Nigerian disability rights advocate and feminist leader, Uzoamaka Stella Ike, has joined a global network working to strengthen the rights, resources and representation of women and girls affected by forced displacement. Ike, Founder and Chief Executive Director of FalconsCare Initiative for Women with Disabilities Empowerment (FIWDE), is one of eight new members selected for the…
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has established a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the protracted communal conflict between Aguleri and Umuoba Anam communities, following renewed violence that claimed lives and resulted in the destruction of property. In a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Christian Aburime, Soludo…
From Nabob Ogbonna, Abakaliki Elders of Ohaisu Autonomous Community in Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on Thursday, staged a peaceful protest demanding the immediate reversal of the recognition of HRH Dr. Francis Okoro as the traditional ruler of the community by Governor Francis Nwifuru. Okoro, alongside three other traditional rulers, was issued a…
The Strengthening Public Accountability for Result and Knowledge, (SPARK II) advocacy team has urged the Anambra State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ASPHCDA) to address critical gaps in staffing, infrastructure, medicines, referrals and accountability affecting primary healthcare delivery across the state. The team made the call during an advocacy engagement with the Executive Secretary of ASPHCDA,…
By Uchenna EzeadigweAwka The Chairman of Yennco World Trade Fair Ltd. and organiser of the Côte d’Ivoire International Trade Fair, Dr. Onyeka Nwafor, has congratulated the newly elected President of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Dr. Ifeanyi Eric Okoye, describing his emergence as a major boost to Nigeria’s manufacturing and industrial sector.Nwafor conveyed the…
