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Special Assistant to Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, Chief Whip of the Senate and former Governor of Abia State, Peter Ogbonna Eze has won the 2022 China -Nigeria Friendship Award. Kalu’s aide received the award during an event organized by the Chinese Embassy tagged “The October 1st Award of China-Nigeria Friendship Awarding Ceremony” held at China Cultural Centre in Nigeria, Abuja on Wednesday. The award which came with a medal and cash prize was presented to Eze by the Ambassador of Peoples Republic of China to Nigeria, H.E Cui Jianchun. In 2019, Peter Ogbonna Eze also emerged the most outstanding student…

The Managing Director of Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, has penned an emotional appreciation message to well-wishers who took to the internet and several other mediums to celebrate the occasion of his 69th birthday. Maduekwe, in a message personally signed by him on Sunday afternoon titled 'appreciation and apology', expressed gratitude "for the thunderous felicitations that poured in" on the occasion of his birthday. Read message below: APPRECIATION AND APOLOGY "In expressing my appreciation for the thunderous felicitations that poured in on the occasion of my 69th birthday, words indeed elude me. The messages, laced with solemn wishes,…

Eminent lawyer, Etigwe Uwa (SAN) has congratulated the Managing Director of Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), Dr. Chidia Maduekwe on the occasion of his 69th birthday. Uwa, in a birthday message signed by him on Saturday in Abuja hailed Maduekwe's outstanding leadership qualities. He said, "Kaa sir. Happy birthday. Thank you so much for the political leadership you have provided and thank you so much particularly for attracting the Film School to Asaga. "The Lord bless you and the family and give you many many more years in good health and vitality."

A new chapter opened in the intriguing story of arrest and detention of outlawed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, with a judgment by the Court of Appeal on Thursday discharging him of the case of treasonable felony and terrorism the federal government instituted against him. The Appeal Court, in a judgment read by Justice Oludotun Adefope-Okojie, held that Nigeria’s failure to follow due process in Kanu’s extradition process was injurious to the charges. It also held that the failure of the federal government to disclose where and when the alleged offences were committed was fatal to the…

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…