage the company. Since his retirement, the company has had about four (4) independent CEOs who have carried on the Cutix vision and mission.

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By Joy Chinecherem

The world they say is full is of wonders, beautiful and mind-boggling natural landmarks. With the passage of time man has added his imprints too to these landmarks, sometimes beautiful and sometimes destructive.

The South-Eastern part of Nigeria has its own share of these nature’s wonders, beautiful landmarks that intrigues. Here are some of the unpopular historical places:

Ohum Waterfalls And Falls

Ohum waterfall, situated in the valley village of Amaugwe in Awhum town in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu state, a valley town bounded on all sides by ravishing rolling hills covered in supple-looking green grass.

This breathtaking waterfall cave officially known as Awhum waterfalls is about 30 meters in height, birthed as a result of a massive outcrop of granite rock with water cascading over the top, forming a stream. It has several caves lining the track to the waterfall, the track itself is actually a small stream with big rocks overhanging in some places along the track.

The waterfall is famed to have healing powers and also the ability to eliminate evil forces, no doubt it has this mystic aura that cast a unique distinctive beauty on it. One of the wonders of the waterfall is how a section of it stays warm all through the seasons, It is for these reasons the falls have become a place of Christian pilgrimage and a prayer center.

The valley town which also boasts of numerous pristine lakes, some of them with beautiful white sand beaches are located about 24 kilometers from Enugu and it is bounded on the north by Okpatu, in the east by Nike, in the south by Ukana and in the west by Egede communities.




Amanchor Wonder Cave

The Amanchor cave located at Etiti Amanchore, Afikpo South in Ebonyi state is about 3-4m in height. This cave passing through time holds a lot of secrets, it was claimed to have served as a safe house during the Nigerian civil war, where tales abound on how the people survived there. The uniqueness of this cave is that it has several tunnels that lead to various locations that makes it accessible through Abakaliki to Afikpo, Ngusu, and Mile 2 along Akaeze/Ngusu roads (about 140km and 76km from Enugu and Abakaliki respectively). The story of the Afikpo people can’t be told without the Amanchor Cave which stands in their cultural and spiritual lifestyle.

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By Joy Chinecherem

-We make war that we may live in peace- Aristotle

Today is International Peace Day and the theme this year is “Shaping Peace Together”. Today, nations at war lay down their weapons, no violence, and cease-fire for 24 hours to commemorate this day.

The International Day of Peace was in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly. Two decades later, in 2001, the General Assembly unanimously voted to he Day as a period o non-violence and cease-fire. The United Nations invites all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities during the Day and to otherwise commemorate the Day through education and public awareness on issues related to peace.
To inaugurate the day, the United Nations Peace Bell is rung at UN Headquarters (in New York City). The bell is cast from coins donated by children from all continents except Africa, and was a gift from the United Nations Association Japan, as “a reminder of the human cost of war”; the inscription on its side reads, “Long live absolute world peace”

Shaping Peace, Is War Pre-requisite?

Today, nations lay down weapons to observe this day, but is the 24 hours of cease-fire enough to shape world peace? But what if rather than being a disruptive force, war is seen as a father of peace.

According to the Oxford dictionary, peace is a situation or a period of time in which there is no war or violence in a country or an area.
So on one hand, there was a war before peace, peace is a negative concept because it signifies an absence, it can’t exist without war. Just like death is meaningless without life.
To pretend that peace is a more natural state for humanity than war is to exercise a great deal of denial regarding human nature. Just like the Chinese military strategist/philosopher said:
“In peace prepare for war, in war prepare for peace. The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence under no circumstances can it be neglected.” Sun Tzu c. 550 B.C.

Peace is a product of wars that have been successfully won or threats of war/violence. Whether it’s the military checkpoint ahead where soldiers are standing guard, there are 99.9% chances that miscreants and insurgents will avoid that route or abort their mission totally because of the threat ahead.
Countries the world over, have from time to time waged war on terrorism or anything posing as threats to them, these they do to protect the peace of their country. The Nigerian government has waged war on the Insurgents in the North-east from time to time, this they do for the whole country to live in harmony.

Humans are naturally animals of prey, in order to survive, men learned the art of violence to survive. To abhor war is to welcome social inequality, because then the stronger(the rich) prey on the weak (poor), an example being the Proletarian revolution which took place 1917-1923. The proletariat i.e the working class trying to overthrow the Bourgeoisie.

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By: Nnenna Joseph
Work and related activities, chores, family errands take up approximately 100 hours of our lives weekly, this can lead to a number of heart and body related diseases. Relaxation reduces stress and the symptoms of mental health conditions like depression, anxiety and schizophrenia.

“Stress is part of our work as health managers, clinicians, business men and women, etc. and there is a need to relax and unwind” Dr. Ugboaja, CMAC NAUTH.
Relaxation also has other related health benefits, including: lowering your heart rate, blood pressure and breathing rate, reducing muscle tension and chronic pain.

In a town like Nnewi that has limited hang out spots, trendy places and fun spots. Asides business men, meeting persons of like minds is a challenge especially if you, prior to moving to Nnewi, have been used to a high brow lifestyle.


As a town, Nnewi has limited diversification in professions. It is either you are business inclined, health sector, or offer day to day services. The majority of young persons are those in the health sector, they are the best persons to find this article helpful.

There are 5 ways we will suggest you unwind, relax, hang out, have fun and mingle if you are in Nnewi, they are:

Clubs, Bars, Eateries: This is the most predominant, when relaxation and fun is mentioned, most people think of going to clubs, eateries, and bars to sit out and drink with friends. This is obtainable in Nnewi. There are a limited number of places to do these. Eateries provide a perfect spot for hanging out with friends when you want to eat out.


Hanging out with friends, telling stories, laughing and creating memories is a good way to spend the extra hours away from work. Health practitioners say laughter helps to soothe tension, Improves your immune system, Relieves pain, Improves your mood, Burns calories, and Increases blood flow. One of the best ways to spend your weekend is to fix a hang out with your friend(s), share food, drinks and good moments. Remember to take pictures.

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We live in an evolving world and change is inevitable. In time past, we fostered the belief that to succeed one needed a certificate. That has been flawed as recent studies have shown that skill set is more important than certificates. Statistics have shown that skill sets have produced more employment and self employed persons than degree holders.

The society of today has proven that certificates are just pieces of paper, at a job interview, a certificate will get you a seat, to get you the job, you require skills. Certificates show that you have learned a skill but it’s very important for you to know that you need to know the things your certificate says you have.

As a degree holder, you need to have skills related or unrelated to your degree, to survive in the society of today.
Certificates are a way of showing that you have acquired certain knowledge, it is a proof and its importance cannot be overemphasised. With a certificate, you will be given an opportunity to prove your worth.

However, our educational System has been flawed because It focuses on imparting theoretical knowledge. The theoretical knowledge will shape your cognizance but will never be enough. Students are judged on the basis of marks they secure in exams. Students learn loads of subjects in their life but they don’t know a thing. They cram the books and vomit them in the paper.

One of the advantages of going to school is that you learn how to behave in society. You learn how to communicate with people. You learn how to walk in a line. You learn behavioral skills, you understand the importance of friends, these skills are actually pretty much important.

This is one of the reasons why our youth are not getting placed. A large percentage of engineering graduates are unemployable because they do not know things. Companies keep evolving with time but the educational system hasn’t changed. Completing a particular course and getting a certificate doesn’t make you skilled, your practical knowledge is what is required.

This is where skills come in, a mass communication degree should be accompanied by sound writing skills, or broadcasting skills or copy writing skills.
There are other skills that are unrelated to one’s course of study, a graduate of philosophy can pursue a skill in web development.

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By Nnenna Joseph

You will give birth like the Hebrew women is one of the most common prayers said to expectant mothers in this part of the world. According to the Bible, in Exodus 1 vs 19, “The Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they give birth easily, and their babies are born before either of us gets there."

In the stone age, women had linear methods of child delivery which was limited to the baby coming out through the vagina after the woman pushes the baby in a systematic method a number of times. It will be referred to in this article as Vaginal birth. Complications resulting from vaginal birth cost women their lives. When a woman is unable to push forth a child, the baby and mother may die in the womb.

However, there came a time in the roman empire where there was a need to increase the population under the Roman emperor, Julius Caesar. The Roman law under Caesar decreed that all women who were so fated by childbirth must be cut open and the child saved; hence, it got its name cesarean operation subsequently renamed Cesarean section (C-section).
Another early practice of cesarean section is attributed to religion wherefore religious edicts enforce that the infant must be buried separately from the mother.

There are other methods of childbirth which include Natural birth, Vaginal birth, Scheduled cesarean, unplanned cesarean, Vaginal birth after C-section, scheduled induction.

From their names, one can tell their attributes and characteristics. For the purpose of this article, we will dwell on the Cesarean section and vaginal birth.

Nigeria has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates. According to Wiley online library, in 2019, One hundred and forty‐five Nigerian women die in childbirth every day and 53,000 women per-year according to a UNICEF report. One reason Patients often decline C-sections, even when it could save lives: C-sections are stigmatized in Nigeria. This causes many women to resist the surgery, or hide it when they do go through with it. Most women keep it a secret from members of their family. If you tell Nigerians that you are going to go through the Caesarean section, they will tell you, God forbid. This is a function of misguided religious and traditional misconceptions.

In Northern Nigeria, the religion they practice and their traditional beliefs do not hamper on these things. If a northern expectant mother decides not to use C-section it is a function of her inability to raise the finance required. The above assertion is prevalent in southern Nigeria.

Religion convinced southern women they have to deliver like “Hebrew women” therefore they want nothing to do with C-section because God will always see them through. Oftentimes than not, 99.9% of these women die in the process of trying to push.

Another misgiving is, women who are unable to give birth through the vagina are said to be weak, it is translated that the woman does not have the strength to push a baby therefore has to resort to help by cutting her open. Women who go through with this are stigmatized and seen as fewer women than others. Women are seen bragging about their ability to give birth to their children through the vagina, using the emphasis to shame women who couldn't.

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Engr. Martin’s Onyedịkachukwu Agbili, a Director/Chief Fire Officer of Anambra State Fire Service has been named the Risk Manager of the year Award, 2020, by the Nigerian Risks Awards and Summit(NRAs).

The virtual event which held yesterday, 17th September, 2020 had the names of the final winners announced including Engr. Martins Agbili.

Engr. Agbili who has 23-years working experience in fire fighting, fire safety management and humanitarian services was recognized for his bravery and commitment to fire fighting. One of his unforgettable moments in the Fire Service was on 3rd July, 2000 when he took a big risk as a firefighter and entered inside a pit latrine, and rescued a baby that was thrown inside there.

The Nigerian Risk Awards and Summit which is in partnership with Conrad Clark Nig. Ltd commended Engr. Martins Agbili for his examplary leadership as an officer and safety manager.

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The past 24 hours has recorded interesting events both on sports, entertainment, politics and economy. Below are top trending news

Manchester United striker, Marcus Rashford, has won the club’s Goal of the 2019/20 Season. Rashford won the prize for his brilliant strike against Chelsea. The England international unleashed a phenomenal free-kick from long distance to give the Red Devils a 2-1 victory against Chelsea in the Carabao Cup fourth round-meeting at Stamford Bridge last October.

Chairman of the Edo State governorship election National Campaign Council, Governor Nyesom Wike has said he disagrees with Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu over his comments about the Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, not being a democrat. Wike said despite his respect for the Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Tinubu cannot determine if Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki is a democrat or not.



The Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), AVM Muhammad Mohammed (rtd) on Wednesday, said over 900 houses were destroyed by flood in 13 out of the 14 Local Government Areas of Zamfara. Mohammed also said a 7-year-old boy died as a result of flooding in Gummi Local Government Area of the state.

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The past 24 hours has recorded interesting events both on local, state, national and international level. Below are top trending news.
Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Tijani Muhammad-Bande, on Tuesday bowed out of office as President of the 74th session of the General Assembly. He handed over the gavel to Turkish diplomat and politician, Volkan Bozkir, who will be steering the ship of the 75th session of the 193-member lawmaking body.
Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Tijani Muhammad-Bande, on Tuesday bowed out of office as President of the 74th session of the General Assembly. He handed over the gavel to Turkish diplomat and politician, Volkan Bozkir, who will be steering the ship of the 75th session of the 193-member lawmaking body.

Manchester United have been placed in Pot 2 for the upcoming UEFA Champions League group stage draw in October after the eight teams were confirmed on Wednesday. Man United was placed in Pot 2 alongside Ajax, Chelsea and Manchester City respectively.



The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has defended the demolition of the illegal shanties in the National Stadium in Lagos, saying that the edifice was not a market place. Dare made the assertion while responding to questions on the side-line of the signing of the N150m worth league sponsorships Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), between Total E&P and the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF).

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The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chicason Group of Companies, Chief Sir Dr. Alex Chika Okafor (OON) have been elected as the new President of the Nigerian-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Anaedoonline.ng can confirm that the election which held yesterday, September 16th, 2020, will see the Chicason Boss, replace the outgoing President Emmanuel Ibru, who is also the Chairman of Plantation Owners Forum of Nigeria (POFON).

Chief Sir Dr. Alex Chika Okafor (Akuatuegwu Nnewi) is expected to consolidate on the chamber’s drive in encouraging and promoting trade and knowledge transfer between Nigerians and Brazilians.

Anaedoonline.ng can confirm that the election which held yesterday, September 16th, 2020, will see the Chicason Boss, replace the outgoing President Emmanuel Ibru, who is also the Chairman of Plantation Owners Forum of Nigeria (POFON).

Chief Sir Dr. Alex Chika Okafor (Akuatuegwu Nnewi) is expected to consolidate on the chamber’s drive in encouraging and promoting trade and knowledge transfer between Nigerians and Brazilians.

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The Seventh (7th) Assembly of Anambra State House of Assembly was inaugurated on June 12, 2019, after a proclamation by the Executive Governor of Anambra State, Chief Dr. Willie Obiano.

After the Inauguration, the lawmaker representing Ayamelum, Hon. Uche Okafor was elected the Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, while his counterpart representing Ihiala 2, Hon. Pascal Agbodike was elected as the Deputy Speaker.

Since her Inauguration, the House of Assembly has actively discharged her core responsibilities of lawmaking, representation, and oversight. The House has passed about eleven (11) bills and about seventy (70) motions under review.

However, in every legislature, there are lawmakers who distinguished themselves either through their intellectual capacity, finesse, and psychic disposition required of people who are representative of the people.

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From a non-partisan view, out of Thirty (30) members, we will choose the four (4) most performing lawmakers who worked in the public interest despite difficult circumstances in the last one (1) year.

1. Nonso Smart Okafor (APGA)
Hon. Nonso Smart Okafor is the lawmaker representing Nnewi North State Constituency in Anambra State House of Assembly. Despite being a first-timer, he has changed the narrative of representation in his constituency and has also remained outstanding in his legislative activities in the House of Assembly. He is arguably the Most Performing Lawmaker in the current Anambra State House of Assembly.

Bills and Motions

Bills: The young lawmaker was the first lawmaker to sponsor a private member bill in the 7th Assembly. The bill “Anambra Youth Development and Empowerment Commission Bill, Implementation of Sustainable Youth Policy, to institutionalize youth empowerment and development in Anambra State, by creating a commission that will have the responsibility of articulating sustainable youth empowerment programs for the state government that is designed to create job opportunities for the youths in the state.
is other bills are still at the presentation level, he has also co-sponsored many other bills.

Motions: In the area of motions, he also tops the chart in the number of motions presented. They include;

1. Calling on the Executive Governor of Anambra State to Set-up a Waste Recycling Plant in Anambra State.

2. Calling on the Executive Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency, Chief Dr. Willie Obiano, to come to the aid of Nnewi and provide a lasting solution to the deadly flooding and erosion menace ravaging the town.

3. Calling on the Executive Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency, Chief Dr. Willie Obiano to intervene in the deplorable 100-Foot Road Nnewi erosion site. The erosion site has been reclaimed.

4. Motion calling on Governor of Anambra, His Excellency, Chief Dr. Willie Obiano, to reconstruct the dilapidated roads in Otolo, Uruagu, Umudim, and Nnewichi.

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The past 24 hours has recorded interesting events both on local, state, national and international level. Below are top trending news.
Manchester United have been placed in Pot 2 for the upcoming UEFA Champions League group stage draw in October after the eight teams were confirmed on Wednesday. Man United was placed in Pot 2 alongside Ajax, Chelsea and Manchester City respectively.



The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has defended the demolition of the illegal shanties in the National Stadium in Lagos, saying that the edifice was not a market place. Dare made the assertion while responding to questions on the side-line of the signing of the N150m worth league sponsorships Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), between Total E&P and the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF).



Jose Mourinho’s former colleagues at Real Madrid, have warned the Tottenham Hotspur manager over a move for Gareth Bale. The 31-year-old is closing in on a return to Spurs, who are negotiating with Real Madrid over a season-long loan deal and how his £600,000-a-week salary will be financed.

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The Traditional Ruler of Nnewi and the Patron of Anambra Council of Traditional Rulers, His Royal Highness, Igwe Kenneth Orizu (III), has gifted a brand new Innoson Ikenga SUV Vehicle to the Anglican Bishop of Nnewi Diocese.

The Anglican Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, His Lordship, the Rt. Rev. Ndubuisi Chukwuka Obi, made the revelation during the just concluded 2020 Synod of the Diocese, according to the Bishop, he received the gift of the vehicle on Monday 7th September, 2020.

AnaedoOnline.ng reliably gathered that the Anglican Bishop, prior to the donation, uses IVM G6 (SUV) as his official vehicle, making him the first Bishop in Nigeria, to endorse the brand.

It is believed that the brand new Innoson Ikenga SUV Vehicle which Igwe Nnewi donated to the Bishop in appreciation of his tremendous impact in Nnewi Community in less than one (1) year, is part of the SUV the Executive Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency, Chief Dr. Willie Obiano, recently gifted all Traditional Rulers in Anambra State.

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Top Ten Story From South-East This Week


The past seven days has had interesting events in the South East. Starting from the Governor of Imo state giving out official vehicles to his appointees, to the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry in Enugu, Southeast Nigeria, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka, who released another new month prophecies for the month of September. Below are top trending news from the eastern region
NBC Names Nigerian, Pearlena Igbokwe as Chairman of Global TV Studio
A Nigerian woman of Igbo descent, Pearlena Igbokwe, has been named the Chairman, of Universal Studio Group, a division of NBC Universal which encompasses Universal Television, Universal Content Productions (UCP) & NBC Universal International Studios and will report directly to NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell.
A Wake-up Call To South-East Governors
Recently, a chart showed how the South-East states lost out on foreign investment funds into the country. The statistics showed that the South-West bullied the other five geopolitical zones with a whopping $82bn in FDI, representing 87.7% while the rest of the country shared the remaining 12.3%, which is actually laughable.
Uzodinma Gifts Cars, Buses To Aides, Civil Servants, Others
The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma yesterday, Wednesday, September 9, gave out official vehicles to his appointees comprising, Special Advisers, SAs, and Senior Special Assistants, SSAs.
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S*x-For-Mark: Imo State University Probes HOD Caught Pants Down (Video)
The Imo State University, Owerri, has set up a committee to investigate the authenticity of the footage circulating on the Internet in which the Head of Department of Biochemistry of the institution, Prof. Emmanuel Agumuo, was allegedly having s*x with ones of his students.
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A Nigerian woman of Igbo descent, Pearlena Igbokwe, has been named the Chairman, of Universal Studio Group, a division of  NBC Universal which encompasses Universal Television, Universal Content Productions (UCP) & NBC Universal International Studios and will report directly to NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell.

Igbokwe will be the first woman to run a global TV studio. She replaces Bonnie Hammer, a longtime cable-TV executive who will take on an advisory role at the company.

Pearlena was born in Lagos and lived through the Biafran- Nigerian war before she left Nigeria to the United States at the age of 6 years.

She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and an MBA from Columbia. Pearlena is a mother of two children and she lives with her family in California.

Before Igbokwe's emergence as Chairman, she was the president of Universal Television From June 2016 to September 2020, where she oversaw creative development, casting, and production for one of the country's largest and most successful studios. She led the division to new heights with record volume, commercial success, and critical acclaim.

Nigerian Techie, Obinna Ukwuani, Appointed As Chief Digital Officer Of Bank Of Kigali

Some of her programming highlights include Russian Doll, The Good Place, New Amsterdam, The Bold Type, Good Girls, and Dick Wolf’s successful new franchise, FBI and FBI: Most Wanted, among numerous other notable projects. In a highly competitive landscape, Igbokwe was able to secure pickups for her projects on every major streaming service, a variety of premium cable outlets, and every broadcast network.

Before her studio role, Igbokwe served as Executive Vice President, Drama Programming, for NBC Entertainment, where she developed the top-rated new broadcast dramas for three out of her four years in the role (Blacklist, Blindspot and This Is Us). She joined NBC Entertainment in 2012 as executive vice president for drama development.

Some of her programming highlights include Russian Doll, The Good Place, New Amsterdam, The Bold Type, Good Girls, and Dick Wolf’s successful new franchise, FBI and FBI: Most Wanted, among numerous other notable projects. In a highly competitive landscape, Igbokwe was able to secure pickups for her projects on every major streaming service, a variety of premium cable outlets, and every broadcast network.

Before her studio role, Igbokwe served as Executive Vice President, Drama Programming, for NBC Entertainment, where she developed the top-rated new broadcast dramas for three out of her four years in the role (Blacklist, Blindspot and This Is Us). She joined NBC Entertainment in 2012 as executive vice president for drama development.

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The past 24 hours has recorded interesting event both on international, national, state and local scene. Below are top trending news.



Operatives of the Uyo Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, have trailed and arrested about 22 suspected internet criminals in different locations in Imo State. In a statement signed by EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, and made available to correspondent in Uyo on Thursday, he said the Commission was able to nab the suspects through intelligence.



The Anambra State Police Command has launched a manhunt for killers of Chukwuma Ojukwu, an aspirant to the Awka-Etiti traditional stool, in Idemili South LGA. Haruna Mohammed, the spokesman, disclosed this to reporters on Thursday. Mohammed assured that the command will arrest the perpetrators.



President Muhammadu Buhari‘s Special Assistant on Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Tola Johnson, has revealed that 100,000 small businesses will get N50,000 each. Anaedoonline.ng understands that the decision is part of COVID-19 economic stimulus. Johnson stated this at the inauguration of the Implementation of Survival Fund and Guaranteed Off-Take Stimulus Schemes for MSMEs on Thursday in Abuja.



The Independent National Electoral Commission says the candidates participating in the September 19 governorship election in Edo State will sign a peace accord on Tuesday. The Chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made this known during a briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Thursday.



The League Management Company has released a list of conditions for clubs in the Nigeria Professional Football League ahead of the 2020/21 season. On the list, the LMC set a minimum N200m for every club in the country’s topflight league, as well as a comprehensive insurance for its players and officials before the commencement of the league in October. All the club’s must also adhere to all COVID-19 safety protocols before they are licensed, the LMC added.

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Ahead of tomorrow’s commencement of 1st Session of the 9th Synod of Anglican Diocese of Nnewi, the Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, Rt. Rev. Ndubuisi Obi has expressed satisfaction over the level of preparation towards a successful synod at Cathedral Church of St. Mary’s Uruagu, Nnewi.

Speaking to journalists, today, Tuesday, 8th September 2020, during the synod press conference at the Bishop’s court, the Bishop who was optimistic of a successful synod, noted that he will use the synod which is the highest meeting of the church to unfold his plans for the Diocese.

With the theme, “You shall be my witness” Bishop Ndubuisi said that theme was borne out of the burden on the need for serious evangelism in Igboland and Nnewi in particular, noting that there is need for strategic person-to-person witnessing.

According to the Bishop, he will be reading his Presidential address in Igbo Language on Friday, making him the first Bishop to toe that line.

He also revealed that all the communities in Nnewi Diocese have been mobilized to be part of the synod, adding that the Diocese will launch a website site that will bridge the communication between the Diocese and her abroad members.

Speaking further, the Bishop said that the Diocese has made arrangement to ensure the observance of Covid-19 protocols, saying that Billionaire Businessman, Chief Dr Arthur Eze (Ozoigbondu) and the Chief Executive Officer of Oil Serve, Engr. Sir Emeka Okwuosa (Oil Serve) are already helping in the financing of procurement of different COVID-19 preventive materials and equipment.

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Media and communication is an ever evolving sector, relying on the technology of the day to spread information within its reach.

Media and communication is as old as man, from the days of town criers with gongs to the era of Henry Townsend’s bulletin down to newspapers of the 1600s to radio transmissions and televisions. Today we have all these on digital platforms with global reach.

The media trends and evolutions affect the way we receive, take and share information. Staying up to fate with the media of the day is important

Broadcasting which comprises radio and television is one of the predominant media of the century. Who should take up a career in broadcasting, and what should you do next?

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In a few days international flights will be opened, awaiting doom for the country’s health sector. The pandemic saw the need for doctors all over the world. Nigerian doctors and other healthcare workers, including nurses and pharmacists, have been leaving, and are going to be leaving the country in droves because of the poor healthcare system and lack of job satisfaction.

The United Kingdom employs, on the average, 12 Nigerian doctors every week. If Nigeria decides to graduate 3000 doctors every year, without the doctors leaving this country, it will take us 25 years to meet the World Health Organization(WHO) estimate of one doctor to 600 persons.

Nigeria has a devastating shortage of healthcare practitioners in the country with only 42,000 doctors available for Nigeria's population of over 200 million people.
UK and Canada where most Nigerian doctors were migrating to has many doctors for their population, whereas Nigeria is in deficit. Insecurity, poor job satisfaction, low remuneration, unemployment, bad roads, and poor healthcare policies are some of the reasons why Nigerian doctors and other healthcare practitioners are leaving the country for greener pastures abroad. This is a huge deficit in the nation's health sector due to brain drain as some of the best healthcare practitioners are leaving the country through migration to more favourable countries.

Concerned medical practitioners in high cadres in the country have spoken up about this ill, lending their voice to salvage the situation. One of them is Dr. Joseph Ugboaja the Chairman Medical Advisory Committee Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital.

He described the situation as unfortunate because we don't even have enough doctors for the country stating that It has a negative implication for healthcare delivery in the country.

According to Dr. Ugboaja, he believes we should be asking ourselves how we got here in the first place.This honest inquiry will reveal both the remote and immediate causes of this unfortunate situation.

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The economic situation all over the world pointedly suggests that a lifestyle of heavy spending or careless expenditure of any sort cannot be sustained for the rich, the middle class, much less the poor. What this means, therefore, is that people have a need for major adjustments in other to be able to avert severe financial crisis and at least manage their finances without a lack of basic amenities that they previously could afford.

Part of the lessons of COVID-19 is that some pre-COVID-19 expenses are not sustainable and so cannot be carried over into post-COVID-19. Already, some of us have discovered to our amazement during the lockdowns, that there are a few things which we until then, had assumed are core, only to realize that we were able to live without those things through the lockdowns.

For instance, many people especially men had a lifestyle of daily routine evening socials which usually take a toll on their pockets but when the lockdown forced everyone inside, some quickly learned they can do without the routine evening outings. The point is that COVID-19 created new realities which rendered many pre-COVID-19 lifestyles unnecessary. Frankly, many pre-COVID-19 lifestyles do not seem to appear economically compactable with post-COVID-19 realities. One’s economic class notwithstanding, the coming months looks like people need to tighten their belts to be able to keep their heads above the water level. Already, millions of people around the world are out of jobs on account of COVID-19. For most countries where there is no structured system and robust governance, millions of citizens may be stranded and not able to eat.

Though before now, thousands of people go to bed daily in Nigeria hungry, according to a UNDP report. The 2020 World Food Programme report claimed that 60% of Nigerians live below the poverty line. That is to say that over one hundred million Nigerians live on less than N400 daily. A plate of food at a local eatery is about N300. With that, it means that in Nigeria, millions of people do not eat more than once a day. This dangerous trend as bizarre as it is further deepened by conflicts in the northern region which has displaced millions of people, forcing them to be dependent on government and NGO handouts. Then again, there are recurrent herdsmen attacks and willful destruction of cultivated farmlands across the entire country, which negatively impacts food production.

An aggregation of these facts into perspective sends a gloomy message of the future. While the unemployment rate was high before now, many more jobs have been lost and many more may still be lost. Whatever may be the case, however, the truth of the matter from every standpoint imaginable is that the economic times have changed, altered even, and anybody still living under the pre-COVID-19 economy may be asking for trouble. Even though before now, many middle class and poor Nigerians have depended on frequent financial assistance and aid from relatives and friends. But now, the situation is different and even those that previously gave help may need help themselves. The import of these is that whatever was wrong before may have doubled. And this is putting it mildly in comparison to the brutal reality on ground.

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The Former Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency, Mr. Peter Obi has emphasised on the need for young people to become major players in politics and economy.

While speaking during the 2nd Anniversary Lecture of Anaedonline, Peter Obi who was the 2019 Vice Presidential candidate of People's Democratic Party (PDP) said, that young Nigerians should actively involve in politics, as politics and governance plays a major role in determining the future of any nation.

Fielding questions from participants, the former Governor said, "The youths are more in number, today, the population of Nigeria and across Africa have 60% of youths, in Nigeria, we have more youths than the elderly people, so if the youth allow the elderly people who are incompetent, to continue to destroy their future, it is by their choice, they deliberately allowed themselves to be manipulated"

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The South East region in the past seven days have witnessed numerous events. Starting with the thanksgiving service by Anaedoonline In celebration of her two (2) years milestone and giant strides in the media industry, to the governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano gifting Anambra Traditional rulers with a Brand New IVM Ikenga SUV. Below are top ten trending news

See Why 2 Anambra Lovers Committed (Photos)
Two lovers from Okija, Anambra State, who are yet to be identified have allegedly taken their lives after ingesting popular insecticide, Snipper, because their parents refused to give their consent for them to get married to each other because one of them is Osu.


Enugu Govt Inaugurates Panel Of Inquiry Into Ugwuaji Land Dispute
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has inaugurated the recently constituted six-man Administrative Panel of Inquiry into Ugwuaji land dispute in Enugu South Local Government Area of the state.

2023 Presidency: Orji Kalu Reveals What Will Happen In 2023
Orji Kalu, senate chief whip, says he would not hesitate to serve as Nigeria’s president if given the opportunity by the electorate


Anambra 2021: PDP Lists 12 Guber Aspirants Vying For Its Ticket
The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, Mr Ndubuisi Nwobu has said that so far, 12 members of the party have indicated interest to contest for the ticket of the party for the 2021 governorship election.
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-- accuses officials of lack of competence, zest in operation
-- attributes some roads accident to lack of a good job by FRSC operatives
-- wants Federal Government to review the operations of the Corps

The Spiritual leader of the Igbo nation Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka (Ogilisi Igbo) has angrily lashed out at the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) over what he observed and described as "poor service to the general public" by the operatives of the Corps, accusing the operatives of "lack of competence and zest in operation".

Speaking to journalists at his office in Oba, Chief Ezeonwuka explained with dismay that he has taken time to look at the services being rendered by the Corps and found out that the operatives lack thrust and professionalism required of a very important public servant assigned to safeguard motorists and travellers from road accidents.

The Ogilisi Igbo allegedly observed that the Corps operatives are not intercepting, arresting, penalizing or even prosecuting motorists with offensive tendencies or whose vehicle do not meet the standard required to ply the road adding that the way motorists both private and commercial with offensive tendencies move freely on the road without being intercepted by Road Safety operatives beats one's imagination.

The Igbo leader wondered what the Road Safety operative are standing on the road for because according to him "they do not seem to be intercepting, arresting and penalizing vehicles with faults such as vehicle without brake light, without a traffic light, without fictional Head headlamps and yet move in the night, without side mirrors and without good tyres

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