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Despite the Nigerian government faltering in providing palliative to citizens for the aggravation of their economic misery by the removal of petrol subsidy and foreign exchange reform, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, spared no expense in celebrating his 61st birthday, which he marked on 9 December. The government, after protests by the labour movement, agreed to provide palliatives to workers and the most vulnerable of citizens. But the government has struggled to do this for the mass of Nigerians or to even sustain the token N35,000 it announced for its own workers, after making the first payment in…

The Honorable Minister of water resources and sanitation, Professor Joseph Utsav has called on stakeholders, philanthropists and the private sector to partner with government for the supply of safe, clean and hygienic water in Nigeria. The minister made the call while speaking on the topic; “Effective public-private partnership for the supply of safe, clean and hygienic water” at the Rite Place Health Water Quality Dialogue tagged “WE ARE WHAT WE DRINK” held virtually in Abuja on Thursday. Represented by the director water quality control and sanitation of the ministry, Mrs. Elizabeth Ugoh, the minister said that to achieve the sustainable…

REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN UNFORGETTABLE COMET, ELDER KALU UKE KALU (CON). “Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow My first meeting with Elder Kalu Uke Kalu was sometime in 2015 at the Asaga home of Chief Ojo Maduekwe CFR. A new government had just been formed and we discussed the implications of the new government for the Southeast zone given that very little votes came from that zone for the new government in power. I shared…