Author: Lilian Azuh

Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC), during its 15th meeting held at the Light House, approved the Awka City Park Project on 21st July 2025. The park project is designed to provide environmental, aesthetic, and recreational benefits to the state capital, along with social, health, and economic benefits, with work set to commence immediately. Recently, the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, and members of ANSEC launched the opening of the sprawling Solution Fun City, considered the largest in Africa, and it includes a Family Fun Centre, an Amusement Park, a Water Park, and an International Country Club, which…

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Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC) has approved the release of N2,835,150,000 for Cohort Two of the One-Youth-Two-Skills Business Financing Scheme, the One-Youth-Two-Skills Cooperatives Start-up, Graduation and Certification, One-Youth-Two-Skills Mentorship Scheme, and the Consolation to a Deceased Family. This was at the Council’s 15th meeting held on 21st July, 2025, at the Light House Awka, where it concluded preparations on the continuity of the One-Youth-Two-Skills Scheme with approved funds to contractors for full implementation. The State’s Commissioner for Information, Law Mefor, stated that the Council reviewed the success of Cohort One, where 7,163 out of 11,000 trainees excelled in 65 skill…

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While it is understandable that it has become a culture for prophets to share prophecies for the new year every December that precedes the coming year, it is important that we don’t get too familiar to the extent of ignoring some of the warnings embedded in these prophecies. For prophets like Primate Elijah Ayodele, it’s more than just following the normal routine; it’s absolutely a consecrated period to give people an opportunity to listen to what God has to say about them for the year they are about to enter. Many just celebrate that they are about the experience a…

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…Bemoans dumping of adulterated fuel into Africa President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, (DIL), Aliko Dangote, has appealed to African leaders to take deliberate steps—just as the U.S., Canada, and the EU have done—to protect domestic producers from unfair competition, for the continent to experience real growth and development. Speaking during the ongoing West African Refined Fuel Conference held in Abuja, Dangote said “…to make matters worse, we are now facing increasing dumping of cheap, often toxic, petroleum products—some of which are blended to substandard levels that would never be allowed in Europe or North America,” he said. He also cited…

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In line with the continued bold efforts of the President Tinubu-led administration to drive industrialization and economic diversification, the Nigeria-China Strategic Partnership (NCSP) held a strategic meeting with the China-Africa Geoscience Cooperation Center and Yangtse Automotive Group on collaborative investments in the mining and electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing sectors with the aim of revitalizing Nigeria’s manufacturing base and unlocking sustainable industrial growth. At a meeting held at the NCSP Abuja Office, the Director General of NCSP, Mr. Joseph Tegbe, emphasized the urgent need for Nigeria to reindustrialize by leveraging strategic Chinese investments to build a resilient and competitive industrial ecosystem…

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