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By Agency Reporter Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Nigeria Nsukka chapter, on Tuesday officially agreed to resume academic activities during its congress. Dr. Christian Opata, the Chairman of ASUU-UNN said this while speaking with newsmen in Nsukka on Tuesday shortly after the union's congress in UNN. Opata said that the aim of the congress was to inform lecturers to resume academic activities following the suspension of the nationwide strike by ASUU National leadership on October 14. "After this congress members of ASUU-UNN are free to engage in any academic activity in the university. "The agreement to resume academic activities is in respect of directive from our national headquarters that suspended the strike on October 14 to enable students to return to school," he said. The ASUU boss, however,  urged Federal Government to do its part now that lecturers have done their part by resuming academic activities, to ensure industry harm

By Agency Reporter Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Nigeria Nsukka chapter, on Tuesday officially agreed to resume academic activities during its congress. Dr. Christian Opata, the Chairman of ASUU-UNN said this while speaking with newsmen in Nsukka on Tuesday shortly after the union's congress in UNN. Opata said that the aim of the congress was to inform lecturers to resume academic activities following the suspension of the nationwide strike by ASUU National leadership on October 14. "After this congress members of ASUU-UNN are free to engage in any academic activity in the university. "The agreement to resume academic activities is in respect of directive from our national headquarters that suspended the strike on October 14 to enable students to return to school," he said. The ASUU boss, however,  urged Federal Government to do its part now that lecturers have done their part by resuming academic activities, to ensure industry harm

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

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

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

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

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