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The runway at Kano airport has been temporarily closed for inspection and clearance after a Max Air plane suffered a tyre burst while landing. The incident on Tuesday night led to flight disruptions, though all passengers and crew were safely evacuated without injuries. After the incident, PUNCH gathered that the airline announced this on their
The Kwara State Signage and Advertisement Agency, KWASAA, has directed all billboard and signage owners, including private and government entities, to immediately remove all forms of outdoor advertisements erected along Ahmadu Bello Way, from the first flyover to the second flyover, and along Murtala Muhammad Way, Ilorin, in the state capital. The General Manager of
Kwara orders removal of billboards on two major roads in Ilorin
The Kwara State Signage and Advertisement Agency, KWASAA, has directed all billboard and signage owners, including private and government entities, to immediately remove all forms of outdoor advertisements erected along Ahmadu Bello Way, from the first flyover to the second flyover, and along Murtala Muhammad Way, Ilorin, in the state capital.
The General Manager of KWASAA, Alhaji Imam Ismail Asukuti, issued the directive on Saturday in a statement by the spokesman of the agency, Abubakar Owolabi.
He urged the affected individuals, ministries, parastatals, agencies, and commissions to comply immediately.
“This directive is part of the government’s commitment to the growth, development, and transformation of the state, particularly in advancing its city reform agenda,” Asukuti affirmed in the statement.
He called on stakeholders in the outdoor advertisement industry and the general public to adhere strictly to the directive, emphasising that it was aimed at enhancing the aesthetic and infrastructural development of the state.
The KWASAA general manager further assured the public of the agency’s dedication to creating an organised and visually appealing environment across the state.
Kwara orders removal of billboards on two major roads in Ilorin
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has rejected the plans of President Donald Trump of the United States to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and instead calls on Israel to rebuild the extensively destroyed coastal area. Erdoğan stated this at a conference in the Malaysian capital on Monday. “From our perspective, the proposals aiming to
Turkey rejects Trump’s relocation plan for Gaza Strip
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has rejected the plans of President Donald Trump of the United States to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and instead calls on Israel to rebuild the extensively destroyed coastal area.
Erdoğan stated this at a conference in the Malaysian capital on Monday.
“From our perspective, the proposals aiming to displace the Palestinians from the land they have lived on for thousands of years are not to be taken seriously.’
“No one has the power to inflict a second Nakba on the Palestinian people, nor will they ever have,” he said.
DAILY POST reports that the term Nakba, from the Arabic for catastrophe, refers to the flight and displacement of more than 700,000 Palestinians in the first Middle East war in 1948 following the establishment of the Israeli state.
According to Erdoğan, instead of seeking a new place for the people of Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be held accountable for the damages.
He further stated that Netanyahu was responsible for all the damages inflicted during the military operation against the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza.
Recall that US President Donald Trump reiterated his much-criticised plans on Sunday to displace the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
Turkey rejects Trump’s relocation plan for Gaza Strip
The new President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organization, Nze Ozichukwu Fidelis Chukwu has said there will be a transparent and credible election for the new Executive Committee from Rivers State on January 10, 2025. Chukwu made the disclosure in reaction to a publication by Jackson Omenazu who criticized the deliberations at Saturday’s Ohanaeze’s Imeobi
Ohanaeze assures of transparent election for Rivers executives
The new President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organization, Nze Ozichukwu Fidelis Chukwu has said there will be a transparent and credible election for the new Executive Committee from Rivers State on January 10, 2025.
Chukwu made the disclosure in reaction to a publication by Jackson Omenazu who criticized the deliberations at Saturday’s Ohanaeze’s Imeobi General Assembly.
Omenazu said the Imeobi General Assembly did not meet the required provisions of the Ohanaeze Constitution.
In the widely circulated publication, Omenazu said the required quorum for either Imeobi or the General Assembly was not met.
According to him, “In the absence of the President-General and the Deputy President-General, the Vice President, whose state is next in alphabetical order, shall act.
“Consequently, Dr. Kingsley Dozie, as the acting President General from Abia state, should have chaired the irregular meeting.”
Other issues Omenazu raised bothered on his long-harbored interest to replace the late Deputy President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Joel Kroham, who died in 2022.
“Ndigbo in Rivers are deeply worried about these misguided developments. Indeed indications are beginning to emerge that there are hidden agendas that are associated with the consuming quest by the Imo State to do things unconstitutionally,” he added.
Replying Omenazu, Ohanaeze spokesman, Alex Ogbonnia said in a statement on Monday: “The attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to an online circulation by one Chief Jackson Omenazu, wherein he criticized the deliberations at the Imeobi/General Assembly of Ohanaeze held on Saturday, December 14, 2024.
“Chief Omenazu is a very well-known social media personality whose dispositions and idiosyncrasies have become public property. Ohanaeze was therefore tempted to ignore the misguided and misleading publication but for the sake of the unsuspecting gullible public, this intervention became very expedient.”
Ogbonnia said the essence of the Imeobi/General Assembly of Ohanaeze was to secure the final authority of the Imeobi to the resolution of the National Executive Committee, NEC, that the next President General of Ohanaeze should come from the Rivers State in line with the constitutional provisions.
The statement added: “To inform the Imeobi that the death of Chief Engr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, the former President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo created a leadership vacancy in the Igbo socio-cultural body.
“To consider the request by the people of Imo State and the resolution of Ohanaeze NEC to the effect that Imo State should exhaust the remaining 27 days, as the president general in line with the Ohanaeze procedures. To this end, the Ohanaeze Imo State and the Imo State Council of Elders presented Nze Ozichukwu Fidelis Chukwu, as a replacement for Chief Iwuanyanwu.
“To authorize the composition of Electoral Committee and the Screening Committee for the purpose of Ohanaeze election on January 10, 2025.
“The above four points received a seal of approval by the Imeobi Ohanaeze. The house was dissolved to a General Assembly whose function it is to legitimize Nze Ozichukwu Fidelis Chukwu as the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide.
“Before the deliberations in the meeting began, the Secretary General, Ambassador Okey Emuchay, MFR whose duty it is, in line with the constitution to convene an Imeobi meeting pleaded for a doctrine of necessity, as was applied on April 30, 2023 for the replacement of Prof George Obiozor with Chief Iwuanyanwu as the president General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. He further pleaded that the Igbo are at a crossroads arising from a sequence of deaths that had struck Ohanaeze in particular and notable Ndigbo in general.
“It is important to note that since the demise of Iwuanyanwu on July 25, 2024, the NEC of Ohanaeze, in their wisdom, allowed the Secretary General, Ambassador Emuchay, to perform all the administrative functions of Ohanaeze until such a time a new leader emerged. There was never a time the NEC adopted Dr. Kingsley Dozie, as the Acting President General and as such, the Omenazu presumptions are impotent.
“We have had occasion to reply Chief Omenazu on the process of replacing the Deputy President General from Rivers State. There is no doubt there was a letter nominating Omenazu as a replacement to Kroham but he was advised that a mere letter signed by multiple names that were unknown to Ohanaeze is not sufficient for such an important exercise. The President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Rivers State, Dr. Lucky Ekeji informed the Imeobi/General Assembly that he had advised Omenazu severally “to emulate the Imo State approach for a replacement of their deceased.
“In each occasion the Imo delegation was led by the Chairman, Imo State Council of Elders, HRH Eze Cletus Ilomuanya and the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Imo State. And that it is inconceivable for Ohanaeze to adopt a candidate for a high and sensitive position such as the Deputy President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo based on ordinary letter”. In fact, true to type, Omenazu attacked Ekeji in the hall.
“For the eminent Igbo across the globe, the meeting of December 14, 2024 was a milestone and a jubilation galore. This is because, a destructive rumour had pervaded both the grounds and the skies that the current NEC of Ohanaeze intends to subvert the Ohanaeze constitution against the turn of Rivers State to produce a President General for Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
“Once more, Chief Omenazu is advised that his penchant for attacking Ohanaeze Ndigbo and all the past and current presidents general is simply an invidious path to self-attrition.
“Finally, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide Nze Ozichukwu Fidelis Chukwu has stated clearly that there will be a transparent and credible election for the new Executive Committee led by a President General from Rivers State on January 10, 2025.”
Ohanaeze assures of transparent election for Rivers executives
