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Enugu: Security chief campaigns against drug abuse, charges youths to report criminals

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Commander Anselem Odo of Central Body Neigbourhood Watch Organisation, Igbo-Eze North Chapter, and his team, yesterday, the 27th day of September 2022 sensitized  Amachalla Autonomous Community Youths and others. The sensitization centered on security due to the recent killings and vandalization of properties without provocation in Igbo-Eze North Council Area and beyond. Addressing the crowd at Central School, Amachalla in Enugu-Ezike, Commander Odo noted that critical investigation has revealed that the root cause of the unlawful activities of the youths in the recent time is as a result of abuse of drugs like Marijuana, tramadol, cocaine, and others. He, therefore, urged the youths to desist from drug abuse and every activity that could endanger their lives. Onyekachi Eya Community Youths leader, Amachalla Autonomous Community, on behalf of the youths commended Commander Anselem Odo for identifying the root cause of the insecurity in their area and pledged his readiness to cooper

2023: Enugu Youths coalition sues for issue-based campaign

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By Our Reporter  As the campaign for the 2023 general elections is set to officially kick off tomorrow (Wednesday), a coalition of youth presidents from Senatorial Districts in Enugu Stata has urged political leaders and stakeholders from various Political parties to adopt an issue-based campaign to ensure peace and stability in the state . This was contained in a statement jointly signed by Roy Ekwueme, President Nsukka Youths General Assembly, Edeani Edeani President Nkanu Youths Assembly and Nebo Samuel Ebube, President Enugu west Youths forum on Tuesday and was made available to newsmen. The coalition also exhorts youths to resist any attempts to be used by politicians to cause chaos in the state before, during, and after the elections, that was even as they urged governorship candidates to develop policies that would be geared toward curbing youth unemployment and youth restiveness. The statement reads, "as the campaign for 2023 general elections kicks off tomorrow 28 Se

Ohanaeze Ndigbo calls for preservation of kola nut traditional rites

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By Our Reporter The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called on Igbos to explore the various practices associated with traditional presentation and breaking of kola nut (Iwa Oji) and preserve them for upcoming generations . The call was contained in a communique issued in Nsukka on Friday signed by Prof Damian Opata, Chairman of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Nsukka Local Government chapter after its one-day seminar, tagged; 'Iwa Oji' held at Adada Hall of Nsukka LG council headquarters, Enugu State, on 21st September 2022. The communique noted that the reason for the seminar was anchored on the need to explore the practices associated with the traditional practices of presentation and breaking of kola nut in Nsukka LGA and the need to maintain them as well as pass them over to the younger generation. Opata added that the kola nut remains a symbol of hospitality in Igbo cosmology which plays an important role in the celebration of Igbo culture and tradition, stres

ENUGU: Security Chief commends Amufie Community Youths, applauds monarch for keeping to security tips

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By Williams Nwodo Amufie Autonomous Community in Enugu-Ezike, Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State was agog on Thursday 15th September, 2022 as HRH Igwe Engr. Ikenna Ujah (Soo Chukwu Bu Eze 1 of Amufie Kingdom) received Chief Anselem Odo, SP rtd/ Commander Central Body Neighbourhood Watch, Igbo-Eze North Chapter and his team, who visited the Community to Sensitisation youths on Security . Chief Odo's visitation was propelled by the recent killings, commission of arson, issuance of threats to people's lives by a group that identified themselves as unknown gunmen in the recent days within the Council Area. Addressing the mammoth crowd at Community Secondary School, Amufie in Enugu-Ezike, Commander Anselem Odo, maintained that the leadership of of His Excellency, *Rt. Hon. Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi's, Executive Governor of Enugu State in collaboration with Hon Ejike Itodo, have done wonderfullly well by beefing up the security in Igbo-Eze North thereby bringing

2023: I am concerned about who succeeds me in Senate - Sen Utazi

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By Agency Reporter Sen Chukwuka Utazi, representing Enugu North Senatorial District in Senate says, it's giving him concern about who succeeds him in senate 2023. Utazi said this in Nsukka while speaking with newsmen on the recent award given to him by Starlite Newspaper, a leading community newspaper in the district, as the Most Valuable Senator. The senator said that he would be happy if one who succeeds him would be somebody who is prepared and knows the job of a parliamentarian very well. " I am concerned because I want a successor who will be seen in the red chamber regularly and can contribute meaningfully to motions and debates in Senate. "And not one who wants to be in the red chamber just to answer a Senator. "It's my first month in Senate that I moved my first motion, because as Lawyer, Political Scientist, former Deputy Speaker, Enugu State House of Assembly. "And former Secretary of Adada State Movement, I was prepared before going to S

INSECURITY: Enugu monarch urges miscreants to vacate community or face the wrath of law

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By Nze Williams Ejikeme Nwodo Cognizant to the insecurity ravaging the nation, where a lot of atrocities and crimes have been committed, like the wanton killing of people, incessant damaging of people's farms, raping of people's wives on the farms, etc. HRH Igwe Sam Momoh, ACP rtd. (Eze Igwurube 2 of Nkpamute-Ulo Kingdom) invited his subjects at his palace, Ugwuatama Community in Enugu-Ezike, Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, telling them his observation and information at his disposal that a lot of negative things has been happening at Nkpamute Ulo community in recent times. Igwe Momoh noted that a fleeing suspect was gunned down at Nkpamute-Ulo by the Government Security Strike  Force  few days ago and rumours had it that the suspect  had a camp at Nkpamute. The traditional ruler, who blamed both Ugwuatama and Nkpamute-Ulo community town criers for not circulating his invitation to the meeting effect as he directed that all the Youths within Nkpamut

Wet spell responsible for increase cold weather in Nsukka - Don

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By Agency Reporter A university professor says, wet spell (rain for serveral days) is responsible for increase in cold weather in Nsukka town and its envions. Prof Chidi Nzeadibe, Head of Department Geography, University of Nigeria Nsukka said this in Nsukka on Monday in an interview with our correspondent while reacting to constant rainfall and cold weather in Nsukka and environs for some time now. He said  that, wet spell as result of climate change phenomenon was caused by increased human activities on earth surface. The don said that, the atmospheric weather condition  in 1980s and now were not the same, because of  increased in human activities that had depleted the ozone layer. " Indiscriminate cutting down of trees, bush clearing, bush burning,  dumping of wast, building on water channels have exposed the earth surface to more danger. "Using of fossil fuels and other human activities have increased emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, all these contri