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Yesterday, July 12, my secondary school classmate who lives in Germany sent me yet another sit-at-home notice from Simon Ekpa, the self-nominated Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government-in-Exile (BRGIE). Dated July 11, 2023, the notice read in part: “Following the demand by the Biafra people for more sit at home civil disobedience, the Biafra Republic Government-in-Exile (BRGIE) and Biafra De facto Government-in-Homeland wish to notify Biafrans that there will be sit-at-home civil disobedience starting from 31st July 2023 to 14th August 2023.” Claiming that Ndigbo want to continue sitting at home is a lie from the pit of hell because if it were true, there would be no need to deploy extreme violence in ensuring compliance. Unless the so-called Biafrans are from outer space, there is no Igbo that I know of who is not sick and tired of the sit-at-home madness. My classmate, equally distraught, wrote: “This has gotten out of hand. Our people might travel to the cities to avoid th...

  Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah Esq. Executive Governor, Enugu state.  Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has assured residents and visitors carrying on businesses in the state of their safety, stressing that his administration had already placed security agencies on the highest level of alert to forestall security breaches and sefeguard their lives and property.  The governor who further enjoined them to erase everything about sit-at-home in the state from their memories, said the government was doing everything necessary to liase with other neighbouring states in order to dislodge criminals from all their hideouts.  Governor Mbah gave these assurances on Thursday in Enugu at a meeting with the Presidents-General (PGs) of all the autonomous communities in the state, even as they pledged their support to end the illegal sit-at-home order being enforced by hoodlums, and make the state attractive to investors. He bemoaned the devastating impacts of the unlawful sit-at-home, ...

  The local government is the third tier in Nigeria's federal system, to underscore its importance, section 7 (1) of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria specifically guarantees a democratically elected local government system. The whole schedule 4 of the same constitution defines the functions of local government as a government at the grassroots that is nearest to the local populace.  The implications of its constitutionally guaranteed governance structure, and its closeness to the people is one that the institution of infrastructural development, the administration and their norms in governance should be more evident at this level. Recently, the Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah created and inaugurated the Enugu State Economic Planning Commission, where he set developmental targets for the 17 local government areas of the state as he further stated the essence and expectations of the state government's structured partnership with the local governme...

  The local government is the third tier in Nigeria's federal system, to underscore its importance, section 7 (1) of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria specifically guarantees a democratically elected local government system. The whole schedule 4 of the same constitution defines the functions of local government as a government at the grassroots that is nearest to the local populace.  The implications of its constitutionally guaranteed governance structure, and its closeness to the people is one that the institution of infrastructural development, the administration and their norms in governance should be more evident at this level. Recently, the Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah created and inaugurated the Enugu State Economic Planning Commission, where he set developmental targets for the 17 local government areas of the state as he further stated the essence and expectations of the state government's structured partnership with the local governme...

  A subpoenaed witness from the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) called by the governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Chijioke Edeoga, on Tuesday told the Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Enugu that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate submitted to the commission by the Enugu State governor, Dr Peter Mbah, was certified by the NYSC. The witness, Mr Dimas Friday Emmanuel, while under cross examination by Mbah's lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), averred  that Mbah's NYSC discharge certificate was forwarded to the NYSC for authentication, stressing that the NYSC certifies only a document emanating from it. Chief Olanipekun had said to the INEC witness, "Have a look at Exhibit EPT01/A, B, and C, particularly the NYSC Certificate there, that Certificate which you said Mbah forged was certified by the NYSC", to which he replied in the affirmative. "Am I correct to say that NYSC can only certify a...

  A subpoenaed witness from the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) called by the governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Chijioke Edeoga, on Tuesday told the Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Enugu that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate submitted to the commission by the Enugu State governor, Dr Peter Mbah, was certified by the NYSC. The witness, Mr Dimas Friday Emmanuel, while under cross examination by Mbah's lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), averred  that Mbah's NYSC discharge certificate was forwarded to the NYSC for authentication, stressing that the NYSC certifies only a document emanating from it. Chief Olanipekun had said to the INEC witness, "Have a look at Exhibit EPT01/A, B, and C, particularly the NYSC Certificate there, that Certificate which you said Mbah forged was certified by the NYSC", to which he replied in the affirmative. "Am I correct to say that NYSC can only certify a...

  Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah Esq. Executive Governor of Enugu state  …urge more ruthlessness with kidnappers, enforcers of sit-at-home  Traditional rulers across the state have commended the state governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, over his laudable security measures since assumption of office, assuring his administration of their unswerving cooperation in strengthening community policing in their respective communities.  The royal fathers who converged on Wednesday on the House of Chief chamber at the Enugu State House of Assembly Complex further urged the governor to be more ruthless in flushing out kidnappers and enforcers of sit-at-home order, stressing that such aberrations were not known to the Igbo people.  At the interactive session with the governor, the traditional institution charged Mbah to deploy joint security operatives across different communities in the state in order to reinforce the confidence of their subjects so that they could go about their normal bus...

  Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah Esq. Executive Governor of Enugu state  …urge more ruthlessness with kidnappers, enforcers of sit-at-home  Traditional rulers across the state have commended the state governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, over his laudable security measures since assumption of office, assuring his administration of their unswerving cooperation in strengthening community policing in their respective communities.  The royal fathers who converged on Wednesday on the House of Chief chamber at the Enugu State House of Assembly Complex further urged the governor to be more ruthless in flushing out kidnappers and enforcers of sit-at-home order, stressing that such aberrations were not known to the Igbo people.  At the interactive session with the governor, the traditional institution charged Mbah to deploy joint security operatives across different communities in the state in order to reinforce the confidence of their subjects so that they could go about their normal bus...