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URU VIGILANTE OUTFIT GETS BOOST ~ Receives security equipments from HRH Eze Emeka & Ugoeze Chinyere Obichukwu

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In the face of insecurity challenge that has bedevilled the entire southeast, which have compelled the people and communities to aid the government in providing security for the people.

HRH Eze Emeka and Ugoeze Chinyere Obichukwu Eze Ndi Igbo in Houston Texas United States of America handed over some security equipments such as industrial touch lights, rain coats, boots and whistles to help the local vigilantes of URU community in Ogwa in Mbaitoli local government area of Imo State.

This was as a result of the request, recently made by the chief security officer of Uru community Comr Ikechukwu Jacob popularly known as Icheku to assist them in carrying out their functions in the community.

Presenting the items by Comr Chidiebere Okoroegbe the publicity secretary of URU IMPROVEMENT UNION on behalf of HRH Eze Emeka and Ugoeze Chinyere Obichukwu notify the security men that this is a form of encouragement, to enable them function properly in their service to the community.

He charged them to step up and show more commitment in securing the community.

Comr Chidiebere said; this is a way of encouraging you and your men and as well a morale booster for more effectiveness and efficiency in your service to URU community.

Comr Jacob in reaction, expressed satisfaction over the donation of those equipments by His Royal Highness Eze Emeka Ezeudo and his lovely wife Ugoeze Chinyere Obichukwu.

Comr Jacob thanked them for their generosity towards URU community.

He continued; this has gone a long way to show their true love for Uru community. He also recounted other support and efforts made by this family toward URU community,he prayed God to Almighty to replenish their pockets.

Comr Iky equally applauded other good spirited individuals in the community, who have supported the security men in the community and assured of continual improvement in the fight against insecurity in the community.

He also pointed out some of the achievements made in combating insecurity challenge in the community, and equally called for more of such support and motivation from other illustrious sons and daughters of the community, and concluded by saying security is everybody business that requires involvement of all for the good and safety of URU community.

Ugoeze Chinyere and his husband Eze Emeka Ezeudo in Houston Texas has never hidden their love for Uru community, as they have over the years continually supporting in development of URU community and have contributed immensely towards the growth of Uru community.

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EFCC BOSS Ola Olukoyede: Nigeria’s Electricity Grid Failures Due to Substandard Materials in Power Projects

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Ekwutosblog gathered that the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has blamed the unstable power supply in Nigeria on corruption.
Olukoyede disclosed that contractors awarded projects supply electrical equipment often opted for substandard materials.

He stated that this was the major cause of frequent equipment failures, outages, and grid collapses.

The EFCC chair made the revelation during a visit by the House Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes in Abuja on Tuesday.

Olukoyede lamented that Nigerians would be in tears if the Commission discloses what it has uncovered during its investigations.

Olukoyede said, “As I am talking to you now, we are grappling with electricity. If you see some of the investigations we are carrying out within the power sector, you will shed tears. People who were awarded contracts to supply electrical equipment, instead of using what they call 9.0 gauge, would go and buy 5.0.

“So every time, you see it tripping off, getting burnt, and all of that. It falters, and it collapses. This is part of our problems.”

Olukoyede also stated that during its investigations, the commission discovered that in the last 20 years, capital project implementation and execution in the country had not exceeded 20 per cent.

He noted that the country could not achieve infrastructural or other forms of growth under such conditions.

Olukoyede said, “We discovered that in the last 15 to 20 years, we have not achieved up to 20% of our capital project implementation and execution. And if we don’t do that, how can we expect infrastructural development? How can we grow as a nation? So our mandate this year is to work with that directorate and with the National Assembly to see if we can reach 50% of capital project execution for the year.

If we achieve 50%, we will be fine as a nation. The lack of implementation of the capital budget is one of Nigeria’s major problems. And if we tackle that effectively, we will make progress as a nation. We are doing everything possible to prevent that, with your support.”

The anti-graft boss stated that the commission had received over 17,000 petitions, adding that over 20,000 cases are currently under investigation.

“We have several cases filed in court, apart from those with convictions, reaching thousands. In the last year, we have received over 17,000 petitions in the EFCC. And currently, as I am speaking, we are investigating over 20,000 cases.

Between last October and now, we have opened over 4,800 new cases. And what is our staff count? We are less than 5,000. Now, with the additional responsibility of over 700 MDAs, 36 states, 774 local governments, and all of that,” he added.

 

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Aloy Ejimakor Calls for Apology to Nnamdi Kanu After Northern Elders Concede Nigeria “Expired” in 2014

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Ekwutosblog gathered that Aloy Ejimakor, the special counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday, said the North has agreed with the agitator that Nigeria has expired.

Ejimakor was reacting to a remark credited to the spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Ango Abdullahi, that the unity of Nigeria should be renegotiated because the country expired 10 years ago.

In a statement he signed, Ejimakor said the North should apologise to Kanu following Abdullahi’s remark.

According to Ejimakor: “Earlier today (12th November 2024), I noticed that several news outlets quoted the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and Prof. Ango Abdullahi as having proclaimed that Nigeria “expired” 10 years ago or in 2014. They even added that Nigeria as a nation should, for this reason, be “renegotiated”.

“To me, this landmark proclamation is a significant departure from what was the stance of the North and even the Buhari-led Federal Government when, some years ago, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu made the same proclamation in an epic broadcast on Radio Biafra.

“To be sure, Mazi Kanu’s position then, just as the North has now conceded, was that the legal instrument upon which Nigeria was founded in 1914 has a fixed duration of one hundred years, which expired in 2014.

“It will be recalled that this very broadcast was one of the major reasons Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was then charged with the offence of secession, which was later escalated to incitement of terrorism for which he was renditioned and remains in incarceration for over three years, awaiting some trial.

“So, one might ask: Now that the North has said the same thing for which Mazi Kanu was arrested, renditioned, detained and charged to court, is it not time for the Federal Government and even the North to show some contrition by apologizing to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu or acknowledging that he was right all was right all along?”.

 

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NLC announces indefinite strike action

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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has ordered its members in states that are yet to commence the implementation of the new minimum wage to commence an indefinite strike, beginning from December 1, 2024.

The directive is part of the resolutions of the NLC after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting at the weekend.

“The NEC notes with deep frustration the persistent delay and outright refusal by some state governments to implement the 2024 National Minimum Wage Act. This betrayal by certain governors and government officials across the country flies in the face of both legality and morality, as workers continue to be denied their rightful wages amidst rising economic hardship. It is a blatant disregard for the law and the lives of millions of Nigerian workers, who are being exploited by the very leaders sworn to protect them.

“The NEC therefore resolves to set up a National Minimum Wage Implementation Committee that will among others commence a nationwide assessment, mobilization and sensitization campaign, educating workers and citizens on the need to resist this assault on their dignity and rights. Furthermore, the NLC shall initiate a series of industrial actions in all non-compliant states and shall not relent until the minimum wage is fully implemented across Nigeria.

“To this end, all state Councils where the National Minimum Wage has not been fully implemented by the last day of November, 2024 have been directed to proceed on strike beginning from the 1st day of December, 2024. Nigerian workers demand justice, and justice they shall have,” the NLC communique read in part.

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