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Growing up, the man Dr. Chidia Maduekwe has been destined to excel in endeavours that he finds himself. Here is a man, a medical doctor by training who has traversed other spectra of human endeavours; a community mobiliser turned entrepreneur, astute philanthropist, a consummate politician with an eye to serve the public, a corporate leader and a title holder of the mandate of the good people of Ohafia, Ohafia Local government area of Abia State, as ISHI’NKAA OHAFIA, excelling in all he does. He turns 69 today (October 15th), with so much of monumental impact across his years of private…

By Awa Kalu I first met the late Professor U.U Uche, when I was a young lecturer at the University of Lagos. Prof, as I later learnt to call him, had recently returned from his stint in various capacities overseas. He had just established legal practice with late Chief Ojo Maduekwe( who himself later flourished in various capacities) in the firm name, U.U Uche & Associates. That first meeting was occasioned by lateEmekaEzera, who as a postgraduate student at the Harvard University, had come on a visit to Nigeria. Emeka walked into my office while I was reading a chapter…

By Uche Okwara Ezema At a time when the agitation for a better Governance was high, we sought for one whose difference would be glary, and relationship with the people, would help translate into accessibility, which would resonate with the masses, and breed effective representation that surpasses the status quo. Hon Francis Ifeanyi Uchendu, became the nearest alternative that satisfied the quest for a better one, being part of the Dr Alex Otti's train. Abia State was agog with high political awareness which relatively grew overtime, and exhumed more about the impunity in the state, hitherto the exit of Dr…

Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ohafia branch, on Saturday the 24th day of September, 2022, stormed Akanu Ohafia for the burial ceremony of a retired judge of Abia State, Hon. Justice Mba Uduma Rtd. According to N. I. Onwuka Esq., the Publicity and Social Secretary of the Branch, it was a roll-call of ‘Who is who’ in the Bar, Bench and political sphere, at the burial ceremony of Late Justice Uduma, the father of His Worship, Udo Mba Uduma, an influential member of the Branch. Judges like Hon. Justice A. U. Kalu, Hon. Justice Lilian Abai, Magistrates and…

A couple on Thursday got married in a hospital in Lagos State. The hospital revealed this via their Instagram account sharing photos. “We had our very first wedding ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Congrats to the newlywed couple on this milestone event and we wish them eternal love and marital bliss.” See photos below:

Raimot Ajibade (not real name), a Lagos-based business lady, has narrated how Bell Loan, an online personal loan agency, sent defamatory messages to her phone contacts, including her aged mother. Ajibade told FIJ she had taken a loan from the organisation due to an emergency. “Due to an emergency, I requested for ₦29,000 from Bell Loan but was paid ₦26,000 on September 4. My loan was to be paid within seven days, which was Saturday, September 10,” Ajibade said. “When I got the ₦26,000 loan, they told me they would calculate the interest, so I didn’t bother to check again.…