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A university don in the country has emphasised the need for communities in the country to show interest in the yearly budget process in order to avoid the siting of unnecessary development projects in their localities. Speaking at a workshop on budget monitoring organised by the Women Aid Collectives, WACOL, in conjunction with Christian Aid , Voice to the People and UK Aid, in Umuahia, Dr. Uzochukwu Amakom, explained that communities should interact with their representatives and follow the budget process to know the relevance of projects to be sited in their areas. Amakom, who is a lecturer in the…

The murder of an indigene of Ogbeta village, Onitsha in cold blood last week in Enugu State by unknown assassins has attracted the ire of members of Anambra State House of Assembly. Consequently, the House has called on Governors Willie Obiano and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Anambra and Enugu State respectively to direct the security agents in their respective states to swing into action and fish out the killers. Speaking on a motion of public importance, Hon. Chugbo Enwezor representing Onitsha J Constituency said Chinedu Nzeagwu had come from Abuja for the father’s burial only to be killed by the assassins…

A renowned professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Teaching Hospital, UNTH, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State, has opined that infertile couples can bear children despite their medical challenges through the application of the Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART. Prof Nnamdi Obi, the gynaecologist explained that the Assisted Reproductive Technology is a novel medical technology which encompasses all fertility treatments in which both eggs and sperm are handled outside the body. Presenting the 134th inaugural lecture of the University of Nigeria, Obi submitted that in this procedure, eggs surgically removed from a woman’s ovaries are combined with the sperm in the laboratory…

A Fulani herdsman (name withheld) Tuesday, reportedly raped a 14-year-old girl from Umuifi community, Anioma-Isu in Onicha local government area of Ebonyi State. The victim, Favour Okugbo, a student of Union secondary school, Agueke-Isu in the area, had been taken to an undisclosed medical facility for treatment. Confirming the incident, Festus Nwachukwu, the Chairman of the community, condemned the activities of Fulani herdsmen in Umuifi Anioma-Isu community as a threat to the agricultural revolution of the state considering how the herdsmen had been destroying their farm produce and threatening the peaceful coexistence of the Onicha people. According to him, even…

Antoine Griezmann was the hero for Atletico Madrid as the French striker scored twice in their 3-0 win over Marseille in Wednesday’s Europa League final, allowing his club to win the trophy for the third time in nine seasons. It is Griezmann’s first major title as an Atletico player, and a fitting way to bow out if he leaves at the season’s end, with Barcelona tipped as his next destination. Griezmann — brought up in Macon, just 70 kilometres from Lyon — scored once in each half, his lethal finishes coming either side of Marseille losing Dimitri Payet to injury,…

To study is an important exercise to the young and the old. Yet, many who study do not have astonishing result because they do not eat certain types of food to boost their brain. To do so well, here is a list of foods that can help you study better: 1. Fish: These sea creatures make for swimmingly good brain foods! You can fry them, grill them, eat them in sushi or open a tin of tuna once in a while. The high concentration of Omega-3 fatty acids are essential to proper neural function and are also a lot healthier…

Most Nigerians who reacted Tuesday in the social media see President Muhammadu Buhari as a flip-flop over his statement that the late General Sani Abacha, former Head of State never dipped his hands into public till. Buhari had on June 9, 2008 declared that Abacha did not steal public funds. However, on May 14, 2018, the Federal Government of Nigeria, said the $320m stolen funds by General Abacha, would be spent on the Conditional Cash Transfer scheme of the administration to support the poor. Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the country’s Vice President who represented President Buhari made the statement on Monday at the…

A 34-year-old mother of five in Akwa Ibom State whose husband was allegedly killed by the vehicle of Compliance and Monitoring team of the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Transport and Petroleum may go mental over the difficulties of bringing up her family alone. Ekaette Akaninyene, the pregnant wife of slain tricycle driver, Akaninyene Nnonno, Tuesday, accused the monitoring team for being responsible for the untimely death of her husband in Uyo lamenting that the incident had truncated the future they planned for their children and left her stranded. “I don’t know how to start or continue my life from…

The National Assembly has jerked up the 2018 appropriation Bill  by a whopping sum of N508,334,988,225, following its approval of the sum of N9,120,334,988,225 for the 2018 fiscal year. Six months after President Muhammadu Buhari presented the draft copy of the N8.612 trillion 2018 budget estimates to a joint session of the National Assembly on November 7 last year, both the Senate and the House of Representatives, Monday laid the report of Committees on Appropriations. The report of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate was laid by the Chairman, Senator Danjuma Goje, APC, Gombe Central. The presentation of the report…

The Senate and House of Representatives Joint Ad-hoc Committee investigating the April 18 Senate invasion has summoned Senators Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta) and Ali Ndume (APC Borno) for the role they allegedly played in the act and stealing of the mace. The mace was later recovered by the police, who said they were still investigating the incident. Chairman of the investigating committee, Bala Ibn Na’Allah, issued the summon at the committee’s meeting in Abuja yesterday. The summon followed testimonies from heads of different security agencies within the National Assembly which alleged that Omo-Agege led seven unauthorised personnel into the red…