The honourable Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Physical Planning, in Imo State, Noble Atulegwu has been sacked with immediate effect by the State Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodimma over a yet to be unidentified reasons. According to a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Cosmos Iwu in Owerri, “The governor also suspended his Special Adviser and General Manager, Imo Housing Corporation, Mbakwe Obi. “The sack of the commissioner and the suspension of the special adviser were with immediate effect. “The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has approved…
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Is Nigeria Worth Calling A Country?
By Sunny Awhefeada, The harsh and disparaging title of this essay was uttered by a sixteen year-old girl, fresh out of secondary school. It was her response to her mother’s correction on a family whatsapp platform that the name of a country should be spelt with an initial capital letter. After thanking her mother for the correction, the lass fired the salvo, “Is Nigeria worth calling a country?” The worried mother then realized that the daughter’s scripting of Nigeria as “nigeria” was a deliberate act of negation and revolt…
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