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Monday, 29 April 2013 19:49 |
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State yesterday charged traditional rulers to be good ambassadors of the state.
He charged them to avoid making speeches, taking actions and attending occasions that may put their character in question. He was speaking while declaring open a seminar for traditional rulers in the state at their secretariat near the Government House, Awka.
Coming shortly after one of the governorship hopefuls in the state, Dr. Ifeanyi Uba, played host to 60 of the traditional rulers in Lagos, insiders said the governor was making reference to the alleged visit, which he allegedly disapproved.
Obi had told the royal fathers that by the virtue of their positions as the custodians of the culture of the people and the primus inter pares (first among equals) among their subjects, the people look up to them for inspiration, guidance and direction.
Obi, who, however, said he was not against traditional rulers attending social functions, said they should always try to inform the Special Adviser on Chieftaincy Matters or him whenever they are travelling out of the state.
His words: “Today, I cannot travel out of Nigeria without informing the President. If anything happens to me, the President should know my whereabouts. Likewise, it is not good for you to travel out of the state without informing me.
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Rev. Dr George, the Igbo/Biafran Friend is Dead |
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Monday, 22 April 2013 23:12 |
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With heavy Heart but with Gratitude to God for Life well spent, we announce to you the passing away of our dear Friend, Monsignor Dr. Huessler. He died on Sunday the 14th of April, 2013 at the age of 91 and was buried today the 22nd of April, 2013.
Dr. Georg Huessler was the former Secretary-General and president of Caritas International. He co-ordinated the Caritas International Relief Operation, during the Nigeria-Biafra War, a war that raged from 1967 – 1970. Dr. Huessler and the Caritas International saved millions of Lives of the then hungry and starving children, women and men of Biafra. The Biafra war was the worst human catastrophe on record after the Second World War.
Dr. Huessler mobilized the German civilian population and other relief agencies who donated massively to the Biafra relief action. They delivered relief materials like clothes, cornmeal, milk powder, sugar, rice, stockfish and medicine which kept thousands of suffering and starving Biafra women and children alive. The Caritas deliveries were done through the Air-Corridor ordered by Dr. Huessler at the risk of the Lives of his Staff. Some sick and starving Biafra children were also airlifted to Ivory Coast, Sao Tome and Gabon where they were treated, fed, cared for and returned to Biafra after the war. It was one of the greatest relief assistance ever launched by Caritas and similar relief organisations.
Dr. Huessler showed courage, solidarity and charity and through his work in Biafra gave life and hope to our innocent people. We pray the Almighty God to grant his Soul eternal Rest.
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It shall be good, if Igbo State Governments, Ndi-Igbo worldwide and Ohanaeze shall keep the memory of this man alive, a man who sacrified all so that many Biafran children, women and men may not die of hunger. Thanks in advance for your Tributes to a true Igbo/Biafra Friend, Rev. Dr. Georg Huessler.
Signed:
Joe Mmeh
Freiburg, Germany
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Monday, 22 April 2013 00:08 |
ENUGU – Renowned Nigerian Author and literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, who passed on in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America on March 22, would be buried on May 23, Governors of the South East states announced Sunday.
The internationally celebrated writer and author of “Things Fall Apart” died at the age of 82. Rising from the South East Governors’ Forum at the Government House, Enugu, the governors said the burial date was chosen following due consultations with the deceased author’s family and other stakeholders, who had indicated interest to participate in the funeral.
Members of Achebe’s family were also present at the meeting.
Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, who briefed newsmen after the meeting, however, declined to give further details, but expressed the readiness of the governors to accord Achebe a benefitting burial.
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Naval Chief, Envoy, Others Parley On Crime, Insecurity |
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Sunday, 21 April 2013 14:26 |
CHIEF of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Andrew Pocock, and important personalities in diplomacy, security and the academia, Saturday, canvassed the harmonisation of broad-based strategies in tackling incidences of crime and insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea and the coasts of West Africa.
This was at a one-day conference on West African Maritime Security and Development organised by the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) and the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA) in Lagos.
Addressing the forum, Ezeoba said maritime crimes are complex, fluid and dynamic in nature and must be accorded serious consideration in view of security challenges and developments in the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Aden, Strait of Malacca, Gulf of Guinea and West African coasts. Read More
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