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Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has urged the Federal Government to rescue Nigerians from worsening insecurity by prioritizing  the decentralization  of policing, starting with state police in the New Year.   Ekweremadu regretted that a vast nation like Nigeria that should thrive on the strengths of agriculture and industrialization, was being overrun by multifarious criminal cartels, which have been exploiting the country’s hugely unpoliced territories.   He made the call in his New Year message to Nigerians, saying the much needed development, good governance, and credible 2023 elections would rely overwhelmingly on security of the lives and properties of Nigerians.   The lawmaker noted that whereas more political leaders were coming to terms with the imperativeness of state police, the political will was still gravely lacking.   “The primary purpose of government is the security of the lives and properties of citizens without which other promises of dem

CDD Condemns the Invasion and Attacks on Nigerian Civic Space ...Not good for our Democracy - ActionAid ActionAid Nigeria has reacted to alleged siege, intimidation of CISLAC by DSS operatives in Abuja during public holiday.  According to ActionAid Nigeria, Country Director Ene Obi, " it is quite unfortunate to hear of the alleged invasion of The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) office by the DSS during the public holiday.  She says civil society, have the mandate to seek accountability and defend human rights regardless of who wields the power.  According to her, in a country where the constitution guarantees human rights and freedom of expression,ActionAid have continued to experience in recent times the flagrant abuse of power and the  consistent attempt by the government to gag human rights defenders in the country, noting that it is sad that such act is now extended to institutions.  "Injustice to one is injustice to all. Since the inception of demo

  The need for the private sector to be more involved in the development of education in the country have been emphasized. The wife of Edo state governor, Betty Obaseki says the population of Nigeria alone makes education nearly impossible for any government to tackle it effectively. Obaseki was speaking while commissioning a newly built 21 seater 40 classroom blocks at Central Primary School, Obioma community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu state. Betty Obaseki She says for education to thrive, private individuals must support the education drive by either owning schools or helping government to renovate or build good schools for their respective communities.   Bishop Ernest Obodo While dedicating the school building, Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu, Ernest Obodo said it was proper for Nigeria to have a good education system that works, noting that it is the right of a child to have quality education. Initiator of the one hundred million Naira s

  Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has called for urgent steps to decongest the nation’s correctional facilities through improved and faster dispensation of justice and special interventions by governments, charitable organisations and Nigerians.   Ekweremadu made the call on Thursday when he visited the Enugu Correctional Centre where he paid the fines of eight inmates to enable them regain their freedoms.   This was even as he pledged to immediately do a water project in the correctional facility to improve the living conditions of the inmates.   “I was informed by the Controller of Corrections in Enugu State that many inmates were still in this correctional facility because they had no one to pay their fines. So, I undertook a visit to the facility to interface with the inmates and to help settle the fines of eight inmates so they can regain their freedoms and join their families for the Christmas.   “But beyond that, I think we need to take every neces

  An Enugu High Court presided over Justice E. M Egumgbe has awarded two million, five hundred thousand naira cost against four doctors working with Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, Enugu for defamation. The court ordered the doctors, Ubochi Vincent, Unaogu Ngozi, Justin Acho and Ugwuonye Onyekachi who are the defendants in the defamation case brought before it by the plaintiff, Afam Ndu, to pay the money to the plantiff after proving that their allegations amounted to defamation. The defendants (Ubochi Vincent, Unaogu Ngozi, Justin Acho and Ugwuonye Onyekachi), had accused the plaintiff of rape, murder and possession of fake certicates, a development that made him to approach the court in 2017 seeking for redress, and damage of 20 million naira. But, after listening to the arguments of both counsels, justice Egumgbe noted that both the plaintiff and defendants agreed that there was a petition by the defendant against the plaintiff to ministry of health under which both are working.