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Nkanu East LG Chairman Hosts Players To Grand Reception

LarryBravo Nwaiwu

In a display of appreciation and admiration, the Executive Chairman of Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, Hon. Okechukwu Edeh, has hosted the Local Govt football team to a grand reception in his office in Enugu.

The gesture was necessitated by the team’s remarkable victory at the recently concluded Rauf Badamosi Football (RBF) Championship held at Ibagwa-Aka in Igboeze-South council area where the team emerged third, winning a whopping sum of ten million Naira.

The team’s triumph was marked by a thrilling win over its Enugu North counterpart in a penalty shootout after a 3-3 draw.after 90 Minutes regulation time.

In his remarks, the council chairman, who also doubles as Enugu State chapter chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), said the players’ team spirit, resilience, and commitment were instrumental to their success.

He congratulated the players and their management for making Nkanu East proud in the tournament, adding that he was confident that they would secure greater positions in future tournaments.

While expressing his delight in the team’s performance and assuring of continued support and motivation, the ALGON chairman charged them to keep the flag of the council flying by being good ambassadors wherever they found themselves.

“Your achievement is a testament to your hard work and dedication. I am proud of each and every one of you, and I assure you that we will continue to support and motivate you to strive for greatness.

“After today, we will continue to engage on the way forward and I am certain many of you are going places. Our administration will not hesitate to boost your moral and logistic capacities to come back home as first position subsequently,” he added.

As a way of appreciating their hard work and dedication, Hon. Edeh announced a cash prize for the team, stressing that the gesture was a clear indication of his commitment to promoting sports development in the council among young people in line with the Governor Peter Mbah’s administration to make sports a lucrative business in the state.

Decorating the chairman as well as other state’s functionaries at the reception with medals, the visibly elated players thanked Hon Edeh for his unwavering support and motivation which led to the victory from the highly competitive game.

Speaking on behalf of the players, the captain, Ogbodo Izuchukwu, said the victory couldn’t have been possible without the right support which served as a moral booster for them to aim for the best.

“We want to thank the Executive Chairman, Hon. Okechukwu Edeh, and the good people of Nkanu East for their support and prayers throughout the tournament. We’re glad that we emerged top 3 in the tournament, and with more support as promised by the chairman, we will not disappoint as we are poised to participate in national competitions.

“What this grand reception has done was to motivate us to dream higher and continue to make the local government proud through our achievements. As we look towards expanded collaboration with the local government council, the chairman should be assured that we’ll not disappoint in our future outings,” Ogbodo added.

Meanwhile, the coach who represented the management of the club, Gloria Ogbonna, expressed gratitude to the chairman for hosting them and for the opportunity to interact with him, affording them to also present their challenges against future games.

The former Nigerian international Super Falcons’ player also reaffirmed commitment to the club’s soaring ambitions, expressing optimism that the support would enable them to do more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winifred Bosa by — April 19, 2025 in News 0
Army Decries Poor South East Youth Enlistment Into Military Service

LarryBravo Nwaiwu
The Nigerian Army has raised the alarm over the poor enlistment of South East youths into the military service, and called for a change of attitude to reverse the trend.
According to the Army, while Kaduna State had recorded over 3,000 applications in the ongoing 2025 recruitment exercise, Enugu State was still struggling with just a hundred, noting that the story was not different with other South East states.
It called FC numbers in the ongoing 2025 recruitment exercise to fill their quotas.
The Army made the call in Enugu during an enlightenment town hall meeting with Local Government Council Chairmen, traditional rulers, Presidents-General of town unions, and other community and thought leaders at the weekend.
Leader of the 2025 Army Recruitment Enlightenment Team, Brigadier-General Chima Ekeator, said, “Our people are losing what rightly belongs to them. Each year, whenever a slot is being allocated to our people, we keep noticing that the number of applicants from our side is usually very poor.
“Take for example, Enugu State was given about 200 slots, but the people who made it were never up to 100 due to poor application.  This has also become a recurring decimal in other states in the South East.
“Today’s statistics on the number of applicants show that Kaduna has about 3,000 applicants, while Enugu is still battling with about a hundred; and by the time we will be through with screening, you will not have enough to recruit from the state.”
He refuted the allegation that people of South East origin were being killed in their numbers in the Army because they were the first to be sent to the battle fronts. He added that the region was also holding strategic positions in the Army presently.
“There are a lot of falsehoods out there stating that the Igbo are being killed because they are the first to be sent to the battlefield. These things are not true. After all, we that are here have risen high in the Army and we are telling you that they are lies. Today in the Nigerian Army, our brother is one of the top commanders in charge of equipment. His name is Chibueze Ogbuabor,” he said.
Speaking, the Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development, Barr. Lloyd Ekweremadu, regretted that the problem had persisted despite the collective efforts to reverse the trend and called for a review of modes of advertising the opportunities and the need to provide more details about the benefits of serving in the Army.
“While seated here, I was just trying to conduct a very quick research and it appears this same problem is happening worldwide and militaries across the world are deploying more cutting-edge strategies for recruitment because we are talking about the new generation that you communicate in a different way from the past,” he stated.
He reiterated Governor Peter Mbah’s commitment to ensuring that the state filled its quota, describing the military as a noble and highly respected profession across the world.
On his part, the Chairman of the Enugu State chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, Hon. Okechukwu Edeh, pledged even stronger cooperation of the Local Government Council, but called on the military high command to equally address any concerns of the people to make the service more appealing to the youths.
Also speaking, the State Coordinator, Presidents-General of Enugu State Town Unions, Hon. Arinze Ogbodo; former Chairman, Enugu State Traditional Rulers Council, Ambassador Lawrence Agubuzu and the traditional ruler of Nomeh Unataeze, Lieutenant Colonel Israel Mbah (rtd.), called on the youths to enlist in the Army, but stressed the need for more enlightenment.
“I was a military man before. I survived every war. I did mine and today I am a traditional ruler. So, I believe that our young people should join the force,” Mbah stated.
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Soludo’s Town-Halls and the All-Embracing Vote of Confidence  

Soludo's town halls and the all-embracing vote of confidence | TheCable
Approval rating is of pivotal importance in the re-election of an incumbent. Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, is enjoying an unprecedented universal approval rating as per the coming Anambra State gubernatorial election, billed for November 8, 2025.  Soludo’s stellar scorecard puts him out of sight ahead of any intending contender as the vote of confidence of Ndi Anambra across the globe has guaranteed.
The crème de la crème of Ndi Anambra within and outside the state have been reviewing the scorecard of Governor Soludo and have unanimously returned a resounding vote of confidence. It’s indeed remarkable that the principal figures in the opposition parties are not left out in the endorsement of the re-election of Governor Soludo. A typical example is the former Governor of Anambra State, former Senator and former Minister, Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige, who, in our local parlance, told Governor Soludo at the Abuja town-hall meeting: “Carry go!”
Dr. Ngige revealed that he had been begged by the remaining minuscule number of APC faithful in Anambra State not to endorse Governor Soludo. The irrepressible Dr. Ngige addressed Governor Soludo pointedly at the Abuja town-hall meeting by saying that he had gone to Anambra to see things for himself, thusly: “I came. I saw. But I did not conquer. I confirmed. Odenigbo, carry go!”
Before the Lagos and Abuja town-hall meetings where Governor Soludo went to present his scorecard to his people, pending the loading London town-hall meeting as well – there was an avalanche of endorsements by a wide range of organisations, from students, youths and scores of support groups.
This is beyond politics, as even students were among groups contributing money to persuade Governor Soludo to purchase the nomination form and contest the November election. The progressive governor, in tandem with the people’s will, graciously accepted to run, given the vote of confidence pouring in from all sides. It’s not in the constitution of Mr. Governor not to answer the call of the people.
The Lagos town-hall meeting came a day after the esteemed Vanguard Newspaper honoured Governor Soludo as the Vanguard Governor of the Year for Good Governance. The Lagos town-hall was a bang as the Habour Point Marquee Event Centre that got filled kept erupting intermittently with rapturous applauses as the gathered personages watched the 30-minute documentary. There was further uplifting exultation as Soludo took to the stage to talk about his stewardship in the last three years.
The following day, Sunday, the tireless Governor Soludo, who had been nicknamed “Ọlụatụegwu”, to wit, “One who is not afraid of duty”, was in Abuja, at the Bolton White Event Centre, for the Abuja version. Like in Lagos, Abuja was equally well-attended by Ndi Anambra who-is-who resident in the federal capital city. At the end of it all, the outcome matched that of Lagos, if not surpassing it, especially with the crowning glory of the endorsements of even opposition figures, including APC chieftains.
I recall a female commissioner asking us to rate the Lagos and Abuja town-halls and determine which was greater. It was quite a difficult task as most of us could not agree. Both were epochal indeed, but differing in their uniqueness: Lagos town-hall was massively attended by the business class and captains of industry, while Abuja town-hall was mainly attended by the political class.
With Abuja and Lagos adding their voices to the endorsement galore – and that of the UK positively loading – Governor Soludo’s re-election stays quite certain. It can be safely deduced that there is no coherent and viable opposition for Governor Soludo in Anambra State, as had been earlier stated by the Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, who, like Dr. Ngige, is a prominent APC leader.
Ndi Anambra at home and abroad are telling the opposition candidates seeking to take over the government in Anambra to tarry till 2029. With their resounding vote of confidence on the performing Solution Government of Governor Soludo, Anambra people have handed a fresh mandate in advance, to be validated on November 8.
The vote of confidence from home and abroad is a clear way of saying again and again: there is no vacancy in Awka Government House.  However, there is still history to be made in this November 8 guber election if the feeble contenders and pretenders step down for Soludo to run unopposed.
Governor Soludo grandly deserves his occupation of Obi-Ndi-Anambra, the Government House and Lodge he built to break a 34-year-old jinx. So, if the guber runners decide to go the whole hog with Prof Soludo, the performing governor should also go the entire length: win in the 5700 polling units, 326 wards and in the entire 21 local governments. It is within reach.
A word, they say, is enough for the wise, for as the Americans say, if it is not broken, why mend it?
Source:  Law Mefor,
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